Heathcote Williams

An era will be over.

The Ruff Tuff Cream Puff Estate Agency is a feel-good musical about community and DIY activism from the 1970s, based on an original work by the late activist, poet and playwright, Heathcote Williams.

As Cardboard Citizens turns 30, the Company has announced a new partnership with Belgrade Theatre and Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 to deliver a bespoke programme of work co-created with local people with lived experience of homelessness, culminating in the staging of a brand new musical – The Ruff Tuff Cream Puff Estate Agency.

Queer|Art, the New York City-based non-profit supporting the creative and professional development of LGBTQ artists, is pleased to announce the Fall 2018 season of Queer|Art|Film at IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue at West 3rd St.), September 17-December 3. Curated by filmmakers Ira Sachs, Adam Baran, and Vanessa Haroutunian, the season brings together an eclectic mix of independent, experimental, and Hollywood cinema, presented by a multigenerational lineup of queer visual artists, poets, composers, and cinema legends. A highlight of the season is a special experimental shorts program on the evening of December 3 (organized with legendary experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer), which coincides with the announcement of the winner of the 2018 Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant. A full itinerary follows. All screenings begin at 8pm.

La Direccion General del Libro, Bibliotecas y Promocion de la Lectura presenta Frankenstein, 200 años, un ciclo que se llevara a cabo del miercoles 18 al viernes 20 de julio de 18 a 21 horas en la Biblioteca Casa de la Lectura (Lavalleja 924, Villa Crespo), con entrada gratuita. Escritores, academicos e intelectuales, analizan esta importante obra literaria de Mary Shelley, que influyo notablemente en el pensamiento de sociedades a traves de su literatura a lo largo de estos 200 años.

Let storyteller, David Muller, take you on a journey into the depths of the ocean and out into the wild in this mesmerising double bill. This April, F Creations in association with The Merry Scholar present Heathcote Williams' epic poems Whale Nation and Sacred Elephant at The Drama Factory. David Muller's dramatization of these epic poems has been described as "haunting" and "entrancing" by critics.

Home Truths nine plays paint a picture of chaotic and cruel housing policies that have shafted the poor for decades with little sign of any change coming - and it's also funny, warm and clever!

As previews begin for Home Truths, a season of new plays exploring the state of housing in the UK from the award-winning theatre company Cardboard Citizens who are celebrating 25 years of making work with and for homeless people, the company has announced a wide-ranging additional programme of free events supported by the National Lottery Fund (HLF).

The award-winning theatre company Cardboard Citizens has today announced casting for its season of new work at The Bunker in London this April. Celebrating 25 years of making work with and for homeless people, the company will continue its exploration of the state of housing in nine new plays commissioned by Cardboard Citizens from some of the UK's most exciting playwrights.

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Four hundred years after the death of William Shakespeare, The Museum of Modern Art will screen 21 films based on his iconic writings in Breaking Bard: Shakespeare on Film, today, October 12, through October 24 in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters.

Based on Roy Hutchin's POETRY CAN F*CK  OFF, the Cockpit draws on the idea of weaving Williams' words with guest performers, music, visual wonders, and ritual money burning to explore topics and provoke new thinking. 

Four hundred years after the death of William Shakespeare, The Museum of Modern Art will screen 21 films based on his iconic writings in Breaking Bard: Shakespeare on Film, October 12-24 in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters.

Sheffield Crucible Lyceum Theatre welcomes thought-provoking, funny and thrilling performances to the Studio this June - everything from poetry and romance deconstruction to a Tour de France restaging.

Islington's Old Red Lion Theatre today announces the next batch of shows for its Spring/Summer 2016 season.

With over 11,000 performances, PERFECT CRIME is New York's longest running straight play.

As the title implies, SACRED ELEPHANT is concerned with man's relationship with the planet's largest land mammal. Ancient, intelligent, social and beautiful, the pachyderm has captured the imagination of man for millennia. Indeed, the elephant has approached the status of a deity in some cultures. So powerful a creature is the huge beast that it has only one natural enemy: man. But it is also up to us to be sure this intelligent and loving pachyderm will thrive so we, in turn, can do the same.

After its initiation at Biekie Bosman Festival, Groot Marico, Oom Schalk, from the Heart has ridden into town to charm audiences of all ages. The show will be performed at Kalk Bay Theatre from Today to Sunday from 26 March to 6 April at 8pm.

After its initiation at Biekie Bosman Festival, Groot Marico, Oom Schalk, from the Heart has ridden into town to charm audiences of all ages. The show will be performed at Kalk Bay Theatre from Wednesday to Sunday from 26 March to 6 April at 8pm.

Kenyan Jim Nyamu has embarked on a mission to walk a 560-mile journey this September from New England to the International March for Elephants in Washington DC on October 4. He walked to the stage production of 'Sacred Elephant' by Heathcote Williams, starring Jeremy Crutchley, at Manhattan's La MaMa E.T.C., 74A East Fourth Street, Sunday September 15 at 3:00 PM. BroadwayWorld has a phoot of Nyamu visiting the production below!