October – December 2012

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PHONE: 020 7503 1646Monday – Saturday: 12.30pm – 6pm

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Street, London E8 3DLMonday – Saturday: 12.30pm – 6pm

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DiscountsPay What You Can Tuesdays:A limited number of Pay What YouCan tickets are sold on the doorfrom 6.30pm and are subject toavailability.

Concessions: Available to students,Equity members, senior citizensand those in receipt of disabilityand unemployment benefits. (Proofof eligibility required whencollecting tickets).

Please note: All tickets are subject toavailability. Seating is unreserved.Tickets are non-refundable.Latecomers may not be admitted.

How to get to hereArcola Theatre24 Ashwin StreetDalston, London E8 3DL

London Overground:Dalston Junction Station:Dalston Junction to West Croydon Line

Dalston Kingsland Station:Richmond to Stratford Line

Bus:Stopping in Kingsland High Street:- 149 from London Bridge or Edmonton Green- 76 or 243 from Old Street or Wood Green

Stopping in Dalston Lane:- 38 or 56 from Angel or Clapton PondRoundabout/Lea Bridge Road- 30 or 277 from Highbury and Islington- 242 from Tottenham Court Road via LiverpoolStreet or Hackney Central

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Another neweraforArcola Theatre

Arcola Theatre rises again as we reopen after a summer ofrenovations. An Arts Council Capital Grant has enabled us to addmore foyer space, create a brand new café/bar and improve accessfor those with mobility challenges. We have also expanded andimproved our rehearsal and upstairs work areas for collaborationswith members of the Sustained Theatre network which promotesBAMER theatre. These much needed improvements and additionsto our already iconic facilities herald a new era for Arcola.

Our first production of the season, in the newly refurbished Studio 1, is North Wall Theatre’sDead on Her Feet – a new play by noted playwright Ron Hutchinson (Rat in the Skull andTV’s Fatherland). At the end of October we reopen Studio 2 with a stunning new play –but i cd only whisper. Director Nadia Latif’s production combines drama and choreographyto tell the story of a haunted African American Vietnam veteran.

After that we are delighted to welcome back Kali Theatre with two productions as part oftheir 21st Birthday Festival: the play that started it all – Calcutta Kosher – as well as theirlatest endeavour – Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi. Alongside these, there will be a host ofactivities including play readings and interactive installations. Keep an eye on our websitefor full details.

We will be closing out the season with a musical that I will be directing – Sweet Smell ofSuccess. Based on the classic film starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, it will be its firstmajor outing since it premiered on Broadway in 2002. With music by the late musical geniusMarvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line, They’re Playing Our Song, The Way We Were, The Sting),lyrics by Craig Carnelia (Is There Life After High School?) and a book by noted playwrightJohn Guare (Six Degrees of Separation), this is a show that you won’t want to miss.

In the meantime, in Arcola Tent we are presenting some of the most critically acclaimedproductions from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. EH to E8 will hopefully be the firstof a new annual event.

It will be a wonderful first season in our refurbished building. Be sure to visit the new bar tosample our menu of local and organic food and drink specialities, even when you aren’t hereto see a show.

Mehmet Ergen,Artistic Director

The original sign finds a new home

Improved access

New Bar

3 October – 3 November 2012STUDIO 1

The North Wall present the UK premiere of

a new play by Ron HutchinsonDirected by Barry Kyle

Cast Victoria Fischer, Kelly Gibson, Sandra Reid, Rowan Schlosberg, Lloyd Thomas,

Sam Trueman, Jos Vantyler, Ben Whybrow

An abandoned dance hall. Six young people desperate for fame,fortune and next week’s rent. An unscrupulous promoter. A ravenousaudience and a stranger with a past he’s trying to hide.

Out of the real-life phenomenon of 1930s dance marathons comes anew and powerful play which uses a thrilling blend of drama, musicand movement to those brought up on a diet of X Factor and realityTV, against the backdrop of a world seemingly in financial freefall.

Dead on Her Feet is an electric and athletic new work written byEmmy award-winning screenwriter Ron Hutchinson and directed byBarry Kyle, Honorary RSC Associate Director.

With bodies and souls stretched to breaking point there can only beone winner…but winning comes at its own cost… HOW FAR COULDYOU GO?

Tickets and Times£20 (£14 concessions) Monday – Saturday evenings at 7:30pm

£18 (£12 concessions) Saturday matinees (13, 20, 27 Oct; 3 Nov) 2:30pm

All tickets £12 for the opening performances (3, 4 October) 7.30pm

Pay What You Can Tuesdays

DeadOnHer Feet

the recessiondance till you die

9 November – 22 December 2012STUDIO 1Arcola Theatre presents the British Premiere of

Music Marvin HamlischLyrics Craig CarneliaBook John GuareBased on the novella by Ernest Lehman and the MGM/United Artists film with a screenplayby Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman

Directed by Mehmet ErgenDesign Mark BaileyMusical Director Bob BroadChoreography Nathan M. Wright

Lighting Design David Howe

Cast David Bamber, Michael Chadwick, Brenan Davies, Morgan Deare, Adrian der Gregorian,Zoe Doano, Claire Doyle, Celia Graham, Claudia Kariuki, Caroline Keiff, Rebecca Louis,Russell Morton, Stuart Matthew Price, Aaron Shirley, Tosh Wanogho-Maud

1952. New York’s number one gossip columnist JJ Hunsecker rulesthe city with his mighty pen. If you want to know the latest gossip –from the President to the latest It Girl – JJ has it all. If he doesn’t,you can be sure that anyone from J Edgar Hoover and Senator JoeMcCarthy through to the press agents eager to push their latestclients, will give it to him.

And there’s one struggling press agent Sindey Falcone, with one clientwho has given him an ultimatum – no item in JJ’s column, no job.

Nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, SweetSmell of Success is the Broadway musical about the power of thepoison pen and double dealings in the world of journalism. OlivierAward-winning actor David Bamber (My Night with Reg, Rome)makes his Arcola Theatre debut in this first major productionsince Broadway.Sweet Smell of Success is presented by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd.

Tickets and Times£25 (£18 concessions) Monday – Saturday evenings 7:30pm

£22 (£15 concessions) Saturday matinees (10, 17, 24 Nov; 1, 8, 15, 22 Dec) 2:30pm

All tickets £18 for the opening performances (9, 10, 12, 13 Nov) 7.30pm

Pay What You Can Tuesdays

Sweet Smellof Success

31 October – 1 December 2012STUDIO 2Sophie Watson for Tabula Rasa presents

by Kristiana ColónDirected by Nadia LatifDesigner Lorna RitchieChoreographer Imogen KnightLighting Design Michael NabarroSound Design Simon Slater

America. 1970. Black Vietnam veteranBeau Willie Brown is held in custody,accused of a heinous crime. A storycomes to light that sticks in the throat,a story murmured between dark dreams.

i was a soldier a mean soldier fightinfor his baby girl

A strange song emerges from thewarble of police sirens, the percussionof machine guns, and the chants ofvoices only you can hear.

Tickets and Times£16 (£12 concessions)

Monday – Saturday evenings 8:00pmSaturday matinees (3, 10, 17, 24 Nov;1 Dec) 3:00pmPay What You Can Tuesdays

4 – 22 December 2012STUDIO 2

Kali celebrates 21 years of cutting edgetheatre by South Asian women with afestival of rich and diverse contemporaryplays by some of the most original voicesin theatre writing. It includes productionsof Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi, a grippingnew drama about sport, nationhood andbelonging and Calcutta Kosher, a Kaliclassic exploring the conflict betweenold and new, east and west, traditionand truth. These are joined by readingsof seminal past Kali plays and five freshnew plays for tomorrow. Full details onthe Arcola website or seewww.kalitheatre.co.uk.

Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddiby Satinder Chohan 4 – 8 December

Calcutta Kosherby Shelley Silas 11 – 22 December

Tickets and Times£16 (£12 concessions)

Monday – Saturday evenings 8:00pm

Pay What You Can Tuesdays

Kali Theatre21stBirthdayFestivalKabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddiand

CalcuttaKosher

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18-22 DecemberBLOOMBERG ARTS LAB – Studio 4Arcola 60+ and Kali Theatre present

Directed by Janet Steeland Kate Chapman

An immersive light and soundinstallation inspired by childhoodmemories.

On each evening, the installation willbe animated by a different collectionof stories performed by members ofthe local community. These stories havebeen written and devised by membersof the Arcola 60+ Company, workingwith Kali playwrights.

Tickets and Times£6 Tuesday – Saturday 7:00pm

Shared Memories directly precedesCalcutta Kosher – see both for only £20(£14 concessions) by using code KALI60online or by phone. (Offer subject toavailability).

The Installation (without performance)is free of charge 4pm-6pm.

29 January – 9 February 2013STUDIO 2Arcola Theatre presents

by Jules VerneAdapted for the stage byToby Hulse

Directed by Owen Calvert-Lyons

A sparkling new version on one ofthe world’s great adventure storiesby acclaimed family audiences writerToby Hulse.

Follow dashing Victorian adventurerPhileas Fogg as he embarks on an epicjourney across the globe, aiming tocomplete the feat in record time. Littledoes he know that hot on his heels isScotland Yard’s finest – the unstoppableFix of the Yard. Travelling by any meanspossible – boats, trains and even anelephant, will our hero make it back intime or will his plans be foiled?

A cast of three actors play over twentycharacters in this epic tale of adventure.

Suitable for ages 7+

Tickets and Times£7 children and concessions

£9 adults

Monday – Friday at 1:00pmSaturdays at 1:00pm and 7:00pm

SharedMemories

AroundtheWorldin80Days

EHtoE8EHtoE8EHtoE8FESTIVAL

10 – 12 October 7:30pm

Negative Capability presents

CryptedInteractive tragedy based onthe life of Alan Turing, the gayBletchley Park codebreakerchemically castrated by thegovernment.

ExcessJoe tells his sister he’s gettinga sex change. She overreacts.Excess is a comedy aboutsiblings, sexual identity, dragqueens and isolation.

This double bill is written by RSC prizewinner FreddySyborn, co-writer of BBC 3’ssitcom, Bad Education, and a Sky Little Cracker.

Tickets £14 (£12)

23 October – 10 November 7:45pm (Sat mat 2:45pm)

The Alchemist & Sell a DoorTheatre present

SealandTed and his son escape frombroken Britain to create aperfect nation seven miles outat sea. They are joined ontheir abandoned sea fort byanother family and togetherthey battle to raise theirchildren and create a newsociety. Based on a true story,Sealand is an imaginative,witty look at one man’sobsession with utopia.

A new life awaits you onSealand, the off-shore colony.

Tickets £14 (£12)

13 – 18 November 7:45pm

Flabbergast Theatre presents

Boris & Sergey’sVaudevillianAdventureJoin puppetry’s Balkan badboys Boris & Sergey - simplythe greatest vaudevilliandouble-act ever conceived forthe small stage! Fleeing fromthe Dark Ones, to whom theylost their souls in a card game,the unscrupulous pair swindleand hoodwink their way tofreedom whilst unsuccessfullyattempting to maintain a lowprofile. Expect riotousexploits, malarkey,molestation and mirth!

Tickets £14 (£12)

21 – 24 November 7:45pm

Piece of Work presents

Script in Hand1933, the Nazis force PaulRenner, typographer andcreator of Futura font, intointernal exile. 2012, a theatrecompany, who shall not benamed, do the same to actorToby Williams. There wasmeant to be a play. About PaulRenner. But this play does notexist. The performance thatshould have been Toby’smaking has become hisundoing. This is his chance toexplain where it all wentwrong. Script in Hand is thestory of two forgotten men.

Tickets £14 (£12)

3 - 4 December7:45pm

Everything I Own presents

RémyFrance falls in love withNapoleon, but when a herobetrays us, can we everforgive? Rémy, a prisoner whodoesn’t know exactly how oldhe is begins to tell his story.Everything I Own presentsRémy, a heart-warming soloshow of dreams, wars and theEnglish girl who stole asoldier’s heart.

Tickets £12 (£10)

20 – 22 December7:45pm

Tea Break Theatre presents

Punch and JudyThe original comedy of a serialkiller. Humans replace puppetsbut the story remains thesame - what happens whenone man decides the rules ofsociety do not apply. A showto celebrate the 350thanniversary of Punch andJudy and explore the tradition,its absurdities, its comedy andits terror. Unnerving, funny,gleeful and not suitable foryoung children - has it ever been?

Tickets £14 (£12)

Bringing some of thecritically acclaimedproductions from thisyear’s Edinburgh FringeFestival in the EHpostcode to Arcola Tent’s E8 postcode.

Arcola TheatreCreative LearningArcola Theatre creates genuinely radicalopportunities for the people of Hackney toparticipate in the arts. The theatre acts as acreative hub for our community, providingopportunities to learn, train and performunder the guidance of world-class artists.

Arcola Theatre Creative Learning is thewinner of the 2012 Learning Trust Educators’Award for making “an outstandingcontribution to the development andongoing success of local schools”.

Work with Creative Learning:

If you would like to join any of these groups,work with Arcola Creative Learning or createsomething new, email uscreativelearning@arcolatheatre.com

Arcola

Academy

Arcola

60+

Arcola

YouthTheatre

Arcola

Ala Turka

Schools

A theatre group for young people aged 12 – 16 and living in or around Hackney.

Our only audition-based theatre group, theAcademy is for those aged 16 – 25 whoalready have some experience and are nowready to take those skills to the next level.

A theatre group for Hackney residentsaged 60 and over.

Arcola Theatre’s Turkish and Kurdish-speaking theatre company. The groupmeets on Sundays and performs everyyear in Turkish and English.

Arcola Theatre provides a range ofworkshops, projects and performances forlocal schools.

Green Arcola Arcola Theatre is committed to producing great theatre whilst minimising environmentalimpact. From our unique collaborations with engineers pioneering new energy technologies,to the processes we’re putting in place throughout our new building, we’re continuallyworking towards a greener future.

Green Arcola is the team responsible for moving Arcola towards being the world’s firstcarbon neutral theatre, engaging our communities (audiences, artists, Hackney locals) alongthe way. As well as carrying out ground-breaking projects, like the Dalston Energy Angels, we also monitor and measure a range of factors that contribute to our carbon footprint.

Our aim is to make Arcola a place where every visitor has the opportunity to interact withsustainability in a variety of ways.

www.arcolatheatre.com/greenarcola

If you would like to receive quarterly updates from both Green Arcola and Arcola Energy,please email energy@arcolatheatre.com

Green SundaysWith sculpture workshops, free bicycle MOTs, live performances,speakers, film screenings and more, Arcola Green Sundays are anafternoon of fun and information for everyone, exploring the whysand how-tos of making our lives greener. Green Sundays now takeplace quarterly.

For information on the next Arcola Green Sunday, visitwww.arcolatheatre.com/greensundays

Arcola EnergyArcola Energy is a multi-disciplinary renewable energy researchand development centre. Arcola Energy specialises in the design,integration and deployment of hydrogen fuel cell systems. ArcolaEnergy and Green Arcola work to develop innovation insustainability, combining the worlds of science and art.

www.arcolaenergy.com