arcola spring season 2014

January – June2014

Hola y bienvenidos!Welcome to ArcolaAs we move into our thirteenth year as an organisation it is atime for quiet reflection, to sit and take stock on how far wehave travelled. However, Arcola wouldn’t be Arcola if we didn’tget straight back on our feet, look at the road ahead and puttogether one of the most ambitious and bold seasons we haveever programmed.

For spring 2014 will see our theatre transformed into a fiestaof Spanish flair, theatricality and flavours.

From January to March, we will be staging our SpanishGolden Age repertory season. Our talented ensemble of10 actors will perform three golden age plays in 70 periodcostumes over a period of three months. We are proud to bebringing the delights of the golden age of Spanish drama tothe heart of Dalston with our co-producers; Theatre RoyalBath and Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.

We start the season with yours truly directing the farcicalDon Gil of the Green Breeches by Tirso de Molina, in a newtranslation by Sean O’Brien. We also welcome back LaurenceBoswell to direct two productions by the master of the GoldenAge, Lope de Vega; the tragically brooding PunishmentWithout Revenge and the big hearted romantic comedy,A Lady of Little Sense, both in new translations by MeredithOakes and David Johnston respectively.

This delicious trio of plays forms the main course of a threemonth festival of mouth watering Spanish “pintxos” styleevents - delicious “tapas” of Spanish culture. Spanish musicand food take up residence in our Arcola bar. Film screenings,talks and platform debates from artists, directors andscholars exploring Spanish theatre, music and culture takeplace with our partners Instituto Cervantes. Sundays willfeature readings of classic Spanish Golden Age plays inpartnership with Shakespeare’s Globe Read Not Deadprogramme as well as contemporary Spanish drama all hereto enliven this Spanish banquet of the senses.

But this is only the beginning of a big transcultural springseason. From Beckett to Banksy we have a multitude of richesfor you all to dip into; all contained within this treasure chestof Arcola... truly something for everyone.

All the details of these productions and events are containedwithin the following pages. So grab your Arcola Passport andescape with us on this Latin love affair to warm up thosewinter nights with a hot-blooded season, bursting withpassion to open our theatre in 2014.

Mehmet ErgenArtistic Director

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Tickets and TimesThree plays in repertory – see website or call the box office for detailsMonday – Saturday at 7.30pm – £18 (£14 concessions)Saturday matinees at 2.30pm – £16 (£12 concessions)Pay What You Can Tuesdays (tickets in person from 6.30pm – limited and subject to availability)

Box Officewww.arcolatheatre.com020 7503 1646

Arcola Theatre24 Ashwin StreetDalston, London E8 3DL

9 January – 15 March 2014

Don Gil of theGreen Breechesby Tirso de Molina, in a new translation by Sean O’BrienDirected byMehmet Ergen

Don Gil of the Green Breeches is an exuberant comedy which blendsmistaken identity, role-reversal, ghosts and green trousers.

A Lady ofLittle Senseby Lope de Vega, in a new translation by David JohnstonDirected by Laurence Boswell

A Lady of Little Sense is a big-hearted and hilarious romantic comedywhich celebrates the power of love.

Punishment Without Revengeby Lope de Vega, in a new translation by Meredith OakesDirected by Laurence Boswell

Punishment without Revenge is a dark and thrilling drama, anaudacious blend of unbearable tension and delicious comedy.

Set and Costume DesignMark BaileyLighting Design Ben OrmerodComposer/Sound Design Jon NichollsCostume Supervision Lisa AitkenMovement Direction Lucy Cullingford

Cast: Nick Barber, Jim Bywater, Hedydd Dylan, Annie Hemingway, William Hoyland, KatieLightfoot, Frances McNamee, Chris Andrew Mellon, Doug Rao and Simon Scardifield

Arcola Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath and Belgrade Theatre Coventry present

Three brand new translations of rarely-seenplays from the last unopened treasure-chestof world drama.

SPANISH GOLDEN AGE SEASON

THREE GREAT PLAYS, ONE ENSEMBLE

Painting ‘Guardainfanta’ © Sol Úbeda www.solubeda.net

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Tickets and TimesMonday – Saturday at 7.30pm – £20 (£16 concessions)Opening performances (26 March – 31 March) – all tickets £16Saturday matinees at 2.30pm – £18 (£15 concessions)Pay What You Can Tuesdays (tickets in person from 6.30pm – limited and subject to availability)



26 March – 3 May 2014

Directed by Simon DormandyDesigned by Georgia Lowe

Full casting to be announced shortly

Anton’s got it made: dream house, artistic wife, baby on the way. And,as the smoke rises from another city saved by coalition bombs, there’s afortune to be made rebuilding the wreckage. So what’s he doing forginghis boss’s signature? And why has his wife crushed her hands under thepiano lid?

Painfully funny scenes of married bliss in meltdown and the insistentpresence, on their screens and in their dreams, of the West’s far-flungand half-forgotten wars – Eldorado asks what happens when the drivefor success carries us past our coping point.

This production of Eldorado is the UK Premiere.

Praise for Marius von Mayenburg:

For Eldorado (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne 2006)“A mad-mouse ride” The Australian

For Fireface (Royal Court 2000)“Force, flair and poetry” The Independent

For The Ugly One (Royal Court 2007)“Coolly clever and nastily arresting” The Guardian

For The Stone (Royal Court 2009)“Mesmerising” Evening Standard

Marius von Mayenburg has become one of Europe’s most influential andwidely produced playwrights since his meteoric rise to prominence withFireface.

Simon Dormandy directs. He has worked with Cheek by Jowl, theDonmar Warehouse, the RSC and the Royal Court.

Mongrel Thumb, formed by Charles and Gillian Reston, is a brand newcompany dedicated to bringing the best contemporary and new writingto London audiences in cutting-edge productions. Eldorado is its firstproject.

Mongrel Thumb presents

EldoradobyMarius von MayenburgTranslated byMaja Zade

A black comedy about the rewards of success.

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Tickets and TimesMonday – Saturday at 7.30pm – £20 (£16 concessions)Opening performances (7 – 9 May) – all tickets £16Saturday matinees at 2.30pm – £18 (£15 concessions)Pay What You Can Tuesdays (tickets in person from 6.30pm – limited and subject to availability)



7 May – 14 June 2014

Directed by Simon DormandyDesigned by Patrick Kinmonth

Cast: Tom Palmer and Tom Stourton

Two washed-up young drifters wait by the road for a man they’ve nevermet, hoping against all proof that now, as night closes in and their patterruns dry, they may finally catch a break. Over the bare horizon, a figureleads another on a leash. Can this be what they are waiting for?

Totally Tom, Edinburgh comedy favourites and stars of Live at theElectric, bring sharp-eyed, contemporary character-comedy to thistimeless vision of life as a horrifying joke.

You’d make me laugh if it wasn’t prohibited.

Totally Tom (Tom Stourton and Tom Palmer) made their name with thehit viral video, High Renaissance Man before being nominated forEdinburgh Foster’s Comedy Award in 2011. Stars of BBC Three’s Live atthe Electric and E4’s Comedy Lab, they continue to perform sell-outshows across the country.

“Refreshingly original”★★★★★ Daily Telegraph

“Deliriously funny”★★★★ The Independent

“Feverish imagination”★★★★Metro

“Warped, clever, funny and well acted” Times

Simon Dormandy directs. He has worked with Cheek by Jowl, the RSC,the Donmar and the Royal Court. In March 2014 he will direct the UKpremiere of von Mayenburg’s Eldorado at Arcola.

RC Granville Ltd. presents

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WaitingforGodotby Samuel Beckett

Don’t touch me!Don’t question me!Don’t speak to me!Stay with me!

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Tickets and TimesMonday – Saturday at 8pm – £17 (£12 concessions)Opening performances (6 – 12 February) – all tickets £12Saturday matinees at 3pm – £14 (£12 concessions)Pay What You Can Tuesdays(tickets in person from 6.30pm – limited and subject to availability)



6 February – 1 March 2014

Directed by Russell BolamAssociate Producer Emily SlackCasting Ruth O’DowdPhotographybyBronwen SharpImage DesignbyCarmen del Prado

For years, Francis Harmon traded off her reputation as a star actress inthe prospering American cities. Now she and her companion May havewashed up in a cabin on the Alaskan frontier, while May’s daughterprospects for gold.

The gold rush is almost exhausted. May makes a desperate gamble toreclaim Francis’s fame, and their fortune. When Francis is struck downby illness, they each must choose between facing the threat of theirfuture and the lure of their dreams of the past.

In Skagway, a tale of the desires and loyalties of women in an Americanwilderness, is a compelling and lyrical first play by Irish writer Karen Ardiff.

Winner of the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild Best New PlayAward and the Stewart Parker/BBC radio drama award. Shortlisted forthe Susan Smith Blackburn Award.

Director Russell Bolam returns to Arcola after his critically acclaimedproduction of The Road to Mecca in 2010.

For The Road to Mecca:

★★★★★ The Times★★★★ The Independent

★★★★ Evening Standard★★★★ Daily Telegraph

★★★★ Financial Times★★★★ Time Out

★★★★ Sunday Times★★★★WhatsOnStage

Recommended for ages 12+

KTR Productions in association with Gúna Nua present

InSkagwayby Karen Ardiff

Fame fades. The gold in the hills runs out.

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Tickets and TimesMonday – Saturday at 8pm – £17 (£12 concessions)Opening performances (6 – 11 March) – all tickets £12Saturday matinees at 3pm – £14 (£12 concessions)Pay What You Can Tuesdays(tickets in person from 6.30pm – limited and subject to availability)



6 March – 29 March 2014

Directed by Alice HamiltonSet and Costume Design Francesca ReidyLighting Design Simon Gethin ThomasStage Management Charlie YoungProducer Chloe Courtney

Participation Producer Ashleigh Wheeler

Kindly supported by Frank and Elizabeth Brenan

Cast includes: Linda Bassett and Robin Soans

In a farmhouse at the edge of Salisbury Plain, a family is falling apart.Stephen can’t afford to put his mother into care; Arthur can’t afford tostop working and look after his wife. When a young stranger with bluehair moves in to care for Edie as her mind unravels, the family are forcedto ask: are we living the way we wanted? Visitors takes a haunting,beautiful look at the way our lives slip past us.

Up In Arms presents the latest collaboration between playwright BarneyNorris and director Alice Hamilton following their productions of hisdebut At First Sight and the acclaimed Fear Of Music.

For Fear of Music:

“Smart work from Alice Hamilton” Daily Telegraph

“To write like this, while making the audience ache with recognition,is a wonderful thing” Exeunt Magazine

Up in Arms presents

Visitorsby Barney Norris

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Tickets and TimesMonday – Saturday at 8pm – £17 (£12 concessions)Opening performances (1 – 5 April) – all tickets £12Saturday matinees at 3pm – £14 (£12 concessions)Pay What You Can Tuesdays(tickets in person from 6.30pm – limited and subject to availability)



1 April – 26 April 2014

Directed by Emma CallanderDesigner Rosanna Vize

Cast: Gary Beadle

Banksy was in LA for the Oscars when he sprayed ‘THIS LOOKS A BITLIKE AN ELEPHANT’ on an old water tank. The tank was residence for alocal legend, Tachowa Covington, who over seven years had furnished itwith carpets, a stove – even CCTV. As news spread of Banksy’s latestwork, a consortium of art dealers soon appeared to repossess the watertank. Suddenly, Tachowa was homeless again...

Starring Gary Beadle - best known as Eastenders’ Paul Truemanas well as acclaimed roles in the Royal Court’s Sucker Punch andChichester Festival Theatre’s Blue Remembered Hills – this is a storyabout creating something from nothing and then having it taken away,in the name of art.

The play will be followed by a screening of Something from Nothing,documentary maker Hal Samples’ short film about Tachowa and thetank, edited frommaterial gathered over seven years.

“A colourful and compelling performance by Beadle and a spunky, cleverscript that weaves poetry and street swagger from TomWainwright.”The Stage

“A vital piece of 21st century drama, about who gets to hold the camera,to define what is art, and to shape the stories we hear; and whose lifefinally counts.” The Scotsman

Tobacco Factory Theatres andThe Sum present

Banksy:TheRoomintheElephantby TomWainwright

Image: Graphic Design byBarney Heywood /Photography byPaul Blakemore

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Tickets and TimesMonday – Saturday at 8pm – £17 (£12 concessions)Opening performances (30 April – 3 May) – all tickets £12Saturday matinees at 3pm – £14 (£12 concessions)Pay What You Can Tuesdays(tickets in person from 6.30pm – limited and subject to availability)



Tamasha presents

MyNameis…by Sudha Bhuchar

30 April – 24 May 2014

Directed by Philip Osment

My Name is… tells the story behind a storythat fleetingly hit headlines in 2006 andcontinues to resonate throughout the UK andbeyond.

When Gaby disappears from her Scottishhome, it is assumed that her Pakistani fatherFarhan, has kidnapped her and the spirallingheadlines are only momentarily silenced whenit emerges that Gaby may have fled of her ownaccord, choosing to spend her life with herfather in Pakistan. To her Scottish motherSuzy’s distress, Gaby declares, “my nameis Ghazala” and turns her back ‘Gaby’ andseemingly, the West.

This moving verbatim play reveals a cross-cultural love story that began in late 70sGlasgow, a world away from the frantic ‘tugof love’ well documented in the world’s press.

Tamasha is an award-winning theatre company,which has driven the crossover of British Asianwork into the mainstream. Successes like Eastis East, The Trouble with Asian Men andSnookered have won acclaim from audiencesand critics alike.

www.tamasha.org.uk

A captivating newplay about love,family and ever-shifting identities

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Tickets and TimesMonday – Saturday at 8pm – £9 (£7 concessions)Saturday matinees at 3pm – £9 (£7 concessions)



Arcola Ala-Turka presents

AdınıSöyle/SayYourNameA new production devised by Ala-Turka

7 – 11 January 2014

Directed by Seçil Honeywill

Designed by Hilary McCoolLighting Design Richard WilliamsonSound Design Neil McKeownChoreographerHemi YerohamAssistant Director Suat Koçak

Cast: Ozlem Atik, Ozan Atmaca, Refika Bakir, Bora Bicakci, IremCavusoglu, Serpil Delice, Deniz Gezici, Gokmen Guvener, NevgulKalender, Dursun Kura, Ece Ozdemiroglu, Buke Soysinmez, ApoTercanli andMengu Turk

On 28 May 2013, a few hundred people fromvery different walks of life gathered atIstanbul’s Gezi Park. It was no different thanthe other anti-government protests happeningthroughout the world. People wanted toprotect the trees, protest against theprivatization of the public areas and neo-liberalpolicies legislated by the current government.It was a wake up call for a highly authoritariangovernment who had been constantly tellingits citizens how to live their lives. Say YourName questions the relationship between thebig corporations, government and the mediathrough the Gezi Park protests.

Dünyanın birçok farklı şehrinde insanlar, birparkı, bir kütüphaneyi ya da ortak kullanımalanlarını hükümetlerin dönüştürme planlarınakarşı işgal edip hayatları pahasına korumayaçalışıyorlar. �nsanlar temiz hava soluyabilmek,maaşlarıyla insanca geçinebilmek, huzur içindeköylerinde oturabilmek ve hayatlarınıistedikleri gibi yaşayabilmek için mücadeleediyor. Adını Söyle, Gezi Parkı ile başlayıpTürkiye'nin birçok şehrine yayılan hükümet vesistem karşıtı gösterilerin üzerinden dünyanıngidişatını sorgulamaya çalışıyor.Performed in Turkish with English surtitles.Recommended for ages 12+

Arcola Creative EngagementWINTER FESTIVAL 2014

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Arcola Academy presents

UsedBloodJunkyardby Alberto Villarreal, translated by Simon Scardifield


Làzaro and his mates are ‘art terrorists’...Can anything stop their killing spree?

13 – 16 January 2014

Directed by Laura Keefe

Design by Alison Neighbour

Assistant Director Cheryl Walker

Cast: Jasmin Alavrez, Ken Birk, Jessica Brindle, Sophie Crawford, James Eeles, Kered Figaro,Mustafa Ibrahim, Chance Kellner, Yolanda Mercy, Daniel Rickler, David Shute, Eliza Soroga,Nathan Whitfield, Pip Willett and Alice Wright

“What does art mean to most people nowadays? Auctions. And theoccasional robbery on the front page… we’re superfluous now, weproduce diversions for people who need something to do before theygo back to the hotel to be filmed in secret.” - Làzaro

Làzaro is disillusioned with life, art, family and politics. With a group offellow artists and powerful friends, Làzaro decides to perform a seriesof actions against theatres, museums and art institutions, to rid societyof everyone who gave up living a long time ago. Used Blood Junkyardreflects our modern society and asks us to question the value of art,howmuch we are willing to put up with and what we are willing to doabout it.

Used Blood Junkyard was originally developed as part of Arena Mexico,a long term workshop with theRoyalCourtTheatreand Mexicanplaywrights between 2004 - 2005.

Recommended for ages 16+

Tickets and TimesMonday – Thursday at 8pm – £9 (£7 concessions)

ImagecourtesyofTroyPaiva/lostam

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Tickets and TimesFriday and Saturday at 7pm – all tickets £6

Saturday matinee at 3pm – all tickets £6



Arcola 60+ presents

TheInsectPlayA new production based on The Insect Playby The Capek Brothers

17 – 18 January 2014

Directed by Romana Flello

Assistant Director Eibhlish FlemingCostume Design by Natalie Jackson

Cast: Jim Dunkley, Janet Evans, Andrea Francis, Brian Innes, SueLoder, Barbara Manglani, Ray Punyer, Carole Railton, Gillian Salvat,Queenie Saoul, Christine Taylor and Gaynor Thompson

“I’ll call you what I like, right? Butterfly, dung-beetle,ant. Man or insect, I’m not bothered.”

Humans have a hard life – from politics topersonal relationships, from wealth to murder,from the richest king to the poorest pauper –we all have our issues, our woes, our loves andour hates. But what of the other trillions ofinhabitants of this earth? Do insects have aclass system? A political agenda? Anunderstanding of the word ‘Love’?And what does this say about humankind, ifultimately we are no better than insects..?

In a new production, Arcola 60+ examines thepolitical and social message of the Capekbrothers, and how our world has (or hasn’t)changed.

Recommended for all ages


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Tickets and TimesMonday – Saturday at 7pm and 9pm – all tickets £6



Arcola Theatre presents

PlayWROUGHT20 – 25 January 2014

PlayWROUGHT is Arcola’s week long newwriting festival. Across the week, twelveexciting unproduced plays will premiere asa series of rehearsed readings. Drawn fromacross the Arcola community, these twelveplaywrights vary in age and experience, buteach have a unique voice that deserves tobe heard.

The Festival is a culmination of this uniquedevelopment process and aims to celebrateand support new and emerging talent,regardless of age, by providing the playwrightswith the training, space and supportin which to develop their ideas.

We are delighted to present twelve new daring,original and important voices.

Full programme of plays to be announced soon.


A week long celebration of new ideas,new voices and new writing.

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Tickets and TimesWednesday – Friday at 11am – £9 (£7 concessions)Saturday at 3pm and 7pm – £9 (£7 concessions)



Tap Tap Theatre presents

HandmadeTalesby Tash Dummelow andMiriam Battye

27 January – 1 Febuary 2014

Written and directed by Tash Dummelow andMiriam Battye

Cast: Rose Lucas, Freddie Morton-Hooper, Misha Patel, Lotte Tickner, Ragevan Vasan andRobyn Wilson

Musicians Liam Taylor-West andMarietta Kirkbride

Handmade Tales is brimming with new and enchanting stories that willinspire and delight. Let live music and cracking characters whisk you ona hilarious, touching journey to the heart of storytelling, suitable forages 5 – 105.

“An enchanting feat of storytelling”★★★★ The List

“It made me smile, laugh, and sincerely wish that I was a child again”★★★★★ Three Weeks

“This visually impressive show, flawlessly executed, is a featof ingenuity” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby

“I really cannot get over how good this was”★★★★★ Edinburgh Fringe Review

NSDF Best Ensemble Commendation

BBC Family Stage Selection

Supported by The Prince’s Foundation for Children and theArts’ START programme.

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DiscountsPay What You Can Tuesdays: A limited number of Pay What You Can tickets aresold on the door from 6.30pm and are subject to availability.

Concessions: Available to students, Equity members, senior citizens and those inreceipt of disability and unemployment benefits. (Proof of eligibility requiredwhen collecting tickets).

Arcola Passport: Save up to 50% and see 5 plays for just £50, guaranteed. Buya passport online or by phone and book what you want to see, when you want tosee it. Valid for up to one year.

Please note: All tickets are subject to availability. Seating is unreserved. Tickets arenon-refundable. Latecomers may not be admitted.

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