Event Category: Theatre Visit
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Small Island
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Punch
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The Beekeeper of Aleppo
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How to Succeed in Business, Without Really Trying
by Frank Loesser & Abe Burrown The story concerns young, ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch, who, with the help of the book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, rises from window washer to chairman of the board of the ‘World-Wide Wicket Company’. Our hero, J. Pierrepont Finch, runs into many obstacles and overcomes them… Read more
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Accidental Death of An Anarchist
by Dario Fo adapted by Tom Basden Originally based on the 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing and the death of anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli during interrogation by the Milan police, this adaptation is set in a Contemporary Metropolitan Police Station. Aftergetting himself arrested, the Maniac (a mysterious but dangerously unstable man with a talent for impersonations) manages… Read more
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The Duchess of Malfi
by John Webster The Duchess of Malfi is a revenge tragedy play by John Webster that tells the story of a widowed duchess who marries her steward against her brothers' wishes The play explores themes of class, power, and the corruption of the Catholic Church. A defiant woman is destroyed by her corrupt brothers in… Read more
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Hansard
by Simon Woods This tender and brutal comedy/drama, set around the passing of the Section 28 legislation in 1988, is a witty and devastating portrait of the British governing class. Hansard is an intimate domestic drama about a long and troubled Read more
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Uncle Vanya
by Anton Chekov; adapted by Cynthia Marsh In the heat of summer, Sonya and her Uncle Vanya while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally only by the local doctor Astrov. However, when Sonya's father suddenly returns with his beautiful new wife declaring that he intends to sell the… Read more
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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
by Bertolt Brecht; translated by George Tobori and Alistair Beaton The Youth Theatre productionThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui charts the ascent of a small-time Chicago gangster who uses intimidation, manufactured crises and calculated charm to seize control of the city’s vegetable trade. As Ui’s influence spreads, the play shifts from dark comedy to a… Read more
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The Glad Game
by Phoebe Francis Brown A mesmerising portrait of Hope. Intimate, boundary-pushing, brilliant, Phoebe Frances Brown’s autobiographical one-woman show is a compelling and intimate retelling of a life cut tragically short. Growing up in Nottingham, acting has defined Phoebe’s life. She took every opportunity (including the Central TV Workshop). In 2018, as a 26-year- old actor,… Read more