Daniel Perks – Freelance Journalist
Tag: Arcola Theatre
We all know who these characters are, but they’re never named, so in theory they could be anyone. A professor (Simon Rouse) whose theory of relativity transformed the scientific field; an actress (Alice Bailey Johnson) instantly recognisable for her platinum blonde hair, white dress and signature beauty spot; a baseball player (Oliver Hembrough) who married the actress and has a nasty temper; a senator (Tom Mannion) who uses bullying, machismo tactics to get what he wants.
The exciting cast have now been announced for the first London revival in over 20 years of Insignificance by two-time Olivier Award winner Terry Johnson. Alice Bailey Johnson, Simon Rouse, Tom Mannion and Oliver Hembrough will bring this hilarious and bittersweet comedy to life on stage at the Arcola Theatre.
A crime of passion, entered into without thought of the consequence, but not unknowingly or even unwillingly. As long as Nathan Leopold (Harry Downes) commits himself to Richard Loeb (Ellis Dackombe) and his twisted fantasies, he will have everything he wants – the man of his dreams. Stephen Dolginoff’s Thrill Me cleverly captures the various shades of darkness inherent within his two characters, a two-hander that balances intelligence and emotion.
For its tenth anniversary year, CASA Festival joins forces with two of London’s leading off-West End theatres Southwark Playhouse and Arcola Theatre to offer London audiences eight weeks of brilliant Latin American theatre and culture.
All the kings are dead; all the heirs are gone too – this is a particularly bloody time in royal history. It all centres around Richard III (Greg Hicks), the Machiavellian hunchback that lets no-one stop him take the crown for himself, albeit for an all too brief time of two years. Richard is known to many as the hunchback, the king with such obvious deformity as does not befit his status.
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