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Me & Marilyn Monroe/Krankenhaus Blues - T1339130319Me & Marilyn Monroe - ‘Only me and Marilyn Monroe get looked at every time we walk into a room’ once remarked a disabled poet. Inspired by this, DaDaFest 2010 invited some of the most talented and exciting up-and-coming Deaf and Disabled writers in the UK to turn their own unwavering gaze upon the world around them. These two evenings of rehearsed readings of new works features some startling and provocative results. Krankenhaus Blues Sam Forman’s new play Krankenhaus Blues - is a frightening and funny play about disability issues, genocide, and the grim realities of show business. A playwright, an actress and a clown are locked in a Nazi asylum for reasons beyond their comprehension. Moving between 1930's Berlin and present day New York City, the characters make great efforts to connect with each other as they confront their existentially bleak surroundings. | |
| 22 Nov 10 to 23 Nov 10 | Unity Theatre, Liverpool :: V539 listing details L01450358842 |
Jane Eyre - T1539128204Author Polly Teale. | |
| 19 Apr 10 | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury :: V733 listing details L1007989655 |
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - T292173788Author Tom Stoppard. | |
| 15 Feb 10 | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury :: V733 listing details L2007704359 |
T01009094783 (TRAVERSE08)Your chance to see leading actors perform a selection of new plays in one-off previews. The latest Traverse Theatre commission by [Gregory Burke] (Gagarin Way; Black Watch) will be shown alongside leading plays from the UK, Japan and Canada. Some of the world's most exciting playwrights show a glimpse at their latest plays workshopped by leading directors and actors. Wed Jun 11 at 19:30 - The Shape of a Girl by [Joan MacLeos]. Thu Jun 12 at 19:30 - David Hume's Kilt by [Brian Logan. Sat Jun 14 at 14:30 - Hogmanay (Uchiya-Matsuri) by [Fukatsu Shigefumi]. Sat Jun 14 at 19:30 - Hoors by [Gregory Burke].Company Traverse Theatre Company. Director Dominic Hill (David Hume's Kilt). Director Lorne Campbell (Hogmanay). Director Roxana Silbert (Hoors). | |
| 11 Jun 08 to 14 Jun 08 | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh :: V605 listing details L01920115328 |
Cause and Effect - T20924362628 Royal Court young writers, 8 Oval House young actors and 4 Young Vic Directors. | |
| 23 Jan 08 to 26 Jan 08 | The Oval House, Inner London :: V239 listing details L1428077112 |
