Alphabetti, Newcastle’s newest fringe theatre, has announced its autumn season, running from September to December and featuring theatre, spoken word, comedy, music and film.
The season's theatre productions are:
- 7 to 10 September
Holy Moly & The Crackers present
If The River Was Whisky
A tale of love and murder, of running high-tail from the law and dancing with the Devil. It is a tale of whisky and one man’s journey to find it, from a “gypsy folk and roll” band, based in the UK. - 27 September
WriteBack
Five script-in-hand performances of new plays from emerging writers. - 7 to 10 October
Tayo Aluko and Friends presents
Call Mr Robeson
A one man show featuring live music performed by Tayo Aluko about Paul Robeson’s remarkable and eventful life highlighting his pioneering and heroic political activism. It features much fiery oratory and some of his famous songs, including a dramatic rendition of the iconic “Ol’ Man River”. - 17 October
Alphabetti presents
Alphabetti Soup
The theatre's regular “dash of comedy, with a sumptuous smattering of original theatre and some fresh slam poetry, finished off with a garnish of live music. There you have it, ALPHABETTI SOUP, damn tasty.” - 19 to 31 October (not 25)
Alphabetti presents
The Rooms
A promenade production exploring the hidden nooks, crannies and characters of Alphabetti’s basement. Writers Nina Berry, David Raynor and Michael Brown explore three rooms that over time have been forgotten. As they clear out the junk left over from previous tenants, they discover three characters whose chilling tales put this lost corridor into a completely different light. - 3 to 14 November (not 8)
A Brand New Play
Devised and directed by Lewis Gray
Throughout the autumn months, a company of four actors will each spend time creating a character. Working as individuals, they'll draw on observations of everyday life, with the ultimate aim of playing a character as vivid and lifelike as someone who has just walked in off the street. Improvised encounters between these characters will form the basis of this new play. - 25 November to 5 December
Gary Kitching & Co in association with Greyscale presents
Me and Mr C.
Mr C sits inside your head and watches. A funny and disturbing rendering of what it is like to have a voice in your head. - 8 to 23 December (not 13 or 20)
Alphabetti presents
Carols and Cocktails
Written by Ben Dickenson
Directed by Ali Pritchard
Merge all the cringey office Christmas parties into one, add in some raucous carol singing and many a cocktail—you’re beginning to imagine Alphabetti’s Christmas Show.