Pleasance Islington Announces Their Autumn Listings
By: Gabrielle Sierra Sep. 20, 2010
Pleasance is a charity that supports new work in Edinburgh and London. We are based across two cities - in Islington for 12 months of the year, and in Edinburgh for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
September - December 2010
Shaky Isles Theatre Fundraiser
Theatre - Drama
Pleasance London » Main House
An evening of performance and fun from Shaky Isles Theatre, London's only theatre company giving New Zealand theatre artists and playwrights a platform for their work in the UK and abroad.
Monday, 20th September 7pm
Tickets £5
Music
Pleasance London » Main House
Emma Thompson and The Helen Bamber Foundation invite you to the World Premiere and Album Launch for 'Just Enough For The Real World' at the Pleasance Theatre in Islington on Tuesday 21st September from 7pm.
Tuesday, 21st September 7pm
Tickets £12Bound
Theatre
Pleasance London » StageSpace
The Winner of the NSDF and Methuen Drama Emerging Artists' Competition, Bound is set on the south Devon fishing port of Brixham.
Thursday, 23rd September - Sunday, 26th September, Various times
Tickets £8The Meeting
Theatre
Pleasance London » Main House
A play about what would have happened if Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. had ever met.
Wednesday, 29th September - Saturday, 30th October 7.30pm
Tickets £9 - £12.50
Comedy - Stand up
Pleasance London » StageSpace
Never one to take the easy option, Mark decided to go rambling in the Middle East and walked the entire length of the Israeli Separation Barrier crossing between the Israeli and the Palestinian side.
Tuesday, 5th October - Tuesday, 21st December 7.30pm
Tickets £8 - £10Clever Peter : Blood, Sweat and Tears
Comedy - Sketch
Pleasance London » StageSpace
After sell out Edinburgh shows in 2008 and 2009, the award winning sketch troup Clever Peter bring their 2010 sell out Edinburgh Show back to London. Don't miss the last chance to see this show!
Wednesday, 6th October 8pm
Tickets £7
Nursing Lives
Theatre
Pleasance London » Main House
Vamos Theatre brings together a number of ex-Trestle Theatre members to create Nursing Lives, a full-mask theatre production alive with visual inventiveness, evocative music and song, physical theatre and 1940s dance sequences.
Wednesday, 13th October - Thursday, 14th October 7.30pm (1pm matinee Thursday)
Ticketd £10
Theatre
Pleasance London » StageSpace
Following sell-out seasons of Skin Tight at Pleasance and Riverside Studios, Shakey Isles Theatre are presenting the world premiere of Allen O'Leary's new play My Inner Orc
Wednesday, 13th October - Sunday, 24th October 7.45pm
Tickets £10 - £13
Toby
Comedy - Sketch
Pleasance London » StageSpace
Toby- Fresh from their Edinburgh debut, sisters Sarah and Lizzie perform inappropriate sketches in a bid to win their mother's attention. Come meet the likes of pig lover, Mr Smedley and treacle dependent, Mrs Grubgut, the brilliantly dark consequences of a troubled upbringing.
Tuesday, 26th October 8pm
Tickets £6.50 - £8
Comedy - Sketch
Pleasance London » StageSpace
Late Night Gimp Fight return to London for one night only, after a complete sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe and an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nomination that cemented their position as one of the most exciting sketch groups in the country.
Saturday, 30th October 8pm
Tickets £6.50 - £8 McNeil and Pamphilon: Addicted to Danger!
Comedy - Sketch
Pleasance London » StageSpace
2009 Sitcom Trials Award-Winners McNeil and Pamphilon return to London with their 2010 SELL-OUT EDINBURGH SHOW. Featuring 2008 Funny Women Finalist, Rachel Stubbings. Directed by Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning director, Matt Holt.
Monday, 1st November 8pm
Tickets £6.50 - £8
The Three Englishmen
Comedy - Sketch
Pleasance London » StageSpace
Comedy sketch group The Three Englishmen (Time Out Critic's Choice) return to London to perform their hit EDINBURGH FRINGE 2010 SHOW - an unmissable hour of inspired sketches and songs to split your sides, amaze your eyes, and make your heart sing!
Tuesday, 2nd November 8pm
Tickets £6.50 - £8
Comedy - Stand up
Pleasance London » Main House
Star of Channel 4's 'Rude Tube' and 'Balls of Steel' and So You Think You're Funny finalist 1999, brings his brand new stand-up show to Pleasance.
Thursday, 4th November 7.45pm
Tickets £6.50 - £8 Angelos Epithemiou - Work in Progress
Comedy - Character
Pleasance London » StageSpace
Angelos tries out material for a forthcoming tour.
Thursday, 4th November, Wednesday 10th November, Wednesday 17th November
Tickets £8
Delete the Banjax
Comedy - Sketch
Pleasance London » StageSpace
Returning from their 5 star, award winning, run at Edinburgh Fringe 2010, the charmingly chaotic comedy act DELETE THE BANJAX present a show of subtly surreal sketches, characters and songs.
Friday, 5th November 8pm
Tickets £6.50 - £8
Comedy - Stand up
Pleasance London » StageSpace
Trying out new material for his up-coming tour.
Saturday, 6th November - Saturday, 27th November (every Saturday) 9pm
Tickets £5Lady Garden: Top Secret Gig
Comedy - Sketch
Pleasance London » StageSpace
Lady Garden return to the Pleasance for one night only!Straight from an amazing run at this year's Edinburgh Festival. As the title suggests they can't really say any more.
Sunday, 7th November 8pm Idiots of Ants: The Red button
Comedy - Sketch
Pleasance London » Main House
Following 2009's Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination, three sell-out Edinburgh festivals and appearing alongside John Cleese at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, the Ants (BBC1, BBC2, E4, Radio 4 and Chortle 'best sketch act' award winners) return from their UK tour with their fourth brand new full-length comedy show
Friday, 19th November 8pm
Tickets £8 - £9Charlie and Lola's Best Bestest Play
Childrens
Pleasance London » Main House
Everyone's favourite brother and sister are back with their extremely everso wonderful stage show! A magical mix of puppets, live action and music, adapted from some of the freshest and funniest episodes of the hit TV series.
Wednesday, 1st December - Sunday, 2nd January, Various times
Tickets £9.50 - £11Mark Thomas: The Manifesto
Comedy - Stand up
Pleasance London » StageSpace
Mark Thomas continues his quest for the People's Manifesto developing and requesting ideas for his brand new radio 4 show. Come and submit your policy.
Tuesday, 7th December 7.30pm
Tickets £8 - £10 Joe Wilkinson: My mum's called Stella and my dad's called Brian
Comedy - Stand up
Pleasance London » StageSpace
Award-winning stand up comedian tells you in great detail that nothing has really ever happened to him. Or has it? Not really.
Monday, 13th December 8pm
Tickets £5
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