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BESTSELLERS REIMAGINED
7 – 24 JUN THEATRE + LIVE BROADCAST
Tolstoy’s masterpiece reimagined. A heartbreaking story of relationships, marriage, and betrayal, Lesley Hart’s boldly theatrical adaptation brings the language bang up to date, while Polina Kalinina’s direction sweeps you up in the breathtaking pace of the story and places no limits on opulence, decadence and, above all, passion.
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When her brother’s affair is discovered, Anna Karenina crosses the country by train to help save his marriage. But on her arrival at the station, a charged encounter with a dazzling young cavalry officer sends her on a course of action that could destroy her own marriage and tear her life apart.
Meanwhile, rejected by his beloved, Kostya Levin vows never to marry. As Anna opens herself up to love, Kostya tries in vain to shut himself off from it. Kindred spirits, Anna and Kostya are torn between desire and duty, sexual and parental love, self and society – and they won’t live a lie.
In a world of fakery, public shaming and patriarchal oppression, they are compelled to live truly – or not at all. AAAA
The Guardian on Polina
12 & 13 MAY THE WESTON STUDIO
Ace is 22, trans, queer and sofa surfing –just for now!
To keep a sofa requires you to act small, smiling, and polite. But no one is perfect and eventually everyone messes up – which would be a lot easier if you weren’t also unexpectedly growing fluffy ears and a tiny tail.
A celebration of queer community, full of heart, youth and pan pipes.
23 – 27 MAY THE WESTON STUDIO
Meet Mrs: an old lady who goes into outer space… in search of her own orgasm. Isn’t that where all orgasms go?
Told through one woman and a live DJ, with projected animation and captions, STARS is a moving and joyful, sensitive yet funny, Afrofuturist odyssey for all.
TAMASHA AND INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS PRESENT
