Nottingham New Theatre, the only entirely student-run theatre in the country, will open a new season at the city’s Lakeside Arts with an Edinburgh Festival double bill.
Working Class Hero is a “story of understanding and discovery, and of growing up with the belief that we all deserve to be treated fairly” while The Devil You Know is a “spine-chilling thriller bringing to light the demons lurking in the shadows of the Internet and exploring the effect of the supernatural on the human psyche”. They will be performed in the Djanogly Theatre at Lakeside Arts on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 September.
Audiences will also be able to see New Perspectives’ production of Gbolahan Obisesan’s adaptation of Chigozie Obioma’s novel The Fishermen on Thursday 4 and Friday 5 October.
Two “supremely physical and stunning” dance productions will make their way to Lakeside Arts. Umanoove and Didy Veldman’s The Knot will be performed to Stravinsky’s Les Noces, which draws on Russian folk wedding traditions, and a specially commissioned score by Ben Foskett, on Tuesday 6 November. Aakash Odedra’s #JeSuis on Tuesday 20 November explores themes of “freedom of speech, xenophobic attitudes and the displacement of people through conflict”.
At Christmas, Engine House and Lakeside Arts will stage the return of Mike Kenny’s Red Riding Hood which returns after premiering at Lakeside in 2011. It will run from Monday 10 until Sunday 30 December.
Further information is available at the Lakeside Arts web site.