In 1960s Los Angeles, traffic police officer Effie-Lou (Katrina Foster) is looking for her PI friend Jo after she went missing. As Effie-Lou investigates Jo's disappearance, she falls into a world of murder and sex trafficking, coming to terms with her past as a prostitute.
Following an award-winning run at VAULT Festival 2017 with A Year From Now, RedBellyBlack Theatre returns with the world premiere of OK, Bye - a fierce and fresh take on saying goodbye.
Troupe today announces Elizabeth Berrington and Tanya Moodie are to star in the UK premiere of Joel Drake Johnson's tense workplace drama Rasheeda Speaking. Directed by Jonathan O'Boyle the production opens at Trafalgar Studios 2 on 20 April, with previews from 18 April, and runs until 12 May.
I'm an actor who's been writing plays for about 15 years. It's been a very slow burn for me, but suddenly I have two plays on in London at the same time: Again at the Trafalgar Studios and The Strongbox at VAULT Festival 2018.
In celebration of Reggae Month, on February 2, Studio One will release From the Vaults, Vol. 1, on CD and digital for the first time with an Apple Music exclusive stream from February 1-15.
Dropping its audience of just 50 a show into the middle of an adventure in which they are trained in the art of the con, participants will meet characters, solve clues and get a masterclass in the ways of the grifter, all in the interest pulling off one final swindle to take down a seamy criminal mastermind. They will have their intelligence tested and get trained in scams like The Pig In The Poke, The Round-The Corner, and The Money Swap…but in the end will they be sharp enough to take down an evil genius at his own game? An experience unlike anything ever performed on a stage, The Grift will sweep its audience into a thrilling adventure, turning everyday theatergoers into master con men. And when the show ends? They'll be released back into the world with a whole new skill set-one that can pay off for years to come.
As one of the most successful composers of the modern era, Andrew Lloyd Webber's repertoire includes some of the world's most celebrated musicals; Sunset Boulevard, Cats, Aspects of Love, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Starlight Express, School of Rock, The Phantom of The Opera and Love Never Dies - to name but a few.
Chivaree Circus return to VAULT Festival with a brand new and extended version of Becoming Shades, taking audiences on an immersive underworld journey in the long dark tunnels of Waterloo's Vaults.
Peter Pan is a story that the majority of us will know and love. It's a tale of a boy who never grew up, and instead lived the rest of his days in Neverland leading the fearless Lost Boys. Following their 2017 hit with The Great Gatsby, The Guild of Misrule return to the VAULTs with Neverland.
Golem! takes part in Vault Festival with Tomorrow Creeps, a new play that features sixteen works of Shakespeare. A mashup of quotes and circumstances that, in the eerie and humid atmosphere of The Vaults, isn't always coherent, but promising nonetheless.
Rubber is performed in a real, moving car. So come and sit in the back seats of Jess and Tom's car, who're in a loving relationship. Right? 'Immersive theatre at its finest' (A Younger Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe 2016), this fly-on-the-wall experience puts the audience into the capable hands of Tom, who is driving Jess around for her first call of the day. Living in a society where they have turned to sex work just to pay the bills, how could things get worse for them? But when Tom's hidden truths come to light, the road gets bumpy. 'Rubber' explores the tough realities of emotional and physical dependencies that the millennial generation can be driven to by a world that they feel increasingly doesn't want them.
Part theatre and part game, The Grift is an immersive, site-specific experience that will get its UK premi re staged in the historic Town Hall Hotel in London's Bethnal Green.
The VAULT Festival 2018 opens next week, running from 24 January through to 18 March. During the three months, three hundred shows will be staged, including new thriller and queer noir play Tumulus. Actor Ian Hallard fills us in on rehearsals so far, looks back on a busy year, and even further back to a performance of his we will (sadly) never see: King Kong!
Casting is announced for Pippin at Southwark Playhouse with Jonathan Carlton reprising his role as Pippin and Genevieve Nicole returning as The Leading Player. The principal cast is completed with Mairi Barclay, Bradley Judge, Tessa Kadler and Rhidian Marc. Players include Michelle Andrews, Andrew Halliday, Scott Hayward and Ellie Seaton.
The final cast is announced for the 2018 UK tour and London season of Trainspotting Live, the acclaimed no-holds-barred immersive, in-ye-face theatre staging of Irvine Welsh's classic novel.
Cavalry Theatre has announced full casting for the world premi re of Tom Stuchfield's play Somewhere a Gunner Fires. The play marks the 100th anniversary of the ceasefire of the First World War in 1918 and is set in its final months. Tom Stuchfield directs Chris Born (Volker) Guy Clark (Dixon), Olivia Hanrahan-Barnes (Isabella), Julia Kass (Mathilde) and Max Roberts (Wilkinson). Stuchfield also performs in the piece as Spencer. The production opens at King's Head Theatre, on 9 February 2018, with previews from 6 February, and runs until 24 February.
East London's dynamic duo Ashley J and Tee J present their hit show - ACTing Up at Dugdale, Enfield on Friday 2 February at 7.45pm and RichMix, Shoreditch on Thursday 26 April at 7.30pm
The cast is announced for the award-winning musical TEDDY, by Tristan Bernays, with music by Dougal Irvine, the first production in The Watermill Theatre's Spring 2018 season which runs at the theatre from Today 11 January until Saturday 10 February.
Casting is announced for the UK premi re of The Grift, an immersive, site-specific experience - part theatre and part game - being staged in the historic Town Hall Hotel in London's Bethnal Green.
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