Dark, stern uniforms, bright haired TV hosts and ominous aprons – they’re all perfectly placed in the dystopia of The Empire Has Fallen, as you can see from these newly released production shots.
PHOTOS: Take a peek at the aftermath of comedy revolution in rehearsals for The Empire Has Fallen
Come the revolution, there will be lots of boxes and tiny toy soldier… certainly if rehearsals for new dystopian comedy The Empire Has Fallen is anything to go by. Check out these candid behind the scenes snaps, then book your tickets for this hilarious new play!
‘What’s the point of telling a story if it’s not exciting?’ Writer David Fenne tells us about dark dystopian comedy The Empire Has Fallen
How does a YouTube video inspire a stage production about a broken world and how important is graphic design to the continuation of humanity? David Fenne tells us all about his debut play The Empire Has Fallen.
NEWS: Umbra Theatre creates comic dystopia as The Empire Has Fallen comes to White Bear Theatre
With the real world feeling like it is constantly on the brink, the White Bear Theatre kicks off the new year with a show set in a world entirely in chaos. Umbra Theatre’s dark comedy The Empire Has Fallen, which runs at the Kennington venue from 22 to 26 January 2019, is set in a dystopia that needs rebuilding.
WATCH: Immersive, interactive Revolution is under way at #Vault2018
The Revolution is underway. Have you joined yet? Mates blogger Michael Davis is amongst those who have. Exit Productions immersive, interactive game continues until the end of this year’s VAULT Festival. Catch up on the buzz to date – and then get booking! We the people have had enough We the people will no longer be lied to. We the people …
‘A think on your feet exercise’: REVOLUTION – Vault Festival #Vault2018
Revolution is a Blockbusters-inspired game played in a suitably austere, bare brick environment; the kind of locale suited to an underground gathering of would-be revolutionaries.
‘Ideology versus pragmatism’: Revolution – Vault Festival #Vault2018
Exit Productions has hit upon a novel way for ‘the general punters’/Londoners to speculate and experience what it would be like to run a coup d’etat and take charge of London in Revolution at The Vaults.
Text of the Day: Young Marx
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
LIONS & TIGERS – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Tanika Gupta explores an episode from her family history that is both highly relevant and humane.
AGAINST – Almeida Theatre
New American drama about God and violence is a bit baggy, but it is also often brilliantly perceptive.
APOLOGIA – West End
The 1960s were “hilarious”, says one young character in this revival, starring Broadway icon Stockard Channing, of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s 2009 family drama at the Trafalgar Studios. How so? “Oh you know, the clothes, the hair, the raging idealism.”
EXPENSIVE SHIT – Soho Theatre
It’s hot. Real hot. And you’re dancing, just lost in music. You’re at the legendary Shrine nightclub in Lagos, where Afrobeat star Fela Kuti is king. It’s 1994. And it’s hot. Sweat is just pouring off you, no longer in little trickles but soaking through your clothes.
NEWS: Arcola marks centenary of Russian Revolution in new season
Arcola Theatre’s new season, REVOLUTION, investigates a world on the brink of profound change. It explores the causes and the colossal impact of the Russian Revolution 100 years on, and considers the people and ideas which could shape the next century.
TRAVESTIES – Menier Chocolate Factory
Tom Hollander stars in fiendishly clever Stoppard classic which argues for the immortality of genius.
REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. – Shoreditch Town Hall
Alice Birch’s third-wave feminist roller-coaster from 2014 is both thrilling and messy (mostly in a good way).
THE PLOUGH & THE STARS – National Theatre
Revival of Sean O’Casey’s modern classic shows its continued relevance, but is a bit meticulously sombre.
CORRESPONDENCE – Old Red Lion Theatre
New drama about the Arab Spring in Syria gets diverted into a story about mental health and is too complicated as a result.
CORRESPONDENCE – Old Red Lion Theatre
New drama about the Arab Spring in Syria gets diverted into a story about mental health and is too complicated as a result.