Upcoming events.
Wish You Were Here / Gate Theatre
Five friends, three weddings and endless inappropriate jokes. Amongst unibrows, forbidden music and shared wax strips, five women exchange dreams whilst planning their lives together. Playful, intimate and surprisingly naughty, these girlfriends are completely unfiltered behind closed doors.
But as unrest in Iran grows, wedding songs are replaced by sirens and protests break out across the country. Futures become uncertain and friendship is threatened as hard choices and emigration pull them apart. The UK premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here, directed by Sepy Baghaei, charts a decade of sisterhood and platonic love with raw honesty and outrageous humour.
Through political upheaval and drastic change, can their bonds hold strong, or will best friends forever become friends long lost?
tix https://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/wish-you-were-here-uk-premiere/
The Maids // Jermyn Street
Revisited Classic
A co-production with Reading Rep
BY JEAN GENET & TRANSLATED BY MARTIN CRIMP.
DIRECTED BY ANNIE KERSHAW.
Gigi & Dar / Arcola Theatre
A roadblock. Two young women armed with machine guns and Nutella. Days away from finishing the army.
Gigi has a secret. Dar dreamt she’d be shot today. And there’s a strange vehicle heading their way…
Well, that’s okay. Nothing ever happens here. Right?
The world premiere of Gigi & Dar – a comic tragedy about what we bury to survive – created by Josh Azouz and Kathryn Hunter, two of the country’s most exciting theatre artists.
Acting Practice Workshop
Joining Acting Practice as a guest host.
Exploring text and character work through movement and physical approach.
Unveil the art of embodying stage directions in our upcoming movement workshop, a harmonious synergy of text and physicality. As we analyze and interpret stage directions from a scene, we'll seamlessly integrate them into our bodies and minds. This exploration will illuminate the character's physicality and movement behaviour, enriching their portrayal within the context of the play. Save your spot: https://actingpracticeworkshop.com/
Cyrano de Bergerac . LAMDA
A genius with language, Cyrano secretly loves the radiant Roxane, but she loves the beautiful but inarticulate Christian. Convinced of his own ugliness, Cyrano offers to act as go-between, setting in motion a poignant and often hilarious love triangle in which each character is torn between the lure of physical attraction and the seductive power of words.
Writer Edmond Rostand Freely adapted by Martin Crimp Director Emma Baggott Designer Elin Steele Lighting Designer Lucía Sánchez Roldán Sound Designer Poppy Morley Movement Director Adi Gortler Voice Director Victoria Woodward Assistant Director Irina Mikheeva
Cast Christian Callum Alexander-Smith Ligniere Roman Asde De Guiche Josh Beckman Marie-Louise Elle Davies Valvert Alex Farrell Leila Ragueneau Ro Florence Usher Daisy Tallulah Hargreaves Cyrano Macauley Keeper Denise Geri McNamara Roxanne Esther Ming Li Woman Vigs Otite Armand Romario Splatt Le Bret Will Steadman
Acting Practice Workshop
Joining Acting Practice as a guest host.
Exploring text and character work through movement and physical approach.
Unveil the art of embodying stage directions in our upcoming movement workshop, a harmonious synergy of text and physicality. As we analyze and interpret stage directions from a scene, we'll seamlessly integrate them into our bodies and minds. This exploration will illuminate the character's physicality and movement behaviour, enriching their portrayal within the context of the play. Save your spot: https://actingpracticeworkshop.com/
Bad Roads. LAMDA
In this Ukrainian play, four short stories are set along the roads of Donbass during the war. There are no safe spaces and no one can make sense of what is going on. Even as they are trapped in the chaos, some manage to wield authority over others. But in this world, where tomorrow may never come, not everyone is defenseless and miserable. Even the most innocent victims may have their turn at taking charge.
Writer Natal'ya Vorozhbit Translator Sasha Dugdale Director Matt Wilde Designer Lizzy Leech Lighting Designer Ghoti Fisher Sound Designer Simon Fleming Movement and Intimacy Director Adi Gortler Stage Manager Helena Fitzgerald Fight Director Sam Behan Voice Director Molly Parker Assistant Director Haiqing Liang
Cast Gabe Acevedo, Eve Cowley, Vikram Grover, Daisy Tallulah Hargreaves, Felicity Ison, Pei Lin, Will Steadman
Swive. LAMDA
Queen Elizabeth I, the only unmarried woman to rule England.
She reigned for forty-four years. Mastermind. Seductress. Survivor.
This play created by award-winning writer Ella Hickson shines candlelight on the ways and means by which women in power negotiate patriarchal pressure in order to get their way.
writer Ella Hickson Director Caroline Leslie Designer Lizzy Leech Lighting Designer Ghoti Fisher Sound Designer Simon Fleming Movement and Intimacy Director Adi Gortler Stage Manager Helena Fitzgerald Fight Director Sam Behan Voice Director Victoria Woodward Assistant Director IIona Sell
Cast Callum Alexander-Smith, Tateyana Arutura, Brooke Bazarian, Madison Coppola, Macauley Keeper, Alexander Makar, Tanaka Mpofu
The EU Killed My Dad. Jermyn Street Theatre
Featuring British spies, Turkish soldiers, and London’s Kebab shops, the winner of the Woven Voices Prize 2023 takes you on an inventive, fast-paced exploration of identity, belonging, and history spanning five decades. Aaron Kilercioglu’s previous award-winning work includes the sell-out hit For a Palestinian and has been seen at Bristol Old Vic, the Camden People’s Theatre and Underbelly.
A co-production with Woven Voices.
writer Aaron Kilercioglu Director Georgia Green Designer Cory Shipp Lighting Designer Lucía Sánchez Roldán Sound Designer Jasmine Kent Rodgman Movement Director Adi Gortler Stage Manager Jamie Kibisch-Wiles
Cast Dilek Şengül, Rosie Hilal, Luca Kamleh Chapman, Ojan Genc, Tiran Aakel
https://www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk/show/the-e-u-killed-my-dad/
The Snow Queen. Polka Theatre
Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Written by Jude Christian. Directed by Emma Baggott. Designer Laura Ann Price. Co-composer & Sound Designer Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
Co-Composer Sophie Galpin. Lighting Design Laura Howard. Movement Director Adi Gortler. Stage Manager Alex Hobbs. Assistant Stage Manager Emily Mei-Ling Pearce. Cast Joe Boylan. Paula James. Phoebe Naughton. Rebecca Wilson Finlay McGuigan
Movement WorkShop. Acting Practice
Unveil the art of embodying stage directions in our upcoming movement workshop, a harmonious synergy of text and physicality. As we analyze and interpret stage directions from a scene, we'll seamlessly integrate them into our bodies and minds. This exploration will illuminate the character's physicality and movement behaviour, enriching their portrayal within the context of the play. Save your spot: https://actingpracticeworkshop.com/
How To Hold Your Breath. LAMDA
Because we live in Europe. Because nothing really bad happens. The worst is a bit of an inconvenience. Perhaps not such a good mini break. But really in the grand scheme of life, not so bad. Starting with a seemingly innocent one-night stand, this dark, witty and magical play by Zinnie Harris dives into our recent European history. https://www.lamda.ac.uk/whats-on/how-to-hold-your-breath
By Zinnie Harris Director Blythe Stewart Designer Peter Butler Lightning Designer Ciara Brady Sound Designer Abhinav Mishra Voice Director Françoise Walot Movement Director Adi Gortler Costume Supervisor Caitlyn Keaney
The Antipodes. LAMDA
A group of people sit around a table theorising, categorising and telling stories. Their real purpose is never quite clear, but they continue on, searching for the monstrous. https://www.lamda.ac.uk/whats-on/the-antipodes
By Annie Baker Director Jack Gogarty Designer Peter Butler Lightning Designer Ciara Brady Sound Designer Abhinav Mishra Voice Director Gurkiran Kaur Movement Director Adi Gortler Costume Supervisor Caitlyn Keaney