Schools & Colleges Programme 2016 – 2017 .drama, theatre studies & english

Welcome to our Drama, Theatre Studies and English programme for 2016 - 2017. Our year-round Schools & Colleges programme uses film, visual art and theatre to enrich students’ learning.

Throughout the year, there are a variety of productions that are suitable for Drama, Theatre Studies and English pupils studying GCSE, AS, A2 and equivalent levels.

For more information about any of the events listed below, please visit homemcr.org/schools

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Our unique theatre programme runs throughout the year.

A Complicite Associates and National Theatre co-production in association with HOME

A PACIFIST’S GUIDE TO THE WAR ON CANCERTue 20 – Sat 24 Sep 2016, 19:30Dir Bryony Kimmings Book by Bryony Kimmings & Brian Lobel. Music by Tom Parkinson. Lyrics by Bryony Kimmings.

A new musical performance which takes you on a whistle-stop tour through five unconventional stories examining life with a cancer diagnosis and confronting the highs and lows of the scariest word we know.

Expect big anthems, shiny costumes, blood, tears and real cancer patients in this rip-roaring, heartbreaking celebration of ordinary life and death, scratching at the battle metaphors that surround cancer.

Recommended for GCSE, AS and A2 and equivalent levels Drama and Theatre Studies.

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autumn term

HOME, Young Vic & Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg

THE EMPERORWed 28 Sep - Sat 8 Oct 2016, 19:30

Dir Walter Meierjohann

Master of transformation Kathryn Hunter brings to life an extraordinary fable of corruption, avarice and the collapse of absolute power – from the team behind Kafka’s Monkey. Based on the book about Ethiopia’s Haile Selassie by legendary journalist Ryszard Kapuściński, Hunter creates a mesmerising cast of characters, servants to a despotic ruler on the brink of downfall. In a kingdom obsessed with title and tradition, the lowly and the loyal have incredible stories to tell.

Featuring live music from Temesgen Zeleke.

“Ms. Hunter’s performance is perhaps the most physically remarkable I’ve ever seen on a stage.” – The New York Times on Kafka’s Monkey

Recommended for GCSE, AS and A2 and equivalent level Drama, Theatre Studies and English.

HOME

ORBIT 2016Thu 29 Sep - Wed 19 Oct 2016

Edinburgh comes HOME! Experience the brilliance of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival without leaving the North West. Our first ever Orbit festival brings together 11 ground-breaking and award-winning new productions from some of the most exciting national and international theatre companies around.

Recommended for GCSE, AS and A2 and equivalent level Drama, Theatre Studies – see individual shows for age guidance.

Gecko

INSTITUTEWed 19 - Sat 22 Oct 2016, 19:30Created by Amit Lahav

This captivating, intimate, funny and moving performance from Gecko takes four male performers who portray four very familiar human beings, each driven by needs and desires to care and be cared for. Gecko theatre company has a reputation for creating unique worlds, exquisite stage craft and breath-taking choreography.

HHHHH “A wonderful piece of thought provoking physical theatre that’s an absolute joy. Just go!” – British Theatre Guide

HHHH – The Independent

Recommended for GCSE, AS and A2 and equivalent level Dance, Drama and Theatre Studies.

spring term

Kneehigh in association with Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Berkeley Repertory Theatre

946: THE AMAZING STORY OF ADOLPHUS TIPSTue 25 - Sat 29 Oct 2016, 19:30 Weekday matinee Thu 27 Oct, 14:00Adapted by Michael Morpurgo and Emma Rice Dir Emma Rice

Based on Michael Morpurgo’s The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, 946 explodes everything we thought we knew about the D-Day landings. With signature Kneehigh sorcery, 946 uses music, puppetry and foolishness to tell this tale of war, prejudice and love. Tender, political and surprisingly romantic, this story speaks to us all and will finally reveal the secrets the US and British governments tried to keep quiet.

HHHH “A wonderfully life-affirming piece of theatre… touchingly and gloriously imaginative” – The Times

HHHHH “A profoundly moving celebration of the love and hope Morpurgo writes about in his books” – The Stage

Recommended for Key Stage 2 and 3 pupils.

HOME

PUSH 2017Mon 16 - Sat 28 Jan 2017

Our two-week festival of new and extraordinary experiences shines a light on that local talent, and gives you the chance to experience new work from the North West that thrills, excites and gets you thinking.

Recommended for GCSE, AS and A2 and equivalent level Drama, Theatre Studies - see individual shows for age guidance.

59 Productions, HOME and Lyric Hammersmith

PAUL AUSTER’S CITY OF GLASSSat 4 – Sat 18 Mar 2017, 19:30 Weekday matinee Wed 15 Mar, 14:00Adapted by Duncan Macmillan from The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster, and the graphic novel by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli.

Tony Award-winning 59 Productions (An American in Paris, War Horse, David Bowie Is) and Olivier Award-nominated playwright Duncan Macmillan bring this seminal American novel to life in a dazzlingly original stage adaptation.

When reclusive crime writer Daniel Quinn receives a mysterious call seeking a private detective, he quickly and unwittingly becomes the protagonist in a thriller of his own. He falls under the spell of a strange woman, who engages him to protect her young husband from his sociopathic father. Consumed by his mission, Quinn soon begins to lose his grip on reality.

Recommended for GCSE, AS and A2 and equivalent level Drama and Theatre Studies.

HOME

GHOSTSBy Henrik Ibsen In a new version by David Watson

Fri 18 Nov – Sat 3 Dec 2016, 19:30 Weekday matinee Wed 30 Nov, 14:00Dir Polly Findlay

Helen Alving spent years creating the illusion of a happy marriage to a successful, charming man. Long after his death, she is still trapped by the emotional after-effects of the truth – that he was a serial adulterer and a reckless alcoholic. Stifled by obligations and expectations, Helen resolves to exorcise the ghosts of the past and free herself from the regrets that haunt her. But when her artist son Oswald returns home, it becomes clear that he has already paid the price for his father’s past.

Starring Niamh Cusack and Ken Nwosu.

Recommended for GCSE, AS and A2 and equivalent level Drama and Theatre Studies.

¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival 2017

Fri 31 Mar – Sat 22 Apr 2017

¡Viva! returns with a venue-wide celebration of Spanish and Latin American culture. We’ll be bringing you a specially selected programme of the most exciting visual art, film and theatre from across the Spanish-speaking world. Look out for the full programme announcement in early 2017.

summer term

HOME’s New SeasonOur exciting new season of theatre productions will run from April – September 2017 and will be announced in February 2017. Sign up to our e-newsletter for information homemcr.org/sign-up

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HOME is a trading name of Greater Manchester Arts Centre Ltd, a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales No: 1681278. Registered office 2 Tony Wilson Place Manchester M15 4FN

Date Show/Season

Tue 20 – Sat 24 Sep 2016 A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer

Wed 28 Sep – Sat 8 Oct 2016 The Emperor

Thu 29 Sep – Wed 19 Oct 2016 Orbit 2016

Wed 19 – Sat 22 Oct 2016 Institute

Tue 25 – Sat 29 Oct 2016 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

Thu 3 – Sat 5 Nov 2016 Berlin Now

Fri 18 Nov – Sat 3 Dec 2016 Ghosts

Wed 7 – Sat 10 Dec 2016 World Factory

Wed 14 – Fri 30 Dec 2016 WOW! Said the Owl

Mon 16 – Sat 28 Jan 2017 PUSH 2017

Tue 31 Jan – Sat 4 Feb 2017 Narvik

Sat 4 – Sat 18 Mar 2017 Paul Auster’s City of Glass

Fri 31 Mar – Sat 22 Apr 2017 ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Festival 2017