theatre Archives - Brockley SE4

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Suffed at the Brockley Jack

Feb

2018

STUFFEDby Lucy Joy Russell & Holly McFarlaneTuesday 6 to Saturday 17 March 2018A friend of mine has written a play running at the Brockley Jack in March, which aims to provoke a debate about infertility and IVF. The Stuffed team explains:"There is a growing fertility crisis in the UK. Around 1 in 7 heterosexual couples, ...

Creative writing classes new and old

Nov

2017

Another opportunity for Brockley writers to hone their skills... David Bottomley writes:This will be my eighth season of running the Jack Writers Workshop At the Brockley Jack Theatre and this year we have designed a brand new course for playwrights and those wishing to try their hand at writing for the stage. We are now ...

The Telegraph Hill Pantomime, Dec 1-3

Oct

2017

Ten minute plays at The London Theatre

Aug

2017

Nick Mouton, from New Cross' fringe venue The London Theatre, writes:The London Theatre, will be home to 'The Collective Collected', 16 new plays by the London-based group The 10 Minute a Month Playwriting Collective, from Tuesday 5th - Saturday 16th September.During the fortnight-long showcase event, each week will see eight separate 10-minute new plays performed, ...

Red Stage: the 1930s Workers Theatre Movement in South London

Aug

2017

Some interesting material in the University of Warwick's digital archive on British Political Theatre 1930s to 1950s, including some newsletters from the 1930s from the Workers Theatre Movement, associated with the Communist Party. As mentioned here before, South London was a focus for this kind of theatre, with performances of agitational sketches and songs given ...

The Albany launches mission to give every Lewisham five year old a theatre experience

Jul

2017

The Albany theatre in Deptford is a great local institution and this is a great campaign. Cassie from The Albany writes:Lewisham Residents! Please help us support the next generation of leaders, artists and entrepreneurs in Lewisham by supporting this fantastic new campaign by the Albany, raising money to give a free theatre trip to every ...

MoGo

Oct

2016

When Priscilla the (magic) Goose moves in it’s the start of a roller coaster ride of ups, downs, skulduggery (and lessons learned) for Mother Goose, her sons Jack and Billy and their friend Jill as they journey to Gooseland and the glittering court of Queen Gorbanza for the final showdown … and a fairytale ending.Book ...

Greater Brockley’s most haunted

Sep

2016

Immersive theatre group Teatro Vivo returns with a production called The Residents, which exploits on our darkest, most primitive fear - house prices. They say:As the dark winter nights draw in, Teatro Vivo is inviting audiences to their most intimate show yet: a house viewing with a difference.After staging Shakespeare in Sainsbury’s supermarkets, Mother Courage ...

117 Lewisham Way Revisited

Sep

2016

Ten years ago a rather grand but decaying house at 117 Lewisham Way, near to Goldsmiths College in New Cross, was demolished. The house had an interesting history, including a brief period as home for New Cross synagogue and a space for artists to live and work in. In its last days it was squatted ...

Rice Paper Tales at The Deptford Lounge

Aug

2016

Georgie writes:Rice Paper Tales is inspired by Tiet Van Nguyen, a Vietnamese story teller of some of the most beautiful, funny and captivating Vietnamese folk tales.Trikhon is looking to provide a uniquely Vietnamese alternative to all-time favorite British Fairy Tales with some classic Vietnamese folk tales. A fantastic way to introduce children to tales from ...