Fury
Lucy Kirkwood’s Maryland takes us to the dark heart of male violence against women but manages to do so with humour and wit. An outstanding cast explores an urgent issue.
Tishani
When a young soldier appears, his hope of escape comes with suspicion. And as an old enemy also emerges, he is faced with an even greater temptation: revenge.
Duchess of Gloucester/ Bushy/Willoughby/ Gardener
Beset by problems at home and abroad, a capricious king is forced to relinquish his ‘hollow crown’. As his supporters abandon him and his power trickles away, Richard reflects with startling eloquence on the disintegration of his status and identity. Adjoa Andoh and Lynette Linton direct the first ever company of women of colour in a Shakespeare play on a major UK stage, in a post-Empire reflection on what it means to be British in the light of the Windrush anniversary and as we leave the European Union.
Attendant to Gertrude
Hamlet é o príncipe da Dinamarca que deseja vingar o assassinato de seu pai e ocupar seu lugar como rei. Mas não será fácil, pois terá que brigar com sua própria família para recuperar o que lhe pertence.
Lady Nijo / Win
Marlene celebrates her new position as MD of Top Girls Appointment Agency by giving a dinner party for five oddly assorted women from centuries past.
China Doll's Maid
Em 1938, quando Shanghai é ocupada pelos japoneses, o traficante Walter Faraday é morto pela polícia ao tentar deixar a cidade com 500 kg de ópio. Um ano depois, a missionária americana Gloria Tatlock chega a Shanghai à procura deste ópio, com o objetivo de usá-lo para aliviar a dor de soldados feridos na guerra. Oferecendo uma passagem de volta aos Estados Unidos como pagamento, ela consegue a ajuda de Glendon Wasey, um rude e esperto comerciante, e juntos enfrentam os perigos da caçada - já que outros grupos também estão de olho no ópio desaparecido.
Yo-Yo
Poppy is a celebration of Victorian values and exposes the hypocrisy, racism, drug dealing, money worship and sexual repression of the time through its favourite entertainment form, pantomime. Dick Whittington, his man Jack, Sally the Principal Girl, the Dame, two pantomime horses, a flying ballet, a transformation scene and even the traditional song-sheet are all brought on to tell the serious and finally devasting story of the single most profitable crop of the British East India Company.
Chinese Girl
The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.
