Carrying on a new series, our editor Lisa Martland picks out seven of her Top Picks from the last week of theatre (2-9 June 2019). Amidst her top choices are Maryam Philpott’s journey back to a time of political optimism in The Wardrobe Ensemble’s Education, Education, Education at Trafalgar Studios.
‘It isn’t just nostalgia’: EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION – Trafalgar Studios ★★★★
Riotous in tone, occasionally chaotic but with an inventive playfulness Education, Education, Education successfully captures the optimism of the time but it isn’t just nostalgia.
Education Education Education Q&A video: How well do you remember New Labour’s 1997 election landslide?
Remember D:Ream’s “Things Can Only Get Better”? I was bopping along in my seat to that New Labour anthem and so many other chart-topping hits from my youth before curtain up at Education Education Education last week at Trafalgar Studios.
‘Warm & delightfully nostalgic’: EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION – Trafalgar Studios ★★★★
Warm and delightfully nostalgic, The Wardrobe Ensemble’s comedy effectively reveals just how issues in education have evolved and changed since 1997.
‘Highly stylised & fast-moving production which has a lot to say’: EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION – Trafalgar Studios
However light its frame, ultimately Education, Education, Education has serious points to make about the short-termist approaches to education funding used cynically as a political tool to win voters.
PHOTOS: 1990s-set Education Education Education cast pay tribute to Friends with iconic photo
As The Wardrobe Ensemble prepare to officially open their 1997 hit Education Education Education at the West End’s Trafalgar Studios, the cast took to Trafalgar Square to recreate another iconic 1990s moment. Remember Friends in the fountain? Of course, you do!
‘It’s rare for fringe companies like ours to reach this level’: James Newton’s on The Wardrobe Ensemble’s West End debut with Education Education Education
The Wardrobe Ensemble’s award-winning devised hit Education Education Education is coming to the West End for one month only. We’ve rounded up highlights from some of the production’s rave reviews to date to show you why you definitely don’t want to miss it! Time to get booking!
FEATURED SHOW: What do critics say about ★★★★★ ‘love letter to the 1990s’ Education Education Education?
The Wardrobe Ensemble’s award-winning devised hit Education Education Education is coming to the West End for one month only. We’ve rounded up highlights from some of the production’s rave reviews to date to show you why you definitely don’t want to miss it! Time to get booking!
‘We play with the idea of nostalgia & how we, as a society, look back at our past’: The Wardrobe Ensemble’s Jesse Meadows on Education Education Education & the 1990s
Jesse Meadows chatted to Emma Clarendon about bringing The Wardrobe Ensemble’s Education Education Education to the Trafalgar Studios, where it runs from 31 May to 29 June 2019, including a post-show Q&A chaired by Mates co-founder Terri Paddock on 3 June.
NEWS: The Wardrobe Ensemble follows Education in the West End with Pelican Daughters in Edinburgh
After they make their West End debut with the transfer of 1990s-set Education Education Education, award-winning company The Wardrobe Ensemble conclude this summer with a return to the Edinburgh Fringe and their brand-new, contemporary tale The Last of the Pelican Daughters.
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri to travel back to the 1990s at Education Education Education
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Monday 3 June 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock talks to the Wardrobe Ensemble company of Education Education Education as their devised hit transfers to the West End’s Trafalgar Studios. Got any questions?
PHOTOS: Education Education Education prepare for West End class at Trafalgar Studios
Sneak a peek behind the scenes, and rewind the clock to the 1990s, with The Wardrobe Ensemble as they prepare for the West End premiere of their multi-award-winning devised hit Education Education Education. Time to get booking!
NEWS: The Wardrobe Ensemble brings its award-winning show Education, Education, Education to the West End
The Wardrobe Ensemble transfers their Scotsman Fringe First and The Stage Edinburgh Award-winning 1990s-set comedy Education Education Education to the West End’s Trafalgar Studios for a month’s season from 31 May 2019.
‘Riotous fun’: EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION – Shoreditch Town Hall & Touring ★★★★
What riotous fun Education, Education, Education show is. Conceived and performed by Wardrobe Ensemble, the small band of players conjures the crazed world of an inner-city comprehensive full of bewildered and exhausted teachers and energetic and challenging children.
EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION – Touring
If we were playing A Desert Island of theatre than Wardrobe Ensemble’s Education, Education, Education would be what I would ask for. It ticks all the boxes I most love.
NEWS: James Pidgeon announces his first season at Shoreditch Town Hall
James Pidgeon today announces his first season as Director of Shoreditch Town Hall bringing together work exploring the themes of identity, time and place. The season opens with the UK première of Compagnie MPTA’s Santa Madera, part of London International Mime Festival.
NEWS: James Pidgeon announces his first season at Shoreditch Town Hall
James Pidgeon today announces his first season as Director of Shoreditch Town Hall bringing together work exploring the themes of identity, time and place. The season opens with the UK première of Compagnie MPTA’s Santa Madera, part of London International Mime Festival.