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LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL
INVISIBLE THREAD:
LES HOMMES VIDESLes Hommes Vides is a twenty minute low-tech, charming, eerie and comic performance of slapstick and surreal table-top puppetry and object theatre. It contains scenes of plank action, eyeless shopping, bouncing puppets, poetry and prizes.
Following the company’s highly successful debut production, Plucked, at LIMF12, Liz Walker’s latest show promises further adventures in the bizarre world of adult puppetry. Escape normality and suspend disbelief!
‘For 20 years she (Liz Walker) has explored the art form’s nightmare limits, with surreal dramas about puppets in crisis that have been likened to the works of David Lynch and Samuel Beckett.’ Independent on Sunday
‘Superlative puppets... they have such a fearsome, otherworldly demeanour.’ Guardian (on Faulty Optic’s Flogging a Dead Horse)
Wed 16 – Sat 26 Jan, 6.30pm & 9pm (Saturdays 4.30 / 5.30 / 6.30 & 9pm)
THEATRE – Tickets: £8
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THE KINGDOM
SOHO UPSTAIRS
SOHO THEATRE
SOHO DOWNSTAIRS
LES HOMMES VIDES
BLIND SUMMIT:
THE HEADSThe new show from the innovators who created memorable puppetry for Anthony Minghella’s Madam Butterfly, Simon McBurney’s A Dog’s Heart and The Master and Margarita and their own hit shows Low Life, 1984, and most recently, the Biblically epic tabletop drama, The Table.
The Heads is a cascade of imagery inspired by Cubism, McCarthyism and Catholicism, with guest appearances by a puppet Madonna, a cardboard J.Edgar Hoover, some giant hands and much more.
‘Blind Summit prove once again that when you’re working in miniature you don’t have to think small.’ Guardian (on The Table)
BLIND SUMMIT AND SOHO THEATRE
When we saw Blind Summit’s The Table in Edinburgh 2011 we were bowled over by the originality, humour and beauty of the piece. So much so, that after their London International Mime Festival run here January 2012, we asked them to become a Soho Theatre Associate Company and supported them with creative time in our theatre to work on ideas for new shows.
Wed 16 – Sat 26 Jan, 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mats at 3pm)
THEATRE – Tickets: £15 – £20
BANE
Billed as Die Hard meets the Naked Gun on stage, Joe Bone’s multi award-winning Bane trilogy arrives in London. Action, comedy, music and drama are shaken together .
‘Phenomenal.’ Time Out
Mon 7 – Sun 13 Jan, 9.30pm
THEATRE – Tickets: £12.50 – £15
CRICK CRACK CLUB:FORBIDDEN BY JAN BLAKE
A new play enigmatically pondering over whether some stories simply shouldn’t be told and if some subjects are off limits...
Tue 8 Jan, 8pm
THEATRE – Tickets: £9
CLAUDIA O’DOHERTY: THE TELESCOPE
NOMINEE: BEST SHOW FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012
‘Constantly amusing… An offbeat gem.’ Telegraph
Wed 9 – Sat 12 Jan, 9.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £12.50
ALTERNATIVE COMEDY MEMORIAL SOCIETY
Mon 14 Jan, 8pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £12.50
BARRY CASTAGNOLA:WHERE’S BARRY?
‘A hugely entertaining show… great creations, sharp in-jokes… silly fun.’ Chortle
Mon 14 + Tue 15 Jan, 8.45pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10THE HEADS
THE RUBBERBANDITS
Their riotous, satirical hit single Horse Outside became a global 10m hit YouTube sensation.
‘The Daily Mail’s nightmare of a feral underclass… wild and winning.’ Guardian
Tue 15 Jan – Sat 2 Feb, 9.30pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £17.50
ANDREW DOYLE:WHATEVER IT TAKES
Andrew Doyle’s critically-acclaimed new stand-up show enjoyed a total sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Tue 15 – Wed 16 Jan, 7.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10
NICK SUN: DEATH IS A WORK IN PROGRESS
‘If you didn’t like Nick Sun, then you sucked as an audience.’ Doug Stanhope
Thu 17 – Sat 19 Jan, 7.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10
LUISA OMIELAN: WHAT WOULD BEYONCE DO?!
All the single ladies, all the Single Ladies! You know when you fall Crazy In Love, but it all goes tits up and you’re like Me, Myself and I, but then you Get Me Bodied, you’re like he’s the Best Thing I Never Had! I must have bumped my head, because Who Runs The World?
‘An intense, funny and manic hour of soul-baring comedy.’ Chortle
Thu 17 – Sat 26 Jan, 9.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £20
IAIN STIRLING: HAPPY TO BE THE CLOWN?
‘One of the best joke writers on the circuit.’ GQ
Thu 17 – Sat 19 Jan, 9.45pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £12.50
JEN BRISTER: NOW AND THEN
‘Blisteringly funny.’ List
Tue 22 – Wed 23 Jan, 7.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10
NISH KUMAR:WHO IS NISH KUMAR?
A stand-up show about being proud of your roots and ashamed about everything else.
‘A comic force not to be ignored.’ Chortle
Thu 24 – Sat 26 Jan, 7.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £12.50
ALFIE BROWN: SOUL FOR SALE
‘Alfie Brown is quite simply the future of British stand-up.’ The List
Thu 24 – Sat 26 Jan, 9.45pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £12.50
DANIEL SIMONSEN: CHAMPIONS
‘Packed with laugh-out-loud moments.’ Guardian
WINNER: NEWCOMER FOSTERS EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012
Tue 29 Jan – Sat 2 Feb, 7.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £12.50
ALEXEI SAYLEAlexei Sayle returns to Soho Theatre with his first full-length solo stand-up show in over 16 years. After his return to live performance hosting a special series of shows at the start of this year, we are proud to welcome Alexei back.
‘Modern Comedy? We owe it all to one man.’ Chortle
‘Back on the stand-up stage for the first time in 16 years, his comic control remains something rare and wonderful.’ Times
‘Still gobby and engagingly self-deprecating.’ Evening Standard
Mon 21 Jan – Sat 9 Feb, 7.30pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £20
ALEXEI SAYLE
DAVID TRENT: SPONTANEOUS COMEDIAN
‘Funny and tightly put together.’ Guardian
NOMINEE: NEWCOMER FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012
Tue 29 Jan – Sat 2 Feb, 8.45pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £12.50
JAMES ACASTER: PROMPT
NOMINEE: BEST SHOW FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012
‘Beautifully structured... Smart... Intelligent... One of the best pieces of straight stand-up at this year’s festival.’ Time Out
Thu 31 Jan – Sat 2 Feb, 9.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £15
KATHERINE RYAN:NATURE’S CANDY
‘Ryan’s mixture of the gossipy, the bitchy, the dark and the upbeat works very well indeed.’ The List
‘Acridly funny.’ Sunday Times
Mon 4 – Wed 6 Feb, 8.45pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £12.50
RICH HALL: RICH HALL’S HOEDOWN
‘Immaculate wordplay imbued with a genuine passion for the songwriter’s craft.’ Times
Mon 4 – Sat 9 Feb, 9.30pm, Sun 10 Feb, 7pm
COMEDY – Tickets £15 – £20
Theatre Bench in Assoc with Ros Povey & Perfect Pitch
LIFT1 Lift. 8 Strangers. 54 Seconds. A thousand possibilities…
LIFT: How the things we dare not say could change our lives and how those closest to us are often those we’ve never met.
The world premiere of a new musical by Craig Adams and Ian Watson about love, life and loss in a London lift.
Cast includes Julie Atherton (Sister Act, Mamma Mia, Avenue Q), Nikki Davis-Jones (Wicked and Blood Brothers), Cynthia Erivo (Sister Act), Jonny Fines (Avenue Q), Luke Kempner (South Pacific), Ellie Kirk (Legally Blonde), George Maguire (20th Century Boy) and Robbie Towns (Legally Blonde).
PERFECT PITCH
Is a not-for-profit company dedicated to the development of new British musicals through readings, workshops and showcases in collaboration with a network of partners within the UK.
‘Perfect Pitch, who are an extraordinary organisation, see, nurture, develop and incubate new ideas for musicals... I think we sometimes forget in Britain just how extraordinarily good we are at musicals.’ Stephen Fry, Patron of Perfect Pitch
Wed 30 Jan – Sun 24 Feb, 7.30pm (Sat & Sun matinees 4pm)
THEATRE – Tickets: £10 – £29.50
LIFT
SARAH KENDALL: GET UP, STAND UP
Political but not polemical, hilarious but not haranguing, Sarah is one of the most acclaimed stand-ups in the industry.
‘Delivers with dastardly relish.’ Scotsman
Tue 5 – Sat 9 Feb, 9.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £15
JOE LYCETT: SOME LYCETT HOT
‘One of the strongest emerging comedy talents we’ve seen in a long time.’ Time Out
NOMINEE: NEWCOMER FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012
Wed 6 – Sat 9 Feb, 7.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £12.50
SAM FLETCHER: GOOD ON PAPER
NOMINEE: NEWCOMER FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012
Thu 7 – Sat 9 Feb, 8.45pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £12.50
DAVID BADDIEL: WORK IN PROGRESS
Mon 11 – Sat 16 Feb Mon 18 – Sat 23 Mar, 9.30pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10
WITTANK
‘A dazzling display of sketch genius.’ List
Wed 13 – Thu 14 Feb, 7.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £12.50
Snuff Box Theatre in collaboration with Richard Jordan Productions present
BITCH BOXER BY CHARLOTTE JOSEPHINE
Meet Chloe, 21 from Leytonstone. She likes the simple things in life: cherry sambuca, hairbrush-in-the-mirror karaoke with Rihanna and winding her Dad up. Oh, and she’s a boxer.
Fighting fit from sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Snuff Box Theatre invites you ringside, for an adrenaline-fuelled, no-holds-barred one-woman show.
‘Sweat-slick and tough, yet sweet and gifted with terrific timing.’ Times
SOHO THEATRE’S YOUNG WRITERS AWARD
In 2012 we launched our prestigious new Young Writers Award, to showcase the best work from the participants in our Soho Young Company, presented to a young writer whose work shows real promise and talent. The inaugural award was won by Charlotte Josephine, and now after a sell-out run in Edinburgh, we’re delighted to welcome Bitch Boxer back to Soho.
Tue 19 Feb – Sat 9 Mar, 7pm (Sat matinees 3pm)
THEATRE – Tickets: £10 – £15
BITCH BOXER
HighTide Festival Theatre presents
BOTTLENECK BY LUKE BARNES
“Am I a virgin? I think I am. I mean it went in her but it was floppy and it wasn’t very nice so I think I’m a virgin. I’m going to say I am. Will look better on my uni applications.”
Liverpool, 1989. Greg is fourteen. He has just started secondary school. He earns pocket money sweeping up hair in a barbers. Girls are aliens. Liverpool FC are everything.
Bottleneck is a vibrant coming-of-age story about becoming a man through adventures both big and small. It is about a notorious city; Liverpool. How the outside world views it, and how it views the outside world.
HIGHTIDE FESTIVAL THEATRE
After the huge success of Ella Hickson’s Boys in June 2012, we’re thrilled to once again be working with Hightide Festival Theatre on a new production. A company focused on the discovery, development and production of exceptional new playwrights, the Guardian described it as ‘punching far above its weight.’
’An outstanding play by young writer Luke Barnes.’ Telegraph
Tue 19 Feb – Sat 9 Mar, 8.30pm (Sat matinees 4.30pm)
THEATRE – Tickets: £10 – £15
THE FREEWHEELIN’ CARIAD LLOYD
‘A pocket dynamo of a comic.’ Guardian
Thu 14 – Sat 16 Feb, 9pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £12.50
ZOE LYONS:POP-UP COMIC
Fri 15 – Sat 16 Feb, 7.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £15
TONY LAW: MAXIMUM NONSENSE
Gloriously absurd, loud and ridiculous comedy. Tony brings his five-star, total sell-out, Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show to Soho Theatre for an extensive run.
‘One of the finest and funniest comics on the circuit.’ Time Out
NOMINEE: BEST SHOW FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012
Mon 18 Feb – Sat 2 Mar 7.30pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £15 – £17.50
JAMIE KILSTEIN
Known for his intelligent, no-holds-barred take on religion, politics, corporate greed and veganism, Jamie’s consistently been compared by critics, comedians and audiences to fearless comic icons Bill Hicks and George Carlin.
‘Irresistibly endearing and wonderfully audacious.’ Tim Minchin
Mon 18 –Sat 23 Feb, 9.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £15BOTTLENECK
LADY RIZO Having won the inaugural TO&ST award (Time Out and Soho Theatre) for best cabaret show in Edinburgh 2012, New York star Lady Rizo makes her London debut. Revel in the luscious vocals of this Grammy-winning diva as she combines glamour, wit and insane charm. A fascinating mix of bawdy humour and polished hyper-femininity, the brazen blonde will have you rolling with laughter.
‘If you only see one cabaret show this year, see Lady Rizo.’ Time Out
WINNER: TO&ST 2012
Mon 18 Feb – Sat 9 Mar, 9.45pm
CABARET – Tickets: £10 – £20
WILL FRANKEN
A kaleidoscopic tsunami of mind-blowing character comedy.
‘Can’t remember one moment of this show that wasn’t funny.’ Scotsman
Thu 28 Feb – Sat 9 Mar, 9.30pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £17.50
MAN 1, BANK 0
A must-see comedy adventure for anyone who has ever wanted to get one over on the bankers.
‘Extraordinary and highly entertaining.’ Irish Mail on Sunday
Mon 4 – Sat 16 Mar, 7.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £17.50
ANDREW LAWRENCE: IS COMING TO GET YOU
‘His delivery is nothing short of genius… A wordsmith of great talent.’ Metro
‘Anyone who gives this spikily inventive performer the time of day will realise they’re in the presence of an A-list talent.’ Guardian
Mon 11 – Sat 23 Mar, 9.30pm Mon 25 – Sat 30 Mar, 9pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £17.50
LORETTA MAINE: BIPOLAR
‘Like Dolly Parton seen through the lens of Mike Leigh… she performs brilliantly observed songs about love, loss and violent revenge.’ Guardian
Tue 12 – Sat 16 Mar, 9.45pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £15
SOHO UPSTAIRS
SOHO THEATRE
SOHO DOWNSTAIRS
LADY RIZO
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Talawa Theatre Company, Soho Theatre and the Albany present
GOD’S PROPERTY BY ARINZE KENE
It’s 1982. London is restless, gripped by spiralling unemployment and inner city riots. Ska beats dominate the airwaves and in a flat in Deptford, South London two mixed-race brothers are re-united.
Sixteen year old Onochie rules the family roost. His barely known older brother Chima returns home to find that Onochie is a skinhead who chooses to no longer be black.
Chima is not welcome in the area and only has a few hours to meaningfully connect with his brother. But outside a hostile community has been alerted to his return. Chima has been blamed for the death of a white girl and the vitriolic community won¹t be satisfied until it delivers its own rough justice.
Onochie faces the tough decision of siding with the community he has tried to belong to, or standing with the brother he doesn’t know.
‘Promise comes with a name attached: Arinze Kene.’ Guardian
SOHO SIX
God’s Property is a script that grew out of Soho Theatre’s Soho Six Writers Group in 2011. Writer Arinze Kene was a member of this vital part of our Writers programme that commissions new writing and brings it to the stage.
MULTI-TALENTED WRITERS
As well as being a distinct new writing voice, Arinze is also a very recognisable face to those who are partial to some Eastenders action for playing bad boy Connor Stanley.
Tue 26 Feb – Sat 23 Mar, 7.30pm (Sat matinees 3pm)
THEATRE – Tickets: £10 – £20
GOD’S PROPERTY
VICTORIA MELODY
MYDIDAE
TOTALLY TOM
Wed 13 – Sat 16 Mar, 9.15pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £12.50
PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON:JURASSIC BARK
Piff the Magic Dragon embarks on his first Soho Theatre season accompanied by Mr Piffles the World’s First Million Dollar Chihuahua™.
‘A stunningly good magician.’ Penn & Teller
NOMINEE: TO&ST 2012
Tue 19 – Sat 23 Mar, 7.45pm
CABARET – Tickets: £10 – £15
DOCTOR BROWN: BEFRDFGTH
International comedy sensation Doctor Brown comes home to Soho Theatre with his 2012 Foster’s Edinburgh Award winning show Befrdfgth.
WINNER: BEST SHOW FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012
WINNER: TOTAL THEATRE AWARD 2012
Fest
Mon 25 Mar – Sat 20 Apr, 7.30pm
COMEDY – Tickets: £15 – £20
DOCTOR BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN AND HIS SINGING TIGER
Fri 29 & Sat 30 Mar, 1pm
FAMILY – Tickets: £10
Polly Ingham Productions presents
DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORYBY RICHARD MARSH AND KATIE BONNA
This achingly funny romantic catastrophe fuses poetry and prose to ask – can a one night stand last a lifetime? A very human tale of good intentions and bad timing.
‘Laughs are frequent, unsignalled and brilliant.’ Times
WINNER: FRINGE FIRST AWARD 2012
Tue 12 – Sat 30 Mar, 7.30pm (Sat matinees 3.15pm)
THEATRE –Tickets: £13 – £15
A co-production between Dirty Stop-Out & TEAfilms
A GUIDE TO SECOND DATE SEX BY RACHEL HIRONS
Witness the rawest most hilarious portrayal of male and female attitudes, anxieties and agonisingly familiar sex tricks as Ryan and Laura meet for their second date. A true story based on your sex life.
‘Unflinchingly honest in its appraisal of this couple’s insecurities, mistrust of each other and tense negotiations of social rules. It’s funny because it’s so true.’ Fest
Mon 18 – Sat 30 Mar, 9.45pm (Sat matinees 5.30pm)
THEATRE – Tickets: £10 – £12
DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY