1 to 24 September
The Golden Dragon
By Roland Schimmelpfennig, translated by David Tushingham
The Actors Touring Company (ATC) and Drum Theatre Plymouth
Directed by Ramin Gray
Cast: David Beames, Adam Best, Ann Firbank, Kathryn O’Reilly,
Jack Tartlon
A tragicomic tale of globalisation set in your local takeaway.
Studio 1
6 September to 8 October
Tell Them I Am Young and Beautiful
By Gilles Aufray
KP Productions
Directed by Marcello Magni
Cast: Kathryn Hunter, Marcello Magni.
Greed. Hospitality. Sacrifice. Knowledge. Truth. Freedom. Friendship
.Seven words, seven stories, seven moments of theatre played in an
empty space like a game, magical and dangerous.
Studio 2
28 Sepember to 22 October
Phaedra's Love
By Sarah Kane
Reduced Circumstances. Directed by Bronwen Carr
News. Another rape. Child murdered. War somewhere. Few thousand jobs
gone. But none of this matters cause its a royal birthday.
Studio 1
12 October to 12 November
The Queen Of Spades
By Alexander Pushkin in a new adaptation by Raymond Blankenhorn and
Max Hoehn
Fusebox Productions. Directed by Max Hoehn.
A mental patient is confined to his cell, refusing to answer any questions.
He keeps muttering, "Three Seven, Ace! Three, Seven, Queen!"
Studio 2
26 October to 19 November
Speechless
By Linda Brogan & Polly Teale, based on The Silent Twins
by Marjorie Wallace
Shared Experience and Sherman Cymru. Directed by Polly Teale
The story of identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons. Refusing to
speak to adults, the twins communicate in their own private language,
their only relationship being an intense and turbulent bond with each
other.
Studio 1
15 November to 10 December
How the World Began
By Catherine Trieschmann
Directed by Des Kennedy
Susan, a science teacher from Manhattan, starts work in a small rural
Kansas town thats been ripped apart by a tornado. When one of her
pupils – the damaged, articulate Micah - takes offence at an
off-the-cuff remark about how life on earth began, Susan is thrown
into an ethical storm about science and faith that leads to her fearing
for her safety.
Studio 2
24 November to 23 December
Goodbye Barcelona
Book by Judith Johnson, music and lyrics by KS Lewkowicz
Goodbar Productions in association with Arcola Theatre
Directed by Karen Rabinowitz
The story of Sam, who joins the Brigades and goes to Spain to help
fight the fascists in 1936, and Rebecca, his mother, who follows him
there.
Studio 1
