31 January 2022

Direct from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, an urgent new play by Michael Mears exploring the events surrounding the catastrophic ‘mistake’ that launched our nuclear age. 1942. On a squash court in Chicago a dazzling scientific experiment takes place, which three years later will destroy a city and change the world – forever. Through the lives …

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25 October 2022

Exiled Lives on the Stage: Matters of Censorship, Resilience and Self-Care through the Arts. In this special panel discussion, organised as part of the Arcola Participation program, we will debate the role and impact of artistic migrants in London and the UK, including lived experiences, affects but also politics of support, solidarity, resilience and (self-)care.

12 October – 29 October 2022

This critically acclaimed and award winning show is a darkly comic exploration of family, memory, and being haunted by the life we never lived.
At fifteen Sasha was called an art world prodigy. Celebrities wanted to buy his paintings. His first exhibition was going to make him a superstar.
But now he lives in a run-down flat, with his out-of-work boyfriend, and no one’s even heard of him…What went wrong?