January – June 2012

Times and ticketsStudio 1: 7.30pm (2.30pm matinees) – £18 (£12 concessions);Pitchfork Disney £22.50 (£17.50)

Studio 2: 8.00pm (3.00pm matinees) – £16 (£12 concessions)

Offers and discountsDiscounted Preview Performances: see www.arcolatheatre.com for available dates

Pay What You Can Tuesdays: 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 thosein receipt of disability and unemployment benefits. (Proof of eligibility requiredwhen collecting tickets).

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

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Our First Year inAshwin Street

Welcome. It’s been one year since we moved into our Ashwin Streetlocation. Since then we have had record breaking attendance figuresand exciting productions from both established and newer producersand directors. For our second year in this location we welcome anintriguing mix of companies, both emerging and distinguished, as wellas continuing the great entertainment provided in our newest venue,Arcola Tent.

For the new season you can expect rebellion, revolution and anarchy from new theatre companyCerberus with Count Oederland (described as a cross between V for Vendetta and AmericanPsycho); Danielle Tarento Productions stages its revival of Philip Ridley’s The Pitchfork Disney;Swansea’s noted theatre company Volcano brings their four-star touring production of AClockwork Orange to London and finally in Studio 1, Arcola Theatre itself produces ManfredKarge’s The Conquest of the South Pole directed by Artistic Director of the Rose Theatre inKingston, Stephen Unwin who also directed the premiere in 1988 at the Traverse and RoyalCourt. The production will move straight from Arcola to the Rose after its London run.

In Studio 2, it’s politics and intrigue with Parlon’s Freedom; Borealis Theatre presents the UKpremiere of the thriller Purge by Sofi Oksanen – a Finnish-Estonian writer to rival Ian McEwanand Stieg Larsson; with Warsaw Melody, up-and-coming theatre company Belka Productionsbrings a new adaptation of Leonid Zorin’s classic tale about life behind the Iron Curtain, andfinally, SEArED Productions, in association with Arcola Theatre, ushers in the return of DennisPotter’s twisted allegory Brimstone and Treacle and we are looking forward to welcoming actorRupert Friend in the play’s central role.

Our new temporary arts venue Arcola Tent – just around the corner – continues into 2012 withits already established mixture of comedy and variety shows with the new addition of longerrunning theatre productions. Look out for work from Tower Theatre and Immediate Theatrealong with the return of opera festival Grimeborn. Keep up to date with Tent performances onour website.

Last but not least, we can announce some changes at Arcola – all for the better. One has alreadyhappened; we have expanded our bar to allow more space for you to mingle before and aftershows. We are also launching a brand new website with simpler navigation and are updatingour booking system which will give you access to special offers and discounted tickets online.

2012 is shaping up to be another landmark year. We hope you will be able to join us.

Mehmet Ergen, Artistic Director© Andrew Steel

10 – 21 January 2012STUDIO 1 – 7.30pm (mat 2.30pm)Cerberus Theatre presents

by Max FrischTranslated by Michael BullockDirected by Christopher Loscher

Cast includes: Evelyn Adams, Natasha Alderslade, Christopher Birks,Barra Collins, Sebastian Cornelius, Nesba Crenshaw, David Meyer, Joe Riley,Katerina Stearman, Jacob Trenerry

A Public Prosecutor, in the course of investigating the apparentlymotiveless murder of a bank employee, suffers an aberration ofthe mind. Lost in thoughts of escape from duty and responsibility,the Prosecutor loses his identity; finding it in the legend of CountOederland, a fairy tale character who chops down all those whostand in his way with an axe.

His private act of revolt becomes an infectious undergroundmovement for freedom – but is this the freedom he dreamt of?This is American Psycho by way of V for Vendetta. Chilling,thrilling and terribly relevant.

weird, subversive, grotesquely enjoyable���� Michael Billington,The Guardian

Tickets £18 (£12 concessions)Matinees 2.30pm Saturday 14, 21 January

£12 Preview Performances 11, 12, 13, 14 (mat) January

Pay What You Can Tuesdays

CountOederland

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25 January – 17 March 2012STUDIO 1 – 7.30pm (mat 2.30pm)Danielle Tarento presents the 21st anniversary production of

by Philip RidleyDirected by Edward Dick

21 years after it came kicking and screaming into the world,The Pitchfork Disneyhas come of age...

You know why the ghost train is so popular? Because thereare no ghosts. Once you know that you can make a fortune.

Ten years ago something terrible happened to Presley and Haley.Since then they have lived alone in their dead parents’ house. But onenight theirsafe isolation is shattered by the arrival of Cosmo Disney,who confronts them with the scariest question of all... what exactlyhappened to their parents?

Asort of tuning fork, vibrating withthe apprehensions of a civilization.New York Times

Tickets £22.50 (£17.50 concessions)Matinees 2.30pm Saturday 28 January; 4, 11, 18, 25 February; 3, 10 17 March

£16 Preview Performances 25, 26, 27, 28 (mat), 28 (eve), 30, 31 January

Pay What You Can Tuesdays (except final two weeks)

The PitchforkDisney

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21 March – 21 April 2012STUDIO 1 – 7.30pm (mat 2.30pm)VOLCANO presents

Anthony Burgess’s

Directed by Paul DaviesCast: Paul Coldrick, Kyle Edward-Hubbard, Alex Moran, Mairi Phillips, Billy Rayner

You can’t run a country with every chelloveck comporting himselfin my manner of the night.

A Clockwork Orange was published fifty years ago, but its portraitof a corrupt state, a bankrupt civil society, and a populace in fearof feral youth seems urgently familiar.

Volcano tackles Burgess’s inventive, disturbing little masterpiecewith choreographic skill and linguistic exuberance. A nasty littleshocker, or a profound exploration of state power and free will?This production stays true to Burgess’s original in its cut-throatinventiveness and in its insistence on the question of whether itis better to be forced to be good, or to be free to do evil.

Volcano’s startling version is short and viciously sharp. Desperatelybleak yet funny, horrific and uncomfortably attractive.The Guardian

Tickets £18 (£12 concessions)Matinees 2.30pm Saturday 24, 31 March; 7, 14, 21 April

£12 Preview Performances 21, 22, 23, 24 March

Pay What You Can Tuesdays

A ClockworkOrange

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25 April – 26 May 2012STUDIO 1 – 7.30pm (mat 2.30pm)Arcola Theatre presents

by Manfred KargeTranslated by Tinch Mincher and Anthony VivisDirected by Stephen Unwin

London youth – out of work, on the dole, spending time in their flatgoing on epic journeys of the imagination and hoping for the best.

Manfred Karge’s The Conquest of the South Pole has its first majorrevival in the UK since the original helped launch the careers of EwenBremner and Alan Cumming. Original Director Stephen Unwin returnsto direct the next generation in this landmark piece.

Lyn Gardner on The Conquest of the South Pole’s run at the TraverseTheatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, prior to transferring to the RoyalCourt Theatre:

Nowhere else are theatrical myths forged so quickly: Tom Stoppardwas discovered through Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, ManfredKarge’s Conquest of the South Pole appeared during Jenny Killick’sgolden age of the Traverse, and Theatre de Complicité won – of allthings – the Perrier award in 1985.

Tickets £18 (£12 concessions)Matinees 2.30pm Saturday 28 April; 5, 12, 19, 26 May

£12 Preview Performances 25, 26, 27, 28 April

Pay What You Can Tuesdays

The Conquest ofthe South Pole

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25 January – 18 February 2012STUDIO 2 – 8.00pm (mat 3.00pm)Parlon presents

Written and Directed byRick LimentaniCast: Rebeca Cobos, Indranyl Singharay,Rian Perle

When Tajik farmer Benham tells adaring lie, to protect his farmlands fromdruglords, he is forced to invent a wildscheme to prove his untruth, sendinghis son, Fariad, to England. Once therehowever, Fariad develops a friendshipwith an emotionally damaged girl,Jennifer, who interferes with Benham’scarefully laid plans. Each of the threemust choose between their own andeach other’s freedom in this powerfulstory of seduction, greed and betrayal.

Tickets £16 (£12 concessions)Matinees 3.00pm Saturday 11, 18 February

£10 Preview Performances25, 26, 27, 28 January; 1, 2 February

Pay What You Can Tuesdays

22 February – 24 March 2012STUDIO 2 – 8.00pm (mat 3.00pm)Borealis Theatre presents in association withOblique House the UK premiere of

by Sofi OksanenEnglish translation byEva Buchwald

Directed by Elgiva Field

A forgotten country. A shrouded glade.A buried past.

Deep in an Estonian forest Zara is onthe run. Allide offers her sanctuary.Together their survival depends on theone thing that they’ve learnt to keepsecret: the truth.

Sofi Oksanen’s startling play and award-winning novel reveals the indelibleimprint of Soviet occupation on theEstonian people in a timeless story oflove, hope and betrayal that rivals IanMcEwan and Stieg Larsson.

A phenomenon... A brilliant pieceof work that does not easilyrelinquish its grip.The Times

Production supported by the Estonianand Finnish Embassies

Tickets £16 (£12 concessions)Matinees3.00pm Saturday 3, 10, 17, 24, 27 March

£10 Preview Performances22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 February

Pay What You Can Tuesdays

PurgeFreedom

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28 March – 28 April 2012STUDIO 2 – 8.00pm (mat 3.00pm)

Belka Productions presents

by Leonid ZorinTranslation by Franklin D. ReeveDirected by Oleg Mirochnikov

A warm, tender and wryly charmingtale of love behind the Iron Curtain.

Love starts to blossom in the hostileterrain of the Soviet bloc when chancebrings young Victor to beautiful Polishsinger Helya at a concert hall in Moscow.But in Stalin's brutally controlled empiretheir love simply cannot be.

Leonid Zorin's timeless story of thefragility and resilience of love in aloveless land finally makes its wayto the UK.

Tickets £16 (£12 concessions)Matinees 3.00pm Saturday 7, 14, 21, 28 April

£10 Preview Performances 28, 29 March

Pay What You Can Tuesdays

2 May – 2 June 2012STUDIO 2 – 8.00pm (mat 3.00pm)

SEArED in association with Arcola Theatrepresents

by Dennis PotterDirected by Amelia Sears

Cast includes Rupert Friend

All I want is the England I used toknow… When you knew where youwere and all the houses had gardensand old ladies could feel safe in thestreet at night.

The first ever major London revival ofDennis Potter’s most controversial play.Renowned for being banned by the BBCin 1976, Brimstone and Treacle’sglimpse into middle-class suburbanparanoia, xenophobia and insularityis as revealing and relevant today asit was then.

A twisted allegory about fear, faith,morality, and the incomprehensiblerandomness of good and evil.

Dennis Potter is best known forhis worksThe Singing Detective,Pennies from Heaven and Lipstickon your Collar.

Tickets £16 (£12 concessions)Matinees3.00pm Saturday 12, 19, 26 May; 2 June

£12 Preview Performances 2, 3, 4, 5 May

Pay What You Can Tuesdays

A WarsawMelody

Brimstoneand Treacle

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9 – 14 January 2012STUDIO 2 – 11.00am and 2.00pm(Saturday 1.00pm and 3.00pm)

Galopin and Arcola Theatre present

An urban sequel to theugly ducklingWritten and performed byChand Martinez and Lizzie Wort

Everyone knows the story of The UglyDuckling - A baby duck was small andugly, scorned by all, but grew into abeautiful swan. Happy Ending. Or was it?

Lesser known, is the other story, of ababy swan who was also small and ugly,scorned by all and grew into a... well, aduck. A bitter duck. Using puppets andclowning, this is a comic and touchingtale of two tails finding their place by thepond... and ruffling a few feathers alongthe way.

Beautifully performed...funny and touchingPuppetCentre.org.uk

Suitable for ages 5+

Tickets £6

5 – 16 June 2012Arcola Tent – 2.00pmArcola Theatre presents

by Mike KennyDirected by Owen Calvert-LyonsDesigned by Neil Irish

Every yearRight at the end of summerJust before the leaves turn brown andfall from the treesEsme comes to stayWith her Nanna and GrandadEvery yearSome things stay the sameAnd some things change.

This year, Nanna is not thereand the circus has come to town.

A beautifully lyrical play about thespecial bond between children and theirgrandparents. Written by Mike Kenny(The Railway Children; Boy with aSuitcase), Walking the Tightrope wasthe first recipient of Arts CouncilEngland's Award for Playwriting forChildren & Young People.

Suitable for ages 7+

Tickets £6

The Chroniclesof Bitterand Twisted

Walking theTightrope

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17 – 22 January 2012STUDIO 2 – 8.00pm (Sun 7.00pm)Arcola Ala Turka presents

by/yazan: Vala ThorsdottirTranslation/Çeviren: Ayşe ÜnerDirector/Yöneten: Seçil Honeywill

Cast/Oynayanlar: Abdullah Tercanlı,Ece Özdemiroğlu, Gökmen Güvener,Haydar Köyel, Mengü Türk, Müge Erdoğmuş,Ozan Atmaca, Refika Bakır, Serpil Delice,Songul Sevdik, Dursun Kuran.

Kitchen to Measure, Ordinary HorrorStories is based on five short stories byIcelandic author Svava Jakobsdóttir andwas produced by the National Theatreof Iceland in 2005 and 2006. The playtakes you on a rollercoaster ride throughthe absurd, grotesque, humorous anddramatic lives of entirely normal people.

Absürd ve grotesk öğeleriyle muhteşembir kara komedi izleme olanağı sunanMMuuttffaakk SSööyylleeşiilleerrii gündelik hayatınsorunlarını kinayeli bir dille anlatıyor.

�zlandalı yazar Svava Jakobsdottir’in1965 yılında yayımlanmış ‘12 Kadın’ isimlikitabından seçilen beş öykünün birbirinebağlanmasıyla oyun yazarı ValaThorsdottir tarafından oyunlaştırıldıktansonra 2005-2006 tiyatro sezonunda�zlanda Devlet Tiyatrosu’nda, 2011 yılında�stanbul Şehir Tiyatroları bünyesindesahnelendi.

Tickets £10 (£8 concessions)Time: 1hr no interval

Süre: Arasıs bir saattir

Performed in Turkish

Kitchen to MeasureMutfak Söyleşılerı

Arcola TentArcola Tent is an exciting, pop-up, temporary venuethat hosts variety shows, burlesque, comedy, musicand theatre events.

The Tent opened to the public this past August with Tiny Wallop’sTravelling Freakarium and has since gone on to host performancesby Eastend Cabaret, Peter Serafinowicz, Dr Clive’s Circus, AlistairMcGowan, Mountview Academy’s A View From the Bridge andhosted a Green Party Fundraiser. Planned productions includetheatre pieces from Tower Theatre and Immediate Theatre alongwith Penny Arcade’s Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! and the return of Grimeborn The Opera Festival.

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SustainabilityArcola Theatre is committed to producing greattheatre whilst minimising environmental impact. From our unique collaborations with engineerspioneering new energy technologies to the processeswe’re putting in place in our new building, we’recontinually working towards a greener future.

Green Sundays – FREEFrom sculpture workshops to free bicycle MOTs, live performances,speakers, film screenings and more, Arcola Green Sundays are anafternoon of fun and information for everyone, exploring the whys and how–tos of making our lives greener. Green Sundays now take place quarterly.

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

Dalston Eastern Curve GardenRight around the corner from Arcola Theatre in Dalston Lane is DalstonEastern Curve Garden. Come and get involved, check out the variouscommunity events including activities for children. www.dalstongarden.com

Arcola EnergyArcola Energy is a multi-disciplinary agent for innovation in sustainabilitywhich operates in three modes: 1) commercially developing cutting-edgelow carbon products based-on fuel cells; 2) retailing low carbon productsfor individuals, educational and industrial clients; and 3) as an award-winning not-for-profit project of Arcola Theatre, driving sustainability inthe arts.

www.arcolaenergy.com

BloombergArts LabsA suite ofrehearsal roomson the first floorof Arcola Theatre.

The Bloomberg ArtsLabs and BloombergProgramme supportArcola’s CreativeLearning Department aswell as providing muchimproved creativefacilities for professionaltheatre-makers.

Supported by

Bloomberg Arts Labs

Green Sunday Walking Tour

Dalston EasternCurve Garden

How to get to Arcola Theatre

Arcola 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 Pond

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If you are 16-25, already have someexperience, and are now ready to take your skills to the next level, you can audition to join the Arcola Academy.

For more information email:youth@arcolatheatre.com

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Youth Theatre

Are you aged 12 – 16 and living in oraround Hackney? Would you like thechance to perform at an award-winninginternational theatre?

Why not join Arcola Youth Theatre?

For more information email:youth@arcolatheatre.com

A Theatre group for Hackney residentsaged 60 and over. The group performsevery year at Arcola Theatre and venuesaround Hackney.

For more information email:sixtyplus@arcolatheatre.com

Ala Turka is Arcola Theatre’s Turkish andKurdish-speaking theatre company. Thegroup meets every Sunday and performsevery year in Turkish and English.

For more information email:alaturka@arcolatheatre.com

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