Productions Archive
Reasons to be Cheerful
A musical set in 1979, featuring Dury classics from ‘Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll’ to ‘Spasticus Autisticus’. A top class cast and scorching live band pay tribute to Ian Dury’s anarchic spirit in this riotous coming-of-age tale.
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The Rhinestone Rollers
A journey from Elizabethan times to chorus lines and line dancing – the girls shake, shimmy and shuffle their way through time in search of love. Will they ever break free and find the fame they dream of?
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Against the Tide
Imagine an island, separated from the world by a vast desert. The tribe that survives here has almost forgotten what water is; each day they share stories and memories of it. Maybe, if they remember well enough, the water will come back?
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The Garden
Commissioned as part of Unlimited, the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme, from an original idea conceived by Greenwich+Docklands International Festival.
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Signs of a Star Shaped Diva
No one remembers mousey old Sue, the undertaker from Bingley Bridge, until she is offered a cabaret spot at Harry’s Place.
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Just Me, Bell
Just Me, Bell by Sophie Partridge Bored of her pushy dad and exams, fed up with her clothes, Bell can’t even get detention for racing around school in her wheelchair. She wants what most 14-year-old girls want: boys, a bit …
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Hunchback of Notre Dame
Graeae worked in collaboration with BBC Radio Drama North on a radical radio dramatisation of Victor Hugo’s classic tale of love, betrayal and moral courage.
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Static
Discovering a compilation tape he never gave her, a young widow becomes convinced it contains a secret message. Is her late husband trying to communicate from beyond the grave?
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Flower Girls
Flower Girls is the funny, beautifully observed and uplifting story of a group of disabled women who live and work at The Crippleage, Edgware.
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Whiter than Snow
When the perfect Snow White turns up, all their prayers are answered. But it’s soon clear the new star is too good, too clever and… well, just too perfect. As families begin to disappear and soldiers close in, the Frantz troupe falls into disarray.
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George Dandin
George Dandin or Mr Waddle, the Outwitted Husband by Molière in a new translation by Philip Osment Self-made man George Waddle suspects his wife has a lover; he is determined to prove to his impoverished but aristocratic in-laws that their …
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Blasted
Blasted by Sarah Kane Through dark landscapes of human longing and cruelty – from a gleaming hotel room, through threats and spite to personal brutality. Violence seems to spread like a virus until the world is engulfed and all is …
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Diary of an Action Man
Diary of an Action Man by Mike Kenny A co-production with Unicorn Theatre for Children Ezra’s toy action man (who is his imaginary dad) springs to life when no-one’s looking. In the safety of his bedroom and away from the …
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Bent
Germany 1934. Amid awakening fascist terror and persecution of homosexuals, a surprising love story unfolds. Travelling from the intoxicating world of Berlin’s gay nightclubs to the bleak horror of Dachau, Bent is a harrowing, historical tale of love, hate and prejudice.
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peeling
Alpha, Beaty and Coral – three actresses in ridiculous dresses – bicker, chat, heckle and share tales of sex, lies and recipes in absurd isolation as a fabulous production unfolds around them.
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