productions
Fringe theatre at its best
- Michael Billington in ‘The Guardian’
- Michael Billington in ‘The Guardian’
Current Production(s):
The Storm
By Valerie Clark
15th July – 26th July
Tues - Sat @ 7:45pm
Sun @ 4:00pm
Presented by Bedlamb Theatre
A new play dealing with family relationships and the stifling power of religious fervour. The Storm is about family relationships, re-kindled under difficult circumstances. Lyn and Beth are two estranged, very different, sisters reunited in their family home in a Cornish village after 20 years. They must cope with the ghosts of the past and their Mother’s illness, as they struggle to connect. They are as unalike as their parents; their Mother became a religious zealot, their Father became a drinker. An explosive combination that was witnessed by one of the sisters and hidden from the
“First-rate..” “An outstanding cast and production team”
– Jeremy Malies Plays International Magazine
"Take a night off whatever you have planned and catch this truly exciting company"
– Indie London
By Valerie Clark
15th July – 26th July
Tues - Sat @ 7:45pm
Sun @ 4:00pm
Presented by Bedlamb Theatre
A new play dealing with family relationships and the stifling power of religious fervour. The Storm is about family relationships, re-kindled under difficult circumstances. Lyn and Beth are two estranged, very different, sisters reunited in their family home in a Cornish village after 20 years. They must cope with the ghosts of the past and their Mother’s illness, as they struggle to connect. They are as unalike as their parents; their Mother became a religious zealot, their Father became a drinker. An explosive combination that was witnessed by one of the sisters and hidden from the
“First-rate..” “An outstanding cast and production team”
– Jeremy Malies Plays International Magazine
"Take a night off whatever you have planned and catch this truly exciting company"
– Indie London
Next Production(s):
Così
By Louis Nowra
29th July – 24th August
Tues - Sat @ 7:30pm
Sun @ 5:00pm
Presented by Good Night Out Presents, in association with The White Bear Theatre Club
Set in the early 70's, Così is the touching and hilarious story of Lewis, a fresh-faced theatre director, in his first job: directing patients in a Melbourne mental asylum in Mozart's Così fan Tutte. But no one, including ringleader Roy (Mark Little), sing or speak Italian. Meanwhile, pressure on Lewis from his university friends to organise Australia's largest Vietnam War protest makes him question where true madness lies: inside or outside the asylum. Mark Little is known as Joe Mangel from Neighbours. Since moving to the UK in 1992, he's performed as a comdedian and starred in a Laurence Olivier-winning one-man production in 2000.
"Nowra has written a terrific play about theatre, madness, illusion, sanity, life; it’s a big splendidly Australian epic..."
–Frank Gauntlett, Telegraph Mirror
By Louis Nowra
29th July – 24th August
Tues - Sat @ 7:30pm
Sun @ 5:00pm
Presented by Good Night Out Presents, in association with The White Bear Theatre Club
Set in the early 70's, Così is the touching and hilarious story of Lewis, a fresh-faced theatre director, in his first job: directing patients in a Melbourne mental asylum in Mozart's Così fan Tutte. But no one, including ringleader Roy (Mark Little), sing or speak Italian. Meanwhile, pressure on Lewis from his university friends to organise Australia's largest Vietnam War protest makes him question where true madness lies: inside or outside the asylum. Mark Little is known as Joe Mangel from Neighbours. Since moving to the UK in 1992, he's performed as a comdedian and starred in a Laurence Olivier-winning one-man production in 2000.
"Nowra has written a terrific play about theatre, madness, illusion, sanity, life; it’s a big splendidly Australian epic..."
–Frank Gauntlett, Telegraph Mirror
Some Past Productions:
Life's a dream
by Calderan de la Barca
directed by Loveday Ingram
"Bold Production of Calderons heady exploration of the nature of reality and human foibles … rare, visionary theatre"
- Time Out critics choice
by Calderan de la Barca
directed by Loveday Ingram
"Bold Production of Calderons heady exploration of the nature of reality and human foibles … rare, visionary theatre"
- Time Out critics choice
The return of the soldier
by Rebecca West adapted by Ansuz Theatre Company
directed by Andrea Brooks
"Boldly theatrical and intense adaptation of wests novel"
- Time Out critics choice
"Taut, imaginative and very moving"
- Independent on Sunday
Transferred to BAC for the Timeout season.
by Rebecca West adapted by Ansuz Theatre Company
directed by Andrea Brooks
"Boldly theatrical and intense adaptation of wests novel"
- Time Out critics choice
"Taut, imaginative and very moving"
- Independent on Sunday
Transferred to BAC for the Timeout season.
The card index
by Tadeusz Rozewicz
directed by Peter Czaijowski
"Challenging, relentlessly hilarious. It makes you wonder what writers have been doing in the theatre for the last forty years"
"Dangerous, deliriously absurd"
- Time Out critics choice
Transfer to BAC for the Time Out season.
by Tadeusz Rozewicz
directed by Peter Czaijowski
"Challenging, relentlessly hilarious. It makes you wonder what writers have been doing in the theatre for the last forty years"
"Dangerous, deliriously absurd"
- Time Out critics choice
Transfer to BAC for the Time Out season.
Spin
by Robert Sherwood
directed by John Lawler
"The white bears Canadian discovery"
- The Independent
"Sherwood has created one of the most memorable stage monsters of recent years"
- The Guardian
"This is a hard, fast and viciously funny work"
- The Evening Standard
"Gloriously politically incorrect"
- Time Out Critics Choice
by Robert Sherwood
directed by John Lawler
"The white bears Canadian discovery"
- The Independent
"Sherwood has created one of the most memorable stage monsters of recent years"
- The Guardian
"This is a hard, fast and viciously funny work"
- The Evening Standard
"Gloriously politically incorrect"
- Time Out Critics Choice
I only want to be with you
by Barry Keefe
"Fringe theatre of the first order"
- Time Out
by Barry Keefe
"Fringe theatre of the first order"
- Time Out