Theatre

A tower block roof. A young man steps onto the parapet. A young woman looks on. Will they carry out what they came here to do or will they pull back from the edge...?
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CHARLATAN is a memoir of Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes. A towering figure in the world of art, Diaghilev was an Impresario who worked with creative giants... Fokine, Picasso, Cocteau, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Chanel and loved some of them.

Spoken in first person by the man himself, this memoir details that extraordinary moment when the Ballets Russes came to Paris for the first time in 1909 and started a revolution in the arts. Also examined, with pitiless honesty, his intense but ultimately tragic love for the dance genius Nijinsky.

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What do you give up for Lent? Smoking? Sweets?

Much to her friends' confusion, Gemma decides to stop speaking.

Adapted from the radio play, Minghella's sharply observed drama reveals the light and dark elements of human relationships.

An unborn child is thrown into a surreal circus sideshow . Enter a visceral American allegory where the innocence of our beginnings and the disillusionment of our fears collide. What act would you perform for eternity?

"The Finest Purveyors In The Business"
TIME OUT LONDON

Pustra/Vile-een, London’s original Vaudevillians and now infamous “terrible twosome” teleported from the future to London’s grimy gutters and underground performance scene. These ‘Time Travelling Oddities’ and their unique brand of Variety are presented in retina searing Technicolor. Off beat, visceral and subversive, Pustra/Vile-een’s unlimited supply of twisted creativity is sometimes controversial but sure to thrill and excite!

Check out our Blog:
http://pustraandvile-een.blogspot.com/

A geek, a jock, and the goddess of hot, dirty sex walk into a bar ... Contemporary riff on ancient Sumerian legend, featuring: gods, university students, blank verse, fisticuffs, and naked puppets.

Bradfield College Drama Company will be bringing Stephen Berkoff’s controversial play ‘Messiah’ to The Merchants’ Hall as part of this years’ Edinburgh Fringe. The company’s interpretation was described by one critic as, “A powerfully physical and visceral perspective on the crucifixion. They pose the question was Christ divine or the original Spin Doctor?”

This event is an uproarious evening of tremendously witty, dangerously frisky and oddly eccentric antics and acts handpicked from the festival’s hottest stars and London’s premier circles.

The Cast List

Desmond O’Connor
Rhymes with Purple
Dolores Delight
Gypsy Charms and Viva Misadventure
Missy Malone
And Ministry of Burlesque founder Kittie Klaw

with special guests
US Burlesque star Kitten on the Keys (Thursday 7th)
Molly Crabapple – Founder of ‘Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School’ and performer extraordinaire! (Friday 8th)
Pustra and Vile-een – London’s most talked about Vaudeville duo and stars of The Devil May Drag You Under– (Saturday 9th)

Battle of Burlesque

Furthermore, amidst the choreographed mayhem and magic, there will be a prestigious contest in the name of glossy weird-world favourite, Bizarre Magazine, who are searching for whacky and inspiring people.

With strategic ‘insider’ advice from Scots agents Rhymes With Purple, this Battle of Burlesque is a war of wits where pre-selected and talented contestants take to the stage to battle it out for supremacy and prizes! The winners will also go on to perform at the Bizarre Ball, London set for 10th October.

Be part of this riotous, theatrical milestone in new world of Variety!

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Event contents will be filmed for MoB and Bizarre use.

More info at
http://www.battleofburlesque.com
http://www.ministryofburlesque.com
http://www.bizarremag.com/

From 8.30 p.m 'til late Performance begins at 9.00 p.m. Advance tickets £15 (stbf) from Tickets Scotland, Ripping, Underground Solushun, The Voodoo Rooms, online at www.ticketweb.co.uk or by phone on 0132 220 3234.

When an artist speaks out, a zealot assassin is sent to kill him. His public death divides a nation and civil war follows, fostering betrayal and distrust between family and friends. Time to choose a side.

Artistic Associate James Hammond directs his first production for the company - a startling vision of our future - with Mike Aherne, David Alderman, Alistair Brooks, Isaac Harper, Emmy Sainsbury and Greg Wohead.

Leo's number one rule is to leave someone before they leave you. Ever since funding out as a child that he'd been adopted, he's being living by this. Now, Leo finds himself sitting on Brioghton beach trying to remember how he got there. As if in a dream, those he holds closest appear to him - the girlfriend he's rejected, his dead adoptive father and the birth mother who gave him up. He has questions. He wants answers. And all he has are pebbles in his hands.

Artistic Director Timothy Hughes directs this poetic journey of self-discovery, with Michael Armstrong, Annabel Cleare, Ian Draper and Jen Rowe.

LOUGH/RAIN by Declan Feenan and Clara Brennan

Two new plays interwoven as one.

In the wake of a terrible accident, Michael and Caoimhe rebuild their lives as best they can. But all Michael can remember is the boat out on the lough that never should have been there. The barometer points to rain as the young couple realise they might not grow old together.

A lyrical exploration of loss and love.

Cast: Jot Davies and Kate Donmall
Director: Dan Sherer

'Grips from start to finish’ Scotsman **** and Hot Show

‘Keeps you silent until the final, shiver-inducing word’ Guardian, Pick of the Day

'Outstanding…one of Edinburgh's most gripping hours’ British Theatre Guide **** (on LIMBO)

‘Brilliantly Original... A constant riot of colour and noise... Well worth a visit to Edinburgh for. Mesmerizing.’
Review for our Exeter performance*

Tumble down the rabbit hole with us as we modernise Lewis Carroll’s magical world with wit, imagination and style. We follow Alice’s journey as she encounters a wide array of fantastically colourful characters including the mad hatter, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire cat. This is a magical story about childhood, growing up, imagination and being an outsider.

Don’t look away or you’ll miss all the fun, Wonderland’s magic is second to none!

*http://xmedia.ex.ac.uk/features/show/2008/06/20/eutco

Alison Carey’s adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull received rave reviews and earned multiple Los Angeles Critics Choice Awards, as Carey brilliantly captures the comedy/pathos of Chekhov's characters in a contemporary setting. Like Chekhov’s original text, Carey’s play questions the nature and purpose of art, and Carey’s characters cannot escape their obsessions—particularly those related to the endless cycles of unrequited love. Chekhov’s perceptions and sense of humor about nineteenth-century Russian life seamlessly transfer to 2008 Southern California.

Miranda has problems: her best friend Emma is falling for a man with an interesting fetish; her husband Roger has fallen for his 20 year old Philosophy student; and her latest client Paula has just taken up employment on the streets of Lewisham. This wonderfully dark comedy offers laughter, tears, politics, sex, art... and rubber!

CHAMBER SHAKESPEARE CYCLE
I Hamlet
II Macbeth
III Othello
IV Lear

HAMLET shows the tragic mind at its very conception, naive and inherently innocent, struggling to comprehend and fulfill the tragic mission laid upon him by the ghost of his father.

MACBETH becomes everything that Hamlet struggled to fight against.
He is the corruption of himself, defiling everything that approaches him,
everything that sees him, everything that he touches.

OTHELLO has emerged from “slavery” to find “redemption” through Desdemona. But after the ‘true friend’ of Horatio and Banquo comes the ‘false friend’ of Iago to plunge Othello into Chaos.

LEAR shows the protagonist as an old man, who has survived the trials of his three previous incarnations and possesses their knowledge. He is now ready to withdraw from the stage and desires only peace. But he is forced once more to fulfill the final tragic apotheosis.

Every time a woman has told Mark Deacon "I love you," Mark has turned tail and run. Now a group of speed-daters will help Mark face his past relationships - it's time for him to choose "the one" from the 5 amazing girls he let slip through his fingertips. Which girl will he try to win back?
You decide! In this feel-good comedy, the ending is up to you... and you... and you... www.iloveyouandyouandyou.com

“It’s human nature. To fix yourself you’re willing to change what it is to be human and bollocks to the after effects.”

Would you like to know your genetic make-up? Can you ever hope to know yourself and your destiny without that knowledge? What do you do when your very idea of what it means to be human is threatened? And how do you feel about the Government knowing more about you than you do yourself?

In a London of the not-too-distant future where genetic cures are possible but outlawed, Cohen is cursed with an inherited disease and is striving for a solution. Fighting through the courts to bypass the Government and let scientists make the next step in evolution, he also has to contend with his whimsical sister, Dorcet, who is more interested in Cybernetic Companionship and GM pigs, Talulah, who believes God will heal her, and the arrival of his friend J – who brings with him a history and a woman with the ability to redefine all of their destinies.

From exciting newcomer Rachel Welch, this energetic and entertaining play should not be missed

Directed by Emily Agnew
CAST: Samantha Hopkins, Jane Lesley, Joanna Miller, Ben Murray-Watson, Sara Pascoe, Alfie Talman

The acclaimed Russian master's tragicomedy revisited here by a fresh young American company. Vanya is obsessed with his wasted life. Sweeping romance, drunken buffoonery and impossible loves are all played out through unforgettable characters.