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ARCOLA THEATRE

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London, E8 3DL

What (is) a Woman
What (is) a Woman
4/23 - 5/4/2024


A new solo musical play with an illuminating script, nine original songs and stunning underscore, What (is) a Woman is a one woman show of ...

The Book of Grace
The Book of Grace
5/16 - 6/8/2024


Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright  Suzan-Lori Parks ’ visceral family portrait reveals a divided nation.  “Sometimes the alien is right in your own home. Sometimes right in ...

Fabulous Creatures
Fabulous Creatures
5/22 - 6/15/2024


Welcome to the Monstrous Cabaret Club, a place to drown more than your sorrows, where the acts are unreal and the voices to die for! ...


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Review: WHAT (IS) A WOMAN?, Arcola Theatre


by Niamh Jones - April 26, 2024

A person’s life can be dictated by many things - career, relationships, decisions made… In the case of Andrée Bernard’s What (is) a Woman it seems that men have dictated the protagonist’s life....

Full Cast Set For the Royal Shakespeare Company's THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL


by Stephi Wild - April 17, 2024

Full casting has been announced for the RSC's forthcoming production of The School for Scandal.  Directed by Tinuke Craig, the show runs in repertoire in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon between Saturday 2 July – Friday 6 September. ...

Charlie Brooks Joins the Cast of the UK Tour of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG


by Stephi Wild - April 04, 2024

Charlie Brooks will play the role of The Childcatcher in the new production of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG. The tour opens at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton on Tuesday 30 April 2024 where it plays until 12 May 2024, before embarking on a UK tour. ...

Review: LIFE WITH OSCAR, Arcola Theatre


by Matthew Paluch - April 04, 2024

Life With Oscar is an autobiographical monologue written, and performed by Nicholas Cohen that takes the audience on a trip to the darker side of La La Land....

Cast and Creative Team Set for TWELFTH NIGHT at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 26, 2024

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has revealed the full cast for Twelfth Night or What You Will. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets....

Cast Set For Alan Ayckbourn's A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL at Salisbury Playhouse


by Stephi Wild - March 20, 2024

The cast has been announced for Wiltshire Creative's upcoming production of Alan Ayckbourn's A Chorus of Disapproval, completing their 2024 spring season....

Full Cast Set For THE CHERRY ORCHARD at the Donmar Warehouse


by Stephi Wild - March 19, 2024

Discover the full cast of Chekhov’s THE CHERRY ORCHARD, in a new version adapted and directed by Benedict Andrews, announced by Donmar Warehouse....

Review: CASSEROLE, Arcola Theatre


by Cindy Marcolina - March 08, 2024

All in all, this iteration of the production is a springboard. While it’s a missed opportunity at the moment, nothing's carved in stone when it comes to theatre. A firmer grasp on the play’s intent and a further unfurling of its core could make it a thorough analysis of the casual cruelty and everyd...

Review: THE IMPROVISED PLAY, Arcola Theatre


by Gary Naylor - March 06, 2024

By their very nature, improvised shows will have good nights and not so good nights...

Review: THE LAND OF LOST CONTENT, Arcola Theatre


by Abbie Grundy - February 29, 2024

We never really leave the place where we grew up, even if we run from it....

Past Shows

What (is) a Woman
What (is) a Woman
4/23 - 5/4/2024


A new solo musical play with an illuminating script, nine original songs and stunning underscore, What (is) a Woman is a one woman show of ...

When You Pass Over My Tomb


Sergio Blanco  and  Daniel Goldman  return to the Arcola Theatre, after the success of their critically acclaimed OFFIE award winning productions of  Thebes Land  and  ...

Union
Union
7/19 - 12/8/2023


Union is a wildly hilarious odyssey through London, in all its brilliant, booze-soaked yuppified but still punk glory. Just as Saskia fears she is losing ...

Sputnik Sweetheart
Sputnik Sweetheart
10/26 - 11/26/2023


@arcolatheatre | www.arcolatheattre.com Partly a story of love and loneliness, partly a detective story, Murakami’s novel is brought to stage by Tony Award nominee Bryony ...

Sputnik Sweetheart
Sputnik Sweetheart
10/26 - 11/26/2023


Haruki Murakami’s much loved 1999 novel Sputnik Sweetheart has been adapted for the stage for the first time in history, by none other than Bryony ...

Mark Thomas in England & Son
Mark Thomas in England & Son
11/14 - 11/25/2023


Prepare to be taken on a kaleidoscopic odyssey where disaster capitalism, empire, stolen youth and stolen wealth merge into the simple tale of a working-class ...

Turandot
Turandot
8/23 - 8/26/2023


Puccini’s final unfinished opera, Turandot , will be revived at the Arcola this summer in a radical and confronting retelling. Spearheaded by a team of ...

The Mistake
The Mistake
4/18 - 4/22/2023


After a completely sold-out run in January/February, this urgent, award-winning play about the destruction of Hiroshima returns to London’s Arcola Theatre, 18 – 22 April ...

The Mistake
The Mistake
1/31 - 2/4/2023


Written by Michael Mears and directed by Rosamunde Hutt, an urgent, award-winning play about the destruction of Hiroshima transfers from the Edinburgh Fringe to London’s ...

Broken Lad
Broken Lad
10/13 - 11/6/2021


Above a pub in North London, Phil is fighting off panic about his comeback gig. Once a regular stand-up on Saturday night television, Phil’s back ...

The Tango Collective: the piazzolla project


For one night at Grimeborn, The Wild Stage presents a night of music not to dance to, but to inspire, make us dream and take ...

Songs of Resistance


Following a sold-out run at the Barbican Art Gallery and a performance featuring songs from the Weimar Cabarets for Bono and Chris Martin, the cabaret ...

The Game of Love and Chance
The Game of Love and Chance
7/14 - 8/7/2021


Arcolas first production in Arcola Outside is a raucous romantic comedy about sex, class and blessings in disguise.Lady Sylvia might be 58th in line to ...

The Narcissist
The Narcissist
7/5 - 7/11/2021


Behold, the most terrifying, entertaining and unnerving, one man show of all time.5 lessons. Nothing but the truth.In under one hour, your brittle wall of ...

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