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Casting is today announced for the world première of Robin Hooper’s new drama Broken Lad, a comic and moving examination of masculinity in distress, directed by Richard Speir. It is Arcola Theatre’s second production at their new venue, Arcola Outside. Broken Lad runs from 13 October – 6 November, 2021. Press night: Monday 18 October …
Saturday 4 September10.30am – 12.30pm This Saturday 4th September, we’ll be opening our doors for a special event as part of the 2021 Open House London Festival. Open House offer members of the public opportunities to visit iconic buildings and landmarks, finding more about their construction and history. Arcola Outside is our brand-new outdoor performance space and bar in …
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From September – November, Arcola presents the next part in their Today I’m Wiser festival programme of outdoor art and performance. Arcola Theatre’s new outdoor performance space, Arcola Outside, designed by award-winning designer Jon Bausor is home to the Today I’m Wiser festival. Featuring the premiere of Robin Hooper’s comic and moving play Broken Lad, …
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We were sad to hear of the passing of Sir Graham Vick this week. We would like to express our condolences to his loved ones and those others deeply affected by his loss. We have long admired Vick’s desire to challenge stereotypes around opera, one which led to the creation of City of Birmingham Touring …
The full casting has been announced today for Arcola’s first production in its new outdoor venue, Arcola Outside: a raucous adaptation of Pierre de Marivaux’s romantic comedy, The Game of Love and Chance. This brand new version by Quentin Beroud and Jack Gamble brings Marivaux’s classic comedy of love and class into a modern world …
The season finale! The protestors are shocked when one of their number dies suddenly. But what really happened? Who is responsible for his death? What secrets lie in hidden in his past? As Alice and Linda, begin to pursue these questions, they realise they don’t know each other as well as they thought they did… 1995: Brightlingsea, …
From June – November, Arcola presents a programme of outdoor performance. Featuring an Arcola production of a new adaptation of Pierre de Marivaux’s romantic comedy, The Game of Love and Chance. With special collaborations including Tower Theatre, Arcola Participation companies and Coram, a charity working to improve the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children …
This month we are thrilled to introduce you to our new Production Intern Anya Winful. Hi Anya! Maybe you could start by telling us a bit about yourself. What have you been up to recently? I’m currently in my final year studying Management of Music, Theatre, Entertainment and Events at LIPA in Liverpool. I bounce …
This production has been postponed until autumn 2021. Dates and tickets will be announced soon. Arcola is collaborating with Barn Theatre in Cirencester to co-produce the world premiere of Cat Goscovitch’s new play, A Russian Doll. Based on a true story, the play follows a young woman, Masha, as she becomes embroiled in the world …
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We’re pleased to announce that Arcola Theatre has been awarded £148,080 from the second round of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF). This vital grant will support Arcola between April and June 2021, as we work to recover from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. It will enable us to: Open Arcola Outside …
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Listen to Arcola Conversations: The Future of the Arts, a discussion on the future of the arts exploring what impact has the pandemic, and the UK’s exit from the EU, had on our arts sector. Panellists include: • Sally Beck Wippman from Freelancers Make Theatre Work• Giovanni Bienne from Equity LGBT+ Committee • Lora Krasteva from …
Whether we’re on holiday, visiting an unfamiliar place or taking some time out of daily life, since the 1800s we have been sending postcards to our loved ones. While we are unable to travel to new places through a visit to the theatre, we’re inviting our audiences and partners to send us a postcard in response to the question: What are …
Listen to the first in our new series of online discussions, Arcola Conversations: LGBT+ Activism Then and Now, a conversation with performer, activist, researcher and presenter, Dan de la Motte. Marking LGBT History Month and the publication of his new book GLF at 50: The Art of Protest, listen to Dan discuss the art and activism of …
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Arcola’s Queer Collective is an east London performance collective for LGBTQI* people, exploring queer identity and how to present it theatrically. To celebrate LGBT+ History Month, we wanted to introduce you to a couple of its members. We caught up with Arden Fitzroy and Dan de la Motte about being part of the collective and …
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We have today announced that our artistic team will be working with scientists from Imperial College London to explore air quality in theatres and how this affects aerosol transmission of viruses such as Covid-19. As theatres and arts venues continue to navigate audience welfare amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the project will explore how increased …
As we prepare to open Arcola Outside, we will be spending the next few weeks going behind the scenes at Arcola to introduce you to some of the freelancers, artists and staff who make it all happen. This week, we caught up with Lerato Islam who is one of our Youth Theatre facilitators now leading …
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Before we open later in spring, listen to the Arcola team talk about the conception and creation of Arcola Outside, our brand-new 90 seat outdoor performance space and bar in the heart of Dalston. First broadcast via Resonance FM – 6 January 2021Produced by Neil McKeown for Hackney Social RadioListen to Hackney Social Radio here …
We have today announced plans to build Arcola Outside, a brand-new outdoor performance space and bar in the heart of Dalston, designed by multi-award-winning stage designer Jon Bausor, and built by a team of freelance theatre and live events technicians. Scheduled to open for a series of trial performances in December 2020, the new space …
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