FRINGE THEATRE NOTES

Theatremonkey has been asked to mention the following Fringe productions and theatres outside the West End of London.

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59a Bethwin Road, Camberwell, London. SE5 0XT (Entrance on Thompson Avenue) Box office: 08700 600 100 or in person from 7pm on the evening at the venue. Online: www.blueelephanttheatre.co.uk / www.ticketweb.co.uk (booking fee may apply) venue information: www.myspace.com/blueelephanttheatre  How to get Here: Nearest Underground Station is Oval on the Northern Line. Access Information: Fully wheelchair accessible. Induction loop available in auditorium. Tuesday 21st until Saturday 25th May 2013 Little Soldier Productions present: THE KNIGHT OF THE SORROWFUL FIGURE written and adapted by Tiffany Wood directed by Simon Day (in collaboration with Aitor Basauri) Would Cervantes have let this happen? Inspired by the wanderings of the famous Don Quixote, two Spaniards and an Englishman re-enact the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age. It’s an epic task – which might have been easier if they’d actually read the book… Little Soldier Productions presents an imaginative and provocative adventure of immense proportions, developed following research and development at the Blue Elephant. Incorporating clowning and physical comedy, The Figure of the Sorrowful Knight was devised under the direction of Simon Day (The Plasticine Men) and Aitor Basauri (Spymonkey). Writer Tiffany Wood worked with the performers to create an adaptation that captures the collaboration and playfulness out of which the piece was born - whilst staying somewhat faithful to Cervantes. As in their other shows, Pakita: Stimulating, Bitter and Necessary and You and Me, Little Soldier Productions aims to promote cross-cultural collaborations and create material that finds humour even in tragedy. Post-show discussion: Thursday 23 May 2013.   www.littlesoldierproductions.co.uk is the company website.   Devising cast: Dennis Herdman, Mercè Ribot and Patricia Rodríguez     Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 8pm Seat Prices: All tickets: £8 (£7 concessions, £6 Southwark residents) _______________________________________ Tuesday 11th until Saturday 29th June 2013 Press Night: Thursday 13th June 2013 Tattooed Potato present: THE NIGHTMARE DREAMER directed by John Michael MacDonald What happens when we give away our darkness? Suppose you had nightmares. Terrible nightmares. Every night. Night after night. Exhausted and distraught, where could you turn for rest and relief? Suppose there were someone who could dream your nightmares for you, so you could have deep sleep and sweet dreams. That someone is the Nightmare Dreamer. Tattooed Potato presents a piece of devised physical theatre exploring the internal places we would rather not visit. Those who use the Nightmare Dreamer’s help get a good night’s sleep, but their waking lives change in ways they hadn’t imagined. The Nightmare Dreamer is Tattooed Potato’s first London production, re-imagined and re-worked following a run in Washington in 2012 where it created “vivid ways into the netherworld of distressed slumber” (The Washington Post). Post-show discussions: Tuesdays 18th and 25th June 2013. Cast includes: Gerard Alvarez, Téo Ghil, Leonor Lemée, Txema Pérez and Louise van der Post     Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 8pm   Seat Prices: All tickets: £12 (£10 concessions, £8.50 Southwark residents) Previews 11th and 12th June 2013: all seats £8.50

 

Cable Street Studios

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566 Cable Street, London E1W 3HB Box Office: 020 7790 1309‎ (information only) see under individual event for bookings. Online: none. See under individual event for bookings. How to get Here: Nearest station is Limehouse (DLR and mainline).

Cadogan Hall

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Sloane Terrace, London, SW1X 9DQ Box Office: 020 7730 4500 Online: www.cadoganhall.com   How to get Here: Nearest Underground Station is Sloane Square (District and Circle lines).

Cafe de Paris

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3-4 Coventry Street, London, W1D 6BL Box Office: see under individual events Online: see under individual events. How to get Here: Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo and Piccadilly lines) is the nearest underground station. Every Saturday in 2013. THE WAM BAM CLUB *Comedy* - *Cabaret* - *Music* - *Burlesque* London’s most talked about Variety night... Each Saturday the Café de Paris will come alive with an explosive cocktail of comedy and burlesque at London’s most talked about variety night, hosted by the sensational Lady Alex. Offering up a glamorous mix of award-winning stand up, burlesque beauties, stunning aerial performances and a whole host of musical and magical forays, ranging from the weird to the very wonderful, experience a taste of the strip and the tease with a free pre-show burlesque class (must be booked in advance) from the UK’s first school of burlesque- Burlesque Baby, take in the most up and coming and established cabaret artists on the scene, enjoy a sumptuous dinner a la Café de Paris and join in the after party with resident DJ - the Earl of Ealing as he spins his wonderful collection of vintage 78’s. Taking place every Saturday at London’s most lavish hot spot, join the Wam Bam family for an almighty night brimming with dazzling entertainment! Saturday 25th May Experience an explosive cocktail of comedy and burlesque at London’s most prestigious variety night hosted by the sensational Lady Alex. Kick-starting with free taster classes by the UK’s first school of burlesque, Burlesque Baby, this week’s line up includes flirtatious and vivacious burlesquer Lena Ma, world class hula hooper Lisa Lottie and circus sensation Sammy Dinneen. Joining them will be hilarious street artist and clown Johnny Electrolux and headlining the evening will be the beatboxing sensation Mary-ill Bigmouth Superlungs. Wam Bam resident performers include the delicious Bunny Galore, the gorgeous Wam Bam Buff Boys & Belles and London’s most sophisticated DJ – the delectable Earl of Ealing. Taking place all under one roof – in London’s signature Café de Paris, dive into the seductive world of Cabaret with the most exciting names in comedy, magic, music and of course burlesque! And if you like to keep the party going until the early hours, join the exclusive Dolci Follie Wam Bam after-party - DJ’d by the sophisticated Earl of Ealing and his fine collection of vintage tunes. Prepare to be swept off your feet by an almighty night brimming with dazzling entertainment; you’ll never forget your first Wam Bam!   Photo Credits: Craig Swatton / Summer 2012 picture Simon Goodchild. Performance Time: 7pm (Burlesque classes 6pm) Show starts 8pm and ends at 10pm Event ends at 4am. Seat prices: £35 (in advance online) £50 on door £70 two course meal and show £75 three course meal and show £90 Premium show package including 3 course meal, complimentary glass of champagne and half a bottle of wine per person   Box Office for the Production: Online at: www.wambamclub.com

The Camden Centre

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Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE Box office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: King's Cross (Northern, Piccadilly, Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith and City, Main Line) is the nearest station.

The Camden Eye

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Upstairs at The Camden Eye Public House, 2 Kentish Town Road, London, NW1 9NX Box office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Camden Town (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station.

The Camden Head

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100 Camden High Street, London NW1 0LU Box office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Camden Town (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station.

Camden People's Theatre

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58 to 60 Hampstead Road, London NW1 2PY Box office: 08444 77 1000 (Ticketweb - booking fee may apply) / 020 7419 4841 (information only) Online: www.cptheatre.co.uk (Ticketweb - booking fee may apply) How to get Here: Warren Street (Northern and Victoria Lines), Euston Square (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith and City Lines) and Euston (Northern and Victoria Lines and mainline) are the nearest stations. Tuesday 14th May until Saturday 1st June 2013 Press Night: Wednesday 15th May 2013 Amy Lamé presents: UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE AGED UNDER 18 OR THE EASILY OFFENDED. by Amy Lamé directed by Scottee Amy Lamé invites you to share her birthday. Morrissey, icon for the bookish, bespectacled weirdos of the world, is invited too, and a seat is reserved for him. Will he arrive clutching a bunch of flowers and a gift? Will he turn up at all? Unhappy Birthday is an exuberant culture clash of party, performance and DJ set, where guests will be called on to get out of their seats, play pass the parcel or even take on the role of Morrissey himself. Cracking open the cult of celebrity and fandom, Amy flays fat, faith and sexual identity; probes the pains of growing up; and cross examines a curious nostalgia for a time that may never have existed except in the bedroom of our imagination. A show not only for Morrissey fans, Unhappy Birthday will appeal to anyone who has ever loved pop music, experienced teen angst or been crushed by unrequited love. Unhappy Birthday appears exactly 30 years after the release of The Smiths first single, Hand In Glove in May, 1983. Amy Lamé is a performer, writer and broadcaster. www.unhappybirthday.net / @amylame | #unhappybirthday / www.youtube.com is the production web presence. Developed with support from Arts Council England, BAC and Contact.   Cast: Amy Lamé.     Performance Times: Tuesday 14th May and then Wednesday to to Saturday at 7.30pm. Runs 1 hour 10 minutes approximately.   Seat prices: Tuesday 14th and Wednesday and Thursday: all tickets £10 (£8 concessions) Friday and Saturday: all tickets £12 (£10 concessions)

Canal Cafe Theatre

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above the Bridge House Public House, Delamere Terrace, Little Venice London, W2 6ND Box Office: 020 7289 6054 Online: www.canalcafetheatre.com How to get Here: Warwick Avenue (Bakerloo Line) is the nearest station.

Carnivale

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2 White Church Lane London E1 7QR Box Office: on the door. Venue number for information only - 020 8616 0776 Online: www.carnivale.co.uk is the venue website for venue information only. How to get Here: Aldgate East (District, Hammersmith and City Line) is the nearest station.

The Castle

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above The Castle Public House, 34-35 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6DB Box Office: on the door Online: none How to get Here: Farringdon (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith and City Line) is the nearest station.

Cecil Sharpe House

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2 Regent’s Park Road, London, NW1 7AY Box Office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Camden Town (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station.

Charlton House

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Charlton Road, London, SE7 8RE Box Office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Charlton Main line station.

Charterhouse Bar

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38 Charterhouse Street, West Smithfield, London, EC1M 6JH Box Office:  07963 680 859 Online: www.gethappycomedy.com How to get Here: Barbican and Farringdon (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith and City lines) are the nearest stations. Farringdon is also a mainline station.

Chelsea Theatre

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World's End Place, Kings Road, London, SW10 0DR Box Office: 020 7352 1967 Online: www.chelseatheatre.org.uk How to get Here: Fulham Broadway (District Line) is the nearest underground station.

Chestnut Grove Theatre

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Chestnut Grove School, 45 Chestnut Grove, Balham, London, SW12 8JZ Box Office: See under individual production listings. Online: See under individual production listings. How to get Here: Balham (Northern Line, also mainline) is the nearest station.

The Chocolate Factory Theatre

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Clarendon Road, London, N22 6XJ Box Office: 0208 889 2400 Online: bookings@mosaicarestaurants.com How to get Here: Wood Green (Piccadilly Line) and Alexandra Palace (Mainline) are the nearest stations.

The Churchill Theatre

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High Street, Bromley, Kent BR1 1HA Box Office: 08448 717 620 (£2.75 per booking, not per ticket fee is charged). Online: www.churchilltheatre.co.uk (£2.75 per booking, not per ticket fee is charged). How to get Here: Bromley South or Bromley North (mainline) are the nearest stations.

The Church Street Theatre

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Ryans Bar, 181 Church Street, Stoke Newington, London N16 0UL. Box Office: online only. Online Bookings: www.churchstreettheatre.com  (via www.Ticketweb.co.uk, no booking fee) How to get Here: Stoke Newington (mainline) is the nearest station.

The Cobden Club

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170 Kensal Road, London W10 5BN Box Office: 020 8960 4222 Online: www.ticketweb.co.uk (with £1 per booking, not per ticket, fee for box office colletions / £1.65 for postage if time allows). Venue Website: www.cobdenclub.co.uk How to get Here: Nearest underground Westbourne Park (Hammersmith and City Line), then 6 to 7 minute walk at most. Buses: 23, 28, 31, 328.

The Cockpit

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Gateforth Street (Off Church Street), London, NW8 8EH Box Office: 020 7258 2925 (Open from Noon Monday to Friday. All major cards accepted) Online: www.thecockpit.org.uk (most productions bookable online) How to get Here: Nearest underground Marylebone (Bakerloo Line and Mainline) or Edgware Road (Bakerloo, Circle, District and Hammersmith Lines). Buses: 6, 16, 18, 98, 414. Last Mondays in each month until 29th July 2013 JAZZ IN THE ROUND Presenter of BBC's Jazz On 3, Jez Nelson, hosts a monthly barrier-busting jazz/contemporary music binge every last Monday of the month. With audience on four sides, Jazz In The Round will disregard genre and other limiting habits to showcase new talent alongside headline players in a concert setting – with added solo spots from those that usually don’t do that sort of thing. http://thecockpit.org.uk/jazz has the information. Monday 27th May: Eska Mutungwazi This talented and original London based composer comes from a varied and eclectic musical background. As a vocalist, her legendary virtuosity has attracted the attentions of a host of acclaimed artists – the likes of Tony Allen and David Sylvian, to name a few. Her vocal arrangements have credits on 3 Mercury-nominated albums that range from hip-hop to indie to jazz. Alex Ward is a composer, improviser, and performing musician who plays a variety of instruments and has had a long involvement with free music. He has been a member of many other groups including ensembles led by Eugene Chadbourne, Simon H. Fell and Duck Baker. Phil Meadows Group Based in London, the group performs an array of original compositions written by bandleader Phil Meadows. Combining a cocktail of influences this group appeal to a host of audiences with a passion for improvisation, beauty and groove. Complex, powerful and emotive one minute; thoughtful, delicate and beautiful the next. Think Miles Davis meets Bartok with a helping hand from the ECM record label. We're excited to have Gina Southgate as our artist in residence, painting the action as it happens. You can see her work on display in our foyer, on her website, and of course watch her painting live on the night... Jez adds: “I hope we get a really wide range of people coming along just to open their minds and check things out."   Performance Times: Last Mondays in the Month at 8pm (bar opens 6pm) Monday 27th May Monday 24th June Monday 29th July CHECK WITH VENUE THAT THIS EVENT IS HAPPENING BEFORE TRAVELLING A LONG DISTANCE. Seat Prices: All tickets £8 ____________________________________ First Mondays in each month from 1st October 2013 THEATRE IN THE POUND An evening of fifteen minute performances of new drama, writing, cabaret and all things theatrical. Theatre In The Pound is an award winning evening of new theatrical shorts at The Cockpit. Every month we showcase new work from directors, writers and artists to provide a platform for them, and a great evening of exciting performance for you. Theatre In The Pound is a not for profit evening of new drama, writing, cabaret and all things theatrical, helping artists develop their work with support and feedback. ...and it only costs a pound! There is no need to reserve tickets, just turn up on the night. Further info: http://thecockpit.org.uk/pound.     Performance Times and Dates: 2013 Monday 1st October - 7.00pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £1 - reservations not required, just turn up on the night. _________________________________ Wednesday 5th until Saturday 22nd June 2013 BLAIR'S CHILDREN by April de Angelis, Georgia Fitch, Anders Lustgarten, Mark Norfolk and Paula Stanic A new and confronting play that recalls the Blair era and addresses its legacy. Five characters in a London coffee shop reveal their thoughts and feelings directly to the audience, who learn first-hand how the Blair era impacted the lives of a generation. Inspired by the legendary 1970s production ‘Kennedy’s Children’ by Robert Patrick. Commissioned by The Cockpit. Kennedy’s Children saw the American 60’s defined in large part by the death of heroes. The starting point for Blair’s Children was the idea that for many, Blair’s era marked the death of the traditional Left. It turned out there was much more to say. Each character in the play tells a deeply felt, personal and very different story.   Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 8.30pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £12 (£10 concessions) Twin Tickets: You can see this show at 8.30pm and preceding 7pm performance of Don't Wake Me: The Ballad Of Nihal Armstrong on the same night for £20. _________________________________ Tuesday 4th until Saturday 22nd June 2013 DON'T WAKE ME: THE BALLAD OF NIHAL ARMSTRONG An unforgettable love story of a mother and her disabled son. NIHAL - a boy born to silence. His mother - convinced, in the teeth of all advice, that he can communicate and live a rich life. A powerful, funny and deeply moving account of their struggles and triumphs. Starting with a difficult conception and a terrifying delivery with unsympathetic midwives on hand, Nihal's mother says 'her backbone lost its steel' when the doctor predicts that this gurgling, farting, smiling baby would not grow up to walk, talk, read or write. When Nihal's mother discovers he has a sensitive and intelligent personality trapped inside his body, she does everything in her power to set it free but mostly comes up against brick walls. Even in schools where the teachers should have known better! A rollercoaster of loss, grief, joy, Nihal's wicked sense of humour and the indomitable human spirit.     Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 8.30pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £12 (£10 concessions) Twin Tickets: You can see this show at 7pm and then the 8.30pm performance of Blair's Children on the same night for £20. _________________________________ Sunday 23rd June 2013 KAN YA MAKAN (Once Upon A Time) Suitable for those aged 8 and over. A re-telling of Arab folktales for modern times. Interactive event. Includes free food! Age 8+. An inventive retelling of familiar fables that echo today's events in the Arab World. Award-winning international storytellers Alia AlZougbi and Ammar Haj Ahmad present exciting new writing playfully constructed around ancient tales. Prepare to be spellbound by stories and sketches filled with humour and intrigue that bring old wisdom to modern day events. Inspired by recent events in the Arab world, familiar folktales unfold to reveal people’s transformation in the face of oppression. Inspiring and surprising. This interactive event is both intergenerational and cross-cultural.     Performance Time: Sunday at 6pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £12 (£10 concessions) £35 family group of 4 (Age 8+) Includes a free tasty treat from the Middle East! _________________________________ Wednesday 15th May until Sunday 2nd June 2013 Theatre Re present: THE LITTLE SOLDIERS devised by the company directed by Guillaume Pigé Set within an old circus troupe, 'The Little Soldiers' recounts the absurd and surreal battle between two brothers pursuing the same impossible dream and how their thriftless ambition destroys their lives and the sense of their existence. Established in 2009, Theatre Re is an international company creating physical and emotional theatre on the edge of mime and theatre. http://www.retheatre.com is the company website. Music composer - Alex Judd Lighting designer and Technical manager - Katherine Graham Dramaturge - Bernie Byrnes Producer - Patrick Collier Costume designers and makers - Malik Ibheis & Amédine Bello Photographer - François Verbeek Cast: Malik Ibheis, Alex Judd, Guillaume Pigé, Selma Roth.     Performance Times: Tuesday to Friday at 7.30pm Saturday at 2.30pm and 7.30pm Sunday at 5pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES.   Seat Prices: All tickets £12 (£10 concessions) _________________________________ Saturday 15th June 2013 LITTLE SUNSHINE, LITTLE RAINFALL Suitable for children aged 3-7. Little Sunshine and Little Rainfall invite you to their magical Japanese garden but when naughty Storm Fox comes to visit all the creatures must think quickly to save their homes and families. Perhaps wise old Turtle has the answer? Blending Japanese folklore with traditional music and dance, ‘Little Sunshine, Little Rainfall’ is an exciting and inventive theatrical experience for younger audiences, performed in English - with just a little Japanese! Further info link: http://athousandcranes.org.uk/current-shows/little-sunshine-little-rainfall/     Performance Time: 2pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £8 or four tickets for £30. _________________________________ Sundays 9th June and 7th July 2013 MAPPING BECKETT "Let's go. We can't. Why not? We're waiting for Godot" (so come and join us!) Listening to the plays, the poetry, the prose, the letters and the some of the source material of the Irish writer who wrote in French! Samuel Beckett whose astonishing mastery of language and whose humanity and humour inspired and inspires so many 20th and 21st century writers- Pinter, Stoppard, Albee, Havel and many other. Monthly Performed readings bring the words to life followed by an open discussion with admirers and enquirers in the comfortable surroundings of The Cockpit Bar. Programme: 9th June: Beckett and the Bible. 7th July: Some of the Letters.   Performance Times and Dates: Sunday 9th June 2013 at 7pm Sunday 7th July 2013 at 7pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £9 (£7 concessions) _________________________________ Saturday 13th July 2013 RUMPELSTILTSKIN & THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE Suitable for ages 4+ Grimm's classic tale brought to life through storytelling and puppetry. Poor Polly Buckwheat, the Miller's daughter, is in a bit of a pickle! If she doesn't turn a roomful of straw into gold by morning, the greedy King will turn a bit nasty. But should she accept the kind help of an eccentric dwarf who mysteriously appears in her prison cell? Of all the fairytale characters, Rumpelstiltskin has got to be the most mixed up. He is helpful yet demanding; secretive yet nosy; short yet owning a name as long as his beard. Not surprisingly, this story of transformation will make you laugh and gasp at the same time! Tickets: £8 each (or group of 4 for £30). Book online below, or call 020 7258 2925 (12-6, Mon-Sat) Further info link: http://www.widdershins.co.uk     Performance Time: 11.30am   Seat Prices: All tickets £8 or four tickets for £30. _________________________________ Saturday 20th July 2013 JUBILATION Each day her beauty bleeds Beauty is bleeding Bleeding hope because that’s all she's got Hope that never dies but just bleeds Getting older but beauty fades not away rather bleeds the slow and painful existence of rejected love   Performance Time: 7.30pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £7 _________________________________ Friday 30th and Saturday 31st August 2013 Lahing Kayumanggi Dance Company presents: SAYAW (Dance) Evocative, languid movements of the sea and regal ceremonies embodies Philippine folk dance. Heart stopping rhythmic stomps, lyrical waltzes, frenzied twirls, evocative, languid movements of the sea and regal ceremonies embody the richly varied dance styles of the Philippines www.lkdance.org.uk is the company website.     Performance Times: Friday at 7.30pm Saturday at 3pm and 7.30pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £15 (£13 concessions - children 11-16yrs, OAP 60+yrs, students w/NUS card, £8 children 10 and under)     Box Office for this production: By telephone: 020 3286 8830 Email: tickets(insert @ symol here)lkdance.org.uk Online: via Eventbrite (not available from The Cockpit) at lkdancecompany.eventbrite.co.uk/ _________________________________ Sunday 13th October 2013 WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED A Celebration of People Power. A Celebration of the power of ordinary people to change the world for the better bought to you by the people that organised the 2011 Rebellious Media Conference A cabaret evening of comedy, personal stories, poetry and music with a hint of the radical. Remember Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, the anti-roads protests of the 90's, the march that shock Tony Blair, the Arab Spring, the anti-austerity protests, and all the other times, recent and historical, where people have stood up against injustice? We at Peace News have been participating and reporting on these events since 1936. We're having a celebration of the power of ordinary and extraordinary people (like you) to transform the world, and we'd like you to join us.   Performance Time: 6.30pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £15 (£10 concessions) _________________________________ Thursday 10th until Saturday 26th October 2013 Infinite Space Theatre present: MACBETH by William Shakespeare As the City falls into ruin, can Macbeth's Dunsinane Hill Ltd stave off a hostile takeover from Birnam Wood? In talking about Othello, Nicholas Hytner spoke of the need to update the context through which Shakespeare's plays are seen. Many of the themes they raise are universal. However in the 400 odd years since Macbeth was written, its themes of ambition, corruption, cruelty and power have evolved, perhaps appearing in more subtle and conniving ways than they once did. For this reason, Infinite Space Theatre's Macbeth is set behind the pristine closed doors of the City. Birnam Wood and Dunsinane Hill are two organisations engaged in a hostile takeover. The witches are police and journalists. Macduff is female, pushing for the representation on the Board which women so woefully lack. And Lady Macbeth plays her cards rather differently, using her husband as a vehicle to vault her desire for power. This is still a play about blood, only the way in which it is spilled has been updated and contemporised. www.infinitespacetheatre.co.uk is the company website.     Performance Time: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.30pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES.   Seat Prices: All tickets £14 (£11 concessions) _________________________________ Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th November 2013 PHRONESIS IN THE ROUND ‘One of the most exciting bands on the planet today’ (Jazzwise), record their fifth album live in the round! Join Phronesis for the live recording of their fifth album of brand new material, due for release in Spring 2014 on Edition Records. Part of the EFG London Jazz Festival in association with The Cockpit and Jazz In The Round   Performance Times and Dates: Saturday and Sunday at 7.30pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £13

The Colourhouse Theatre

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Merton Abbey Mills, London, SW19 2RD Box Office: 020 8542 5511 Online: www.colourhousetheatre.co.uk How to get Here: Colliers Wood, South Wimbledon (Northern Line) are the nearest underground stations.

The Compass

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58 Penton Street, Islington, London N1 9PZ Box Office: see under individual event Online: www.thecompassn1.co.uk (information only) How to get Here: Nearest underground station is Angel (Northern Line).

The Compass Theatre

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Glebe Avenue, Ickenham, UB10 8PD Box Office: 01895 673 200 Online: www.compasstheatre.co.uk How to get Here: Nearest underground station is Ickenham (Piccadilly and Metropolitan Lines).

Concrete

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56 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JJ Box Office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Shoreditch High Street (Overground / Mainline) are the nearest stations.

Conway Hall

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25 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4RL Box Office: 020 7242 8032 (information only) Online: www.conwayhall.org.uk How to get Here: Holborn (Central and Piccadilly lines) is the nearest underground station.

CornerHOUSE Theatre

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116 Douglas Road, Surbiton, KT6 7SB Box Office: see under individual event. Online: See under individual event. How to get Here: Tolworth is the nearest main line station.

Coronet Theatre

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28 New Kent Road, London SE1 6TJ Box Office: see under individual event. Online: See under individual event. How to get Here: Elephant and Castle (Bakerloo and Northern Lines) is the nearest underground station.

Courtyard Theatre

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40 Pitfield Street, London, N1 6EU Box Office: 020 7729 2202 from 6.30pm to 9.30pm Tuesday to Sunday only / Ticketweb 24 hour service on 0844 477 1000 (with booking fee). Online: www.thecourtyard.org.uk is the venue website via ticketweb.co.uk. How to get Here: Old Street (Northern Line and mainline) is the nearest station. King's Cross and Waterloo for National Rail services. Buses: 21, 43, 55, 76, 141, 205, 214, 243, 271, N35, N55, N76   Tuesday 21st May until Sunday 2nd June 2013 N1 Theatre Company presents: AN ABSOLUTE TURKEY by Nicki Frei and Peter Hall, adapted from Le Dindon directed by Howard Ross A sparkling comedy in which a persistent stalker LUSTS after the flirtatious wife of a friend and a would-be lothario claims that it is he alone who really LOVES her. Meanwhile her husband LIES about his whereabouts in order to keep an illicit rendezvous with an old flame. Insistent seducers, angry husbands and spying wives soon swap partners, hotel rooms and beds as innocent maids, pubescent bellboys and confused police inspectors all become caught in a tangled web of LAUGHTER. Set in les Annees Folles – ‘The Crazy Years’ of 1920s Paris – the young cast take these outrageous characters on their hilarious journey in this great classic French farce.   Performance Times: Sunday to Saturday at 7.30pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES.     Seat Prices: All tickets £12 (£10 concessions) ________________________________________________________ Tuesday 4th until Sunday 16th June 2013 N1 Theatre Company presents: LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN by Oscar Wilde directed by Petina Hapgood “London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They look so thoroughly unhappy. I am not going to be one of them” Oscar Wilde’s witty dialogue, social satire and outrageous paradoxes for which he is still remembered are most evident in this work. Wilde’s play shows us the destructiveness of gossip and superficial judgement. It examines the ambiguous sexual morality and gender politics at the heart of the British ruling class, whilst simultaneously challenging our perception of what constitutes a “good woman”.   Performance Times: Sunday to Saturday at 7.30pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES.     Seat Prices: All tickets £12 (£10 concessions)

Croydon Clocktower

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Croydon Clocktower, Katharine Street, CR9 1ET Box Office: 020 8253 1030 (minicom 020 8253 1027) Online: www.croydonclocktower.org.uk How to get Here: East Croydon Station (10 minutes walk) / West Croydon Station (15 minutes walk). Buses (within 2 to 6 minutes walk): 50, 60, 75, 109, 119, 154, 166, 197, 250, 264, 312, 403, 405, 407, 412, 455, 466, 468. Trams to George Street (3 minutes walk) / Reeves Corner (12 minutes walk)

Dalston Superstore

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Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland Road, London, E8 2PB Box Office: 020 7254 2273 Online: www.dalstonsuperstore.com (information only) How to get Here: Dalston Kingsland (mainline) is the nearest station. Buses: 67, 76, 149, 243. Every First Tuesday each month: Holestar present: LETS GET QUIZZICAL Season two of the popular  fun, alternative entertainment, disco and the art/performance/DJ thing kicks off with special guest founder of Gay Bingo and East End royalty.. .MA BUTCHER. Cheaters are crap in the sack............. London's only all pop culture quiz and danceteria.   See www.holestar.webs.com for more details.   Performance Time: First Tuesday Each Month at 8.30pm Event ends 2am   Seat Prices: All tickets FREE.

Pizza Express, Dean Street Jazz Club

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10 Dean Street, London, W1D 3RW Box Office: 08456 027 017 Online: www.pizzaexpresslive.com How to get Here: Tottenham Court Road (Central and Northern Lines) is the nearest underground station.

The Old Debating Chamber, County Hall

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Opposite the entrance to the Movieum of London, County Hall, South Bank, London SE1 7PB Box Office: see under individual production information. Online: see under individual production information. How to get Here: Waterloo (Northern, Bakerloo and Jubilee Lines, also mainline) and Westminster (Jubilee, District and Circle Lines) are the nearest stations. Buses 211, 77 and 381 stop nearby.

Dirty Dicks Public House

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202 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4NR Box Office: 0207 283 5888 Online: not available How to get Here: Liverpool Street (Central, Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith and City and Mainline) is the nearest station.

Dorking Halls

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Reigate Road, Dorking, Surrey. RH4 1SG Box Office:01306 881 717 Online: www.dorkinghalls.co.uk / Twitter: @dorkinghalls How to get Here: Dorking or Dorking (Deepdene) (mainline) are the nearest stations.

Downstairs at the King's Head Public House

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2 Crouch End Hill, London, N8 8AA Box Office: see under individual event Online Bookings: www.downstairsatthekingshead.com (not available for all events) How to get Here: Crouch Hill (London Overground) is the nearest station.

The Drayton Theatre

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The Drayton Arms Public House, 153 Old Brompton Road, SW5 0LJ. Box Office: 020 7835 2301 / 0844 8700 887 (bookings via agency) Online: www.thedraytontheatre.co.uk (bookings via agency) How to get Here: Nearest underground stations are Gloucester Road or South Kensington (both on the District, Circle and Piccadilly Lines). Buses C1 and 430. Tuesday 25th June until Saturday 13th July 2013 Exchange Theatre presents: A FAMILY AFFAIR / UN AIR DE FAMILLE Un air de famille by Jean Pierre Bacri and Agnes Jaoui A family affair translation by Andy de La Tour The Award winning French play, presented alternately in English and French! Like every Friday night, the Menard get together at the "Père Tranquille" the café owned by Henri, the eldest son who inherited the business.... Tonight, his wife is not to be found. Although it's a day of celebration: his younger brother Philippe was on TV, Betty, his sister talked back to her boss and it's Yoyo's (Philippe's wife) birthday. Their mother thinks it's a good day to party. But today's events dig up family stories and Madame Menard and her children start to wash their dirty linen whilst some hidden secrets are revealed to everyone. What if Denis, the waiter decided to interfere? Hopefully, the dog would stay in his place... A family affair is a caustic play, by Agnes Jaoui and Jean Pierre Bacri (Cuisines et Dependances, Le Gout des autres), which won the best script award at the Cesar when they adapted it for the big screen. A very successful French comedy revived for the first time in London. Performed alternately in French and English and produced by Exchange Theatre, the former resident company at the French Institute behind the revival of Jean Paul Sartre's "The Flies" ("Totally Engaging, enthralling to watch" The Scotsman) and creators of the first English translations of one act Feydeau farces. This year at the Drayton Arms, the play takes place in South Kensington at the heart of the Frenchiest London neighbourhood. After The Feydeau Double Bill, for the sixth year, Exchange theatre holds BASTILLE EVENTS. French theatre in English and French food! The Drayton Arms, associated with the company, offers a French menu and French wine throughout the week. Exchange Theatre’s French amateur students also present their work the Sundays, in French. (6th, 7th, 13th and 14th of July). An offer is available to see both a showcase in French and the Double-Bill. A Bastille party will close the events on the 14th of July.       Performance Times and Dates: In French: 25th, 26th, 30th June 2013; 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 11th and 13th of July 2013 at 8pm In English: 27th, 28th, 29th June 2013;  2nd, 3rd, 10th, 12th July 2013 at 8pm     Seat Prices: All tickets: £12.50

East Bloc

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217 City Road, Hoxton, London, EC1V 1JN Box Office: see under individual event. Online: www.eastbloc.co.uk (information only) How to get Here: Old Street (Northern and Main line) is the nearest station.

Concrete

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56 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JJ Box Office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Shoreditch High Street (Overground / Mainline) are the nearest stations.

Electrowerkz

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7 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ Box Office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Angel Northern line) is the nearest underground station.

Etcetera Theatre

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above the Oxford Arms Pub, 265 Camden High Street, London NW1 7BU Box Office: 020 7482 4857 or Ticketweb 08444 77 1000 (with postage fee if required) Online: www.etceteratheatre.com or www.ticketweb.co.uk (with postage fee if required) How to get Here: Nearest Underground Station is Camden Town on the Northern Line.

Fairfield Hall

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Park Lane, Croydon, CR9 1DG Box Office: 020 8688 9291 Online: www.fairfield.co.uk How to get Here: Nearest Station is East Croydon, a 3 minute walk away and West Croydon station is about a 12 minute walk. Buses to Croydon Centre stop within easy walking distance of Fairfield (Routes 50, 60, 64, 75, 109, 119, 154, 166, 194, 197, 198, 250, 264, 312, 367, 403, 405, 407, 409, 410, 412, 455, 466, 468, 726, 729, T33). The Tramlink stops at East Croydon, George Street and Wellesley Road are all 3 minutes walk away.

Finborough Theatre

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Above The Finborough Wine Cafe, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED Box Office: 0844 847 1652 Online: www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk   How to get Here: Earl's Court (District and Piccadilly Lines) is the nearest underground station. The Papatango New Writing Prize Guaranteeing its winner a full production on the professional London stage at one of London's most acclaimed new writing venues as well as publication by one of the UK's leading theatre publishers, the fifth Papatango New Writing Prize is now open to submissions from UK applicants, regardless of age. Submissions are invited until the closing date of midnight on 31 May 2013. The longlist will be announced on 1 July 2013 and the final winner declared on 1 August 2013. The winner will receive a full four-week run at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre in November 2013, and the script of the play will be published by Nick Hern Books. Visit www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk for details. ________________________________________________________________________________ Tuesday 21st May until Saturday 8th June 2013 Press Night: Thursday 23rd May 2013 Het Up Theatre in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre presents the professional world premiere of: NOTHING IS THE END OF THE WORLD (EXCEPT FOR THE END OF THE WORLD) by Bekah Brunstetter directed by Max Pappenheim "In middle school, my parents dressed me in nothing but pro-life t-shirts with foetuses on them. I’m discovering it’s a hard rep to shake." In the near-distant future, a New York City charter school becomes the first to welcome artificially intelligent students - but an ever-present reality show film crew doesn’t help things go smoothly. From Jessica, the student body president, who never wants to fail, ever; to Kit, who’s solid, athletic, and trapped; to Danny, a theatre nerd (the very good kind), now really isn’t a good time to take part in ‘documented partially scripted reality television’. Suddenly priorities and moralities turn inside out as the androids try to integrate, the students try to help them integrate, and everyone tries to survive junior year. High school dramedy meets invasion sci-fi in this new play from one of the USA’s hottest new writers. The first professional outing for this play.   Designed by Susannah Henry. Music by Angus MacRae. Produced by Lucy Pattison. Cast: Lisa Caruccio Came. Dan Crow. Robin Crouch. Amanda Hootman. Natalie Kent. Skye Lourie. Sheena May. Christopher Webster.       Performance Times: Tuesday to Friday at 7.30pm Saturday at 3pm and 7.30pm (3pm performances from the second week of the run) Sunday at 3pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES     Seat Prices: Weeks 1 and 2 All tickets £14 (£10 concessions) except Tuesday Evenings: all tickets £10 Saturday Evenings: all tickets £14 £6 tickets for Under 30’s for performances Tuesday to Sunday in the first week of each main run when booked online. £11 tickets for residents of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on the first Saturday of the run only, when booked online. Weeks 2 and 3 All tickets £16 (£12 concessions) except Tuesday Evenings: all tickets £12 Saturday Evenings: all tickets £16 _________________________________________________________ Sundays 26th May and 2nd June 2013, Mondays 27th May and 3rd June 2013 and Tuesdays 28th May and 4th June 2013 Press Night: Monday 27th May 2013 High Fell Productions in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre presents the world premiere of: THE BLOOD IS STRONG The Blood Is Strong by David Hutchison "Britain, it’s a corpse. Still twitching, oh yes, but not long to go now. And we’ve got to get clear as fast as we can.” Scotland, today. Alec Baillie used to be a famous singer of Scottish popular music. No Hogmanay was complete without him, but now he finds himself out of date and forgotten as tastes have moved on, and the country itself is changing around him. His daughter is an aspiring Scottish National Party MSP anxious to be part of an independent Scotland in which she sees no place for the traditional cosy view of the nation that her father represents… This timely play is both a compelling human story and an exploration of what has been happening politically and culturally north of the border. And what that might mean for England and the English. Designed by Gabriella Slade. Lighting by Humphrey McDermott. Sound by Josh Richardson. Casting by Lucy Casson. Cast: Janet Amsden. Margaret-Ann Bain. Martin Buchan. Alistair Findlay. Neil McNulty. Steven Miller.   Performance Times: Sundays and Mondays at 7.30pm Tuesdays at 2pm       Seat Prices: All tickets £14 (£10 concessions) _________________________________________________________ Thursday 13th June until Saturday 6th July 2013 Press Night: Thursday 13th June 2013 Defibrillator, in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre presents:   HARD FEELINGS by Doug Lucie directed by James Hillier. "We're supposed to be having a party. It's s'posed to be fun. This is my house, and when I say everybody have fun, then everybody have fun." Brixton, April 1981, and tensions mount. In the safety of their home a group of Oxford University Graduates barely notice what's happening on the streets outside as police and rioters clash, shops are looted and buildings set on fire. In both worlds there is a fight for rights... a fight for respect...a fight for control. Who will win? Who will lose? Who will make the strongest cocktail? And when the dust finally settles the question remains... Will things ever change? Acclaimed at its premiere, the core of Hard Feelings is as relevant today as it was then.  It was first staged at the Oxford Playhouse in 1982, before transferring to the Bush Theatre in 1983. It was later broadcast as a BBC Play for Today. Chillingly funny, this is the first London production in 25 years.     Cast: Zora Bishop (Jane), Nick Blakeley (Baz), Margaret Clunie (Annie), Jesse Fox (Rusty), Isabella Laughland (Viv) and Callum Turner (Tone).     Performance Times: Tuesday to Friday at 7.30pm Saturday at 3pm and 7.30pm (3pm performances from the second week of the run) Sunday at 3pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES     Seat Prices: Weeks 1 and 2 All tickets £14 (£10 concessions) except Tuesday Evenings: all tickets £10 Saturday Evenings: all tickets £14 £6 tickets for Under 30’s for performances Tuesday to Sunday in the first week of each main run when booked online. £11 tickets for residents of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on the first Saturday of the run only, when booked online. Weeks 2 and 3 All tickets £16 (£12 concessions) except Tuesday Evenings: all tickets £12 Saturday Evenings: all tickets £16 _________________________________________________________ Sundays 16th, 23rd and 30th June 2013, Mondays 17th and 24th June and 1st July 2013 and Tuesdays 18th and 25th June and 2nd July 2013 Press Night: Monday 17th June 2013 Five Wits in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre present: EARLY DAYS by David Storey directed by Tim Newns. “It’s like living on an alien planet. I speak the language but no one listens. I make the signs but nobody sees.” Kitchen, a retired politician, is placed in the care of his daughter and son-in-law for his own safety. Paranoia and fear set in as his isolation forces him to reflect on his life, the passing of time, loss and remembered love. All the while his family and the people around him lose patience and faith in his ability to speak truth. Originally written for Sir Ralph Richardson, Early Days is an intrinsically poignant lament on loneliness and abandonment. Desolate yet full of gentle humour, the play is an astute study on the realizations of old age. The first London production in nearly 30 years, in celebration of playwright David Storey's 80th birthday. Lighting by William Ingham. Sound by Chris Barlow. Costume Design by Clare Amos. Produced by Steph Lodge. Cast: Abigail Bond. Andrew Glen. Max Gold. Toby Manley. Andrew McDonald. Simon Molloy, Hannah Taylor Gordon.       Performance Times: Sundays and Mondays at 7.30pm Tuesdays at 2pm     Seat Prices: All tickets £14 (£10 concessions) _________________________________________________________ Tuesday 9th July until Saturday 3rd August 2013 Press Night: Thursday 11th July 2013 DUSA, FISH, STAS AND VI by Pam Gems directed by Helen Eastman. Commemorating the centenary year of suffragette martyr Emily Wilding Davison, the first full professional production in more than 35 years.     Performance Times: Tuesday to Friday at 7.30pm Saturday at 3pm and 7.30pm (3pm performances from the second week of the run) Sunday at 3pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES     Seat Prices: Weeks 1 and 2 All tickets £14 (£10 concessions) except Tuesday Evenings: all tickets £10 Saturday Evenings: all tickets £14 £6 tickets for Under 30’s for performances Tuesday to Sunday in the first week of each main run when booked online. £11 tickets for residents of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on the first Saturday of the run only, when booked online. Weeks 2 and 3 All tickets £16 (£12 concessions) except Tuesday Evenings: all tickets £12 Saturday Evenings: all tickets £16 _________________________________________________________ Sundays 14th, 21st and 28th July 2013, Mondays 15th, 22nd and 29th July 2013 and Tuesdays 16th, 22nd and 30th July 2013 Press Night: Monday, 15 July 2013 The World Premiere of: THE PRECARIAT by Chris Dunkley directed by Chris New   Performance Times: Sundays and Mondays at 7.30pm Tuesdays at 2pm       Seat Prices: All tickets £14 (£10 concessions) _________________________________________________________ Tuesday 6th until Saturday 31st August 2013 Press Night: Thursday 8th August 2013 Arion Productions Ltd in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre presents the first London production in more than 25 years of: AS IS by William M. Hoffman directed by Andrew Keates. “Sometimes I’m so scared I go back on my resolutions: I drink too much, and I smoke a joint, and I find myself at the bars and clubs, where I stand around and watch. They remind me of accounts of Europe during the Black Plague: groping in the dark, dancing till you drop. The New Wave is the corpse look. I’m very frightened and I miss you. Say something, damn it.” New York City, 1985. Rich, a young writer who is beginning to find success, is breaking up with his longtime lover, Saul, a professional photographer. However Rich's idyll with his new lover is short-lived when he learns that he has contracted the terrifying new disease AIDS and returns to Saul for sanctuary as he awaits its slow and awful progress. In a mosaic of brilliantly conceived short scenes, blending humour, poignance and dazzling theatricality, As Is captures the pathos of Rich's relationship with friends and family, the cold impersonality of the doctors and nurses who care for him and the widely diverse aspects of New York's gay community. A heartbreaking and unsparing examination of a deeply felt human relationship shattered by a mindless, destructive disease. As Is was a revolutionary and groundbreaking play of its time, and remains sadly still urgently relevant – the number of gay and bisexual men being diagnosed with HIV in the UK reached an "all-time high" in 2011 (figures from the Health Protection Agency). As Is was the winner of the Obie and Drama Desk Awards, one of Time Magazine's 'Best Plays of the Year' and nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. It was originally produced Off-Broadway by the Circle Repertory Company in 1985, and subsequently transferred to Broadway. It was televised in 1986, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. It now receives its first London production since the 1987 UK premiere at the Half Moon Theatre.   Designed by Philip Lindley.     Performance Times: Tuesday to Friday at 7.30pm Saturday at 3pm and 7.30pm (3pm performances from the second week of the run) Sunday at 3pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES Runs 2 hours approximately, including one interval.   Seat Prices: Weeks 1 and 2 All tickets £14 (£10 concessions) except Tuesday Evenings: all tickets £10 Saturday Evenings: all tickets £14 £6 tickets for Under 30’s for performances Tuesday to Sunday in the first week of each main run when booked online. £11 tickets for residents of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on the first Saturday of the run only, when booked online. Weeks 2 and 3 All tickets £16 (£12 concessions) except Tuesday Evenings: all tickets £12 Saturday Evenings: all tickets £16 _________________________________________________________ Sundays 11th, 18th and 25th August 2013, Mondays 12th, 19th and 26th August 2013 and Tuesdays 13th, 20th and 27th August 2013 Press Night: Monday 12th August 2013 Prior to its official world premiere in Canada: ARMSTRONG'S WAR by Colleen Murphy directed by Jennifer Bakst A "fully staged workshop production."   Performance Times: Sundays and Mondays at 7.30pm Tuesdays at 2pm       Seat Prices: All tickets £14 (£10 concessions)

Floridita

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100 Wardour Street, London W1F 0TN Box Office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Tottenham Court Road (Northern and Central Lines) is the nearest underground station.

Freehold Theatre

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9 Alexandra Road (just off Hampden Road), Muswell Hill, London N10 2EY Box Office: 020 8883 3570  Online: not available How to get Here: Highgate (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station.

French Institute

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17 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2DT Box Office: 0207 073 1350 Online: www.institut-francais.org.uk How to get Here: Nearest underground station is South Kensington (Piccadilly, District and Circle lines).

The Gallery

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50 Redchurch Street, London. E2 7DP Box Office: online only. Online: www.wegottickets.com How to get Here: Shoreditch High Street (Mainline) is the nearest station.

The Gate Theatre

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(Above The Prince Albert Pub), 11 Pembridge Road, London, W11 3HQ Box Office: 020 7229 0706 Online: www.gatetheatre.co.uk How to get Here: Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle, and District lines) is the nearest underground station.

GBS Theatre

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Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), Malet Street, London WC1E 6ED. Box Office: see under individual productions Online: see under individual productions. How to get Here: Goodge Street (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station.

Granville Arcade

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Brixton Village, entrance in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW9 8PS. Box Office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Nearest underground Brixton (Victoria Line) or Brixton Main line station.

Green Carnation Cabaret Venue

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4 to 5, Greek Street, London, W1D 4DD Box Office: See under individual production Online: See under individual production How to get Here: Nearest underground is Leicester Square (Piccadilly and Northern Lines). Wednesday 1st until Sunday 26th May 2013 Simon Gross Productions presents: DRAG DIVAS written and directed by Simon Gross A live celebration to the world’s greatest Divas-With A Difference! This Spring sees the return of the West End musical hit Drag Divas direct from its previous run in 2012 at The Arts Theatre to Soho’s swanky cabaret Venue The Green Carnation. Drag Divas is a live celebration to the world’s greatest divas performed by some of the county’s finest musical talent hosted by the multi talented Jeff Kristian the singing Drag Artiste from Channel Fives Big Brother. Drag Divas celebrates the worlds greatest divas past and present including Aretha Franklin; Etta James, Diana Ross and the Supremes; Madonna; Dusty Springfield, Celine Dion, Kylie , Cher; Amy Winehouse;Brittany Spears, Tina Turner; Beyonce, , and the diva of divas, Dame Shirley Bassey. There will also be hilarious musical tributes to The Spice Girls (like you have never seen them before) Lulu, Edith Piaf and the outrageous Kate Bush! This fun filled musical celebrates two hours of your favourite divas signature tunes Hot Stuff, Baby Love, Stop In The Name Of Love, Material Girl, I Want to Dance with Somebody, Chain Reaction, Natural Women, Valerie, Think,Simply the Best and Back to Black. www.dragdivas.co.uk is the production website. www.youtube.com/watch for a video. Staging By Lewis Butler Musical Direction-Roberto Angrisani Images from the 2012 Arts Theatre run. Content depicted cannot be guaranteed for the current production and may vary.     Cast: Jeff Kristian, Leo Loren, Roberto Angrisani, Matthew Frost, Joel Burman, Duane Gooden, Bobby Houston.       Performance Times: Wednesday to Saturday at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm) Sundays at 4pm (doors open 3.30pm) A bar will be open throughout the whole performance.     Seat Price: All tickets: £18.50 Seating unreserved on a first come first served basis.       Box Office for the Production: Online at: www.ticketweb.co.uk (with booking fee) By telephone: 0844 477 1000 (with booking fee)

Green Man

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above The Green Man Public House, 36 Riding House Street, London W1W 7ES Box Office: on the door Online: none How to get Here: Oxford Circus (Central, Bakerloo Line) or Goodge Street (Northern Line) is the nearest station.

Greenwich Dance

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The Borough Hall at Greenwich Dance Royal Hill, Greenwich, SE10 8RE Box Office:  020 8293 9741 unless otherwise stated for an event. Online: www.greenwichdance.org.uk unless otherwise stated for an event.

Greenwich Theatre

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Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ES Box Office:  020 8858 7755 (£1.50 per booking transaction fee, plus optional 50p per booking postage if required and time allows) Online: www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk (with 50p per ticket booking fee) How to get Here: Greenwich is the nearest mainline and DLR station. Tuesday 14th May until Saturday 1st June 2013 Lazarus Theatre Company present: IN REPERTOIRE LEAR by William Shakespeare directed by Ricky Dukes and Gavin Harrington-Odedra. AND DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE by Christopher Marlowe directed by Ricky Dukes and Gavin Harrington-Odedra. Lear: Driven by love, jealousy and betrayal, Lear is forced into a savage world of chaos and ruin by the very people closest to the Monarchs’ heart, her Daughters. In a World turned upside down Lear is thrust in to isolation and must fight to cling on to her own identity, throne and kingdom. Cast includes: Jennifer Shakesby as Lear. Dido, Queen of Carthage: Troy has fallen, after a bitter and bloody storm Aeneas, the Trojan hero and his men seek sanctuary in the city of Carthage, a chance encounter with the city’s’ Queen leads to one of the most explosive love stories ever written. In a world controlled by the Gods, can mere mortal love be enough. Cast includes: Alice Brown as Dido, Queen of Carthage. Designed by Ricky Dukes Light Design by Alex Musgrave and Rachel Smith Sound Design by Nick Kent Costume Design by Rachel Dingle and Alice Pocock Original Music by James Fogarty and Nick Hill Associate Director – Gavin Harrington-Odedra Produced by Lazarus Theatre Company.     Performance Times and Dates: Tue 14th, 8pm DIDO (Preview) Wed 15th, 8pm DIDO (Press) Thu 16th, 8pm LEAR (Preview) Fri 17th, 8pm LEAR (Press) Sat 18th, 2.30pm DIDO, 8pm LEAR Tue 21st 8pm LEAR Wed 22nd, 2.30pm LEAR 8pm DIDO Thu 23rd, 8pm DIDO Fri 24th, 8pm LEAR Sat 25th, 2.30pm LEAR 8pm DIDO Tue 28th, 8pm DIDO Wed 29th, 2.30pm DIDO, 8pm LEAR Thu 30th 8pm LEAR Fri 31st 2.30pm LEAR 8pm DIDO Sat 1st 2.30pm DIDO 8pm LEAR Seat Prices: All tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) Afternoons: All tickets £12.50

Hackney Empire Studio

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291 Mare Street, London E8 1EJ Box Office: 020 8985 2424 (50p per ticket booking fee applies - maximum £5 per booking). Open 10am to 6pm (Monday to Saturday) or until the end of the interval on performance nights. On Sunday performance days opens at noon (telephone only). Accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Switch and Solo. Online: www.hackneyempire.co.uk How to get Here: Hackney Central is the nearest mainline station. Buses: 30, 38, 48, 55, 106, 236, 242, 253, 254, 276, 277 , 394, D6, W15, N38, N55, N106, N253. EVENTS AT THIS VENUE - see www.hackneyempire.co.uk for more details.

Hackney Empire Theatre

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291 Mare Street, London E8 1EJ Box Office: 020 8985 2424 (50p per ticket booking fee applies - maximum £5 per booking). Open 10am to 6pm (Monday to Saturday) or until the end of the interval on performance nights. On Sunday performance days opens at noon (telephone only). Accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Switch and Solo. Online: www.hackneyempire.co.uk How to get Here: Hackney Central is the nearest mainline station. Buses: 30, 38, 48, 55, 106, 236, 242, 253, 254, 276, 277 , 394, D6, W15, N38, N55, N106, N253. EVENTS AT THIS VENUE: see www.hackneyempire.co.uk for full details.

Half Moon Theatre

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43 White Horse Road, London E1 0ND Box Office: 020 7790 6810 Online: www.halfmoon.org.uk How to get Here: Limehouse (DLR and main Line) is the nearest station.

Hampstead Theatre

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Eton Avenue, London, NW3 3EU Box Office: 020 7722 9301 (Monday to Saturday 10am to 7pm) Online: www.hampsteadtheatre.com How to get Here: Swiss Cottage (Jubilee Line) is the nearest underground station. Use Exit 2. Thursday 23rd May until Saturday 29th June 2013 Press Night: Wednesday 29th March 2013 A Hampstead Theatre Production, the UK Premiere of: RACE by David Mamet directed by Terry Johnson “We’re going to give them a surprise. Sufficient to get whosoever’s on the jury, to put aside all the nonsense they think they’re supposed to think about race. And rule on the facts.” A hotel room in disarray - lamps broken, cigarette butts, liquor bottles - a red sequin dress, and a man accused of rape... The accused is white, the accuser black. Two lawyers, one black and one white, must uncover and sift the facts of the case. Is the man guilty? And, irrespective of that, can his case be won? Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet's searing drama is a topical detective story about the perceptions and realities that colour our world - and the subtle shades between being a victim and being victimised. Designed by Tim Shortall Lighting by Mark Henderson     Performance Times: Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm Extra performances on Wednesday at 2.30pm and Saturdays at 3pm     Seat Prices: All tickets: £29 (£18 concessions) EXCEPT Mondays, previews and afternoon performances: all tickets £22 (£18 concessions, £15 for senior citizens) _____________________________________________ Friday 10th May until Saturday 15th June 2013 A Hampstead Theatre Production: A HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT by Nicholas Wright directed by Jonathan Munby 'I was a veteran fighter. That’s how I saw myself. But at the end of the day, Pumla, all that I really am is a veteran of lost ideologies. Once you realise that, you lose your innocence.’ 1997, Pretoria Central Prison, South Africa. Psychologist Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela prepares to sit opposite the apartheid regime's most notorious assassin. A member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, she is interviewing Eugene de Kock while he serves 212 years for crimes against humanity, murder, conspiracy to murder, attempted murder, assault, kidnapping, illegal possession of firearms, and fraud. How did he become one of the most reviled figures in apartheid history? Is she able to overcome her disgust and hate for this monster and find the human within? And will he even be prepared to open up and tell an educated black woman the truth? Nicholas Wright makes his Hampstead Downstairs debut following his sell-out hit The Last of the Duchess on the Main Stage in 2011. A Human Being Died That Night is based on the best-selling book of the same name by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela and explores her extraordinary interviews with Eugene De Kock, her time on the TRC, and how a fundamentally moral person could become a mass murderer. Designed by Paul Wills     Performance Times: Monday to Saturday at 7.45pm Extra performances on Saturdays at 3.15pm (no 3.15pm performance on 11th May 2013)     Seat Prices: All tickets: £12 (£10 concessions - senior citizens concession only applies for afternoon performances, £6 access) EXCEPT Previews 10th until 15th May 2013: all tickets £5 _________________________________________________ Thursday 20th June until Saturday 20th July 2013 Press Night: Wednesday 26th June 2013 Made by Brick and Hampstead Downstairs presents: RESPONSIBLE OTHER by Melanie Spencer directed by Melanie Spencer I have realised that what I want most of all is for Daisy's life to be. Just. Uncomplicated. An uncomplicated life. What a gift. Daisy is sixteen. She was normal. Now she is just an ill person with a disease no one has heard of. When the hospital tells her father Peter that she must travel regularly to London for specialist treatment, he worries about how he will manage. But there is only one person he can ask for help. Melanie Spencer directs her debut play, a moving and intimate study of a family fractured by illness and struggling to understand that which cannot be understood. Responsible Other has been supported by Guys & St Thomas' Charity, Wellcome Trust and Breathe AHR.     Designed by Emma Tompkins Lighting by Katherine Graham Sound Design by Tom Hackley   Cast includes: Danielle Bux, Andrew Frame, Tricia Kelly, Candassaie Liburd and Alice Sykes; further casting to be announced.   Performance Times: Monday to Saturday at 7.45pm Extra performances on Wednesday at 2.30pm and Saturdays at 3pm     Seat Prices: All tickets: £12 (£10 concessions, £10 seniors - afternoons only, £6 access) EXCEPT First five performances: all tickets £5 Groups: buy 9 tickets, get 10th ticket free.

The Hangar Arts Trust

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Unit 7A, Mellish House, Harrington Way, Charlton, London SE18 5NR Box Office: see under individual events. Online: see under individual events. How to get Here: Woolwich Dockyard Station (mainline) is nearest. See www.aircraftcircus.com for further details.

Harrow Arts Centre

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Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Middlesex, HA5 4EA Box Office: 020 8416 8989 Online: www.harrowarts.com How to get Here: Hatch End (mainline) is the nearest station.

Hayward Gallery

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Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX Box Office: 0844 847 9910 (with booking fee) Online: www.southbankcentre.co.uk (with booking fee) How to get Here: Waterloo (Jubilee, Bakerloo, Northern and mainline) is the nearest station.

Hen and Chickens Theatre

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Above the Hen and Chickens Public House, St Paul’s Road, London N1 2NA Box Office: 0207 704 2001 Online: www.unrestrictedview.co.uk How to get Here: Highbury and Islington (Victoria and Mainline) is the nearest station.

R.S. Hispaniola

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Victoria Embankment, London WC2N 5DJ   The Hispaniola is moored permanently on the Thames, right outside Embankment tube. Box Office: 020 7839 3011 Online: www.hispaniola.co.uk How to get Here: Nearest underground Embankment (Northern, Circle, District and Bakerloo Lines), Charing Cross (Bakerloo, Northern, Mainline).

The Horse

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124 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7XG Box Office: see under individual events. Online: see under individual events. How to get Here: Lambeth North (Bakerloo Line) and Waterloo (Northern, Bakerloo, Jubilee and main lines) are the nearest stations.

The Horse and Groom

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The Horse and Groom Public House, 26 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3NZ Box Office: 0871 984 1312 (information only - for event details see individual listing) Online: www.thehorseandgroom.net (information only - for event details see individual listing) How to get Here: Old Street (Northern and main lines) is the nearest station.

Hot Tap Theatre

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20 to 32 Goodwood Road, New Cross Gate, London SE14 6BL Box Office: 08447 404 305 (information only) Online: www.zetatickets.co.uk How to get Here: New Cross Gate (East London Line and Mainline) is the nearest station.

Hoxton Hall

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130 Hoxton Street, London N1 6SH Box Office: 020 7684 0060 Online: www.hoxtonhall.co.uk (information only) How to get Here: Old Street (exit 2 from the Northern Line and Mainline) or Liverpool Street (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith and City and Mainline) are the nearest stations. Rail: Dalston Kingsland (then bus). Bus: From Liverpool Street heading North 149 & 242 Stop at Geffrye Museum. From Hackney towards Central London 242, 243, 149, 67. Stop at Geffrye Museum. From Angel (City Road) 394 stops at Hoxton Street.

Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen

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2 to 4 Hoxton Square, London, N1 6NU Box Office: see under individual events Online: www.hoxtonsquarebar.com (venue information only) How to get Here: Old Street (Northern and Mainline) is the nearest station.

Humble Theatre

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Above the Prince Edward Public House, 73 Princes Square, Bayswater, London W2 4NY Box Office: 0870 80 30 156 Online: www.humbletheatre.com (information only). Email: boxoffice@humbletheatre.com How to get Here: Notting Hill Gate (Central, District and Circle Lines) and Bayswater (District and Circle Lines) are the nearest underground stations.

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)

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The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH Box Office: 020 7930 3647 Online: www.ica.org.uk How to get Here: Charing Cross (Northern, Bakerloo and main lines) is the nearest station.

IPAD Dance Lab

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Trinity Buoy Wharf, 64 Orchard Place, London E14 0JW Box Office: 020 7503 1646 (via the Arcola Theatre) Online: www.arcolatheatre.com (via the Arcola Theatre) How to get Here: Canning Town (Jubilee and DLR lines) is the nearest station.

Jack Studio Theatre

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410 Brockley Road, Brockley, London, SE4 2DH Box Office: 0844 8700 887 (with £1.50 booking fee) Online: www.brockleyjack.co.uk (no booking fee) How to get Here: Honor Oak Park and Crofton Park are the nearest mainline stations. Buses 171, 172, 122 and P4 stop in front of the theatre. Tuesday 14th until Saturday 25th May 2013 Press Night: Thursday 16th May 2013 The Jack Studio Theatre's annual playwrighting festival WRITE NOW 4 presents: NO RHYME NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE AGED UNDER 14 OR THE EASILY OFFENDED. by Melanie Pennant directed by Kate Bannister “I wanna be little again...just us three playing on the estate and knocking on doors and running away…member. And picking up pennies and buying sweets and not even knowing about nothing else. ” Nushka’s planning revenge, Pepper’s plans backfire and Jayde is nowhere to be seen. Katya hates her job, Lizzie can’t leave hers and a young girl hovers between life and death. Enter a world where a disrespect can mean more than a life, where being different makes you the target. No Rhyme is a raw new play about youth on youth crime and the struggle to find answers. It’s New Year’s Eve. When tragedy strikes who will walk away? In October 2012 we asked writers with a connection to south east London to submit previously unperformed plays to the theatre's annual playwrighting festival 'WRITE NOW 4.' This play was chosen from these submissions.   Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 8pm NO SUNDAY OR MONDAY PERFORMANCES.   Seat Prices: All tickets £13 (£10 concessions) ________________________________________________ Tuesday 28th May until Saturday 15th June 2013 Press Night: Thursday 30th May 2013 5 Pound 5 Theatre presents: MANDRAKE NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE AGED UNDER 14 OR THE EASILY OFFENDED. by Niccolò Machiavelli, adapted by Howard Colyer directed by Scott Le Crass Marking a break with medieval drama, this salacious farce was the forerunner to the comedies of Shakespeare. One of the landmarks of the Italian Renaissance, Mandrake contained all of the essential ingredients of the modern farce of intrigue: it has marriage, lust, adultery, corruption and deceit. This new adaptation reunites Howard Colyer and Scott Le Crass who previously collaborated on Nameless Theatre’s Homework. Enormously popular since its opening almost 500 years ago, Mandrake made Pope Leo X and his cardinals delirious with delight over the play’s scenes of clerical corruption. Taking place over 48 hours, the plot is typical of Machiavelli’s plays: Callimaco wants Lucrezia. Lucrezia is married to Sir Nicia. Sir Nicia wants children. Ligurio wants to please both Callimaco and Sir Nicia. But what happiness can Lucrezia find? And Siro, the unpaid servant, how can he turn things to his advantage? First performed in 1520 during the Carnival in Florence, Mandrake was an immediate popular success, and the fame of the work soon spread throughout Italy. In Venice the audience was so attracted to the play that people overwhelmed the stage and made it impossible to complete. Mandrake has remained popular ever since. Before this production, the most recent adaptations to be seen in London were the 1968 musical by Michael Alfreds and Anthony Bowles, and the translation by Wallace Shawn which was staged at the National in 1984. @colyerh | @le_crass I #Mandrakeplay is the web presence. Associate Director: Rachel Illingworth Assistant Director: Alex Mitchell Sound Designer: Neil McKeown Designer: Kemey Lafond Lighting Designer: Tom Boucher Stage Manager/Operator: Jade Gooch ASM: Jo Clisby Cast: Jean Apps (Sostrata), Piers Hunt (Nicia), Annie Lees-Jones (Siro), John McInnes (Ligurio), Andy McLeod (Timoteo), Ruth E Mortimer (Lucrezia) and Will Parrott (Callimaco).   Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.45pm Extra performance 8th June 2013 at 4pm Runs 1 hour 20 minutes approximately, with no interval.   Seat Prices: All tickets £13 (£10 concessions)

Jacksons Lane Theatre

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269a Archway Road, Highgate, London, N6 5AA Box Office: 0208 341 4421 Online: www.jacksonslane.org.uk (booking via Ticketweb with postal charge) How to get Here: Highgate (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station. Buses 43, 134, 263, N20, N134 and N43 stop outside or near the theatre.

John Gielgud Theatre

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Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), Malet Street, London WC1E 7JN. Box Office: see under individual productions Online: see under individual productions. How to get Here: Euston Square (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith and City Lines) is the nearest underground station.

Jubilee Theatre

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Digby Stuart College, Roehampton University, Roehampton Lane, SW15 5PU. Box Office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Barnes is the nearest station.

Kenneth More Theatre

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Oakfield Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 1BT Box Office: 0208 553 4466 Online: www.kmtheatre.co.uk (online booking not available). How to get Here: Ilford is the nearest Main line station.

The King's Arms

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The King's Arms Public House, 11a Northington Street, London WC1N 2JF. Box Office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Chancery Lane (Central Line), Holborn (Central and Piccadilly Lines) and Russell Square (Piccadilly Line) are the nearest underground stations. Farringdon is the nearest mainline station.

King's Head Theatre

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115 Upper Street, Islington, London. N1 1QN Box Office: 020 7478 0160 Online Bookings: www.kingsheadtheatre.com (via Ticketweb agency - booking fee may apply) How to get Here: Highbury and Islington (Victoria line / mainline) and Angel (Northern Line) are the nearest stations. Sunday 21st April until Sunday 26th May 2013 Press Night: Monday 22nd April 2013 Arbery Productions presents: CALIFORNIAN LIVES by Martin Foreman directed by Emma King-Farlow 3 powerful and moving monologues that lay bare the lives of three very different people How well do you know those who are closest to you? In three powerful and moving monologues, Martin Foreman lays bare the lives of three very different Californians. In Los Feliz, Robin Holden is a salesman in a diner who knows the freeways and side streets of Los Angeles like the back of his hand. Then on one of these side streets he meets the woman of his dreams… Ben and Joe’s, starring Barry Clarke, is set in a San Fernando Valley bar, where a group of older men spend their days shooting the breeze, watching TV and flirting with the bartender. Life is quiet until a young man enters… The final monologue is Sunset, starring Carolyn Lyster. As the sun sets in the Cascade Mountains a grandmother remembers her first date, the man she married and their life together. www.californianlives.co.uk is the production website. Cast: Robin Holden.   Performance Times and Dates: Monday 20 May at 7.15pm Sunday 26 May at 3.00pm and 7.15pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £19 (Premium seats), £14 (standard seats, £11.50 concessions) __________________________________________ Wednesday 17th April until Saturday 25th May 2013 Press Nights: Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th April 2013 OperaUpClose present: BALLO (A Masked Ball) a new English version by and directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher Based on the real-life assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden, director Adam Spreadbury-Maher follows up his hugely successful East Berlin Tosca with a version of Verdi's political thriller, A Masked Ball, set in a famous Swedish homeware store. Verdi's original Swedish version was considered too politically inflammatory, and so had to be re-written to give the characters Italian identities. OperaUpClose's production will combine the Italian characters with a distinctly Swedish flavour, served up in the unmistakably English setting of an out-of-town shopping centre on London's North Circular Road. This is OperaUpClose's 13th production (all in new English translations) since its foundation in late 2009 for the experiment of producing La Boheme in a tiny pub theatre in Kilburn.   Orchestration by Luca Tieppo Musical Director: Luca Tieppo Set Designer: Nina Fransson Costume Designer: Jonathan Lipman Lighting Designer: Richard Williamson     Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.15pm Sunday at 3pm     Seat Prices: All tickets £25 (reserved seating places), £22.50 (£19.50 concessions unreserved seating / £17 jobseekers and under 18s) EXCEPT Previews 17th, 18th and 21st April 2013: all tickets £10 __________________________________________ Wednesday 29th May until Saturday 22nd June 2013 Press Night: Friday 31st May 2013 MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS GOT HER HEAD CHOPPED OFF by Liz Lochhhead directed by Robin Norton-Hale Exploring the rivalry and mutual fascination between Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I, Liz Lochhead (Scotland's National Poet) re-tells this murky tale of political and sexual intrigue with ferocious wit and innovation and examines Mary's legacy through the eyes of Corbie, a carrion crow who is her unseen attendant through life and death. Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off could not be more timely in an age when the question of Scottish Independence is back at the top of the political agenda. The play makes the link between contemporary Scottish sectarianism and the power politics of the French Catholic Mary and the English Protestant Elizabeth, the virgin queen. and examines the way contemporary Scotland’s sense of identity has been forged by the myths of its history. Previously only seen in London for one week at the Donmar Warehouse in 1987, it will get its first full London season, 25 years after its Scottish premiere. Set and Costume Designer: Katie Bellman.   Cast: Nora Wardell (Mary), Sarah Thom (Elizabeth), Shelley Lang (La Corbie), Sean Hart (Darnley), Jamie Laing (Bothwell), Prentis Hancock (Knox), Michael Longhi (Riccio).   Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.15pm Sunday at 3pm     Seat Prices: All tickets £25 (premium seating places), £20.50 (£17.25 concessions unreserved seating / £15 jobseekers and under 18s) EXCEPT Previews 29th, 30th, 31st May 2013: all tickets £10 __________________________________________ Wednesday 26th June until Saturday 20th July 2013 Press Night: Friday 28th June 2013 OUR TOWN by Thornton Wilder directed by Tim Sullivan Set in the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners, it recounts the story of an average town's citizens through their everyday lives. And in a move that was truly groundbreaking when the play premiered, it is performed without a set and the actors mime their actions without the use of any props, conjuring up a complete world through just a handful of chairs and ladders. Another stage first was to use the character of the Stage Manager as an actual narrator, breaking the Fourth Wall to address the audience directly. Cast: Giovanni Bienne, Sam Child, Stewart Clegg, Simon Dobson, Ben Z. Fuiava, Cristina Haraba, Siu-see Hung, Dylan Lincoln, Princess McDonnough, Tamarin McGinley, Alex Nasmyth, Andres Ortiz, Zo Swenson-Graham, Rita Walters.     Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.15pm Sunday at 3pm Extra performance 20th July2013 at 2pm     Seat Prices: All tickets £25 (premium seating places), £20.50 (£17.25 concessions unreserved seating / £15 jobseekers and under 18s) EXCEPT Previews 26th and 27th June 2013: all tickets £10 __________________________________________ Tuesday 23rd July until Saturday 17th August 2013 Press Night: Thursday 25th July 2013   Happenstance Theatre Company present the London premiere of: THE BOAT FACTORY NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE AGED UNDER 12 OR THE EASILY OFFENDED. by Dan Gordon directed by Philip Crawford July 1947. The sun shines down on a post-war world. A 16-year-old boy walks for the first time through the gates of Belfast’s Harland & Wolff Titanic shipyard. More than 1700 ships built between here and the Clyde, 67 different trades, 300 acres of land and 35,000 men employed at its height. Regarded as the biggest and best there is, if you can dream it - they can build it. This is history - this is his story. Dan Gordon's play is an extraordinary evocation of a city in a century of great change. The many voices of the script carry echoes of other places, other worlds, other epics, but return eventually to the home place and the amazing eloquence of ordinary people. Actors Dan Gordon and Michael Condron conjure up a host of colourful characters from the glory days of Belfast's shipbuilding era to construct a poignant, funny, and moving picture of boat-building, male friendship, hardship, humour and heroism. The play gets its London premiere at the King’s Head Theatre, after winning acclaim at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival and transferring to New York. Age guidance 12+ (contains some mild swearing) Cast: Dan Gordon and Michael Condron.     Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.15pm Sunday at 3pm       Seat Prices: All tickets £25 (premium places), £20.50 (£17.25 concessions students and senior citizens / £16 jobseekers and under 18s) EXCEPT Previews 23rd and 24th July 2013: all tickets £10 ________________________________________________ Sunday 2nd until Sunday 23rd June 2013 Press Night: Monday 3rd June 2013 11.11 Productions presents: BOY'S LIFE by Howard Korder directed by Sebastien Blanc Transporting us back to the sexy, 'in vogue' days of 1988 in New York, when the western economy and capitalism where riding high, it tells the hilarious story of three former college pals, making it big in the city and with the women of their desires. It highlights how, in a fast changing world of sexual politics, a group of twenty-something American lads get caught in a state of arrested development and struggle with the concept of the "new man". A quarter of a century later, 11:11 Productions afford us a look back in time, to relationships between the sexes when the going is good. Has austerity changed the patterns or are they still the same? Cast: Anna Brooks-Beckman, Matthew Crowley, Charlotte Gascoyne, Luke Trebilcock, Abi Unwin-Smith, Kellie Jane Walters, Max Warrick.     Performance Times and Dates: Sunday 2 June at 7.15pm Monday 3 June at 7.15pm Sunday 9 June at 7.15pm Monday 10 June at 7.15pm Sunday 16 June at 7.15pm Monday 17 June at 7.15pm Sunday 23 June at 3.00pm and 7.15pm     Seat Prices: All tickets £19 and £11.50

King's Place

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90 York Way, London, N1 9AG Box Office: 020 7520 1490 Online: www.kingsplace.co.uk How to get Here: King's Cross - St Pancras (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Piccadilly, Northern, Mainline and Victoria lines) is the nearest station.

Laban Theatre

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Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Creekside, Deptford, SE8 3DZ Box Office: 020 8469 9500 Online: www.laban.org  How to get Here: Cutty Sark (DLR) is the nearest station.

Landor Theatre

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70 Landor Road, Clapham, London SW9 9PH Box Office: 020 7737 7276  Online: www.landortheatre.co.uk  How to get Here: Clapham North (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station. Wednesday 15th May until Saturday 8th June 2013 Press Night: Monday 20th May 2013 Theatrica Ltd for the Landor Theatre present: NEXT THING YOU KNOW music by Joshua Salzman book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham directed by Robert McWhir 'Next Thing You Know' is the new musical from the Drama Desk-nominated writers of 'I Love You Because,' produced at the Landor Theatre in 2007, winning best Off West End production at the WhatsOnStage.com awards the following year. It follows the story of four New Yorkers as they laugh, love and drink their way through the big questions that face all young dreamers who wake up in the city that never sleeps. Does marrying a really nice guy mean you're settling down or just settling? Does taking a nine-to-five equal giving up or growing up? Does a decade in the city break you down or break you in? Musical Director: Michael Webborn Choreographer: Robbie O-Reilly Lighting Designer: Richard Lambert Sound Designer: Sarah Weltman Set and Costume Designer: Anna Michaels Stage Manager: Will Hunter Cast: Amelia Cormack - Lisa, Bart Edwards - Darren, Aaron Lee Lambert - Luke, Jennifer Potts - Waverly.     Performance Times: Tuesday to Thursday at 7.30pm Friday at 7pm Saturday at 3pm and 7.30pm Sunday at 3pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES. No performance Tuesday 21st May 2013.     Seat Prices: All tickets £20 (£18 concessions)

Lauderdale House

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Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park London N6 5HG Box office: 020 8348 8716 10.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday. Personal callers at the box office are also welcome during these hours. Cheque and SAE postal applications are also accepted. A £2 administrative fee is charged. Online: www.lauderdalehouse.co.uk (information only) How to get Here: Archway (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station. Buses : 210, 143, 271 all run direct to House. Please note that sadly this venue is not wheelchair accessible.

Liberties Bar

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100 Camden High Street, London, NW1 0LU Box office: 08444 77 1000 (Ticketweb - booking fee may apply) Online: www.camdenfringe.org How to get Here: Camden Town (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station.

The Library Pub

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235 Upper Street, London, N1 1RU Box Office: see under individual event. How to get Here: Highbury and Islington (Victoria, London Overground and Main Lines) is the nearest station. Saturday 8th June 2013 CRAFTERNOON CABARET CLUB Come and join the Crafternoon Cabaret Club! We hold monthly events at The Library Pub in Islington. Get creative, watch cabaret: the perfect Saturday afternoon! * Get creative making vintage inspired pieces * Develop your craft skills * Make something personal and unique to take away with you * Watch performances by exciting new and established acts on the cabaret and comedy scene. All materials provided with handy how-to cards and guidance from our Crafternoon Crew. Set in The Library; Upper Street's cosiest crafting destination, where hungry crafters can purchase food and drinks to keep you going throughout the session.   Performance Time:  2pm until 4pm Seat Prices: All tickets £10     Box Office for this Production: Online at: www.wegottickets.com Tickets also available at the door on the day.

Lilian Baylis Studio

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Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN Box office: 0844 412 4300  (booking fee applies) Online: www.sadlerswells.com (booking fee applies) How to get Here: Angel (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station.

Lion and Unicorn Theatre

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Above the "Lion and Unicorn" Public House, 42 to 44 Gaisford Street, London NW5 2ED Box Office: Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000 (booking fee may apply). Theatre direct number 020 7485 9897 (enquiries only) Online: www.giantolive.com (theatre website)  www.ticketweb.co.uk (booking fee may apply via both). How to get Here: Kentish Town (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station. Tuesday 21st May until Saturday 8th June 2013 Press Night: Thursday 23rd May 2013 La Montanya Ltd Productions present: KILLING ROMEO written and directed by Jazz Martinez - Gamboa Two actors, both alike in dignity, in late rehearsals, where we lay our scene... Two actors rehearse late into the night, trying to find the reality in their characters, Romeo and Juliet. Alone together in the rehearsal space, desperate for success, and carrying hidden scars of the past, the innocent infatuation of the star-crossed lovers becomes perverted by the actors’ obsessions. Old scars open up and turn into bleeding wounds. Lighting designer - Scott Pryce-Jones Stage designer - Roberta Bratovic Produced by Savannah James-Bayly       Performance Times: Tuesday to Friday at 7.30pm Saturday at 3.30pm and 7.30pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES.   Seat Prices: All tickets: £15 (£12 concessions) _________________________________________ Tuesday 11th June until Monday 8th July 2013 Press Night: Thursday 13th June 2013 The Lion and Unicorn Theatre presents the World Premiere of: LUCK PENNY by Aisling Foster directed by Cherry Cookson STARRING SHEILA RUSKIN & PETER DINEEN Moscow 1948. Dr Brendan Regan, old friend of Eamon deValera, is on a secret mission to return some Russian Crown Jewels. The jewels had been taken back to Ireland by deValera in 1920 as collateral for a loan he made to a small party of Bolsheviks who were travelling around the United States trying to raise funds for post-revolutionary Russia. The Irish revolutionaries were on the same assignment. They raised many millions of dollars while the Russians collected almost nothing. At the end of the Second World War, both their governments are poles apart, making the friendship and loan an enormous political embarrassment for both sides. This play is based on real events. Official papers documenting the return of the jewels were released by the Dublin government in 1993.   Cast: Sheila Ruskin and Peter Dineen. Supported by Giant Olive Theatre Company. Produced by Luck Penny Theatre Company.     Performance Times: 11th until 15th June 2013 Tuesday to Friday at 7.30pm Saturday at 3.30pm and 7.30pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES. Then 23rd June until 8th July 2013 Sundays and Mondays at 7.30pm NO TUESDAY TO SATURDAY PERFORMANCES     Seat Prices: All tickets: £15 (£12 concessions) _________________________________________ Tuesday 18th June until Saturday 13th July 2013 El-Alfy Theatre Company present the UK premiere of: THE COMEDY OF OEDIPUS by Ali Salem directed by Ahmed El-Alfy What if Oedipus lived in Ancient Egypt, killed the Sphinx, and became a personality cult - his face on the cover of the Time magazine? 'The Comedy of Oedipus' is Egyptian playwright Ali Salem’s hilarious, surreal, but relevant version of Sophocles’ classical tragedy in the Thebes of Ancient Egypt - only this land of pharoahs and pyramids has popularity contests and papparazzi, too, and however hard Oedipus tries to modernise his people’s thinking, they only worship him more. Ali Salem’s 1970 satire not only captures the absurdities and incongruities of mass communication, it throws a strong dimension into today's Egypt and its challenges and dreams for the future. Ali Salem is famed throughout the Arab world as a brilliant comic playwright, whose best-known work is ‘Madraset Al Moshaghbeen’ (The Trouble Maker’s School). In ‘The Comedy of Oedipus’ is ‘Pythonesque’ vision of a world determined to go mad. El-Alfy Theatre Company is a new International Theatre Company based in London as part of Star Brands International Group. Its objective is to produce provocative and innovative Theatre in the UK with a cultural twist. Its Founder, Ahmed El Alfy, is an Egyptian Theatre Director from Cairo. Part of the Shubbak Festival 2013. Producer: Karim Salem Stage Manager: Claire Charlesworth Set Design - Jenny Gamble Lighting Design - Christopher Nairne Costume Design - Libby Everall   Cast: Oedipus – Elliott Pritchard; Jocasta – Caroline Ginty; Creon – Matthew Eaton; Tiresias – Buchan Lennon; Hormoheb – Adrian Relph; Awalih – Harry Belcher; Onah – Timothy George; Kami – Miranda Menzies; Senefru – Manos Koutsis; Police Officer – Jack Badley; Nefer – Natasha Karp; Kaiit – Tom Phillips; Chorus - Miranda Menzies; Natasha Karp; Tom Phillips; Jack Badley; Miranda Menzies.     Performance Times: Tuesday to Friday at 7.30pm Saturday at 3.30pm and 7.30pm Sunday at 2.30pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES.     Seat Prices: All tickets: £19 (£13 concessions)

Little Angel Theatre (the Home of British Puppetry)

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14 Dagmar Passage, London N1 2DN Box Office: 020 7226 1787 (£1.50 per booking, not per ticket, fee for credit / debit cards) Online: www.littleangeltheatre.com (£1.50 per booking, not per ticket, fee for credit / debit cards) How to get Here: Nearest Underground Station is Angel on the Northern Line, and Highbury and Islington on the Victoria Line and mainline. Special Note: Babies and children below the stated 'suitability' age for each production will not be admitted into the auditorium except at designated 'Baby Friendly' performances. Activities: This theatre offers various puppet clubs for both adults and children. For more details, see their website or contact the box office.

The Local

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Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 7AY Box Office: see under individual event. Online: www.localism.org.uk How to get Here: Camden Town (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station.

London Bubble Theatre

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Performing in their tent in London parks throughout the summer. See their website for details. Box Office: 020 7237 1663 Online: www.fanmadetheatre.com How to get Here: See their website for details.

The London Theatre

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Lower Space, 443 New Cross Road, SE14 6TA Box Office: 0208 694 1888 Online: www.thelondontheatre.com How to get Here: New Cross (Overground) is the nearest station.

The Lost Theatre

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208 Wandsworth Road, London, SW8 2JU Box Office: 0844 847 1680 (Ticketweb, with booking fee); 0207 622 9208 (enquiries only) Online: www.losttheatre.co.uk How to get Here: 5 minutes walk from Stockwell Tube (Victoria Line and Northern Line); 10 minutes walk from Vauxhall Station (Overground trains, Victoria Line). Bus routes 88, 2, 77, 87, 196, P5, N87. Wednesday 31st July until Saturday 17th August 2013 Press Night: Thursday 1st August 2013 The LOST Theatre presents the World Premiere of: LULU - A S*X TRAGEDY a new adaptation by Oliver Jack and Patrick Wilde. based on Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box by Frank Wedekind directed by Oliver Jack Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box, first seen in 1895 and 1904, trace the story of a sexually-enticing dancer, Lulu, who rises in German society through her relationships with several wealthy men, but who later falls into poverty and prostitution. The story has been interpreted many times since - often combined into one script - on TV and radio, as plays, musicals, operas and even on the 2011 album Lulu, a collaboration between rock musician Lou Reed and heavy metal band Metallica. Commissioned by LOST Theatre Artistic Director Mark Magill, Lulu - A S*x Tragedy strives to re-ignite the popularity of the original story while presenting it in a new format for a modern day audience.   Performance Time: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.30pm Sunday at 3pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES.   Seat Prices: All tickets £14 (£10 concessions) ________________________________________ Monday 1st until Saturday 6th July 2013 The LOST Theatre & Colin Watkys present: THE SECOND FACE TO FACE FESTIVAL celebrating the very best in solo theatre, with writers performing their own work. Among the many highlights, Claire Dowie will be performing her extraordinary award-winning solo play Why Is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?, an Edinburgh Fringe classic that premiered 23 years ago at the Traverse Theatre. Claire appeared in last year’s Face to Face Festival and then went on to win the Grand Prix Prize at the MonoAkt Festival in Kosovo and another award at the Thespis International Monodrama Festival in Germany. Other outstanding performers invited back from the 2012 festival include storytelling theatre genius Jack Klaff, superb physical theatre/cabaret performer Peta Lily, inspirational PR guru Mark Borkowski, outstanding verbatim theatre artist Louise Wallinger and visionary theatre poet Kay Adshead. The week’s programme features: Monday July 1: Stephen Oxley as Tristram Shandy Tuesday July 2: PR guru Mark Borkowski & Nineties Woman Rosie Wilby Wednesday July 3: Verbatim Theatre artist Louise Wallinger Thursday July 4: Jewish comedian Ivor Dembina Friday July 5: Seminal soloist Claire Dowie & Theatre Poet Kay Adshead Saturday July 6: Physical performer Peta Lily & Verbal virtuoso Jack Klaff Every night there will be a full supporting programme of short pieces by outstanding new performers, including talented new performers discovered during the 2012 festival. Sunday July 7: The festival finale is a day devoted to new solo performances for audiences of just 1 - unique one-to-one encounters with many of the featured headline performers and special guests. You will get four experiences out of a possible eight in an unforgettable hour. These include The Dylan Tarot by Claire Dowie and The Dream Teller by Louise Wallinger. Over the past 30 years, Face to Face Theatre Festival Director Colin Watkeys has specialised in producing and directing solo theatre and writers who perform their own work. He is now part of a world movement that recognises that solo performance possesses a unique quality of vision in theatre. The Face to Face Festival celebrates the very best in solo theatre and nurtures future solo performers, new and emerging artists perform alongside experienced professionals. Exciting new work plays opposite classic solo pieces. There are also training opportunities for new performers to take part in workshops and both create and present their first solos. Colin Watkeys first created Solo Theatre on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Nica Burns in Dulcima in 1982 (originally there was another non-speaking role later cut) Since then he has worked with Young Writers at the Royal Court Theatre and solo performers at the Finborough Cabaret from 1982 – 1988. He directed all of the solo theatre created by award winning performers Claire Dowie and the legendary Ken Campbell as well as work by Stephen Oxley (Tristram Shandy); Guy Dartnell; Jeremy Stockwell; Peta Lily and Jack Klaff (the award-winning Jack the Knife). This is the second year that the Face to Face Festival has been supported financially by Arts Council England.     Performance Times: Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm Sunday from 2pm until 8pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £10 (£8 concessions)

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

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Lyric Square, King Street, London, W6 0QL Box office: 0871 22 117 29 Online: www.lyric.co.uk How to get Here: Hammersmith (Hammersmith and City, Circle, District and Piccadilly Lines) is the nearest underground station.

The MacOwan Theatre

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Logan Place, London' W8 6QN Box Office: 0844 847 0550 (12 noon until 5pm Monday to Friday) Online: www.lamda.org.uk How to get Here: Earl's Court (District and Piccadilly Lines) is the nearest underground station.

Madam JoJo's

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8 to 10 Brewer Street, London, W1F OSE Box Office: see under individual event. Online: See under individual event. How to get Here: Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo and Piccadilly Lines) is the nearest underground station.

Map Studio Cafe

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46 Grafton Road, London, NW5 3DU Box Office: 0207 916 0544 Online: www.mapmusic.net/events.php How to get Here: Kentish Town (Northern and main Lines) is the nearest underground station. Kentish Town West (main line and London Overground) statin is closer.

Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre

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51 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RU Box Office: 020 7378 1713 (check website for opening times of venue box office) Online: www.menierchocolatefactory.com How to get Here: London Bridge (Northern, Jubilee and Main Lines) and Borough (Northern Line) are nearest stations.

Middle Temple Hall

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Middle Temple Lane, London, EC4Y 9AT Box Office: see under individual production. Online: see under individual production. How to get Here: King's Cross - St Pancras (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Piccadilly, Northern, Mainline and Victoria lines) is the nearest station.

Millfield Arts Centre

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Silver Street, Edmonton N18 1PJ Box Office: 020 8807 6680 Online: www.millfieldtheatre.co.uk How to get Here: Silver Street (mainline) is the nearest station. Buses 34, 102, 144 and W6 stop nearby. Tube stations (all Piccadilly line) include Turnpike Lane Tube then buses 144, 217 or 231, Arnos Grove then 34 bus, Bounds Green then 102 bus, Wood Green then 144 bus.

Upstairs Function Room at The Miller

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The Miller Public House, 96 Snowsfields Road, London Bridge, London SE1 3SS Box Office: see under individual events. 020 7407 2690 is the pub telephone number. Online: mail(at)themiller.co.uk (venue information only) How to get Here: Borough (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station. London Bridge (Jubilee, Northern, main line) station is also nearby.

Monto Water Rats

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388 Grays Inn Road WC1X 8BZ Box Office: 08444 771 000 Online: www.ticketweb.co.uk How to get Here: Nearest station is King's Cross (Northern, Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith and City, Piccadilly, Victoria and main line).

The Network Theatre

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246A Lower Road, Waterloo. SE1 8SJ Box Office: see under individual production. Online: see under individual production. How to get Here: Waterloo (Jubilee, Northern, Bakerloo, Waterloo and City and Mainline) is the nearest station. Lower Road is a private road and not on maps. Take the 'Waterloo Road' exit signed to 'Old Vic Theatre,' turn right and right again down the first service lane under the arches (next to Paul’s Patisserie). Network Theatre is 40 yards on the left past loading bays.

New Britannia Theatre

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Above The Britannia Pub, Victoria Park Road, London, E9 7BT. Box Office: 0203 370 0011 Online: www.newbritanniatheatre.co.uk How to get Here: Nearest mainline station is London Fields.

The New Diorama

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15 to 16 Triton Street, Regents Place, London. NW1 3BF Box Office: 020 7383 9034 Online: www.newdiorama.com How to get Here: Nearest underground station is Great Portland Street Station (Circle, Hammersmith and Metropolitan lines). Warren Street Station (3 minutes walk): Northern and Victoria line; Euston Square (3 minutes walk): Circle, Hammersmith and Metropolitan line; Euston (5 minutes walk): Northern and Victoria lines; Regents Park (5 minutes walk): Bakerloo line; Kings Cross (10 minute walk): Circle, Hammersmith, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines. Buses 18, 27, 30, 88, 205, 453, C2, N18 stop nearby.

New Red Lion Theatre

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271 to 273 City Road, London, EC1V 1LA Box Office: 0844 412 4307 (booking fee applies) Online: www.redliontheatres.co.uk (booking fee applies) How to get Here: Angel (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station.

New Wimbledon Theatre

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The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1QG Box Office: 0870 060 6646 (£2.85 per booking, not per ticket fee is charged). Groups Line: 0844 871 796. Access Booking Line: 0844 871 7677. Online: www.atgtickets.com (a per ticket booking fee, and a per booking, not per ticket transaction fee is charged). How to get Here: Wimbledon (District Line, Tramlink and mainline) station is 5 minutes walk from the theatre - turn left on the Broadway after leaving the station. South Wimbledon (Northern Line) is the next nearest underground station. Buses 57, 93, 131,163, 164, 200, 219, 493.

New Wimbledon Theatre Studio

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The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1QG Box Office: 0844 871 7646 (£1.30 per ticket plus £2.75 per booking, not per ticket fee is charged). Groups Line: 0844 871 796. Access Booking Line: 0844 871 7677. Online: www.atgtickets.com (a per ticket booking fee, and a per booking, not per ticket transaction fee is charged). How to get Here: Wimbledon (District Line, Tramlink and mainline) station is 5 minutes walk from the theatre - turn left on the Broadway after leaving the station. South Wimbledon (Northern Line) is the next nearest underground station. Buses 57, 93, 131,163, 164, 200, 219, 493.

North London Tavern

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Upstairs at The North London Tavern, 375 Kilburn High Rd, London, NW6 7QB Box Office: see under individual productions. Online: see under individual productions. How to get Here: Nearest Underground Station is Kilburn (Jubilee Line)

Octagon Hall

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Old Lilian Baylis School, Lilian Baylis Old School Site, Lollard St, SE11 6PY Box Office:  020 7582 7680 (Oval House Theatre) Online: www.ovalhouse.com How to get Here: Lambeth North (Bakerloo Line) is a 7 minute walk. Buses: 3, 59, 159, 360

The Old Abattoir

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187- 211 St. John's Street, Clerkenwell, London. EC1V 4LS Box Office: see under individual event. How to get Here: Farringdon (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith and City Lines and mainline) is the nearest station.

The Old Fire Station

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2A Norwood High Street, London, SE27 9NS Box office: 020 8670 3474 South London Theatre is a private members' club. New members are always welcome and joining as a full member entitles you to two free tickets for your first show. The box office opens every Wednesday and the night before each show, between 7pm and 9pm. It is also open one hour before curtain up on every show night. Members can buy tickets at any time, including the night of the show. Non-Members must join or have their tickets bought for them by a member at least 48 hours before a show. Online: www.southlondontheatre.co.uk (information only) How to get Here: West Norwood (Main Line) is the nearest station.

Old Queen's Head

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Old Queen's Head Public House, 44 Essex Road, Islington, London, N1 8LN Box office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. www.theoldqueenshead.com is the venue website. How to get Here: Angel (Northern Line) is the nearest underground station. Essex Road is the nearest mainline station.

Old Red Lion Theatre

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418 St John Street, London EC1V 4NJ Box Office: 0207 833 3053 Online: www.redliontheatres.co.uk  How to get Here: Angel (Northern Line) is the nearest Underground station. Buses 4, 19, 30, 38, 43, 56, 73, 153, 214, 341. Tuesday 28th May until Saturday 15th June 2013 VENUS/MARS by Patrice Etienne directed by Rikki Henry A frank and honest portrayal of a modern day relationship. www.act-up.co.uk is the producer's website.   Producer: Gemma Lloyd (act up)   Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.30pm Sundays at 3pm   Seat Prices: All tickets: £15 (£12 concessions) except: Sundays: all tickets £10 Tuesdays: "Pay What You Can."

Orange Tree Theatre

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1 Clarence Street, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 2SA Box Office: 020 8940 3633 (10am to 7pm Monday to Saturday) Online: www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk How to get Here: Richmond (District Line, London Overground and SouthWest Trains to/from Waterloo) is the nearest station.

OvalHouse Theatre

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52-54 Kennington Oval, London SE11 5SW Box Office: 020 7582 7680 (3pm to 10pm Tuesday to Saturday) Online: www.ovalhouse.com  How to get Here: Nearest Underground Station is Oval on the Northern Line or Vauxhall (Victoria Line and BR). Bus: 3, 36, 59, 133, 155, 159, 185, 436 Access: Full ground floor access. Downstairs theatre, cafe, foyer, and toilets are wheelchair accessible. Induction loop. Disabled drivers are welcome to use our staff car park. Escorts accompanying wheelchair users come in free. All shows performed in the Upstairs theatre will also be broadcast live to the wheelchair accessible auditorium downstairs (to right of Box Office). Full S.A.D. access code available on request. Tuesday 14th May until Saturday 1st June 2013 Press Night: Wednesday 15th May 2013 Ovalhouse and Arch 468 present the World Premiere of: CUDDLES by Joseph Wilde directed by Rebecca Atkinson-Lord This debut vampire tale confronts the effects of consumerism on a young society. Teenage vampire Eve has never known what sunlight is. Everything the 13-year-old knows about the world is derived from what her sister Tabby has told her. She has never left her darkened room and has just one living, breathing human to cuddle. She lives in a world crammed with story book characters. In Eve’s world Harry Potter, Bilbo Baggins and the cast of Dante’s Inferno are real; where princes with adjectives instead of names seduce beautiful princesses against the odds. Eve does everything a good little vampire girl should, including drinking her (human) sister’s blood. But one day, Tabby tires of opening her veins and, in a breath, Eve’s whole world changes An edgy, funny exploration of a co-dependent relationship between sisters Tabby and Eve, brings a dark, punk sensibility to the stage. Conceived in the wake of the London riots, Cuddles, from the creative team that presented The Sluts of Sutton Drive, is a damning look at how society teaches that what we consume dictates our identity, and a consideration of the ways in which our parenting choices directly shape the world of tomorrow.   Assistant Directed by Celeste Dring Stage Management by Emily Russell Lighting by Pablo Baz Sound by Edward Lewis Designed by James Turner Produced by Lucy Jackson   Cast: Carla Langley (Eve) and Rendah Heywood (Tabby).     Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 8pm NO SUNDAY OR MONDAY PERFORMANCES.     Seat Prices: All tickets: £14 (£8 concessions, £10 under 26s)

Oxford House

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Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 6HG Box Office: 020 7739 9001 (information only) For bookings, see under individual listings. Online: www.oxfordhouse.org.uk (information only) For bookings, see under individual listings. How to get Here: Bethnal Green (mainline) and Bethnal Green (Central Line) stations are nearby. Google Map.

Pentameters Theatre

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Three Horseshoes, 28 Heath Street, London, NW3 6TE. Box Office: 020 7435 3648 Online: www.pentameters.co.uk How to get Here: Hampstead (Northern line) is the nearest Underground Station. Bus: 46 and 268

People's Show

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Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB Box Office: as stated under listings. Online: as stated under listings. www.peopleshow.co.uk for information only. How to get Here: Bethnal Green (Central Line) is the nearest underground station.

The Pheasantry

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152 to 154 King's Road London SW3 4UT Box Office: 08456 027 017 Online: www.pizzaexpresslive.co.uk How to get Here: Nearest underground Sloane Square (Circle and District Lines) Saturday 18th and Friday 24th May 2013 Paul L Martin presents: DOMINIC MATTOS: LET ME SING AND I'M HAPPY Critically acclaimed counter-tenor and cabaret performer Dominic Mattos explores the music of Berlin and Porter, and other gems from the great American songbook.   Performance Time: 8pm (doors open 7.30pm)     Seat Prices: All tickets: £12 in advance or £14 on the night at the door.

Phoenix Artist Club

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1 Phoenix Street, London, WC2H 0DT Box Office: as stated under listings. Online: as stated under listings. www.phoenixartistclub.com for information only. How to get Here: Tottenham Court Road (Central and Northern Line) is the nearest underground station.

The Place

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17 Duke's Road, London WC1H 9PY Box Office: 020 7121 1100 Online: www.theplace.org.uk How to get Here: Euston (Northern, Victoria, Mainline and London Overground) is the nearest station.

Pleasance Theatre

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Carpenters Mews, North Road, LONDON N7 9EF Box Office: 020 7609 1800 Online: www.pleasance.co.uk How to get Here: Nearest underground Caledonian Road (Piccadilly Line). Kings Cross and Caledonian Road & Barnsbury are the nearest mainline stations. Buses: 10, 17, 91, 259, 274 Wheelchair Access: Yes

Poetry Cafe

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22 Betterton Street. Covent Garden London WC2H 9BX Box Office: information 020 7420 9887 (for bookings see under individual event) Online: information www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/cafe/ (for bookings see under individual event) How to get Here: Covent Garden (Piccadilly Line) or Holborn (Piccadilly and Central Lines) are the nearest underground stations.

HMS President

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Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0HJ Box Office: see under individual event. Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Temple (Circle and District Lines) is the nearest underground station.

Priceless London Wonderground

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By the Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX Box Office: 0844 847 9911 Online: www.southbankcentre.co.uk How to get Here: Waterloo (Jubilee, Bakerloo, Northern, main Lines) is the nearest station.

Princess Alexandra Hall

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Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James's Street, London SW1A 1LR Box Office: on the door. Online: www.rosl.org.uk is the venue website for venue information only. How to get Here: Green Park (Jubilee, Victoria and Piccadilly lines) is the nearest underground station.

The Print Room

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34 Hereford Road, London, W2 5AJ Box Office: 020 7221 6063 / 08444 77 1000 (Ticketweb Agency, booking fee may apply) Online: www.the-print-room.org (Ticketweb Agency, booking fee may apply) How to get Here: Royal Oak (Hammersmith and City Line) is the nearest underground station.

Prism Brasserie

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147 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3V 4QT Box Office: Ayshea Donaldson at Prism Brasserie on 020 7256 3873 Online: www.harveynichols.com/prism (information only) For bookings, email: ayshea.donaldson(insert @ symbol here)harveynichols.com How to get Here: Monument (Central, Northern, Circle, District and DLR Lines), is a station nearby.

Proud Cabaret

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No.1 Mark Lane, London, EC3R 7AH Box Office:  020 7283 1940 (information only). For booking details see under individual event. Online: www.proudcabaret.com (information only). For booking details see under individual event. How to get Here: Aldgate East (District and Hammersmith and City Lines) or Fenchurch Street (mainline) are the nearest stations.

Proud Camden

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The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AH Box Office: 0207 482 3867 (information only) Online: www.proudcamden.com is the venue website. How to get Here: Camden Town and Chalk Farm (Northern Line) are the nearest underground stations.

Pumphouse

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Lavender Road, Rotherhithe, London SE16 5DZ Box Office: see under individual event below. Online: see under individual event below. How to get Here: Limehouse (DLR) is the nearest station.

Pump House Theatre

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Local Board Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 2JP Box Office: 01923 772320 Online: www.pumphouse.info How to get Here: Watford High Street and Bushey are the nearest mainline stations. Buses 142 and 258 stop near Local Board Road.

Putney Arts Theatre

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Ravenna Road, Putney, London SW15 6AW Box Office: 020 8788 6943 or as stated under listings. Online: www.putneyartstheatre.org.uk or as stated under listings. How to get Here: Putney (District Line) is the nearest underground and mainline station.

Rada Studios

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16 Chenies Street, London, WC1E 7EX (formerly the Drill Hall) Box Office: 020 7307 5060 Online: www.rada.ac.uk How to get Here: Goodge Street (Northern Line) is the nearest underground Station. Buses: 10, 24, 29, 73 and 134 all stop nearby. By rail: The nearest rail station is Euston. Car Parking: Non-metered parking is available in Chenies Street after 6.30pm Monday to Saturday and all day Sunday. There are disabled parking bays directly outside the Drill Hall.

The Red Hedgehog

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255 to 257 Archway Road, Highgate, London N6 5BS Box Office: 0208 348 5050 (open to personal callers 1 hour before performance time) Online: www.theredhedgehog.co.uk (up to 2 hours before performance, booking fee may apply) How to get Here: Highgate (Northern Line) is nearest underground station. Tuesday 9th until Sunday 28th July 2013 Press Night: Thursday 11th July 2013 CLATTERHOUSE Theatre presents: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE AGED UNDER 13 OR THE EASILY OFFENDED. by Anthony Neilson directed by William Seaward ‘Your watch isn't slow Lisa... You are’ Lisa is a troubled young lady; troubled by her life and its imbalance at the hands of her watch - always behind by one hour. When a mysterious gentleman arrives at her door, he brings news from the watch specialist Lisa entrusted with her broken "time piece" and reveals that the watch is in fact intact and that "somewhere in all the temporal confusion" it is Lisa who has lost an hour from her life. He informs her that her only hope of retrieving the hour and restoring balance to her life is to travel to a fantastical land called "Dissocia" where she is sure to find it. But all is not as it seems and as Lisa descends to Dissocia, she encounters some of the strangest individuals in the land, who though they may send her in the direction of her lost hour, do not necessarily want her to find it. Not seen on a London stage for nearly ten years, join Lisa as she descends to Dissocia in this strange and macabre revival of Anthony Neilson's Dorothy meets Alice style classic. Crammed with dark humour, a witty satire and musical set pieces, this is a theatrical spectacle not to be missed - especially in the intimate setting of The Red Hedgehog Theatre. We all lose time through our day but what would you do if you lost it for good?! Age Guidance: 13+ www.clatterhousetheatre.co.uk is the company website. Twitter: @CLATTERHOUSE #dissocia2013 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clatterhouse Produced for CLATTERHOUSE Theatre by: Karen Whyte Cast: George Fouracres, Liane Grant, Ben Kavanagh, Charlotte Reid, Abi Tedder.   Performance Times: Tuesday to Friday at 7.30pm Saturday at 3pm and 7.30pm Sunday at 3pm No Monday performances Running time: 1 hour 35 minutes approximately, plus one interval.     Seat Prices: All tickets £13 (£11 concessions for Full time students, Equity/Spotlight card holders and the unemployed. All discounts are subject to availability)

Relentless Garage

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20 to 22 Highbury Corner, London N5 1RD Box Office: see under individual event for details. Online: see under individual event for details. How to get Here: Highbury Corner (Victoria, London Overground and Main Line) is nearest station.

The Resistance Gallery

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265 Poyser Street, Bethnal Green E2 9RF Box Office: see under individual event / www.resistancegallery.com venue website (information only) Online: see under individual event. How to get Here: Bethnal Green (Central Line) is the nearest underground station.

Rich Mix

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35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Box Office: 020 7613 7498 Online: www.richmix.org.uk, www.facebook.com/richmixlondonE16LA, Twittter: @richmixlondon How to get Here: Nearest underground Liverpool Street (Central, Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith and City Line and Mainline) or Old Street (Northern and Mainline).  In addition to any events listed below, the venue also has a packed programme of film, dance, music and education projects for young people. See their website www.richmix.org.uk for details. Thursday 13th June 2013 and Thursday 10th October 2013 Tilt in association with Rich Mix presents: TILT'S LONDON LIMING NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE AGED UNDER 14. Featuring the best of Britain’s spoken word artists from across the UK, in a laidback night of lyricism and music Tilt’s London Liming transports the atmosphere of Trinidad 'liming' culture to London, in a laid back night of drink, dance, poetry and critically acclaimed performance. The next event, taking place in June, responds to the theme of COMBUSTIFICATION! and features MOBO Award Winner and Mercury Prize Nominee Soweto Kinch, alongside verbal gymnastics and wordplay from the acclaimed Patience Agbabi and Mark Gwynne Jones. On its return to London in the autumn, London Liming teams up with cutting edge poetry night Chill Pill, in a unique collaboration between two of the capital’s leading spoken word curators in a special, one off show. Tilt is a spoken word company that opens up spaces for speech, performance and satire. They tour writers, performers and raconteurs and curate events, with recent credits including a Spoken Word tour of award-winning Guardian journalist Gary Younge, presenting talks and discussion on his latest book, Who Are We?. Thursday 13th June 2013: Featuring Soweto Kinch, Patience Agbabi, Mark Gwynne Jones. Soweto Kinch is one of the most exciting and versatile young musicians in both the British jazz and hip hop scenes. A graduate in Modern History from Oxford University, he has amassed an impressive list of accolades and awards on both sides of the Atlantic, including a Mercury Music Prize nomination, two UMA Awards and a MOBO for best Jazz Act. In 2007, he won his second MOBO Award where he was announced as the winner in the Best Jazz Act category - fending off stiff competition from the likes of Wynton Marsalis. As a hip hop MC and producer he has supported and performed alongside KRS ONE, Dwele, Mos Def, Rodney P and BBC 1-Xtra's Twin B.d. Patience Agbabi’s poetry ‘…draws on rap, jive and disco rhythms as much as the formal subtleties of free verse’ (Daily Telegraph). She has worked both nationally and internationally, touring to a host of venues from Johannesburg to Hamburg, The National Gallery to a tattoo studio in North London. A Fellow in Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes University, her latest collection is Bloodshot Monochrome (Canongate Books Ltd, 2008). Five times fringe-award winner, Mark Gwynne Jones is known for ‘mind altering’ poetry with an almost music-hall edge. ‘Inspired... one of the most accomplished performance poets in the land...drawing the audience into a world where things are not quite what they seem’ (Guardian).   Thursday 10th October 2013: London Liming meets Chill Pill, featuring John Agard, Chill Pill founding members & Roundhouse Poetry Collective Chill Pill is at the cutting edge of underground poetry. Curated by Mr Gee (host of Radio 4′s Bespoken Word and Rhyme and Reason), Raymond Antrobus, Deanna Rodger, Adam Kammerling, and Simon Mole, Chill Pill is a laid-back night which hosts the finest spoken word acts in the UK, and takes place at the Albany, Roundhouse, and Soho Theatre. In this unique collaboration with Tilt’s London Liming, Chill Pill founding artists Deanna Rodger, Mr Gee, Simon Mole, Raymond Antrobus and Adam Kammerling take to the stage alongside John Agard, recent recipient of the Queen’s Gold Award for poetry, and the Roundhouse Poetry Collective, 15 gifted poets between the ages of 18-25, who are resident at London’s Roundhouse in Camden. Suitable for ages: 14+ Web presence: www.ontilt.org / @TiltSpokenWd / #londonliming / www.facebook.com/tilt.spokenword / www.youtube.com/TiltSpokenWord     Performance Times and Dates: Thursdays 13th June and 10th October 2013 at 8pm (doors open 7.30pm) Runs 2 hours approximately.     Seat Prices: All tickets £10 (£8 concessions)

Richmond Theatre

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The Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1QJ Box Office: 0844 871 7627 (ATG Tickets, with booking fee) Online: www.atgtickets.com (with booking fee) How to get Here: Richmond (District and main Lines), is the nearest station. Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May 2013 MY FIRST CINDERELLA Suitable for ages 3 and over. Children aged 3 and above can get their first taste of classical ballet, from English National Ballet’s Associate Artist, George Williamson, working with outstanding dancers cast from English National Ballet School (ENB2). Created with youngsters in mind, the simplified version builds on the great success of My First Sleeping Beauty, hoping to inspire long term relationships with the art form, reaching out to newcomers today and developing the audience of tomorrow. The dancers will wear the sumptuous costumes from the company’s full production giving audiences the look, feel and quality of a classic ballet. However the story and choreography will be adapted, making it more approachable, fun and suitable for younger audiences. ENB2 is a new touring company featuring graduating dancers of outstanding potential from English National Ballet School in performances produced by English National Ballet, continuing the initiative to bring ballet to young audiences. George Williamson is a graduate of English National Ballet School and this is his second commission from English National Ballet following his celebrated Firebird in 2012. English National Ballet is delighted to announce a grant of £114,520 from the Leverhulme Trust to continue this initiative. The funding supports the next two years of the My First… series of ballets, to develop the dancers of the future and enable students to gain vital skills by working with a professional company. www.ballet.org.uk or @ENBallet for details. Concept and Direction: George Williamson and Loipa Araújo Choreography: George Williamson Music: Sergei Prokofiev Musical Director: Gavin Sutherland Design: David Walker with additional costumes by Wizzy Shawyer Lighting Designer: Richard Howell   Performance Times and Dates: 25 May: 11am, 2pm, 5pm 26 May: 11am, 3pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £26, £21, £11.

Rio Cinema

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107 Kingsland High Street, London, E8 2PB Box Office: 020 7241 9410 Online: www.riocinema.ndirect.co.uk How to get Here: Dalston Kingsland (mainline) is the nearest station.

Riverside Studios

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Crisp Road, London W6 9RL Box Office: 020 8237 1111 (with a per ticket booking fee) Online: www.riversidestudios.co.uk (with a per ticket booking fee) How to get Here: Nearest underground station is Hammersmith (Piccadilly, District and Hammersmith & City lines). Buses: 9, 10, 27, 33, 72, 190, 209, 211, 220, 266, 267, 283, 295, 391, 419, H91. Tuesday 14th May until Saturday 8th June 2013 (Studio 3) Press Night: Friday 17th May 2013 Ruby in the Dust present:   HUTCH music by Cole Porter book by Joe Evans directed by Linnie Reedman The unforgettable music and lyrics of Cole Porter feature heavily in this new play about Leslie ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson, London’s most popular cabaret attraction of the 20s and 30s. “I was lucky to be in Paris at the time Cole Porter was starting to write his big hits... He taught me how to sing his songs and introduced me to the right people.” - Hutch The ‘right people’ (aka his numerous lovers) included Hollywood stars, debutantes, princesses and duchesses; most famously Edwina, wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Queen’s cousin. But the love triangle of Hutch, Porter and Mountbatten ultimately destroyed him, emotionally, physically and musically. Hutch was born in Grenada in 1900, moving to New York in his teens, then Paris and London in 1927 where the jazz age was in full swing. He was soon the darling of society and the population in general. Hutch was a favourite singer of the then Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) and he had an audience of millions as a performer on BBC radio. As well as being the lover of Cole Porter, Hutch recorded several of his songs, including Begin the Beguine and Porter's famous list song Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love), to which Hutch made up 70 new verses. Hutch suffered from ill-health in his later years and died in London from pneumonia on 19 August 1969. Only 42 people attended his funeral. Age suitability: 8 and over. Cas (all double up as musicians, playing violin, double bass and piano) includes Sheldon Green as Hutch, Andrew Mathys (Lord Mountbatten), Imogen Daines (Lady Mountbatten), Sid Phoenix (Cole Porter), Nell Mooney (Linda Porter), Patrick Lannigan (Joe Zelli).   Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.45pm Thursday and Saturday at 2.45pm and 7.45pm Runs 2 hours approximately, including 1 interval.   Seat Prices: All tickets £17.50 (£15 concessions) except: First three performances, all seats £15 ___________________________________________________ Tuesday 21st May until Saturday 8th June 2013 Press Night: Friday 24th May 2013 Ruby In The Dust present: THE GREAT GATSBY adapted by Joe Evans and Linnie Reedman original Music and lyrics by Joe Evans directed by Linnie Reedman Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach... Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. And soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel. Now the critically acclaimed play with music, based on the classic American novel by F Scott Fitzgerald, with actors doubling up as musicians, is returning for a second London season, at Riverside Studios, this time with the addition of new orchestrations, and choreography by award-winning Lee Proud, who is joining the creative team. Matilda Sturridge will once again play the pivotal central role of Daisy Buchanan, the woman for whom Gatsby would sacrifice everything for. Other cast to be announced. Designer: Christopher Hone. Costumes: Belle Mundi. Lighting Designer: Seth Rook-Williams. Choreographer: Lee Proud. Music Orchestrations: Chris Walker. Photo Credit (above): Patrick Dodds   Cast: Michael Lindall (Gatsby), Matilda Sturridge (Daisy Buchanan), Naomi Bullock, Imogen Daines, Ian Knauer, Patrick Lannigan, Â Kate Marlais, Jonathan McManus, Alyssa Noble, Sid Phoenix, Henry Wyrley-Birch.       Performance Times and Dates: 2013 Tuesday 21 May at 7.45pm Wednesday 22 May at 7.45pm Thursday 23 May at 2.45pm and 7.45pm Friday 24 May at 7.45pm Saturday 25 May at 2.45pm and 7.45pm Sunday 26 May at 7.45pm Thursday 30 May at 2.45pm and 7.45pm Sunday 2 June at 7.45pm Tuesday 4 June at 7.45pm Wednesday 5 June at 7,45pm Friday 7 June at 7.45pm Saturday 8 June at 2.45pm   Seat Prices: All tickets £17.50 (£15 concessions) except: Previews 21st to 23rd May 2013: All seats £15 ___________________________________________________ Wednesday 12th until Sunday 30th June 2013 Press Night: Friday 14th June 2013 Milton Morrissey present: PAYBACK: THE MUSICAL NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE AGED UNDER 12. by Paul Rayfield directed by Simon Greiff A love story unfolds within the world of daytime television in this satirical new musical. A young orphaned couple from Rio’s favelas, who are struggling financially with their internet cafe, enter Payback, a paternity TV show in England. The government has privatised paternity claims and Payback aims to track down errant fathers and pay the injured party compensation. But the reality TV show is not quite reality, and the young couple are in danger of being nothing more than a solution to diving ratings, a soft target for the cynical and manipulative host, Matt Matthews, and a distraction to the government’s inability to deal with paternity claims. Fresh and funny, this new musical, with a sharp, original script and catchy score, recaptures the excitement of the very best traditional musicals. A new performance for the stage amongst revivals, this 2016 tale of love stretches from Brazil to England. Featuring a blend of jazz, Latin and traditional ballads, it’s a wry, contemporary look at today’s celebrity and story hungry media culture. www.paybackthemusical.com / www.facebook.com/paybackthemusical /| @paybackmusical / #paybackmusical / http://vimeo.com/65888335 is the online presence.   General Managers: Milton Morrissey Musical Director: Nick Larkin Choreographer: Adam Murray AV Designer: Laura Lomax LX Designer: Robert Casey Deputy Stage Manager: Gwyn Jenkins Set Designer: Kate Unwin Developed by Simon Greiff   Cast: Katie Bernstein (Isabel/Tracy), Sarah Earnshaw (Sam), Adam Flynn (Joe), Howard Samuels (Billy Life), Alan Vicary (Father Colin), Matthew White (Matt Matthews) and James Yeoburn (Guilherme).       Performance Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.45pm Thursday and Saturday at 3pm and 7.45pm Sunday at 3pm NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES. Runs 2 hours approximately, including 1 interval.       Seat Prices: All tickets £16 (£14 concessions)