Derren Brown: Only Human
By Derren Brown, Stephen Long & Andrew O'ConnorFollowing a sold-out UK & Ireland tour, multi-award-winning master showman Derren Brown brings his new live show Only Human to the West End. In this brand-new production, Derren Brown combines mind-reading, psychological illusion and storytelling in a way that is both deeply personal and electrifying. Only Human explores what it...
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By Wladyslaw Szpilman. Adapted by Thom SoutherlandThe brilliant melodies of The Pianist himself, Wladyslaw Szpilman, underscore and uplift this musical adaptation of the acclaimed memoir, boldly adapted for the stage. Performed by an ensemble of 11 actor-musicians portraying over 50 characters and playing a symphonic array of instruments, Szpilman's music is brought to the stage for the...
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By Theresa IkokoNigeria, 2014. Teenagers Tisana, Haleema, and Ruhab are best friends, busy swapping notes on celebrities, sex positions, and dodging carbs. But when they're kidnapped by militant insurgents and forced towards an uncertain future, they have only each other to turn to. As fear and religious differences begin to fracture their...
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The Dark
By Lemony Snicket — Adapted by Daphna AttiasBattersea Arts Centre (BAC), London
Adapted from Lemony Snicket's picture book, The Dark is a universal and empowering family adventure about facing one's fears. Laszlo is afraid of the dark. The dark lives in the basement. It doesn't visit Laszlo in his room. Until one night it does . . . Join Laszlo on his journey to meet the dark, and find out why it will never bother him again. Merging vibrant physicality with live music to create captivating performances, The Dark is accessible for blind and visually impaired children through integrated audio-description and touch tours.
See cast, creatives, and 1 reviewGarry Starr: Classic Penguins
By Damien Warren-SmithThe Other Palace Theatre, London
The classics, stripped bare. Fresh from sell-out seasons in the West End and Edinburgh, international hit Garry Starr is hell-bent on saving books from extinction by performing every Penguin Classic ever written – mostly naked (but with flippers). The award-winning comedy takes the audience on a breakneck literary adventure through the world's most iconic works of fiction, from The Little Prince to Moby Dick and everything in between.
See cast, creatives, and 6 reviewsLanny
By Max Porter. Adapted by Bea RobertsBristol Old Vic, Bristol
Not far from Bristol, there is a village. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years ago. It belongs to England's mysterious past and its confounding present. It belongs to families dead for generations, and to those who have only recently moved here, such as the boy Lanny, and his mum and dad. But it also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort, who has woken from his slumber in the woods. Dead Papa Toothwort, who is listening to them all.
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