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We are thrilled to welcome new and returning theatre and dance companies this season. Thunder Road returns with The Void this month followed by Leah Shelton's Batsh*t. Multi-award-winning Omnibus Theatre presents new play, Drum. Bark Bark by Buzzcut Productions is a live cinema play told from the perspective of a dog and we welcome back dance companies Motionhouse and Frantic Assembly with new productions.
THE VOID
Fri 26 – Sat 27 September, Connaught Theatre
Millions of miles from Earth, a Space Ranger finds a failing ship, missing crew and a deadly force out of control...
Award-winning Thunder Road, brings this chilling sci-fi horror story which explores our cynical rejection of those who are different and our devout dependence on high-tech.
Ages 13+
BATSH*T
Tuesday 30 September, 7:30pm, Connaught Theatre
A daring, poignant and witty one-woman show which rips the lid off the myths of female madness.
Created by psycho-siren Leah Shelton and inspired by her grandmother who was incarcerated for seeking independence in 1960s Australia.
Ages 14+
DRUM
Sunday 19 October, 7pm
A joyful and poignant play set in the 1960s about two Ghanaian creatives at the BBC who must manoeuvre through their perceptions of identity, success, assimilation, and home.
This Onmibus Theatre production fuses storytelling, music and dance with archival materical to capture London in the swinging sixties.
Ages 14+
HIDDEN
Wednesday 12 November, 7:30pm
We are thrilled to welcome back Motionhouse with their new production, Hidden.
The production is a powerful blend of art forms, where breathtaking dance melts effortlessly into thrilling circus feats.
It explores how, in an increasing divided world, light can emerge from darkness.
Ages 7+
BARK BARK
Thursday 13 November, 7:30pm, Connaught Studio
Using cameras, puppets, and diorama sets, five performers weave together a live animation told from the perspective of a dog. A delicate, eerie, and amusing look at three lives, human and non-human, from emerging live-cinema company Buzzcut.
Ages 16+
LOST ATOMS
Tue 10 - Sat 22 November
Frantic Assembly returns with a brand new play for it's 30th Anniversary.
Jess and Robbie. A chance meeting, some disastrous dates, an extraordinary transformative love. It’s the stuff of fairy tales. Or is it?
Ages 14+