Arcola Theatre

Don’t forget Arcola Green Sunday this weekend – our monthly afternoon of entertainment and inspiration for the ecologically curious.

November's GS focuses on Brazil as an economic, cultural and ecological force on the world’s stage. Highlights include a capoeira workshop, film screenings and discussion with a host of B...razil and sustainability experts, as well as live music and caipirinhas.

See www.arcolatheatre.com/gs for the full programme.

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Some great reviews for The Shawl! - running until the 3rd October; you can book tickets by calling 02075031646 or visiting www.arcolatheatre.com

“No psychic powers are needed to see that Nicholson's engrossing production deserves a West End transfer”

The Independent On Sunday

“Amelia Nicholson's production is absolutely ...first-rate... this
is one of those productions where you can just sink into the quality.
The acting is a real pleasure to watch, with the added bonus of being
only a few feet away."

Time Out



“Amelia Nicholson’s gripping production is like a small
controlled explosion whose shockwaves ripple beyond the play’s
ambiguous ending."

The Times



“Matthew Marsh give a tour de force of a performance... it pays to make an appointment with this particular psychic”

The Observer


“Arcola's excellent fringe revival of David Mamet's The Shawl – with a cast worthy of the NT”

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Director Teunkie van der Sluijs
Performed by William el-Gardi

Shakespeare meets the Middle East in this 2008 Edinburgh Fringe hit.

Yasser, a young and idealistic Palestinian actor, is preparing to play the archetypal Jew, Shylock. But he's just been robbed of all his props and costume.

A poignant and playful monologue abou...t identity, acting and a pound of flesh, and about why the Arab understands Shylock better than anyone else.

"Pick of the festival" The Times Critical List
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In the aftermath of a bloody war, two families arrange a marriage in the hope of forging peace.

But the bride already has a secret lover. When he is murdered to make way for the new groom, his father Hieronimo (Dominic Rowan) is forced down a brutal path of vengeance from which there is no return.

A sensational hit in it...s day, The Spanish Tragedy was the first revenge play on the English stage and influenced a whole new wave of drama including Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

This taut and visually inventive production rediscovers the play as a ferociously powerful exploration of grief, violence, and the human need for justice.

Cast: Keith Bartlett, Richard Clews, Charlie Covell, Hasan Dixon, Msimisi Dlamini, Andrew Fallaize, Penny Layden, Patrick Myles, Francis Ortega, Dominic Rowan, Richard Shanks, Guy Williams

Director Mitchell Moreno
Design Helen Goddard
Lighting Emma Chapman
Sound Tim Middleton
Video Ian Galloway

Presented by Doublethink Theatre, Jacob Wagen and Sotirios Hatjoullis.

Keep in touch with all the latest news on The Spanish Tragedy on its own facebook page: http://tinyurl.com/yl789mcRead More

Elder Latimer is here to talk about the truth.

But when the young Mormon lands in London fresh from the States, his world of absolutes starts to crumble. He falls in love with Dina, a young Muslim who’s even more convinced of her faith than he is of his, and so questions of love, truth and faith take on a whole new mean...ing. While he is beginning to see things in the new light of a new city, Dina’s determination to do what she knows is right has no limits.

Can love conquer all? Can reason? Read More