Marie was no ordinary woman… at fifteen, when her mother died, she raised her siblings, learnt 4 different languages including Esperanto, got a degree, became a prize-winning cook, dancer, gymnast, swimmer, fencer, bob-sledder and canoed from Paris to Germany. However, she longed for something more. She longed to fly. Come on an odyssey of the skies and discover the incredible life and adventures of one of France's first female aviators, otherwise known as 'The Fiancée of Danger.'
This is a magical tale of a young woman's yearning for unbound freedom. The greatest story that...
Dario Fo’s Farcical Drama “The Open Couple” is a play of boundaries; whether that is within the characters’ own inhibitions, or the literal playing area of the stage in which the fourth wall is tested rigorously. ‘The open couple’ mixes mind games, miscommunication and emotional blackmail with hilarious consequences in this draughty, open marriage. Using minimal set and utilizing their training from Cygnet Theatre where the emphasis is on character driven story telling, Exeter based actors, Hannah and Scott wish to draw attention to the text...
Dave only goes to see nice plays with nice stories. So he’s taken it upon himself to write one. Strange Matters. A riveting tale of love, death, betrayal and birds. But how will Dave’s evening of “tolerable, top-notch, moderately significant drama with a nice story” fare when Frank, the lead actor, fails to turn up?
As Dave’s House Theatre Company’s original script threatens to morph into something terrifyingly more original than...
After a sell-out show ‘The girls of the globe’ at The Bike Shed Theatre’s ‘From Devon With Love’ festival last year, Natasha Ayton Way returns with her brand new play ‘Cocktails For Two’. A highly accessible and hugely entertaining one woman show that celebrates some of the world’s most memorable characters and playwrights with live musical accompaniment by India Electric Co. From Noel Coward to Bernard-Shaw, Tenasse Williams to Willy Russel, this one-woman performance is filled with iconic plays, iconic speeches and iconic Women....
La Casa en Llamas (The Burning house) This is an atypical love history. We were working on creating a close relationship between Fando and Lis and a third character which we created and added to the original script (the character is Death) to try to create our version of the original play. We are performing using our mother tongue (Spanish), physical theatre, symbolism and all our acting skills to create this piece of theatre.
Fando and Lis don’t live in any special place, in any particular time, nor in any common reality....
Only A Fool... is a show based on Gogol's The Government Inspector.
The actors explored ideas around what makes us do foolish things and the sometimes the very thin line that can divide comedy and tragedy in human nature.
The show is fun, fast paced and uses episodic action and multi rolling to explore the use of the clown and character work within storytelling.
‘A Little Man’s Holiday’ takes the audience on a magical journey from the Little Man’s dull city dwellings to the high seas on a swashbuckling adventure for all the family. With PaddleBoat’s distinctive audience interaction, audience will be fully immersed as Little Man battles jellyfish, pirates and sharks on his voyage across freezing waters.
Even the smallest of objects on stage can tell a story, as we narrate Little Man’s epic trip from his office to deserted tropical islands. Through the use of puppetry, music and mime, we present larger-than-life characters and invite you...
‘A Little Man’s Holiday’ takes the audience on a magical journey from the Little Man’s dull city dwellings to the high seas on a swashbuckling adventure for all the family. With PaddleBoat’s distinctive audience interaction, audience will be fully immersed as Little Man battles jellyfish, pirates and sharks on his voyage across freezing waters.
Even the smallest of objects on stage can tell a story, as we narrate Little Man’s epic trip from his office to deserted tropical islands. Through the use of puppetry, music and mime, we present larger-than-life characters and invite you...
‘No Filter’ is a challenging and intimate look at how our culture and society can shape the way women view and project sexuality. Putting musical comedy at the forefront, Squiffy Cabaret take you on a journey of playful sketches and outrageously funny songs, drawing from heartwarming, personal experiences in a slick, sexy and sophisticated cabaret setting. Exploring the boundaries and connection between performance and truth, ‘No Filter’ is moving, relevant, and outspoken. Using interweaving narratives and multi-roling, the show takes a...
Substance and Shadow . Howard Brenton’s ‘Christie in Love’ – a dark and disturbing journey into the mind of Britain’s most notorious single serial killer of the 20th century. John Reginald Halliday Christie strangled eight women, including his wife and a baby. He went on to entrap an innocent man, who was mistakenly hung as a result of Christie’s callous handiwork.
Substance & Shadow Theatre continue with their trademark style of intimate, minimalist theatre, inviting you to experience the chilling and brutal exploration of a murderous mind at...
