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Image:Play Things
Thu 2 Feb - Sat 4 Feb
Stonecrabs Theatre in partnership with the Albany presents

Play Things

StoneCrabs Theatre Company present a festival of staged readings from 9 new directors.

Image:Country Music
Sat 4 Feb
StoneCrabs Theatre in partnership with the Albany presents

Country Music

By Simon Stephens. Director: Ferghal Crowley.

Image:The Audition
Sat 4 Feb
StoneCrabs Theatre in partnership with the Albany presents

The Audition

By Rodolf Sirera. Director: Silvia Ayguade.

Image:A Woman Alone
Sat 4 Feb
StoneCrabs Theatre in partnership with the Albany presents

A Woman Alone

By France Rama & Dario Fo. Director: Natasha Campell.

Image:The Forest
Mon 13 Feb - Thu 16 Feb
A Fevered Sleep / Fuel production

The Forest

There is a place at the very heart of the forest.  A place where things are not quite what they seem.  People become animals, birds become music, day becomes night-time, leaves become light.  It’s full of adventure. It’s always changing.  It’s The Forest. By Fevered Sleep.

Image:My Father and Other Superheroes
Thu 23 Feb
Nick Makoha in association with Mac Birmingham and Pippa Frith presents

My Father and Other Superheroes

The day Nick Makoha realised he was going to become a father, he also realised he had no idea how to be one...follow Nick's journey as he discovers what it takes for a man to become a hero, and how a hero can be just a man. Directed by Benji Reid.

Image:Indiana Jones and the Extra Chair
Wed 29 Feb - Fri 2 Mar
Simon Mole, In association with Apples and Snakes and the Albany, presents

Indiana Jones and the Extra Chair

Every family dinner needs a hero... Spoken word theatre as you’ve never seen it before.

Image:my heart is hitchhiking on peachtree st
Mon 5 Mar - Sat 10 Mar
Fergus Evans and Contact Manchester, in association with the Albany, present

my heart is hitchhiking on peachtree st

Sometimes home sits heavy in your bones. Sometimes you leave. Using animation, live folk music, and spoken word this one-man show is about living far away from home, the stories you tell people when they ask you when you're from and learning that once you leave, you can't go back.

Image:Waiting for Godot
Tue 6 Mar - Sat 10 Mar
Talawa Theatre Company and West Yorkshire Playhouse present

Waiting for Godot

Ian Brown directs an all-Black cast Talawa Theatre Company's groundbreaking production of Beckett’s funny and poetic masterpiece.

Image:Story Map: What I Heard About The World
Sat 24 Mar
Third Angel & mala voadora present

Story Map: What I Heard About The World

An attempt to map the entire world, alphabetically, in a day. To name every country in its own language, and to collect a story for every country, and to place it, correctly, on the map, from memory. Using cardboard, paper, pens and post-it notes, and with the help of the audience, Third Angel and mala voadora will build a portrait of the world, as it was, as it is now, and as it might be in the future

Image:Wasted by Kate Tempest
Tue 17 Apr
A Paines Plough, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Roundhouse production in association with NSDF and Latitude Festival

Wasted by Kate Tempest

A play about love, life and losing your mind. The words of Kate Tempest paint a picture of lives less ordinary in an unforgiving world, sound-tracked by an exhilarating score.

Image:Shadow Boxing
Thu 19 Apr - Fri 20 Apr
Cross Cut, produced by Time Won't Wait, presents

Shadow Boxing

The story of defiance in a quest for dignity and respect, Shadow Boxing pulls no punches in its depiction of a boxer facing his toughest opponents yet, his personal demons.

Image:Gold Mountain
Wed 25 Apr - Sun 29 Apr
Les Deux Mondes and Unity Theatre present

Gold Mountain

Award-winning Les Deux Mondes and Unity Theatre bring their acclaimed production to London. A multimedia spectacle of storytelling, stunning imagery, film and music.