Times and tickets Studio 1: 7.30pm (2.30pm matinees) – £18 (£12 concessions); Pitchfork Disney £22.50 (£17.50) Studio 2: 8.00pm (3.00pm matinees) – £16 (£12 concessions)
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January – June 2012
Our First Year in Ashwin Street Welcome. It’s been one year since we moved into our Ashwin Street location. Since then we have had record breaking attendance figures and exciting productions from both established and newer producers and directors. For our second year in this location we welcome an intriguing mix of companies, both emerging and distinguished, as well as continuing the great entertainment provided in our newest venue, Arcola Tent.
For the new season you can expect rebellion, revolution and anarchy from new theatre company Cerberus with Count Oederland (described as a cross between V for Vendetta and American Psycho); Danielle Tarento Productions stages its revival of Philip Ridley’s The Pitchfork Disney; Swansea’s noted theatre company Volcano brings their four-star touring production of A Clockwork Orange to London and finally in Studio 1, Arcola Theatre itself produces Manfred Karge’s The Conquest of the South Pole directed by Artistic Director of the Rose Theatre in Kingston, Stephen Unwin who also directed the premiere in 1988 at the Traverse and Royal Court. The production will move straight from Arcola to the Rose after its London run. In Studio 2, it’s politics and intrigue with Parlon’s Freedom; Borealis Theatre presents the UK premiere of the thriller Purge by Sofi Oksanen – a Finnish-Estonian writer to rival Ian McEwan and Stieg Larsson; with Warsaw Melody, up-and-coming theatre company Belka Productions brings a new adaptation of Leonid Zorin’s classic tale about life behind the Iron Curtain, and finally, SEArED Productions, in association with Arcola Theatre, ushers in the return of Dennis Potter’s twisted allegory Brimstone and Treacle and we are looking forward to welcoming actor Rupert Friend in the play’s central role. Our new temporary arts venue Arcola Tent – just around the corner – continues into 2012 with its already established mixture of comedy and variety shows with the new addition of longer running theatre productions. Look out for work from Tower Theatre and Immediate Theatre along with the return of opera festival Grimeborn. Keep up to date with Tent performances on our website. Last but not least, we can announce some changes at Arcola – all for the better. One has already happened; we have expanded our bar to allow more space for you to mingle before and after shows. We are also launching a brand new website with simpler navigation and are updating our booking system which will give you access to special offers and discounted tickets online. 2012 is shaping up to be another landmark year. We hope you will be able to join us. Mehmet Ergen, Artistic Director © Andrew Steel
10 – 21 January 2012 STUDIO 1 – 7.30pm (mat 2.30pm) Cerberus Theatre presents
Count Oederland by Max Frisch Translated by Michael Bullock Directed by Christopher Loscher Cast includes: Evelyn Adams, Natasha Alderslade, Christopher Birks, Barra Collins, Sebastian Cornelius, Nesba Crenshaw, David Meyer, Joe Riley, Katerina Stearman, Jacob Trenerry
A Public Prosecutor, in the course of investigating the apparently motiveless murder of a bank employee, suffers an aberration of the mind. Lost in thoughts of escape from duty and responsibility, the Prosecutor loses his identity; finding it in the legend of Count Oederland, a fairy tale character who chops down all those who stand in his way with an axe. His private act of revolt becomes an infectious underground movement for freedom – but is this the freedom he dreamt of? This is American Psycho by way of V for Vendetta. Chilling, thrilling and terribly relevant.
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weird, subversive, grotesquely enjoyable #### Michael Billington, The Guardian
Tickets £18 (£12 concessions) Matinees 2.30pm Saturday 14, 21 January £12 Preview Performances 11, 12, 13, 14 (mat) January Pay What You Can Tuesdays
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25 January – 17 March 2012 STUDIO 1 – 7.30pm (mat 2.30pm) Danielle Tarento presents the 21st anniversary production of
The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley Directed by Edward Dick
21 years after it came kicking and screaming into the world, The Pitchfork Disney has come of age... You know why the ghost train is so popular? Because there are no ghosts. Once you know that you can make a fortune.
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Ten years ago something terrible happened to Presley and Haley. Since then they have lived alone in their dead parents’ house. But one night their safe isolation is shattered by the arrival of Cosmo Disney, who confronts them with the scariest question of all... what exactly happened to their parents?
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A sort of tuning fork, vibrating with the apprehensions of a civilization. New York Times
Tickets £22.50 (£17.50 concessions) Matinees 2.30pm Saturday 28 January; 4, 11, 18, 25 February; 3, 10 17 March £16 Preview Performances 25, 26, 27, 28 (mat), 28 (eve), 30, 31 January Pay What You Can Tuesdays (except final two weeks)
21 March – 21 April 2012 STUDIO 1 – 7.30pm (mat 2.30pm) VOLCANO presents
Anthony Burgess’s
A Clockwork Orange Directed by Paul Davies Cast: Paul Coldrick, Kyle Edward-Hubbard, Alex Moran, Mairi Phillips, Billy Rayner
You can’t run a country with every chelloveck comporting himself in my manner of the night. A Clockwork Orange was published fifty years ago, but its portrait of a corrupt state, a bankrupt civil society, and a populace in fear of feral youth seems urgently familiar.
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Volcano tackles Burgess’s inventive, disturbing little masterpiece with choreographic skill and linguistic exuberance. A nasty little shocker, or a profound exploration of state power and free will? This production stays true to Burgess’s original in its cut-throat inventiveness and in its insistence on the question of whether it is better to be forced to be good, or to be free to do evil. Volcano’s startling version is short and viciously sharp. Desperately bleak yet funny, horrific and uncomfortably attractive. The Guardian
Tickets £18 (£12 concessions) Matinees 2.30pm Saturday 24, 31 March; 7, 14, 21 April £12 Preview Performances 21, 22, 23, 24 March Pay What You Can Tuesdays
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25 April – 26 May 2012 STUDIO 1 – 7.30pm (mat 2.30pm) Arcola Theatre presents
The Conquest of the South Pole by Manfred Karge Translated by Tinch Mincher and Anthony Vivis Directed by Stephen Unwin
London youth – out of work, on the dole, spending time in their flat going on epic journeys of the imagination and hoping for the best. Manfred Karge’s The Conquest of the South Pole has its first major revival in the UK since the original helped launch the careers of Ewen Bremner and Alan Cumming. Original Director Stephen Unwin returns to direct the next generation in this landmark piece.
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Lyn Gardner on The Conquest of the South Pole’s run at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, prior to transferring to the Royal Court Theatre: Nowhere else are theatrical myths forged so quickly: Tom Stoppard was discovered through Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Manfred Karge’s Conquest of the South Pole appeared during Jenny Killick’s golden age of the Traverse, and Theatre de Complicité won – of all things – the Perrier award in 1985.
Tickets £18 (£12 concessions) Matinees 2.30pm Saturday 28 April; 5, 12, 19, 26 May £12 Preview Performances 25, 26, 27, 28 April Pay What You Can Tuesdays
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25 January – 18 February 2012 STUDIO 2 – 8.00pm (mat 3.00pm)
22 February – 24 March 2012 STUDIO 2 – 8.00pm (mat 3.00pm)
Parlon presents
Borealis Theatre presents in association with Oblique House the UK premiere of
Freedom Written and Directed by Rick Limentani Cast: Rebeca Cobos, Indranyl Singharay, Rian Perle
Purge by Sofi Oksanen English translation by Eva Buchwald Directed by Elgiva Field
When Tajik farmer Benham tells a daring lie, to protect his farmlands from druglords, he is forced to invent a wild scheme to prove his untruth, sending his son, Fariad, to England. Once there however, Fariad develops a friendship with an emotionally damaged girl, Jennifer, who interferes with Benham’s carefully laid plans. Each of the three must choose between their own and each other’s freedom in this powerful story of seduction, greed and betrayal.
A forgotten country. A shrouded glade. A buried past. Deep in an Estonian forest Zara is on the run. Allide offers her sanctuary. Together their survival depends on the one thing that they’ve learnt to keep secret: the truth.
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Sofi Oksanen’s startling play and awardwinning novel reveals the indelible imprint of Soviet occupation on the Estonian people in a timeless story of love, hope and betrayal that rivals Ian McEwan and Stieg Larsson. A phenomenon... A brilliant piece of work that does not easily relinquish its grip. The Times
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Production supported by the Estonian and Finnish Embassies
Tickets £16 (£12 concessions) Tickets £16 (£12 concessions) Matinees 3.00pm Saturday 11, 18 February
Matinees 3.00pm Saturday 3, 10, 17, 24, 27 March
£10 Preview Performances 25, 26, 27, 28 January; 1, 2 February
£10 Preview Performances 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 February
Pay What You Can Tuesdays
Pay What You Can Tuesdays
28 March – 28 April 2012 STUDIO 2 – 8.00pm (mat 3.00pm)
2 May – 2 June 2012 STUDIO 2 – 8.00pm (mat 3.00pm)
Belka Productions presents
SEArED in association with Arcola Theatre presents
A Warsaw Melody
Brimstone and Treacle
by Leonid Zorin
by Dennis Potter
Translation by Franklin D. Reeve Directed by Oleg Mirochnikov
Directed by Amelia Sears
A warm, tender and wryly charming tale of love behind the Iron Curtain. Love starts to blossom in the hostile terrain of the Soviet bloc when chance brings young Victor to beautiful Polish singer Helya at a concert hall in Moscow. But in Stalin's brutally controlled empire their love simply cannot be. Leonid Zorin's timeless story of the fragility and resilience of love in a loveless land finally makes its way to the UK.
Cast includes Rupert Friend
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All I want is the England I used to know… When you knew where you were and all the houses had gardens and old ladies could feel safe in the street at night.
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The first ever major London revival of Dennis Potter’s most controversial play. Renowned for being banned by the BBC in 1976, Brimstone and Treacle’s glimpse into middle-class suburban paranoia, xenophobia and insularity is as revealing and relevant today as it was then. A twisted allegory about fear, faith, morality, and the incomprehensible randomness of good and evil. Dennis Potter is best known for his works The Singing Detective, Pennies from Heaven and Lipstick on your Collar.
Tickets £16 (£12 concessions) Tickets £16 (£12 concessions) Matinees 3.00pm Saturday 7, 14, 21, 28 April
Matinees 3.00pm Saturday 12, 19, 26 May; 2 June
£10 Preview Performances 28, 29 March
£12 Preview Performances 2, 3, 4, 5 May
Pay What You Can Tuesdays
Pay What You Can Tuesdays
Plays for Children, Schools and Families 9 – 14 January 2012 STUDIO 2 – 11.00am and 2.00pm (Saturday 1.00pm and 3.00pm)
5 – 16 June 2012 Arcola Tent – 2.00pm
Galopin and Arcola Theatre present
Walking the Tightrope
The Chronicles of Bitter and Twisted An urban sequel to the ugly duckling Written and performed by Chand Martinez and Lizzie Wort Everyone knows the story of The Ugly Duckling - A baby duck was small and ugly, scorned by all, but grew into a beautiful swan. Happy Ending. Or was it?
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Lesser known, is the other story, of a baby swan who was also small and ugly, scorned by all and grew into a... well, a duck. A bitter duck. Using puppets and clowning, this is a comic and touching tale of two tails finding their place by the pond... and ruffling a few feathers along the way. Beautifully performed... funny and touching PuppetCentre.org.uk Suitable for ages 5+
Tickets £6
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Arcola Theatre presents
by Mike Kenny Directed by Owen Calvert-Lyons Designed by Neil Irish
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Every year Right at the end of summer Just before the leaves turn brown and fall from the trees Esme comes to stay With her Nanna and Grandad Every year Some things stay the same And some things change.
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This year, Nanna is not there and the circus has come to town. A beautifully lyrical play about the special bond between children and their grandparents. Written by Mike Kenny (The Railway Children; Boy with a Suitcase), Walking the Tightrope was the first recipient of Arts Council England's Award for Playwriting for Children & Young People. Suitable for ages 7+
Tickets £6
17 – 22 January 2012 STUDIO 2 – 8.00pm (Sun 7.00pm)
Arcola Tent
Arcola Ala Turka presents
Kitchen to Measure Mutfak Söyleşılerı by/yazan: Vala Thorsdottir Translation/Çeviren: Ayşe Üner Director/Yöneten: Seçil Honeywill Cast/Oynayanlar: Abdullah Tercanlı, Ece Özdemiroğlu, Gökmen Güvener, Haydar Köyel, Mengü Türk, Müge Erdoğmuş, Ozan Atmaca, Refika Bakır, Serpil Delice, Songul Sevdik, Dursun Kuran.
Arcola Tent is an exciting, pop-up, temporary venue that hosts variety shows, burlesque, comedy, music and theatre events. The Tent opened to the public this past August with Tiny Wallop’s Travelling Freakarium and has since gone on to host performances by Eastend Cabaret, Peter Serafinowicz, Dr Clive’s Circus, Alistair McGowan, Mountview Academy’s A View From the Bridge and hosted a Green Party Fundraiser. Planned productions include theatre pieces from Tower Theatre and Immediate Theatre along with Penny Arcade’s Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! and the return of Grimeborn The Opera Festival.
Kitchen to Measure, Ordinary Horror Stories is based on five short stories by Icelandic author Svava Jakobsdóttir and was produced by the National Theatre of Iceland in 2005 and 2006. The play takes you on a rollercoaster ride through the absurd, grotesque, humorous and dramatic lives of entirely normal people. Absürd ve grotesk öğeleriyle muhteşem bir kara komedi izleme olanağı sunan Mutfak Söyleşiileri gündelik hayatın sorunlarını kinayeli bir dille anlatıyor.
zlandalı yazar Svava Jakobsdottir’in 1965 yılında yayımlanmış ‘12 Kadın’ isimli kitabından seçilen beş öykünün birbirine bağlanmasıyla oyun yazarı Vala Thorsdottir tarafından oyunlaştırıldıktan sonra 2005-2006 tiyatro sezonunda zlanda Devlet Tiyatrosu’nda, 2011 yılında stanbul Şehir Tiyatroları bünyesinde sahnelendi.
Tickets £10 (£8 concessions) Time: 1hr no interval Süre: Arasıs bir saattir Performed in Turkish
© East End Cabaret
Sustainability Arcola Theatre is committed to producing great theatre whilst minimising environmental impact. From our unique collaborations with engineers pioneering new energy technologies to the processes we’re putting in place in our new building, we’re continually working towards a greener future.
Green Sundays – FREE From sculpture workshops to free bicycle MOTs, live performances, speakers, film screenings and more, Arcola Green Sundays are an afternoon of fun and information for everyone, exploring the whys and how–tos of making our lives greener. Green Sundays now take place quarterly. For information on the next Arcola Green Sunday, visit www.arcolatheatre.com/greensundays
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden Right around the corner from Arcola Theatre in Dalston Lane is Dalston Eastern Curve Garden. Come and get involved, check out the various community events including activities for children. www.dalstongarden.com
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden Bloomberg Arts Labs
Arcola Energy Arcola Energy is a multi-disciplinary agent for innovation in sustainability which operates in three modes: 1) commercially developing cutting-edge low carbon products based-on fuel cells; 2) retailing low carbon products for individuals, educational and industrial clients; and 3) as an awardwinning not-for-profit project of Arcola Theatre, driving sustainability in the arts. www.arcolaenergy.com
Green Sunday Walking Tour
Bloomberg Arts Labs A suite of rehearsal rooms on the first floor of Arcola Theatre. The Bloomberg Arts Labs and Bloomberg Programme support Arcola’s Creative Learning Department as well as providing much improved creative facilities for professional theatre-makers.
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Are you aged 12 – 16 and living in or around Hackney? Would you like the chance to perform at an award-winning international theatre?
Why not join Arcola Youth Theatre? For more information email: youth@arcolatheatre.com
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How to get to Arcola Theatre Arcola Theatre 24 Ashwin Street Dalston, London E8 3DL London Overground: Dalston Junction Station: Dalston Junction to West Croydon Line Dalston Kingsland Station: Richmond to Stratford Line Bus: Stopping in Kingsland High Street: - 149 from London Bridge or Edmonton Green - 76 or 243 from Old Street or Wood Green
60+
A Theatre group for Hackney residents aged 60 and over. The group performs every year at Arcola Theatre and venues around Hackney. For more information email: sixtyplus@arcolatheatre.com
Dalston Kingsland to Richmond or Stratford
Ala Turka
Ala Turka is Arcola Theatre’s Turkish and Kurdish-speaking theatre company. The group meets every Sunday and performs every year in Turkish and English. For more information email: alaturka@arcolatheatre.com
Shoreditch 1.5 miles Liverpool St 2 miles
Kingsland Road
Arcola
Abbot St Arcola Theatre Ashwin St Arcola Tent
Dalston Lane
Balls Pond Rd Highbury & Islington 1.3 miles
Stoke Newington
Arcola
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Stopping in Dalston Lane: - 38 or 56 from Angel or Clapton Pond Roundabout/Lea Bridge Road - 30 or 277 from Highbury and Islington - 242 from Tottenham Court Road via Liverpool Street or Hackney Central
Hackney Central 1 mile
Dalston Junction to West Croydon, New Cross or Crystal Palace