What (is) a Woman
The Première of a Blistering Solo Musical. “A wry, sharply observed & comic view of modern woman. Not for the faint hearted” Steven Berkoff
Cutting the Tightrope: the Divorce of Politics from Art
A collection of short plays from award-winning playwrights in response to the rising threat to freedom of expression in the arts and the Arts Council warning about “political statements”.
The Book of Grace
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks’ visceral family portrait reveals a divided nation.
Fabulous Creatures
Welcome to the Monstrous Cabaret Club, a place to drown more than your sorrows, where the acts are unreal and the voices to die for! Whether you’re strapping in for the Sirens or caught between Scylla and Charybdis, you’re in for a night you’ll never survive/forget
Some Demon
Sam’s eighteen, about to start living. Zoe’s forty-something and never did. All they share is a love of 80s’ new wave and an illness that wants them dead.
Surrender
Mother is in prison. Daughter has come to visit. Closely watched by security personnel, they have 1 hour. A trained actor, and quick-witted, Mother tries to keep things light… but the darkness rises up around them as they are forced to confront the disorienting series of events that led them here. Surrender takes us on …
Bindweed
“Thursdays, curry night. Curry and a pint for a fiver. Go at five thirty, home by ten. Beat my mum up for a while. Bed by ten thirty.” Four men convicted of domestic abuse offences meet each week in a community centre to undergo a perpetrator programme. Jen, the new group facilitator, feels out of …
After Sex
“Sometimes I think you’re pandering to my ego” / “That’s because sometimes I’m pandering to your ego”
La bohème
Puccini’s timeless tale of love and friendship is radically repositioned as a modern tragedy of co-dependency and addiction. The creator’s of Turandot return to their first ever collaboration, La bohème, in a restaging of this groundbreaking Olivier Award nominated production.
Mr Punch at the Opera
Join Mr Punch as he and his friends help the wiley Serpina get her man. With appearances from Judy, The Crocodile, a Cheeky Monkey, a band of singing Policemen and a host of others, this is the perfect introduction to classical music for children (and grown up kids) of all ages. Featuring stunning operatic vocals and beautiful melodies as well as all the twists, turns, gags and the uproar of you favourite pantomimes.
Le Nozze di Figaro
Ensemble OrQuesta, this year, are expanding from the baroque repertoire to perform their 5-star production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro with a star company line up headed by Marcio da Silva and Helen May as Figaro and Susanna.
555: Verlaine en Prison
“Paul Verlaine, for shooting and injuring Arthur Rimbaud with a revolver, you are hereby sentenced to 555 days in prison!” After a critically-acclaimed run last year and performances at the Royal Opera House and La Monnaie, 555: Verlaine en Prison returns to Grimeborn! 555: Verlaine en prison tells the untold and unjust story one of …