Arcola

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Name: Arcola
First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Uniting London heart and Nigerian soul

As three British born Nigerian female playwrights have their work playing in London this month, Aleks Sierz discusses the parallels and differences in their work and the kind of stories they are striving to shine the spotlight onIn the past decade black ... [ Published May 18 2012 by The Stage ]
Entities: Bola Agbaje, Nigeria, London
First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated May 15 2012 - 1 Documents

Pandora's Box – review

Arcola, LondonEvery parent wants to do the best by their children, but that can mean making some tough decisions. Pandora thought that she had her eldest daughter Ronke's interests at heart when she left Nigeria to study in London, leaving the two-year-old ... [ Published May 15 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Entities: Nigeria, Arcola, London
First Reported May 12 2012 - Updated May 13 2012 - 2 Documents

Brimstone and Treacle – review

Arcola, LondonDennis Potter regarded this as his best play. But be prepared for unrelenting bleakness, and the darkest of laughs: a scoop of the blackest treacle. London has been enjoying an unofficial season of 1970s plays ( Absent Friends , Abigail's ... [ Published May 13 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

Stephen Unwin to Direct THE CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE at Arcola Theatre, May 29-June 2

Stephen Unwin, the Rose Theatre’s Artistic Director, directs Manfred Karge’s The Conquest of the South Pole from Tue 29 May to Sat 2 June, following a run at East London’s Arcola Theatre.Stephen Unwin’s original production at Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre ... [ Published May 11 2012 by Broadway World ]
First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

THEATRE: Brimstone and Treacle at Arcola

Pictured: Rupert Friend in Brimstone and TreacleDennis Potter’s controversial tale of suburban insularity, fear and xenophobia is, according to director Amelia Sears, massively relevant to the present day.In this first major revival of the play, parallels ... [ Published May 11 2012 by Islington Tribune ]
First Reported May 08 2012 - Updated May 08 2012 - 2 Documents

Brimstone and Treacle at Arcola Theatre

Naima Khan reviews SEArED Theatre's production of Dennis Potter's Brimstone and Treacle at Arcola Theatre.One of the most fantastically disturbing scenes in Amelia Sears' production of Dennis Potter's Brimstone and Treacle occurs repeatedly, and it's ... [ Published May 08 2012 by Spoonfed ]
First Reported May 07 2012 - Updated May 08 2012 - 2 Documents

Brimstone and Treacle, Arcola - review

Middle-aged Mr and Mrs Bates (the excellent Ian Redford and Tessa Peake-Jones) minister to their daughter Pattie, who needs constant care after being badly injured by a hit-and-run driver. She has to wear a diaper and lies strapped down in the living ... [ Published May 08 2012 by London Evening Standard ]
First Reported May 04 2012 - Updated May 05 2012 - 2 Documents

Brimstone and Treacle, Arcola Theatre

The devil's in the detail, in a fine revival of Dennis Potter's controversial playShareYou are my sunshine: Rupert Friend and Matti Houghton in 'Brimstone and Treacle'Life was altogether richer when Dennis Potter was around to provoke and worry us, to ... [ Published May 05 2012 by The Arts Desk ]
First Reported May 04 2012 - Updated May 04 2012 - 1 Documents

World premiere of award-winning playwright’s latest drama opens

Aworld premiere is taking place at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton on May 16, as Ella Hickson?s new play, Boys, opens (until May 26) .It’s finals day for the Class of 2011. Benny, Mack, Timp and Cam are due out of their five -edroom flat tomorrow morning. ... [ Published May 04 2012 by Portsmouth Today ]
First Reported May 03 2012 - Updated May 03 2012 - 1 Documents

The Conquest of the South Pole, Arcola Theatre, review

Manfred Karge's play The Conquest of the South Pole about a group of unemployed men who go decide to travel to the South Pole is a burst of poetic brilliance, writes Daisy Bowie-Sell. What to do when youre unemployed? Go to the South Pole of course. And ... [ Published May 03 2012 by Telegraph ]
First Reported Apr 30 2012 - Updated May 01 2012 - 3 Documents

The Conquest of the South Pole – review

Arcola, LondonIt is often in the tiniest moments that hope is found. At the end of Edward Bond's play Saved , a chair is picked up to be mended. In Manfred Karge's The Conquest of the South Pole (1986), it is the cry of a baby at the very end of the play. ... [ Published May 01 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
First Reported May 01 2012 - Updated May 01 2012 - 1 Documents

Rupert Friend: 'There is no other way of acting than to become the person'

Friend, who, much to his annoyance, was best known as Keira Knightley's boyfriend for five years, until they split up in 2010, is starring in the London revival of Dennis Potter's controversial play Brimstone and Treacle, at the Arcola Theatre. The foreboding ... [ Published May 01 2012 by The Independent ]

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"It is an inefficient and obsolete weapon, sirs, of which our Army has many thousands: and you have, in your wisdom, asked me to guard it with my life, thinking that I would indeed do anything, anything, to preserve and shelter from all harm, a thing so beautifully useless, so poignantly past it, so wistfully outdated, as my youth, or a Bofors gun. I would, and I shall, lay down my life for it."
...Or is Toyin's friend, Bev, right when she says Nigeria is the best place for Timi? "What do you see out of that window? People, right? Just people. Because there are no 'black' people in Africa. Let him experience that for a change."
"For over 50 years, the Royal Court has presented new plays that aim to break new ground artistically and challenge perceptions about the world we live in. Laura Wade ’s Posh and April De Angelis’s Jumpy are two recent examples, plays that touched a real nerve with our audiences in Sloane Square. With wit, passion and originality, these plays ask searching questions about who we are in Britain today, about the relationship we have to our traditions and the forces that shape our lives. I’m especially pleased to be able to produce two women playwrights with new plays in the West End directed by two of this country’s most exciting young female directors, also making their West End debut with this season. I hope these bold new plays will offer something fresh to the West End at this unique point in London’s history.”"

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curious directive, Les Enfants Terribles & More... [ Published 22 hours ago by Broadway World ]
EVENTS WHILE GUARDING THE BOFORS GUN Opens at F... [ Published May 22 2012 by Broadway World ]
Uniting London heart and Nigerian soul [ Published May 18 2012 by The Stage ]
The Pirate Project at Ovalhouse Theatre [ Published May 17 2012 by Spoonfed ]
Collaborators at the National Theatre leads a s... [ Published May 15 2012 by Telegraph ]
Pandora's Box – review [ Published May 15 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Brimstone and Treacle – review [ Published May 13 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Brimstone and Treacle – banned Dennis Potter pl... [ Published May 12 2012 by Hackney Citizen ]
What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips [ Published May 11 2012 by Theatre blog | guardian.co.uk ]
Stephen Unwin to Direct THE CONQUEST OF THE SOU... [ Published May 11 2012 by Broadway World ]
Royal Court's POSH Plays Duke of York's Theatre... [ Published May 11 2012 by Broadway World ]
THEATRE: Brimstone and Treacle at Arcola [ Published May 11 2012 by Islington Tribune ]
Lyn Gardner's theatre roundup: Is Brimstone and... [ Published May 08 2012 by Theatre blog | guardian.co.uk ]
Brimstone and Treacle at Arcola Theatre [ Published May 08 2012 by Spoonfed ]
Brimstone and Treacle – review [ Published May 08 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Brimstone and Treacle, Arcola - review [ Published May 08 2012 by London Evening Standard ]
Brimstone and Treacle, The Arcola, London [ Published May 07 2012 by The Independent ]
John Bett, Neil McCaul and Simon Lee Phillips L... [ Published May 05 2012 by Broadway World ]
Brimstone and Treacle, Arcola Theatre [ Published May 05 2012 by The Arts Desk ]
Chichester Festival Theatre Opens New Theatre o... [ Published May 04 2012 by Broadway World ]
Brimstone and Treacle, Arcola Theatre, review [ Published May 04 2012 by Telegraph ]
What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips [ Published May 04 2012 by Theatre blog | guardian.co.uk ]
Love Love Love at Royal Court Theatre [ Published May 04 2012 by Spoonfed ]
World premiere of award-winning playwright’s la... [ Published May 04 2012 by Portsmouth Today ]
Southwark Playhouse Brings MACK AND MABEL Reviv... [ Published May 04 2012 by Broadway World ]
Belong at Royal Court Theatre [ Published May 03 2012 by Spoonfed ]
The Conquest of the South Pole, Arcola Theatre,... [ Published May 03 2012 by Telegraph ]
Long runners: plays with staying power [ Published May 02 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
James Le Feuvre and Faye Winter to Star in Niel... [ Published May 02 2012 by Broadway World ]
Just Enough For The Real World Live [ Published May 01 2012 by FemaleFirst.co.uk ]
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What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips [ Published May 11 2012 by Theatre blog | guardian.co.uk ]
Dreamthinkspeak's 'meditation on Hamlet' triumphs at the Brighton festival and there's a last chance to see Swallows and Amazons in Cardiff North and Wales Philip Ridley's Tender Napalm heads to Northern Stage next week. Unfolding Theatre's Best ...
Lyn Gardner's theatre roundup: Is Brimstone and... [ Published May 08 2012 by Theatre blog | guardian.co.uk ]
The public and creators are often at odds when picking favourite plays – plus the mobile phone menace reaches new heights Does parental love blind playwrights? For all writers the plays and novels and TV and film scripts they produce are like children; ...
What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips [ Published May 04 2012 by Theatre blog | guardian.co.uk ]
From Manchester to Merthyr, there are festivals everywhere this week. Oh, and check out the Antarctic Zoo in Edinburgh Scotland and Northern Ireland The new MAC in Belfast has a hit with Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry ...
What to See: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips [ Published Mar 23 2012 by Theatre blog | guardian.co.uk ]
David Suchet's turn in Long Day's Journey and Chris Goode's wonderful storytelling show The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley are just two of this week's theatre highlights North There was plenty of Rattigan around last year, but the Octagon in ...
What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips [ Published Feb 17 2012 by Theatre blog | guardian.co.uk ]
Hot tickets include An Appointment with the Wicker Man in Aberdeen and hit puppet show The Table in Bristol, while Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker hits Glasgow North Newcastle is buzzing. Petty office politics are under scrutiny in Zoe Cooper's Nativities ...
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