Theatre listings
Big Strong Man
Four Northern lads face the impossible task of fixing the men’s mental health crisis in a single night. A raucous cabaret-comedy featuring song, dance, game show parodies, and a bear.
Branches, Hands and a Ticking Sound
A show about forests and the future. Branches, Hands and a Ticking Sound is a multimedia work that takes inspiration from contemporary biology and ancient folklore, with a soundscape created from field recordings of the inner workings of trees.
Kalakuther: Queen of Fela's Republic
Open Works Festival Presents a work in progress, KalakutHER: Queen of Fela's Republic.
Cold Sweat
Cold Sweat is a new theatre work from Forced Entertainment, with original texts and sound from the group’s artistic director Tim Etchells.
Seven Magic Birds: An African Panto
Open Works Festival presents a work in progress performance of Seven Magic Birds: An African Panto.
Henning Wehn: Acid Wehn
The award-deserving German Comedy Ambassador takes an unbiased look at climate change, a topic sure to delight audiences and no surprise. After all, everyone loves talking about the weather. Rain or shine, all will be fine. Or maybe it won’t. Who knows?!
In Conversation with David Greg and John Rwothomack
Join playwright and theatre director David Greig and Artistic director of Roots Mbili Theatre John Rwothmack in conversation.
Woodhill
Three men at Woodhill prison are dead. The families demand answers. This is a call to arms about the crisis facing prisons. Gut punching choreography and unflinching beats shine a light on the hidden story of HMP Woodhill.
ÌLỌ́YÁ
Open Works Festival presents ÌLỌ́YÁ.
English Touring Opera: Ariadne / Dido & Aeneas
The English Touring Opera perform Ariadne / Dido & Aeneas.
