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Posts Tagged ‘Arcola theatre’

Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage – stage review: between a ruck and a hard place

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 8 June 2015 at 16:55

A gay rugby player and attempted suicide victim face strong opponents in Robin Soans’ Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage

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Rugby drama tells the story of a pioneer for sexual equality

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 May 2015 at 10:00

Gareth Thomas’s battle for acceptance after coming out is the subject of Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage, opening next week at the Arcola

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Soapbox snippets: General Election debates special

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 1 May 2015 at 13:33

Find out who got heckled, who is opposed to tumble dryers and who tried to speak ‘off the record’ at our General Election hustings on Sunday

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Clarion – stage review: 'filthy, dark, hilarious and utterly human'

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 30 April 2015 at 12:18

Set in the offices of Britain’s worst newspaper, Clarion is both witty and scathing about the state of the media and society as a whole

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Green Party launches manifesto for ‘peaceful political revolution’ at Arcola Theatre

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 14 April 2015 at 13:25

Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett and Caroline Lucas MP promise “a new kind of politics” at Dalston launch

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Media satire endorsed by Mark Rylance opens at the Arcola

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 14 April 2015 at 10:00

Clarion, starring Greg Hicks and Clare Higgins, takes aim at the media and nationalism

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Happy Ending at the Arcola – stage review

By East End Review | Wednesday 11 February 2015 at 12:00

Terminal cancer is the subject of new musical Happy Ending

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The Singing Stones – stage review: 'reflecting a familiar feeling of impotence'

By East End Review | Monday 9 February 2015 at 13:29

The Singing Stones carries an important message about the plight of women during the Arab Spring but suffers from a lack of structure

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Sex Workers Opera: raising marginalised voices and challenging sterotypes

By East End Review | Thursday 22 January 2015 at 09:00

Escorts, strippers and webcam performers are among the cast of Arcola production opening next week

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The Rivals at the Arcola – review

By East End Review | Tuesday 4 November 2014 at 08:47

Richard Sheridan’s 18th-century comedy of manners is a masterclass in lampooning and satire

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Ghost from a Perfect Place – review: 'Just the right level of dystopian horror'

By East End Review | Tuesday 7 October 2014 at 10:00

Philip Ridley play has lost none of its sinister brilliance in the twenty years since its first production

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Dalston's Grimeborn festival is underway

By East End Review | Friday 8 August 2014 at 16:08

It’s the time of the season for alternative opera at the Arcola with annual Grimeborn festival

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The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes – review

By East End Review | Friday 8 August 2014 at 15:21

An Iraqi asylum seeker looking to make a fresh start in the UK finds it’s not so simple in black comedy by Nicolas Kent at the Arcola

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The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes – preview

By East End Review | Monday 7 July 2014 at 12:43

A persecuted Iraqi refugee arrives in Britain in search of a new start in Rashid Razaq’s The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes at the Arcola Theatre

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Carousel review – musical reimaginings

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 7 July 2014 at 12:15

The Arcola’s production of Carousel sets the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical during the Great Depression

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Between Us – review: a bold confrontation of class inequality

By East End Review | Friday 6 June 2014 at 16:11

What price does society pay to allow the middle classes to feel good about themselves? asks Sarah Daniels’ play showing at the Arcola

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Waiting for Godot review – 'not total tomfoolery'

By East End Review | Thursday 5 June 2014 at 17:58

Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot at the Arcola is given a youthful focus with the casting of comic duo Totally Tom

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My Name Is… review: From the trance of young dreams to an angry separation

By East End Review | Wednesday 7 May 2014 at 16:45

The true story of a painful separation that led to media claims of kidnapping and religious fundamentalism is the subject of Sudha Buchar’s play My Name Is… at the Arcola

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Live Blog – Hackney Citizen Great Mayoral Debate

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 27 April 2014 at 16:03

Get updates from our hustings event at the Arcola Theatre as it happens

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Election 2014: wards to watch, fact-checking and your chance to quiz mayoral candidates

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 11 April 2014 at 10:38

Get the lowdown on this year’s trio of elections

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