Thursday, May 4, 2017
Kicking off a micro-season of work by Moscow’s acclaimed Sovremennik Theatre, Three Comrades is a paean to human dignity adapted from Erich Maria
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Beneath the familiar fantasy of Lewis Carroll’s wonderland, a rebellion is growing. Featuring a reworked plot and an expanded roster of characters,
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Stark, contrived, and uncomfortable, Threads is a bleak portrait of a toxically dysfunctional relationship from playwright and dramaturg David Lane. His raw,
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In 1964, riots erupted across America in response to the killing of a black teenager – James Powell – by police. That
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:35AMSultry, sweet, and suffused with wry humour, 46 Beacon is a heartfelt memory play revolving around a sexual encounter between inexperienced teenager
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Loosely based on the tale of Moses’ birth, Finders Keepers is a wordless, family friendly comedy from Hot Coals, intended to be equally
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Inspired by the infamous Migrant Media documentary Injustice, and fleshed out by creator Urbain Hayo’s personal experiences, Custody explores the impact of
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Paranoia infuses every instant of Escape the Scaffold, an intense psychological thriller from rapidly emerging writer Titas Halder. A savage slice of
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Equal parts misanthropic and mischievous, Dog Ends is an awkward mismatch of knockabout comedy and bitter rumination on the burdens of old
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In July 1931, German serial killer Peter Kurten was declared legally sane and executed after a spree of horrifyingly sadistic murders. The
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Ambitious in scope but lacking a clear focus, One Last Thing (For Now) is a sprawling ensemble piece which weaves together disparate
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Exploring the awful impact of Alzheimer’s disease and the potential power of music to rekindle lost memories, In Other Words is humane,
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Drawing inspiration equally from hip hop and Hamlet, DenMarked is an intense, confessional autobiography from musician and spoken-word artist Conrad Murray. Often
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Part tacky talent show, part scornful send-up of contemporary culture, Fire in the Machine is a wildly energetic performance piece from youth
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Fleeing Nazi oppression in the 1940s, Bertolt Brecht travelled to America where he would adapt his biographical epic Life of Galileo with
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Suffused with warmth, hopefulness and humour, the New Nigerians is no ordinary political satire. Part of the Arcola Theatre’s Revolution season, the
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Long before he began his remarkable writing career, Miguel de Cervantes spent five years as a captive of the Ottoman Empire. Don
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Simultaneously analytical and dreamlike, Dubailand discusses the complex, contradictory nature of an ultramodern city built on the exploitation of impoverished workers. First
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Described as a love letter to Raymond Chandler, Strange the Road is a moody, misanthropic piece of pulp fiction from writer and
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In a dilapidated London theatre at the height of the Blitz, a troupe of struggling performers hatch a perfectly sensible plan to
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Despite numerous plot twists, anthropomorphic amphibians, and one bloody scene of human vivisection, Raising Martha is a surprisingly tame and predictable new
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Packed with sex, sleaze, and unsympathetic characters, Joseph Moncure March’s provocative narrative poem The Wild Party was banned on publication in 1928.
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Charting the perilous shoreline between spontaneous and painfully unprepared, the Salon: Collective take on Shakespeare’s The Tempest using the cue-script method common
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There is plenty of spectacle but little substance to this colourful version of Robinson Crusoe from panto-producing powerhouse Qdos Entertainment. Entering the
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Love it or hate it, you can’t ignore Christmas. Set in a wretched London pub during a bleak December marked by mounting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMIt takes real flair to make a classic pantomime feel fresh. Happily, in their third collaboration for the Cambridge Arts Theatre, Al
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Promising to keep panto alive in Croydon, director Eddie Dredge has brought a respectable, entertaining Aladdin to Waddon Leisure Centre’s comprehensively-converted sports
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With long-running residencies at the Watford Palace and London’s Greenwich Theatre, writer Andrew Pollard has plenty of panto experience. Packed with audience
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There is no denying that Daniel Buckroyd’s take on the perennial tale of Dick Whittington feels a little overstuffed. With co-writer Fine
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There is a real sense of condensed energy in Two Bit Classics’ take on Jane Austen’s much loved Pride and Prejudice. Regularly
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It’s Christmas Eve, and a jaded social worker is about to have her festive spirit kick-started by a delusional homeless man who
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