Stage
Church hosts Hackney Children’s Theatre double bill
Acrobatic mime duo Circle of Two perform Who’s in for Tea? and Bambolina and Dodo on Saturday 16 June
Read MoreGoing for Rhinegold
The Yard Theatre hosts an adrenaline-fuelled, modern reworking of Wagner’s Ring Cycle masterpiece
Read MoreBitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! – Penny Arcade’s crusade against conformity
The veteran performance artist brings her famously subversive show to the Arcola
Read MoreAesop’s Fables, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and La Bohème
Last chance to see: The Isango Assemble at the Hackney Empire, until Sunday 3 June 2012
Read MoreThe Taming of the Shrew
Last chance to see: A contemporary treatment of The Taming at St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch High Street. Until 27 May 2012
Read MorePandora’s Box – review
World premiere of tragicomedy about ‘families, betrayal, choices and love’. Showing at the Arcola until 26 May 2012
Read MoreBrimstone and Treacle – banned Dennis Potter play returns
Brimstone and Treacle is a metaphor of the moment and a play for today. Showing at the Arcola until 2 June
Read MoreInterview: director Paul Davies on A Clockwork Orange
The Hackney Citizen talks to Paul Davies, director of a new stage version of Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange at the Arcola Theatre
Read MoreThe Master and Margarita – review
The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel about the devil and his cat, is adapted once again for the stage
Read MoreSam Berkson – spreading the Word
Performance poet ‘Angry’ Sam Berkson talks about what enrages him, what inspires him, and what he thinks of the current state of spoken word
Read MoreBehind Closed Doors – review
A collection of short plays in Stoke Newington explores the effects of the financial crisis
Read More‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore – review
Cheek by Jowl’s rejuvenation of a controversial classic offers a new perspective on incest
Read MoreSomeone To Blame: courtroom drama asks tough questions
A new play based on documentary evidence from a murder trial reveals the harsh reality of the criminal justice system
Read MoreThe Pitchfork Disney – review
Until 17 March, Arcola Theatre
Read MoreHorrible Histories at the Hackney Empire: don’t spare the blood and gore
With a stage version of his Horrible Histories soon to open at the Hackney Empire, Terry Deary explains why blood curdling accounts of historical events and newspapers can be good for kids
Read MoreSense and Sensibility – review
A new stage production of Sense and Sensibility at the Rosemary Branch liberates its characters from distracting period trappings to reveal the wit and soul of the original novel
Read MoreSurvivor – review
Survivor is a new visual and musical work by choreographer / composer Hofesh Shechter and sculptor Antony Gormley
Read MoreCount Oederland
This re-discovered drama of thrills and political tension is playing at the Arcola Theatre
Read MoreBeowulf – The Panto! – review
This humorous adaptation of Beowulf, the epic Anglo-Saxon poem, is showing at the Rosemary Branch Theatre until 8 January 2012
Read MoreThe Reindeer Monologues
Every Tuesday and Wednesday until Christmas at The Lion, Church Street, Stoke Newington
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