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Dirt

Arcola Theatre, Dalston



Mon 27 July: London Premiere of Dirt

Critically acclaimed in New York, Vienna and Edinburgh, this one-man show about an Iraqi immigrant explores what it means to be ‘invisible’ in our society.



A Lament for Medea

Arcola Theatre, Dalston



Sun 26 July: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Arcola Theatre, in association with City and Hackney Mind



Thurs 16 July: ‘All the east’: Shakespeare in the East End

Join Hackney author and Guardian writer Andrew Dickson for his Rough Guide to Shakespeare



Dr Korczak’s Example

Arcola Theatre, Dalston



Theatre dispatch

Josh Loeb previews the Arcola Theatre’s latest



Stand up and testify

Comedian Stewart Lee talks culture, class and Cardboard Citizens



Theatre dispatch

Welcome – one and all – to the first in a series of regular bulletins from London’s cultural front line. The Hackney Citizen will be keeping readers informed about plays, films, music and art in the borough. This week, we investigate the controversies surrounding productions at Hackney’s two main theatres…



Confucius and Chinese folk tales form Hackney childrens’ opera

Hackney Music Development Trust discuss their latest project with Matt Hanley