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An immersive multi-story speculation on need, greed and good intentions, HOME TRUTHS is revealed through the world premieres of nine short plays. Each Cycle can be seen as a stand-alone event, or you can book for two or three Cycles to receive a special discounted rate. On two days, audiences will also be able to join Cardboard Citizens for a serious theatrical sit-in and watch all nine plays in one day as a Tri-Cycle, with a special discounted ticket rate and plenty of surprises planned...Tri-Cycle (Green) - T01979746519On two days, audiences will also be able to join Cardboard Citizens for a serious theatrical sit-in and watch all nine plays in one day as a Tri-Cycle, with a special discounted ticket rate and plenty of surprises planned... | |
| 29 Apr 17 to 13 May 17 | The Bunker, Outer London :: V01109652351 listing details L0809192248 |
Cycle (Yellow): Henrietta/Nostalgia/Grip - T01644135542Henrietta - June 1936. In a purgatorial reunion with her late husband Samuel, the philanthropist and social reformer Henrietta Barnett is asked what she would consider her greatest achievement. Her answer lies in NW11 between Golders Green and Finchley. But a trip to the 21st century might just trigger a rude awakening... Nostalgia - It's 1946, Anna's sick and she knows what she's got. She tries to tell her husband Martin, who is back from the war, and their friend Abel and then the doctor. She had it before the little place, it got a bit better in the communist squat, then worse again in the pigsty. But no one believes her illness is real, or what it means or that you can die from it. Grip - A series of unforeseen events change 51 year old Lorna's life irrevocably. When she is diagnosed with terminal cancer, only days afterwards, in a freak timing of events, her landlord announces that he is evicting her and she is plunged into a world she knows nothing of. Benefits, homelessness testing, bidding for social housing.Company Cardboard Citizens. Author David Watson (Henrietta). Author EV Crowe (Nostalgia). Author Chris O'Connell (Grip). | |
| 19 Apr 17 to 12 May 17 | The Bunker, Outer London :: V01109652351 listing details L05226419 |
Cycle 2 (Blue):The Table/Put In The Schwarzes And De-Stat It/The House With the Yellow Front Door - T0711806777The Table - In the backroom of a house in South London, residents from 1919 and 2017 find themselves struggling with similar challenges ? what is home and in order to find one what might one be prepared to sacrifice? Wine is consumed, secrets confronted and the longing for a place to call one's own unites the people who shared this space 100 years apart. Put In The Schwarzes And De-Stat It - London. 1958. Two women, one black, one white, battle against the ravages of Rachmanism and the 'other'. Amidst fear, hate, violence and racism war is unleashed on streets of Notting Hill. Will either woman make it home? The House With the Yellow Front Door - Michael is one of the lucky ones. He's got the Right to Buy. The right to choose the colour of his own front door. The right to leave this dreary, dull little life behind and seek adventure. To spread his wings and become the man he always knew he could be. And he can't wait?Company Cardboard Citizens. Author Lin Coghlan (The Table). Author Nessah Muthy (Put In The Schwarzes And De-Stat It). Author Anders Lustgarten (The House With the Yellow Front Door). | |
| 18 Apr 17 to 11 May 17 | The Bunker, Outer London :: V01109652351 listing details L0562772578 |
Cycle 1 (Red): Slummers/The Ruff Tuff Cream Puff Estate Agency/Back to Back to Back - T594832880Slummers - 1887. Polly, 16, clashes with her mother, Ada, against the backdrop of the Victorian housing crisis. Polly is desperate to escape the slums at any cost, but Ada believes the compromises they'd have to make are too high. A story about the ?deserving poor' and the obstacles they face, whatever choices they make. The Ruff Tuff Cream Puff Estate Agency - Squat Now While Stocks Last. In the early 1970s, Heathcote Williams and friends set up an ?estate agency' to provide free accommodation for homeless people: 'A tiny oasis in the capitalist consumerist shit-hole run by bloviating wank-puddles, and the forces of awe and boredom'. This is their story. Back to Back to Back - Nine months. Two couples. One building. Four people are trying to figure out their futures but with their backs against the breadline everyone is struggling to stay afloat. White flight, fertility and inhospitality are explored in this poetic domestic drama that examines the difference between a house and a home.Company Cardboard Citizens. Author Sonali Bhattacharyya (Slummers). Author Heathcote Williams (The Ruff Tuff Cream Puff Estate Agnecy). Author Sarah Woods (The Ruff Tuff Cream Puff Estate Agnecy). Author Stef Smith (Back to Back to Back). | |
| 17 Apr 17 to 10 May 17 | The Bunker, Outer London :: V01109652351 listing details L1956739698 |
