Posts Tagged ‘Arcola theatre’
Human rights play to shed light on 'biggest unreported war story of our time'
The Island Nation, opening this month at the Arcola, revisits the Sri Lankan civil war to address a ‘black hole in history’
Read MoreHuman rights play to shed light on ‘biggest unreported war story of our time’
The Island Nation, opening this month at the Arcola, revisits the Sri Lankan civil war in a bid to address a ‘black hole in history’
Read MoreGrimeborn Festival, Arcola, review: ‘excellent programme of rarities and standards’
Opera gets back to its experimental roots at the Arcola’s annual festival
Read MoreGrimeborn Festival, Arcola, review: 'excellent programme of rarities and standards'
Opera gets back to its experimental roots at the Arcola’s annual festival
Read MoreGrimeborn returns for tenth anniversary at the Arcola
Opera festival presents sixteen new pieces of music theatre including new works and reinvigorated classics
Read MoreGrimeborn returns for tenth anniversary at the Arcola
Opera festival presents sixteen new pieces of music theatre including new works and reinvigorated classics
Read MorePlay set in ‘shipping container’ highlights plight of child refugees
Cargo, a new play opening at the Arcola this month, recreates a border crossing in real time
Read MorePlay set in 'shipping container' highlights plight of child refugees
Arcola production enacts a border-crossing using a replica of the type of container used to escape conflict in countries such as Syria and Afghanistan
Read MoreKenny Morgan, Arcola theatre, review: 'a worthy tribute'
Mike Poulton’s play about Terence Rattigan’s secret lover does a stellar job of conveying the post-war prejudice and emotional reticence of 1940s Britain
Read MoreSheer Height redress the gender balance with new Arcola show
Fed up with the state of theatre for women, two friends founded their own company placing female characters centre stage
Read MoreA Steady Rain, Arcola – review: two cops in an 'armpit of a place’
American police drama by Mad Men and House of Cards writer Keith Huff is compelling but plot veers too close to cliché
Read MorePlaywright Rebecca Lenkiewicz: 'I think the fear of the outsider is still present'
The Oscar-winning co-writer of Ida returns to the Arcola with Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern, a play about one of the last witch trials in England
Read MoreThe Divided Laing review – inside the mind of a psychiatrist
Arcola production about R.D. Laing’s 1960s mental health commune examines the nature of psychiatry while remaining at its core a domestic farce
Read MoreWas R.D. Laing a mental health pioneer or a dangerous maverick?
A new play at the Arcola looks at the legacy of the ‘anti-psychiatrist’ whose mental illness centre in Bow became notorious for its controversial methods
Read MoreEveryone in Hackney can help tackle climate change, divestment experts urge
The borough’s investment in fossil fuels through its pension fund and the environmental implications were subjects of the Hackney Divestment Debate
Read MoreSarai: stage review – Old Testament drama proves power of the scriptures
One woman show at Dalston’s Arcola Theatre is a tour de force
Read MoreTheatre’s green dream boosted by cash for carbon-neutral heating
Dalston’s Arcola Theatre has won £12,500 funding to install a new heating system after hundreds voted for the proposal online
Read MoreOctagon – stage review: poetry that 'shivers your timbers…and sizzles your spine'
Poetry hotshots spit out their rhymes in a battle for poetry supremacy in Octagon at the Arcola
Read MoreCorbyn the poet pledges ‘arts for all’ at policy launch in Dalston
Labour leadership frontrunner announces ‘national strategy for the arts’, including ring-fenced funding and protection for BBC
Read MoreAll the world’s a stage: Immediate Theatre is out to change young people’s lives
Hackney charity uses drama to make a difference with bold productions and estate-based workshops
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