Pleasance Theatre Islington Announces Schedule For 2/09-4/09

Pleasance Islington Listings February 2009 - April 2009

Miller Theatre Tuesday 24 February - Sunday 1 March 2009, 7.45pm (Sunday 5.15pm)

Miller is a charming story that tells the tale of a father and son that have a bond like no other. In an age of single parent families, Miller is a lovely reminder of just how important a father's role can be in shaping a child's future. Everybody has a Dad; if only everyone had a Dad like this.

Miller- the heartwarming story of one man's life as told through the eyes of his son.

Exciting new writing is the only thing Back2back Productions ever produces.
Back2back Productions, keeping tomorrow a new day
Tickets: £10 (£8.50)

Sketchatron: nano Comedy Monday 2 & Tuesday 3 March 8pm

The baby brother of the all-mighty Sketchatron, Nano is the show to see brand new extended sets from the best sketch acts on the circuit.

Featuring:

Tommy & the Weeks

‘A made-in-comedy-heaven double act '

***** The Scotsman. As seen on BBC3. Sell out 2008.

Richard Glover

All-star veteran of Ealing Live, as seen on The Mighty Boosh & Paramount Comedy

Idiots of Ants

‘Downright anarchic fun, nothing short of blissful' ***** The List. As seen on E4 & Fox
Thankless Child

‘Young, glitzy, delicious' ****Three Weeks

More acts to be announced, look at www.pleasance.co.uk for further info

Tickets: £6 (£5)

We Are Klang

Comedy

Wednesday 4, Thursday 12, Sunday 15, Monday 30 & Tuesday 31 March, Thursday 2 - Friday 3 April 8pm

We Are Klang have their own television series to get ready for. They want to abuse your trust and take your money, unapologetically using you as guinea pigs as they spew out their under-rehearsed and under- prepared "scripts" without any props or other actors.

Ask yourself - is this really worth five pounds?

Tickets: £5

Idiots of Ants & Lady Garden

Comedy

Thursday 5 and Friday 6 March 8pm

Join Idiots of Ants for a night of -

fun/

hilarious/

entertaining comedy.
It is sure to be -

the best night of your lives/

a night of new material/

a night in your life.
What we can guarantee is -

an experience you'll remember forever/

an experience/

we guarantee nothing.
NOTE: Idiots of Ants were asked to write this blurb in December before we had really decided what we would do with our March show. That is why it could be described as vague.

Tickets £8 (£7)

Myth for the Meantime

Theatre

Thu 5 - Sat 7 March 6pm, 7.45pm, 9.30pm and Thu 12 - Sat 14 March 6.45pm, 8.30pm

Five graduating directors from Rose Bruford College Directing BA present a season of plays with professional actors exploring the meaning of myth in these ‘meanest' of times...
Tickets £7 (£5)

Week 1 - book for all three shows for just £16

Week 2 - book for both shows for just £1

The Mothwokfantastic

Comedy

Saturday 7 March 8pm
An hour of sketch, character and musical comedy written and performed by award winning stand-up comedian Daniel Rigby with the help of a robot he built especially for such events. A bowlful of dark silliness for you to point and laugh at.
Tickets £6 (£5)

Deborah Frances White's How Almost Anyone Can Become An Overnight Celebrity

Comedy

Monday 9 and Friday 20 March 8pm

Over the last couple of years at The Edinburgh Festival, The Melbourne Festival and on a UK tour Deborah changed the dating lives of her audience forever with her sell out show "How to Get Almost Anyone to Want to Sleep With You".
Hundreds of comedy fans became sexier, flirtier and wrote to tell Deborah their success stories of new-found attractiveness, dates and even relationships.
This year Deborah is back at Pleasance, London with a brand new show - "How Almost Anyone Can Become an Overnight Celebrity".

Tickets: £6 (Free tickets for Under 26s)

Mould & Arrowsmith

Comedy

Friday 13 & Saturday 14 March 8pm

Following their sell out show at last year's Edinburgh Fringe, Mould & Arrowsmith return with a brand new hour long show for 2009.

Expect the usual mix of hi-tech antics and geeky sketches from the finalists of the MySpace Trident Comedy Awards.

**** MySpace Comedy

Tickets £8 (£5) (Free tickets for Under 26s)

Long Tooth

Comedy

Tuesday 17 March 7.45pm
Different times, different places, same spirits, different faces.

Two souls trapped together for all eternity within an endless cycle of reincarnation discover Sartre had a point - hell really is other people. Just what do you do when you are locked into a relationship with the same person throughout history, and that person is a pain in the arse?

The first preview of Long Tooth by character comedy duo Trudi Jackson and Vivienne Gibbs.
Tickets: Pay what you can (Free tickets for Under 26s)

Two Blondes and a TukTuk

Comedy

Wednesday 18 March at 7.30pm

A night of comedy to include several well known comedians (special guest line up to be announced) a celebrity infested raffle and a few more surprises thrown into the mix!

On April 10th Claire and Lucy are driving a 145.45cc 3 wheeled rickshaw from the hidden depths of Eastern India, 3050 miles through some of the highest and hardest terrain to the beaches of the West. All money raised will go directly to 4 charities www.frankwaterprojects.org www.soschildren.org and Newberry Clinic Children Centre (hoping to raise enough money to provide a much needed mobile sensory unit that will benefit a wide variety of Children with disability's) and Willen Hospice http://www.willen-hospice.org.uk/
Please join for an entertaining night of comedy.

Tickets £15 (Free tickets for Under 26s)

William Andrews

Comedy

Wednesday 18 March 8pm

Comedian William Andrews is getting over Greg. A mix of media, melodrama and monkey jokes.
"a deranged and quite brilliant comic star in the making."

The Scotsman
"Andrews is a phenomenal character comedian."

Metro

Tickets £5 (Free tickets for Under 26s)

Ivan Brackenbury's Hospital Radio Christmas Hour

Comedy

Friday 20 March 8pm
if.comedy Award (formerly Perrier Award) nominee

Award winning comedy character Ivan Brackenbury is the flagship presenter of Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Hospital Radio. At the moment Ivan's whole way of life is under threat as he fights to save his show, "Disease Hour" from being axed.

Ivan is at the last chance saloon and the hospital management team will be tuning in; one cock-up or inappropriate stunt will mean instant dismissal for the "cheerful earful". His fight isn't helped by his new best friend Stan, the larger than life hospital morgue night porter and wind-up merchant.
With Ivan Brackenbury, it is Christmas every day.
'One of my favourite DJ's' - Steve Wright - BBC Radio 2
'Audiences are laughing their heads off' - Metro

'On its way to being a classic' - Independent on Sunday

'He comes across as special in all senses of the word' - Scotsman

'A kick in the teeth for volunteer Radio' - Derbyshire Times

Tickets: £10 (Free tickets for Under 26s)

Five Characters In Search of Susan

Theatre

Saturday 21 March 8pm and Sunday 22 March 5.15pm

Character comedian Susan Harrison explores what happens when five very different individuals find themselves in a small studio theatre in North London. Some have never set foot in a theatre before, let alone performed, but with the stage to themselves the urge to interact with the crowd is too strong for them to resist.

Tickets: £7 (Free tickets for Under 26s)

Success by Nick Drake

Theatre

Wednesday 25 - Saturday 28 March 7.30pm and Community Matinee: Sat 28 March 3pm
Fresh from the suburbs, Tom Rakewell has played the markets and made his fortune. Blinded by riches and determined to cement his place amongst the city elite, he falls into a reckless spiral of champagne, parties and outrageous risks. With a host of incredible characters all vying to win Tom's soul, he soon faces the biggest gamble of his life.

IYT gives 500 free tickets to Islington schools for weekday matinees (dates tbc) and 200 free tickets to local community groups for the Saturday matinee. Please contact islingtonyouththeatre@gmail.com
Tickets: £7 (£4) (Free tickets for Under 26s)

Hoof - A Horse's Quest for a Herd, Humour and a Life Without Shoes

Family Show

Thursday 2 - Saturday 4 April 11am & 2pm

A physical theatre show for children and childish adults.

Alone in her stable a pony dreams of a better life, when one night the TV remote falls within hoof reach and a world of wild west adventures is revealed. She starts to realise that she's no

dumb animal and a quest for life, a herd and humour begins!

A 50 minute show for children aged 3-10 and their families, told with puppets, tap dancing hooves and nostalgic TV clips of Black Beauty, Mr. Ed and Champion the Wonder Horse.

Tickets £8 (£6), Family ticket £25 (4 tickets, at least 1 child)

(Allocation of free tickets for Under 26s)

Don't let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!

Family Show

Tue 7 - Fri 10 April 11am & 2pm

The Pigeon is back in the sequel to the hugely popular Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! This lively show is full of fun, feathers, laughter and excitement and features original music and lots of audience participation. It's time for bed, the Bus Driver wants Pigeon to go to bed, all his friends want him to go to bed, but the question is...WILL YOU LET HIM STAY UP LATE???

Author Mo Willems has won six Emmy awards as a writer and animator for Sesame Street and is the creator of Cartoon Network's hit shows Sheep in the Big City and Codename: Kids Next Door.

Tickets: £6 (Allocation of free tickets for Under 26s)

Horseplay

Family Show

Wednesday 1 April 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm & 3.30pm

Join us inside a lifelike stable to explore and imagine all kinds of pony tales. Lights, music, and puppets transform a den into a theatrical adventure. Horseplay is a stunningly designed play and performance space packed with horse-themed treasures to explore!

Every Horseplay is unique because the children's imaginations lead the action. Parents can peek through the many windows or relax in front of a live video relay. Lasting for 50 minutes with time for children and parents to play together at the end, it's been developed with the help of 120 children, play experts, educators and skilled artists and aims to encourage creative play and help children to express their own ideas
Tickets £9

(Admits 1 child & 2 adults, additional children £6 each)

(Allocation of free tickets for Under 26s)

Musical Comedy Awards

Comedy

Saturday 11 April 8pm

Bill Bailey, Flight of the Conchords, Bo Burnham - musical comedy is looking pretty damn hot right now!
From January till March there shall rage a probably quite friendly and hungover battle between our nation's established and emerging musical comedians at www.musicalcomedy.co.uk.
After surviving the public's online vote, a shortlist of the top twenty acts will be perused by a panel of judges, who will then choose their favourite five to see live at the Pleasance with the chance to win prize money.
Alongside the five finalists, there will also be special guest performances from established greats such as Earl Oakin, Isy Suttie, Joanna Neary and Doctor Coca Cola Mcdonalds.
Vote for your favourite acts at www.musicalcomedy.co.uk and come and watch the nation's finest battle it out!

Tickets £10 (£8.50) (Free tickets for Under 26s)

 

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