HOME, the organisation formed by the merger of Manchester’s Library Theatre Company and Cornerhouse, announces three visiting shows for autumn 2014.
Having presented Angel Meadow in a disused pub and Romeo & Juliet at Victoria Baths, HOME presents three productions at Number One First Street, office space overlooking the site of the company’s new £25m city centre home, scheduled to open next spring.
Best of BE (Birmingham European) Festival (October 17/18) features four distinctive productions per performance.
It’s followed by the award-winning The Events (October 22-25) presented by the Actors’ Touring Company, which was named Best New Play of 2013 by The Guardian after its world première at that year’s Edinburgh Festival.
David Greig’s moving and strangely uplifting play asks: why do terrible things happen? Featuring Derbhle Crotty as the vicar, Claire, and Clifford Samuel, The Events asks how far forgiveness can go in the face of an appalling atrocity, and features a local choir at each performance.
Finally, Insomnia, a pas de deux drama for two girls and a piano man, presented by international dance-theatre company Riotous Company (November 6/7), is a dance-theatre piece for children, adults and insomniacs alike.