Riverside Studios has partnered with the Original Theatre Company to make their three competition-winning plays from debut writers available for on-demand viewing. Across three nights in July, these three plays were performed in the small space at Riverside Studios with all-star casts and simultaneously live-streamed to an international audience. Separate release dates for Miles and The Fall will follow, but watching them as a collective is just as valuable, transporting the viewer to three very different locations and into diverse lives.
‘Quirky & complex piece’: THE FALL – Original Theatre (Online Show)
New play The Fall, by Drew Hewitt, forms part of the triple bill of readings staged at the Riverside Studios and now available via on-demand streaming.
NEWS: Original sin gets a dark retelling in The Fall at Hope Theatre
What would happen if John Milton’s Paradise Lost got a dark, horror-infused make over? The answer comes to The Hope Theatre, in Thomas Arensen’s The Fall, later this month. Book your tickets now!
‘Sharply written, perceptive & balanced’: THE FALL – Southwark Playhouse ❤❤❤❤❤
The Fall is a play that lingers on in the mind long after the show has finished and is performed to perfection by all of the cast. Well worth a watch.
THE FALL – Royal Court Theatre ★★★★
“Theatre is important. Theatre has the most amazing ability to give people an understanding of what can often be very complex social issues by telling human stories, while at the same time speaking truth to power.”
THE FALL – Royal Court Theatre ★★★★
“Theatre is important. Theatre has the most amazing ability to give people an understanding of what can often be very complex social issues by telling human stories, while at the same time speaking truth to power.”
THE FALL – Royal Court Theatre
In 2015, in response to the lack of transformation in South Africa following colonialism and apartheid, a group of students at the University of Cape Town began a protest, the focal point of which was initially an on-campus statue of Cecil John Rhodes, a symbol of colonialism.
THE FALL – Royal Court Theatre
Oh Dionysus, as someone who grew up in Poland, I really do miss political theatre. The real thing, you know? The thing that grabs you, makes you stand up and cheer for the performers. The thing that forces you to scream inside and ask yourself “Fuck, fuck, fuck, why are people so blind to this?”
NEWS: University of Cape Town’s Edinburgh Fringe hit The Fall transfers to Royal Court
Following a critically acclaimed run at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe the Royal Court Theatre presents the Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town’s production of The Fall in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs for a limited three-week run.
THE FALL – #EdFringe ★★★★★
Singing truth to power: The Fall, the Baxter Theatre centre at The University of Cape Town’s production at the Assembly Hall, is a fascinating and troubling work, made simultaneously joyous by an outstanding ensemble.
THE FALL – Acklam Village Market
Roy lies in a hospital bed suffering from depression and unable to move. When he meets little Alexandria he sees an opportunity to escape, but must first gain her trust.
NEWS: Off-Broadway musical Adding Machine & rare Noel Coward feature in Finborough autumn
In addition to the previously announced National Youth Theatre season of new writing, the Finborough Theatre in west London has announced further productions for autumn 2016, including the UK premiere of Off-Broadway musical Adding Machine: A Musical…
NEWS: NYT presents season of new writing at Finborough Theatre
Running at the Finborough Theatre as part of the National Youth Theatre’s 60th anniversary, the new season of work will run at the theatre throughout August 2016. This new season will feature three world premiere productions: James Fritz’s The Fall, Bola Agbaje’s Bitches and an adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s Man Booker-shortlisted The Reluctant Fundamentalist.