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  • Inconsolable!

    Tue 16 - Wed 17 Apr at 9pm
    Tickets £8 - £12 (+ booking fee)
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    A tragicomedy about our trans relationships with Jewish grief rituals. What surfaces as we bury the dead? Expect live art theatre, live music, and an enormous Trans Anus!

    Get 25% off when you book more than one show across our Spring Season (April - June 2024).

    “Oh it’s tragic! Oh it’s awful! Have you heard?!” 

    We’re covering the mirrors and getting out the low chairs. We’re ripping Dex’s black Escada coat-dress. Ray is putting in an order for five million boxes of tissues. 

    Inconsolable! is a tragicomedy about our trans relationships with Jewish grief rituals. What comes to the surface as we bury the dead? 

    Dress code: Sad-rags. Bring Your Own Shovel. 

    • WRITERS/PERFORMERS: Ray Filar and Dex Chait Grodner
    • MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Ruth Nicholson
    • DIRECTOR: Liselle Terret 
    • DRAMATURGY: Peta Lily, Nick Cassenbaum, Sam Fairbrother
    • MOVEMENT DIRECTION: Janine Fletcher
    • TRANS ANUS: Yael Roberts

    Supported by Arts Council England, Hospice UK, the Royal Court Theatre, Asylum Arts, Shoresh Trust, Sylvia Waddilove Foundation, Metal Culture, Royal Vauxhall Tavern, The Jewish Museum, Sadeh Farm, JW3, University of East London and Shoreditch Town Hall.

    Content Notice
    Running Time 80 mins
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Audio Description
    Audio DescriptionAudio description available on request.
    Content Notice
    Content NoticeThemes of trans death, familial estrangement.
    "Gorgeous, funny, moving and delightful"
    Vashti Media
    "Rich, fun and engaging work"
    Ash Williams, Battersea Arts Centre
    "I laughed. I cried, I howled in pain and pleasure. From my Jewish belly to my rhinitis drip. I loved it all. 15/10 would go again."
    Audience feedback

    “British theatre would be completely stymied without tiny, under-resourced venues such as CPT, which are a critical part of the theatre ecology.”

    Lyn Gardner Stagedoor