Camberwell's Blue Elephant Theatre has announced its season from February
to July:
22 February - 12 March
Tom's
A real-life story of paralysis told through physical theatre &
puppetry
Taken from the true story of Tom Nabarro and his partner Ellen, this
latest devised piece by Sketty Productions uses original puppetry
and physical theatre to explore the lives of a young couple prevailing
over apparent tragedy.
22 March - 16 April
Macbeth
Lazarus Theatre Company returns with another reworking of a timeless
tragedy following their award-winning Othello.
Using movement and music, the large ensemble cast will create an original
setting, bringing a contemporary edge to Shakespeare's familiar dark
world of witchcraft.
19 - 21 May
Casa / Magical Chairs
A Double-bill of Contemporary Dance & New Writing
Casa, choreographed by Annarita Mazzilli, is a theatrical
dance piece, with elements of structured improvisation, a collage
of still images and stylized sketches inspired from typical everyday
life situations
Magical Chairs by Mary Mazzilli is a short play about
childhood, magic tricks and musical chairs brings you a game of the
absurdist kind, with realistic undertones and dystopic nuances. Can
you take it seriously? Can you enjoy it?
25 - 28 May
UNMYTHABLE
The Greek Myths As You've Never Seen Them Before
Temple Theatre narrate, physicalise, sing and clown their way through
all the Greek myths you've ever heard of, and some you never knew
existed. The Odyssey told from a disgruntled foot-soldier's
perspective, Orpheus the washed-up wedding singer, heroes, monsters
and randy Gods combine to make this family show truly ... unmythable.
1 - 4 June
Barbe Bleue
A Devised Take on Perrault's French Folktale
Bluebeard had many wives, in succession, and killed every one. Can
Louise turn the tide, or will she too fall victim to Perrault's notorious
killer? The setting: a London artist's studio flat. The time: very
early in the morning... Or is it very late at night? Louise is sleeplessly
searching for inspiration, until her work is interrupted by the arrival
of a surprising visitor.
14 June - 2 July
The Book of Disquiet
An Adaptation of Fernando Pessoa's Modernist Masterpiece
Part novel, part memoir, part philosophical meditation on the futility
of living, Pessoa's Livro defies definition and endures as
a testament to modernist writing.
The Book of Disquiet is here newly translated and re-imagined
across three cities in three different moments in time by writer Mark
O'Thomas, who similarly brought Dona Flor and her Two Husbands by
Jorge Amadao, one of Brazil's most celebrated authors, to the London
stage in 2006. Following the success of our work-in-progress showing
last year, this full production explores the legacy and continuing
relevance of this masterpiece by Portugal's greatest writer of the
Twentieth Century.
