Two new festivals have been announced alongside a programme of innovative theatre for the winter 2012-13 season at Camden People's Theatre.
The first is Futureshock which runs from 28 November to 16 December featuring theatre, poetry, cabaret and ‘scratch’ nights, as new theatre artists present their visions of what is to come.
The second is a festival of stand up theatre, Beyond The Joke. Running from 8 to 27 January it looks at what happens when comics and theatre makers mix their talents.
The regular theatre programme continues and includes Total Theatre award-winners Beady Eye and Improbable. There is also a week-long exhibition and one-night theatre event looking at how a new high-speed rail link will affect the community around CPT, The HS2 Project.
Booking and information for the following events can be found at www.cptheatre.co.uk.
5-17 November - Cooking Ghosts from Beady Eye Theatre, using visual story-telling, puppetry, film footage and a specially composed score.
13-14 November - I Like the Way You Wear Your Hair, written and performed by Greg Wohead, a true story told with a pico projector
19-22 November - Josh’s Monsters presented by independent small-scale internationally touring company Multistory, an immersive event incorporating webcam and Skype technologies.
23-24 November - The Still presented by Improbable Theatre, improvised performances emerging from Improbable's collaboration with those in different fields of work.
Futureshock - 28 November- 16 December
DEFRAG_ by Tom Lyall, a one-man sci-fi epic
Angel Cake by Amy Draper, performance art meets storytelling
This Is A Reconstruction by MayDay Theatre, five women show you something they shouldn’t.
Every Rendition on a Broken Machine by Ross Sutherland, exploring the linguistic capabilities of automatons.
Scatter Like Ash by Ben Mills, blends stories from the local community with a vision of the future.
The HS2 Project, presented by CPT - the high-speed rail: Embrace the pace? Or restrain the train?
Elan Vital a solo show by Chris Dugrenier, part performance, part gym session and dance
Hunger written and directed by Hannah Silva, a work-in-progress
Beyond The Joke - 8-27 January
Headlined by The Way You Tell Them by Rachel Mars, a solo show on the compulsion and desire to be funny. Other performers include Sara Pascoe, Julian Fox, Chris Brett Bailey, Nigel Barrett, Daniel Bye, Greg Wohead, Jamie Wood, Bush & McCluskey.