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  • Whats On

    History

    Image: Alessandra Davison
    A cubistic collage of different faces.

    The Mute Messiah

    Tue 22 - Wed 23 Oct at 9pm
    A Blend of verbatim theatre and dark comedy that explores the range of absurd, heartfelt, comical, humiliating, cruel, and uplifting encounters of young people within the benefits system.
    A male figure stands central with a microphone, a gust of wind surrounds him, carrying detritus, including food items-cans, fish, bottles etc, and writing implements-pieces of paper, a laptop etc. The style is of a pencil sketch, all in black and white.

    The Food Bank Show

    Thu 31 Oct - Sat 2 Nov at 9pm
    Carmen Collective return with a searing new piece of documentary theatre, piecing together the personal and political stories of food poverty in the UK
    Two figures, wearing balaclavas, and squashed into a large cream, intricately patterned wool jumper hold their hands up, indicating a possibly alarming situation. The figure on the left wears an olive green balaclava, the figure on the right wears a black

    The Spectacular

    Tue 12 - Sat 16 Nov at 9pm
    The Spectacular is an experiment in the performance of (Irish)nationalism, interrogating how to engage with contentious history when the descendants of colonised and coloniser, are together in a theatre.
    A black and white portrait image of Stefan Zweig with text reading
    Anya Ostrovskaia presents

    The World of Yesterday

    Tue 19 - Wed 20 Nov at 7pm
    Culture, chaos, cabaret! Step into the memories of Austrian Jewish writer Stefan Zweig, where an increasingly fractured 20th century mirrors the world of today.
    A commemorative plate for princess Diana with an Irish blessing written on it.

    Don’t Tell Dad About Diana

    Sat 23 - Sun 24 Nov at 7pm
    Dublin, 1997. Two friends worship Princess Diana under the nose of their nationalist families. A show that asks, Can a republican rock a revenge dress?
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    An illustration of an East Asian older woman resembling a grandmother riding a moped with Chinese dim sum stacked neatly on the back. She is riding through a rural town with generic traditional Chinese housing and onlookers.

    Ancestral Time Travel Agency

    Sat 23 - Sun 24 Nov at 8:45pm
    Using parkour and clowning to take apart the constructs of an honourable Chinese lady, this work-in-progress explores the artists' identities and memories within both East and West cultures.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A woman with fangs, dressed in a black dinner jacket and red shirt. A man wearing a pink dress. They are sat back to back looking at the camera. Behind them is a brick wall.
    Ofthejackel presents

    Countess Dracula

    Tue 26 Nov at 9pm
    From the forgotten depths something truly awful is coming. Lurking in the shadows, A parasite, A monster, A woman. Countess Dracula.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Black and white banner reading 'London Gay Switchboard' and the number '01-837-7324' on each side.

    The Switchboard Project

    Wed 27 - Thu 28 Nov at 9pm
    The nightshift, 1987. Switchboard is a 24 hour helpline, the AIDS epidemic is on the rise, and four lesbians have answered the call.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A layered image collage of stock image couples, androids, screens, books, and Dirty Dancing, mostly grey and blue toned. Blurred vibrant television colour bars form the borders of the image. Overturned Barbie and Ken dolls in the corners.
    Burning Attic presents

    Why Dirty Dancing is My Favourite Film

    Fri 29 - Sat 30 Nov at 9pm
    A work-in-progress interrogating asexuality and media representation, challenging the societal script about our romantic and sexual connections.