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How to get to here Arcola Theatre 24 Ashwin Street Dalston, London E8 3DL London Overground: Dalston Junction Station: Dalston Junction to West Croydon Line
Monday – Saturday: 12.30pm – 6pm
Dalston Kingsland Station: Richmond to Stratford Line
IN PERSON: 24 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL
Bus: Stopping in Kingsland High Street: - 149 from London Bridge or Edmonton Green - 76 or 243 from Old Street or Wood Green
Monday – Saturday: 12.30pm – 6pm There are no booking or admin fees whichever method you choose.
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
Dalston Kingsland to Richmond or Stratford
Shoreditch 1.5 miles Liverpool St 2 miles
Stoke Newington Abbot St Arcola Theatre Ashwin St Arcola Tent
Dalston Lane
Balls Pond Rd Highbury & Islington 1.3 miles
Kingsland Road
Pay What You Can Tuesdays: A limited number of Pay What You Can tickets are sold on the door from 6.30pm and are subject to availability. Concessions: Available to students, Equity members, senior citizens and those in receipt of disability and unemployment benefits. (Proof of eligibility required when collecting tickets). Please note: All tickets are subject to availability. Seating is unreserved. Tickets are non-refundable. Latecomers may not be admitted.
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October – December 2012
Another new era for Arcola Theatre Arcola Theatre rises again as we reopen after a summer of renovations. An Arts Council Capital Grant has enabled us to add more foyer space, create a brand new café/bar and improve access for those with mobility challenges. We have also expanded and improved our rehearsal and upstairs work areas for collaborations with members of the Sustained Theatre network which promotes BAMER theatre. These much needed improvements and additions to our already iconic facilities herald a new era for Arcola. Our first production of the season, in the newly refurbished Studio 1, is North Wall Theatre’s Dead on Her Feet – a new play by noted playwright Ron Hutchinson (Rat in the Skull and TV’s Fatherland). At the end of October we reopen Studio 2 with a stunning new play – but i cd only whisper. Director Nadia Latif’s production combines drama and choreography to tell the story of a haunted African American Vietnam veteran. After that we are delighted to welcome back Kali Theatre with two productions as part of their 21st Birthday Festival: the play that started it all – Calcutta Kosher – as well as their latest endeavour – Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi. Alongside these, there will be a host of activities including play readings and interactive installations. Keep an eye on our website for full details. We will be closing out the season with a musical that I will be directing – Sweet Smell of Success. Based on the classic film starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, it will be its first major outing since it premiered on Broadway in 2002. With music by the late musical genius Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line, They’re Playing Our Song, The Way We Were, The Sting), lyrics by Craig Carnelia (Is There Life After High School?) and a book by noted playwright John Guare (Six Degrees of Separation), this is a show that you won’t want to miss. In the meantime, in Arcola Tent we are presenting some of the most critically acclaimed productions from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. EH to E8 will hopefully be the first of a new annual event. It will be a wonderful first season in our refurbished building. Be sure to visit the new bar to sample our menu of local and organic food and drink specialities, even when you aren’t here to see a show. Mehmet Ergen, Artistic Director
The original sign finds a new home
Improved access
New Bar
3 October – 3 November 2012 STUDIO 1 The North Wall present the UK premiere of
Dead On Her Feet a new play by Ron Hutchinson Directed by Barry Kyle Cast Victoria Fischer, Kelly Gibson, Sandra Reid, Rowan Schlosberg, Lloyd Thomas, Sam Trueman, Jos Vantyler, Ben Whybrow An abandoned dance hall. Six young people desperate for fame, fortune and next week’s rent. An unscrupulous promoter. A ravenous audience and a stranger with a past he’s trying to hide. Out of the real-life phenomenon of 1930s dance marathons comes a new and powerful play which uses a thrilling blend of drama, music and movement to those brought up on a diet of X Factor and reality TV, against the backdrop of a world seemingly in financial freefall. Dead on Her Feet is an electric and athletic new work written by Emmy award-winning screenwriter Ron Hutchinson and directed by Barry Kyle, Honorary RSC Associate Director. With bodies and souls stretched to breaking point there can only be one winner…but winning comes at its own cost… HOW FAR COULD YOU GO?
the recession dance till you die Tickets and Times £20 (£14 concessions) Monday – Saturday evenings at 7:30pm £18 (£12 concessions) Saturday matinees (13, 20, 27 Oct; 3 Nov) 2:30pm All tickets £12 for the opening performances (3, 4 October) 7.30pm Pay What You Can Tuesdays
9 November – 22 December 2012 STUDIO 1 Arcola Theatre presents the British Premiere of
Sweet Smell of Success Music Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics Craig Carnelia Book John Guare Based on the novella by Ernest Lehman and the MGM/United Artists film with a screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman
Directed by Mehmet Ergen Design Mark Bailey Musical Director Bob Broad Choreography Nathan M. Wright Lighting Design David Howe Cast David Bamber, Michael Chadwick, Brenan Davies, Morgan Deare, Adrian der Gregorian, Zoe Doano, Claire Doyle, Celia Graham, Claudia Kariuki, Caroline Keiff, Rebecca Louis, Russell Morton, Stuart Matthew Price, Aaron Shirley, Tosh Wanogho-Maud 1952. New York’s number one gossip columnist JJ Hunsecker rules the city with his mighty pen. If you want to know the latest gossip – from the President to the latest It Girl – JJ has it all. If he doesn’t, you can be sure that anyone from J Edgar Hoover and Senator Joe McCarthy through to the press agents eager to push their latest clients, will give it to him. And there’s one struggling press agent Sindey Falcone, with one client who has given him an ultimatum – no item in JJ’s column, no job. Nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, Sweet Smell of Success is the Broadway musical about the power of the poison pen and double dealings in the world of journalism. Olivier Award-winning actor David Bamber (My Night with Reg, Rome) makes his Arcola Theatre debut in this first major production since Broadway. Sweet Smell of Success is presented by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd.
Tickets and Times £25 (£18 concessions) Monday – Saturday evenings 7:30pm £22 (£15 concessions) Saturday matinees (10, 17, 24 Nov; 1, 8, 15, 22 Dec) 2:30pm All tickets £18 for the opening performances (9, 10, 12, 13 Nov) 7.30pm Pay What You Can Tuesdays
31 October – 1 December 2012 STUDIO 2
4 – 22 December 2012 STUDIO 2
Sophie Watson for Tabula Rasa presents
Kali Theatre
but i cd only whisper
21st Birthday Festival Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi and
Calcutta Kosher
by Kristiana Colón Directed by Nadia Latif Designer Lorna Ritchie Choreographer Imogen Knight Lighting Design Michael Nabarro Sound Design Simon Slater
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America. 1970. Black Vietnam veteran Beau Willie Brown is held in custody, accused of a heinous crime. A story comes to light that sticks in the throat, a story murmured between dark dreams. i was a soldier a mean soldier fightin for his baby girl
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A strange song emerges from the warble of police sirens, the percussion of machine guns, and the chants of voices only you can hear.
Kali celebrates 21 years of cutting edge theatre by South Asian women with a festival of rich and diverse contemporary plays by some of the most original voices in theatre writing. It includes productions of Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi, a gripping new drama about sport, nationhood and belonging and Calcutta Kosher, a Kali classic exploring the conflict between old and new, east and west, tradition and truth. These are joined by readings of seminal past Kali plays and five fresh new plays for tomorrow. Full details on the Arcola website or see www.kalitheatre.co.uk.
Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi by Satinder Chohan 4 – 8 December Calcutta Kosher by Shelley Silas 11 – 22 December
Tickets and Times £16 (£12 concessions) Monday – Saturday evenings 8:00pm Saturday matinees (3, 10, 17, 24 Nov; 1 Dec) 3:00pm Pay What You Can Tuesdays
Tickets and Times £16 (£12 concessions) Monday – Saturday evenings 8:00pm Pay What You Can Tuesdays
18-22 December BLOOMBERG ARTS LAB – Studio 4
29 January – 9 February 2013 STUDIO 2
Arcola 60+ and Kali Theatre present
Arcola Theatre presents
Shared Memories Directed by Janet Steel and Kate Chapman An immersive light and sound installation inspired by childhood memories. On each evening, the installation will be animated by a different collection of stories performed by members of the local community. These stories have been written and devised by members of the Arcola 60+ Company, working with Kali playwrights.
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Adapted for the stage by Toby Hulse Directed by Owen Calvert-Lyons A sparkling new version on one of the world’s great adventure stories by acclaimed family audiences writer Toby Hulse. Follow dashing Victorian adventurer Phileas Fogg as he embarks on an epic journey across the globe, aiming to complete the feat in record time. Little does he know that hot on his heels is Scotland Yard’s finest – the unstoppable Fix of the Yard. Travelling by any means possible – boats, trains and even an elephant, will our hero make it back in time or will his plans be foiled? A cast of three actors play over twenty characters in this epic tale of adventure.
Tickets and Times £6 Tuesday – Saturday 7:00pm Shared Memories directly precedes Calcutta Kosher – see both for only £20 (£14 concessions) by using code KALI60 online or by phone. (Offer subject to availability). The Installation (without performance) is free of charge 4pm-6pm.
Suitable for ages 7+
Tickets and Times £7 children and concessions £9 adults Monday – Friday at 1:00pm Saturdays at 1:00pm and 7:00pm
EH E8 to FESTIVAL
Bringing some of the critically acclaimed productions from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the EH postcode to Arcola Tent’s E8 postcode.
to EH E8 Negative Capability presents
Crypted Interactive tragedy based on the life of Alan Turing, the gay Bletchley Park codebreaker chemically castrated by the government.
Excess Joe tells his sister he’s getting a sex change. She overreacts. Excess is a comedy about siblings, sexual identity, drag queens and isolation. This double bill is written by RSC prizewinner Freddy Syborn, co-writer of BBC 3’s sitcom, Bad Education, and a Sky Little Cracker.
23 October – 10 November 7:45pm (Sat mat 2:45pm)
13 – 18 November 7:45pm
21 – 24 November 7:45pm
3 - 4 December 7:45pm
20 – 22 December 7:45pm
Flabbergast Theatre presents
Piece of Work presents
Everything I Own presents
Tea Break Theatre presents
The Alchemist & Sell a Door Theatre present
Boris & Sergey’s Vaudevillian Adventure
Script in Hand
Rémy
Punch and Judy
1933, the Nazis force Paul Renner, typographer and creator of Futura font, into internal exile. 2012, a theatre company, who shall not be named, do the same to actor Toby Williams. There was meant to be a play. About Paul Renner. But this play does not exist. The performance that should have been Toby’s making has become his undoing. This is his chance to explain where it all went wrong. Script in Hand is the story of two forgotten men.
France falls in love with Napoleon, but when a hero betrays us, can we ever forgive? Rémy, a prisoner who doesn’t know exactly how old he is begins to tell his story. Everything I Own presents Rémy, a heart-warming solo show of dreams, wars and the English girl who stole a soldier’s heart.
The original comedy of a serial killer. Humans replace puppets but the story remains the same - what happens when one man decides the rules of society do not apply. A show to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Punch and Judy and explore the tradition, its absurdities, its comedy and its terror. Unnerving, funny, gleeful and not suitable for young children - has it ever been?
HtoE
10 – 12 October 7:30pm
Sealand
Ted and his son escape from broken Britain to create a perfect nation seven miles out at sea. They are joined on their abandoned sea fort by another family and together they battle to raise their children and create a new society. Based on a true story, Sealand is an imaginative, witty look at one man’s obsession with utopia. A new life awaits you on Sealand, the off-shore colony.
Join puppetry’s Balkan bad boys Boris & Sergey - simply the greatest vaudevillian double-act ever conceived for the small stage! Fleeing from the Dark Ones, to whom they lost their souls in a card game, the unscrupulous pair swindle and hoodwink their way to freedom whilst unsuccessfully attempting to maintain a low profile. Expect riotous exploits, malarkey, molestation and mirth!
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Arcola Theatre Creative Learning Arcola Theatre creates genuinely radical opportunities for the people of Hackney to participate in the arts. The theatre acts as a creative hub for our community, providing opportunities to learn, train and perform under the guidance of world-class artists. Arcola Theatre Creative Learning is the winner of the 2012 Learning Trust Educators’ Award for making “an outstanding contribution to the development and ongoing success of local schools”. Arcola
Youth Theatre Arcola
Academy Arcola
60+ Arcola
Ala Turka Schools
A theatre group for young people aged 12 – 16 and living in or around Hackney.
Our only audition-based theatre group, the Academy is for those aged 16 – 25 who already have some experience and are now ready to take those skills to the next level. A theatre group for Hackney residents aged 60 and over.
Arcola Theatre’s Turkish and Kurdishspeaking theatre company. The group meets on Sundays and performs every year in Turkish and English. Arcola Theatre provides a range of workshops, projects and performances for local schools.
Work with Creative Learning: If you would like to join any of these groups, work with Arcola Creative Learning or create something new, email us creativelearning@arcolatheatre.com
Green Arcola 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 throughout our new building, we’re continually working towards a greener future. Green Arcola is the team responsible for moving Arcola towards being the world’s first carbon neutral theatre, engaging our communities (audiences, artists, Hackney locals) along the way. As well as carrying out ground-breaking projects, like the Dalston Energy Angels, we also monitor and measure a range of factors that contribute to our carbon footprint. Our aim is to make Arcola a place where every visitor has the opportunity to interact with sustainability in a variety of ways. www.arcolatheatre.com/greenarcola
Green Sundays With sculpture workshops, 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
Arcola Energy Arcola Energy is a multi-disciplinary renewable energy research and development centre. Arcola Energy specialises in the design, integration and deployment of hydrogen fuel cell systems. Arcola Energy and Green Arcola work to develop innovation in sustainability, combining the worlds of science and art. www.arcolaenergy.com If you would like to receive quarterly updates from both Green Arcola and Arcola Energy, please email energy@arcolatheatre.com