A season of stories from Arcola’s community Arcola Queer Collective return after two sold-out productions with THE DRAG by Mae West and THE X, a new adaptation of La Prisonnière by Édouard Bourdet, 90 years after both plays scandalised America. The Collective’s Opening Night Cabaret and new collaborations with Project Indigo (Hackney’s only LGBT+ youth club) …
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New exhibition at the Arcola cafe that aims to raise awareness of children affected by Syrian war ‘MISPLACED CHILD‘: AN ARTIST’S CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CHILDREN AFFECTED BY SYRIAN WAR More than a year after the death of Alan Kurdi, the little 3-year-old Syrian boy who was washed up dead on a Turkish beach, …
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We regret to inform you that, due to unforeseen circumstances, the advertised production of Angel (21 November – 17 December) has been postponed. The producers, and Arcola Theatre, would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have already booked tickets for Angel, the Arcola Box Office will contact you shortly to arrange a …
Arcola Theatre has announced a special offer for eligible voters in the US presidential election. At the 8th November (election night) performance of DRONES, BABY, DRONES, Trump voters will be able to purchase tickets for £38 each – twice the standard price. “The decision over the next US president is a monumental one,” said Artistic …
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Ahead of the world premiere of Drones, Baby, Drones, Clive Stafford Smith (director of human rights organisation Reprieve) speaks about the use of drones in modern warfare. I am Clive Stafford Smith, the director of Reprieve, and I’ve been talking about Drones for days – (with a laugh in his voice) I’m claiming that I coined …
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3 fantastic new plays are transferring from the Edinburgh Fringe to Arcola Theatre next month, as part of our EH to E8 season. Artistic director and performer Emma D’Arcy and director Thomas Bailey tell us more about Callisto: A Queer Epic which opens 18 October. Briefly, what’s Callisto about? ED: It’s four interweaving LGBTQ love stories from …
3 fantastic new plays are transferring from the Edinburgh Fringe to Arcola Theatre next month, as part of our EH to E8 season. The first production is Empty Beds, which opens on 4 October. Writer and actor Julia Cranney and actor Carys Wright tell us more. Briefly, what’s Empty Beds about? JC: Three Northern sisters …
Arcola is introducing a series of Saturday afternoon post-show discussions, chaired by Jeannie Farr. Jeannie has been an active member of Arcola’s community, including as a volunteer usher, and a passionate supporter of the theatre since it first opened in 2000. Previously she was a drama teacher, a community theatre practitioner, and an advocate for the performing arts with …
3 fantastic new plays are transferring from the Edinburgh Fringe to Arcola Theatre next month, as part of our EH to E8 season. We’re catching up with each company on the way – starting with DugOut Theatre, whose new show Swansong opens on 11 October. Co-writer and actor Tom Black tells us more. Briefly, what’s …
We are looking for new members to join, take part and perform as part of our Community Performance Programme. Arcola run groups target specifically at the Turkish and Kurdish Community (Ala-Turka), over 50’s (Arcola 50+), self identifying LGBTQ* individuals (Arcola Queer Collective), and men whose lives have have been affected either directly or indirectly by …
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An acclaimed new production of The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy – adapted by Nancy Harris and starring RSC Associate Artist Greg Hicks – will transfer to Arcola Theatre from Wednesday 6 to Saturday 23 July. Hicks will play the enigmatic protagonist Pozdnyshev, who blames a criminal act on Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata. It marks his first …
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Mike Poulton is one of our most celebrated playwrights. His stage adaptations of Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies for the RSC – described as ‘a remarkable achievement’ by the Daily Telegraph – transferred to the West End and Broadway. Now, as his powerful new drama Kenny Morgan premieres at Arcola Theatre, he writes about the play’s genesis, and its …
Arcola Creative Engagement are pleased to be involved with the 2016 Dalston Children’s Festival. Launching this coming Saturday 28th May, with a second Saturday of events on 4th June, children will be spoilt for choice for exciting things to see and do for free across Dalston. Bridging the Saturday’s either side of the half-term holidays, …
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Ahead of the world premiere of his play After Independence, BBC Scriptroom winner May Sumbwanyambe writes about its genesis. Stories about what it meant to be born black in Northern Rhodesia under the British Empire were never in short supply as I grew up. Nor were stories about what it meant to be ‘black and free’. …
Tonight, Stewart Lee opens the first of 7 performances Free online registration; ‘pay what you can’ on the door All proceeds, including profits on bar takings, to fund shelters for refugees in Calais Arcola Theatre is devoting the next week to fundraising for refugees displaced in Calais. The Crew For Calais Festival, which opens tonight …
In 2016, Arcola is participating in an ongoing art project by British artist Ellie Harrison. Early Warning Signs will be on display outside Arcola throughout 2016. Initiated at Two Degrees festival in 2011, the project aims to allow the four rotating ‘climate change’ signs Ellie produced for the festival to continue to promote their cause …
Arcola Theatre has extended concessions to include members of all the major theatre trade unions. Equity, BECTU, Writers’ Guild (WGGB) and Stage Directors UK (SDUK) members will now be eligible for reduced-rate tickets on all shows with concession pricing. Artistic Director Mehmet Ergen said, “Arcola couldn’t exist, and the theatre industry wouldn’t thrive, without the …
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Welcome to the new Arcola Theatre website. Lots has changed, so we’d really appreciate your feedback in the comments section below. Here’s a run-down of some of the major new features: New, responsive design Our new design responds to whichever device you’re using. On your desktop, a fixed menu makes navigation quicker. On your phone or tablet, …
2015 was an amazing year at Arcola Theatre, jam-packed with drama, opera, musicals and more. What were the highlights for you? 2015 at Arcola Theatre 2015 was an amazing year at Arcola Theatre, jam-packed with drama, opera, musicals and more. What were the highlights for you?Stay tuned to our Facebook page and to http://twitter.com/arcolatheatre for …
Arcola Theatre is to install a full carbon-neutral heating system next month, after a groundswell of public support delivered £12,500 of funding for the project. 1797 people voted online for the Carbon Neutral Arcola proposal, which is expected to reduce the theatre’s carbon emissions by 5 tonnes every year. As the most-supported project in London …
