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NEWS: Look who’s putting the party into Ovalhouse’s Demolition Party season

In London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content3rd December 2019

Ovalhouse’s Demolition Party season culminates with a series of actual parties, with Bar Wotever, Brazilian Wax and Cocoa Butter all hosting parties before Inua Ellams ends the season with an R.A.P. Party.

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FIRST LOOK: Take a glimpse at hit one-woman show Mandy Picks a Husband

In Comedy, Edinburgh Festival, International, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays by Featured Content3rd December 2019

What can you expect from one-woman show Mandy Picks a Husband, running at Canal Cafe Theatre this week? Get a hint from these production images, then book your tickets!

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WATCH: Tragedy, hope, love and audience responses in the trailer for Mandy Picks a Husband

In Comedy, Edinburgh Festival, International, London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content26th November 2019

What did US audiences think of one-woman tale of trying to find love Mandy Picks a Husband? Check out this trailer to find out, then book your tickets!

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NEWS: One-woman traumedy about finding love Mandy Picks a Husband comes to Canal Cafe

In Comedy, Edinburgh Festival, Featured Shows, International, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Featured Content21st November 2019

Following hit runs a the Hollywood and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals earlier this year, Amanda Broomell’s solo show based on her online dating experiment, Mandy Picks a Husband, receives a London premiere this December. Book your tickets now.

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WATCH: Discover more about the final shows in Ovalhouse’s Demolition Party season with trailers for Gaping Hole (Story #3) and Kissing Rebellion

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content14th November 2019

Meet the creators of Gaping Hole, speaking from their hole, and discover who the cast of Kissing Rebellion would most like to kiss as they tell you about the final shows in the Demolition Party season, the final season at Ovalhouse’s Kennington home.

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BEHIND THE SCENES: Meet God, God and God in the God 2.0 rehearsal room

In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays by Featured Content11th November 2019

Ever seen three Gods in one room? Take a look at these rehearsal images for God 2.0 and you will! Book your tickets now.

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New satire God 2.0 needs your help!

In London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content1st November 2019

What would you ask God if you had the chance? The team at God 2.0 want to know the answer and may even use it in their new show, which opens later this month. Book your tickets now.

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‘We wanted to stay true to our radical roots’: Owen Calvert-Lyons tells us about creating the Ovalhouse Demolition Party season

In Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays by Featured Content30th October 2019

“We were determined that our final season should not be full of rose-tinted reverence for the theatre’s past; we wanted to ensure that we continued to tell the most urgent stories of our time.” Owen Calvert-Lyons, Ovalhouse’s Head of Theatre & Artist Development, tells us about creating the Demolition Party season that will close the south London venue with a bang.

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‘I just wanted to stick to the big questions’: Andrew Bruce-Lockhart on creating new deity-quizzing play God 2.0

In Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays by Featured Content25th October 2019

How did a child’s question lead to new satire God 2.0? Playwright/director Andrew Bruce-Lockhart explains all. Book your tickets now!

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NEWS: The almighty takes centre stage in new satire God 2.0 at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Featured Content17th October 2019

What would you ask God? What if you didn’t like the answer? Those are the questions posed by playwright and director Andrew Bruce-Lockhart in new play God 2.o, coming to the Lion & Unicorn Theatre next month. Book your tickets now!

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NEWS: Ovalhouse continues bringing the house down with Demolition Party season

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky, Video by Featured Content16th October 2019

Following the success of current show We Dig, Ovalhouse will continue its final season, dubbed the Demolition Party season, at its Kennington home with a series of shows set to leave the building with a bang. Book your tickets now!

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FEATURED SHOW: Dig into these fantastic reviews for Ovalhouse’s We Dig

In London theatre, Native, Plays, Reviews by Featured Content15th October 2019

“Powerfully direct,” “incredibly moving” and “beautiful and important”. Check out what’s being said about the groundbreaking We Dig at Ovalhouse, then book for one of the final performances.

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FIRST LOOK: Can you dig it? There’s a hole lot going on in these production images from We Dig

In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays by Featured Content14th October 2019

They’re digging a hole for themselves… but in the most brilliant, theatrical way. Take a look at production images for Emma Frankland’s We Dig at Ovalhouse, then book your tickets!

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WATCH: Hit the building site with the trailer for new Ovalhouse show, We Dig

In London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content8th October 2019

With heavy machinery, hard hats and shovels galore, check out the trailer for Emma Frankland’s hole-creating new show We Dig, then book your tickets!

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NEWS: Emma Frankland’s We Dig opens Ovalhouse’s Demolition Party season

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Featured Content7th October 2019

As Ovalhouse brings its residency in its current South London home to a close, Emma Frankland opens its final season with We Dig, a show exploring the trans experience in which a giant hole will be dug within the venue. Book your tickets now.

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GALLERY: Peek at the artistry of Reformation’s set design with our production images

In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays by Featured Content9th July 2019

Paintbrushes, canvas, frames; you’d expect that from a drama set in the world of Renaissance art. But leather jackets and hoodies? Check out these production shots from new drama Reformation, then book your tickets for the last performances!

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‘Last year was the experiment and this year we’ve grown’: Liza Vallance on creating Barking & Dagenham fringe festival, Clout! 2019

In Children's theatre, Comedy, Dance, Festivals, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays by Featured Content4th July 2019

“To be completely honest – it was a total gamble!” Studio 3 Arts Artistic Director Liza Vallance is completely honest about launching East London fringe festival Clout! last year. But it was a gamble that paid off, as Clout returns this July for another season of extraordinary theatre. Read what she told us, then get booking!

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‘We need to confront the things which have vexed human beings forever’: James Martin Charlton on creating Reformation

In Features, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays by Featured Content2nd July 2019

“The encounter between the powerful and the powerless, and being faced with having to do all sorts of things in order to survive – this is universal.” Playwright James Martin Charlton tells us about his new historical play telling a recognisably modern story, Reformation. Read the interview then book your tickets!

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NEWS: Barking fringe festival Clout! returns with packed 2019 season

In Children's theatre, Comedy, Dance, Festivals, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Featured Content28th June 2019

Following a successful inaugural season in 2018, Barking-based fringe festival Clout! returns next month for a bigger 2019 season including 18 shows over 11 days at two venues. Book your tickets now!

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BEHIND THE SCENES: See art being created with a peek into rehearsals for new play Reformation

In London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays by Featured Content21st June 2019

Take a look at the creative process of a play about artist Lucas Cranach and events that interrupt the painter’s own process with rehearsal images from James Martin Charlton’s new play Reformation. Book your tickets now!

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