As well as being a standard part of actEnglish courses, we organise regular outings to cultural events including low cost performances and plays at fringe and other small theatres. These are open to former students, members of the theatre company and new people just wanting to practice their English and meet people. It’s a great opportunity to discuss language, culture and theatre in a friendly informal environment and only costs you the price of the ticket!
UPCOMING EVENT – The Tricycle by Fernando Arrabal.
Where: Baron’s Court Theatre
When: Thursday January the 30th. 7:45pm.
What: The Tricycle by Fernando Arrabal is a strangely light-hearted tale of poverty and murder.
In this dark fairy tale, written in 1952, Climando together with his friends try to survive living as a homeless person in an unfair and incomprehensible world, hiring the Tricycle to give rides to children in the park.
What will happen when they cannot afford to pay the rent of the Tricycle?
This perfect example of Spanish Absurd Theatre questions the limits of freedom and the relationship between our acts and their consequences in a rotten society in which children have to commit sinister acts to survive.
Cost: £16
Booking: Please use the contact form to book using the subject “Tricycle Play” to let us know you will be coming. For the time being tickets need to be bought individually using the link here
PREVIOUS EVENT – Young Muslim Voices (Spoken Word)
Where: Richmix, Shoreditch.
When: Monday the 14th of October. Meet at 7:00 for a 7:30pm start.
What: VOICES, a social start-up, has been taking submissions from young Muslims over the last year – some of which will be performed during this evening. The aim of the group is to creatively challenge perceptions through the sharing and telling of people’s stories.
Cost: £8 (early bird!)
Booking: Please use the contact form to book using the subject “Young Voices” to let us know you will be coming. For the time being tickets need to be bought individually using the link here.
PREVIOUS EVENT – Moot Moot by Rosana Cade and Ivor MacAskill
Where: The Yard Theatre, Hackny Wick
When: Thursday the 8th of November. Meet at 7:30 for an 8pm start.
What: Moot – from “a moot point” – for example, meaning uncertain and lacking relevance. An experimental comedy about modern communication.
Cost: £17 with concessions available.
Booking: Use the contact form quoting “Moot Moot” in the subject matter and book your own tickets.
PREVIOUS EVENT: – Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale
Where: The Yard Theatre, Hackney Wick.
When: Thursday the 17th of August. Meet at 7:30pm for an 8pm start. Drinks and chat after the show.
What: A modern play but set in the late 19th century, Blue Stockings is about young women fighting for the right to graduate at Cambridge University.
Cost: £17 (concessions available).
Booking: Please use the contact form to book a place using the subject “Blue Stockings” to let us know you will be coming. For the time being tickets need to be bought individually using the link here.
PREVIOUS EVENT: – COMBUSTION by Asif Khan
Where: The Arcola Theatre, Dalston.
When: Thursday the 15th of June. Meet at 7:30pm for an 8pm start.
What: This is a modern, debut play set in Bradford, a City in the North of England. It examines young British Muslim lives in Britain today. It has some excellent reviews and is tipped to go on and be performed at the National Theatre so this is a good time to catch it!
Cost: £17.
Booking: Please use the contact form to book a place using the subject “Combustion” to let us know you will be coming. For the time being tickets need to be bought individually using the link here.
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