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Accidental Death of an Anarchist
“But I'm mad, Inspector: certified mad! I'm a sort of amateur performance artist – my fellow performers need to be people who don't realise that they're in my plays.” The city is in uproar following news of the mysterious death of an anarchist who fell from a window during a police interview – though the word on the street is that he was pushed… The police force is in panic, the population on the verge of a riot – and…
Find out more »Spring Awakening
Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s 'Spring Awakening', charts the coming of age of 11 late 19th century German teenagers, through the medium of folk-infused rock. It deals with a myriad of issues – sex, mental health, death, suicide, sexual and physical abuse and the struggles of being subjected to the parentocracy. This poignant musical, based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekin, is dark, funny and heart-breaking and explores the blurred lines of adolescence and adulthood, of pain and pleasure,…
Find out more »A Very Brexit Musical – Edinburgh Fringe
A Very Brexit Musical is back and bigger than ever! A newly qualified journalist gets his first big break writing for the Maily Dail just as the biggest upset in British politics is about to occur. How will he cope with his fearsome editor and the many twists and turns of the referendum campaign? Follow the story of Cavid Dameron’s ill-fated decision to hold a referendum in the first instance, alongside Joris Bohnson’s grasp for power in supporting the leave…
Find out more »The Homecoming
When Ted, a professor in philosophy at an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit the North London home he grew up in, he finds his family still living in the house - Max, his father, Sam, an uncle, and Lenny and Joe, his brothers. From this point of reunion develops a series of disturbing encounters, with Ruth as the beating pulse of the action, in spite of the oppressive all-male environment. Harold Pinter's classic dark comedy explores issues…
Find out more »Cambridge University Gilbert and Sullivan Society: The Yeomen of the Guard
In the Tower of London, in the reign of Henry VIII, Colonel Fairfax has been sentenced to death for sorcery and awaits execution. Determined to outwit his cousin and accuser, he must marry before his death so that his inheritance will pass to anyone else. But as he and his friend Sergeant Meryll plot, their lives become irrevocably entwined with those of Jack Point and Elsie Maynard, two strolling players. Arguably the duo's darkest and most poignant work, 'The Yeomen…
Find out more »Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sondheim's blackly comic masterpiece about obsession and revenge is coming to Brickhouse! Combining wickedly sharp lyrics with some of the most sophisticated and beautiful music in the whole of musical theatre gives a show not to be missed. The play follows the barber Sweeney Todd as he returns to London after 15 years of wrongful incarceration to seek vengeance on the sadistic Judge Turpin who framed him. His quest to avenge his wife, who was stolen and violated by the…
Find out more »Wild Honey
'You funny creature! A woman who loves you - a woman you love - fine summer weather. What could be simpler than that?' Charming, handsome, and with an opinion on everything, once upon a time Platonov seemed bound for greatness. Now he is a simple country schoolteacher and husband to a dutiful yet unimaginative wife. Arriving at the local estate one day for lunch with old friends, he is reunited with Sofya, a beautiful and recently married woman from his…
Find out more »The Revlon Girl
“Since the disaster we’ve all kind of… forgotten about ourselves. You know, the way we look? And some of us thought it would be a nice idea to have someone like you to come along and give us a talk on beauty tips - a demonstration - that’s all. But the thing is - given what’s happened - some people might think it’s wrong for us to worry about the way we look. They might think it’s stupid.” Set eight…
Find out more »The War of the Worlds
"No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. And slowly, but surely, they drew their plans against us." Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept Album "The War of the Worlds", combining the iconic 1897 story of alien invasion with prog rock, orchestra and electronic music, was an instant success that remains a bestseller today. This live version will combine ambitious music and tech with live…
Find out more »Violet
Violet is a young woman on a journey. Her facial disfigurement, caused by an accident involving her father's axe, and her his subsequent effort to protect Violet from the outside world's cruelty, has caused her to shut herself away from everyone. But on September 4th, 1964, inspired by the promises of an evangelical preacher through a television screen, Violet gets on a Greyhound bus, and she is on her way. During her travels she meets new faces and stories, all…
Find out more »The Unbelievable Ending of the World
Everyone is hearing strange things about April. Surely it can't be that simple. Can it? This is a new show about climate change, rumour, choices, parenting, and nothing else. THE UNBELIEVABLE ENDING OF THE WORLD by WILL MACLEAN Tuesday 12th March - Saturday 16th March 2019, 21:30, Corpus Playroom
Find out more »The Deep Blue Sea
What is there beyond hope? In the sitting room of a dishevelled flat in post-war London, Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt. Slowly, the story of her tempestuous affair with an alcoholic RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to unravel. With it comes a portrait of a woman steeped in need, loneliness, and a long-repressed passion. Terence Rattigan’s masterpiece and one of the…
Find out more »Jane Eyre
"It is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds it." A bold and theatrically inventive adaptation of the literary classic that succeeds as both a wise distillation of the novel and a thrilling piece of theatre in its own right. As a child, the orphaned Jane Eyre is taught by a succession of severe guardians to stifle her natural exuberance. A part of herself…
Find out more »Funny Girl
Newly set in 2019, Funny Girl follows the story of Fanny Brice, talented and irrepressible but incapable of succeeding as a woman in traditional showbiz because she doesn't fit the mould of the all-American beauty queen. The show charts her meteoric rise through comedy instead and her turbulent marriage to Nicky, who struggles to cope with his wife's successes. Featuring such hit songs as "People", "The Music that Makes Me Dance" and of course "Don't Rain on my Parade", Funny…
Find out more »Thrill Me
"But you've asked a simple question, and I've told you why. It wasn't on a dare or on a whim. It's hard to comprehend now that the reason why, was simply that I went along with him." Relationships can be murder. In 1924, two wealthy Chicago University students abducted and murdered a young boy for no reason other than wanting to carry out ‘the perfect crime’. Thirty-four years later, the true motives were revealed. Stephen Dolginoff’s one-act musical brings real-life…
Find out more »What’s Wrong With Me
Cambridge's comedy scene asks the question we're all dying to know the answer to: "What's wrong with me?" Join us as doctors (or at least comedians playing doctors) try to diagnose the ills of the world and provide the best medicine of all, laughter, in large doses that push the legal limit.
Find out more »Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Philadelphia, Here I Come! centres around Gareth (Gar) O'Donnell's move to America, specifically Philadelphia. The play takes place on the night before and morning of Gar's departure to America. Gar is portrayed by two characters, Gar Public ("the Gar that people see, talk to, talk about") and Gar Private ("the unseen man, the man within, the conscience"). Gareth lives with his father, S. B. O'Donnell ("a responsible, respectable citizen") with whom he has never connected. Gar works for his father…
Find out more »Those Left Behind
"Those Left Behind" follows the McBride family as they cope with life after the death of Mark - the father of the family. Mother Karen and daughter Heather discover that life doesn't stop for mourning and that everyday battles become infinitely harder in the face of loss. Meanwhile, son Joe finds a whole new side to his dad in the form of old and unfinished sheet music. This musical has been based off a series of true anecdotes, and attempts…
Find out more »Macbeth
When Macbeth receives a prophecy that he shall be king, he stops at nothing to see it come to fruition. Leaving behind him a murderous, blood-soaked trail, Macbeth forces his way to the crown. Paranoia and guilt close in as he and Lady Macbeth swear to kill all who could stand in their way. This production sets William Shakespeare's darkest tragedy against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic Scotland. 7:45pm Tue 27-Sat 31 October, ADC Theatre Tickets (£11/£13, £7 Streaming):…
Find out more »Almost Romeo and Juliet
'Shakespeare, Shakespeare, wherefore art thou Shakespeare?' In the fair land of Verona, a new day dawns on the love of two overly hormonal teenagers. Will their love be able to survive the feud between their two families, or will the unstoppable power of the plot separate them forever? Complete with puns, poetry, mischief, and mayhem, this parody of a Shakespeare classic is not to be missed! 11:00pm Wed 3-Sat 7 November, ADC Theatre Tickets (£4 Streaming): https://www.adctheatre.com/whats-on/comedy/almost-romeo-and-juliet/
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