The new season in multi–space venue Shoreditch Town Hall see events taking place across the whole building for the first time.
The new programme, which opened this week, includes Re-Enactments from Analogue who played a sell-out run in The Ditch space last year and who also contribute to the season of three plays in collaboration with Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts with original work Sleepless. Other plays in the season are Dreaming America, an unpublished play by Terry Johnson and The Art of War, an original play by Stephen Jeffreys.
Also returning to the venue is "part performance, part lecture, part school science experiment" Volcano by Clerke and Joy whilst new works include the London previews of Ridiculusmus’s The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland and the UK première of Be Here Now.
Work-in-progress presentations include Party Skills For the End of the World (commissioned by Shoreditch Town Hall) and Moon.
Nick Giles said today, “Just over a year ago we launched our first ever programme of theatre and performance with Paines Plough’s Roundabout, which has been followed by the evolution of our basement spaces into The Ditch; a multi room ‘speakeasy’, which has come into its own with regular cabaret, music and comedy nights.
"We are thrilled to build on this success with this even more ambitious programme of theatre, dance, cabaret, circus, live music and public workshops taking place across the whole of the Town Hall over the first half of the year."
The theatre programme in summary is:
- Re-Enactments – 27 January to 6 February
- Party Skills For The End Of The World – 13 to 15 February
- Volcano – 21 to 23 February
- The Hunter And Other Works – 6 to 9 March (Age Guide 10+)
- The Eradication Of Schizophrenia In Western Lapland – 12 to 15 March
- Cløwns & Queens – 27 to 29 March (Age Guide 16+)
- Sleepless – 31 March to 5 April
- Dreaming America – 8 to 17 April
- The Art Of War – 9 to 17 April
- Be Here Now – 17 to 28 June
- Moon – 14 March
There is also a programme of live music and other events including a tea dance and Hula Hooping workshops. All young people under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult.
For further information and booking visit the Shoreditch Town Hall web site.