NDT Season Brochure 2014/15

SEASON BROCHURE SEPTEMBER 2014 - JUNE 2015

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WELCOME! Sitting writing this, I can hardly believe it has been four years since we here at New Diorama Theatre opened our doors to the public.

Over the last four years we’ve welcomed close to 70,000 audience members through our doors (and that’s not including the thousands of people who use our very popular café!). We’ve had productions that started here at NDT transfer all over the country and, four times, internationally.

Alongside our two Peter Brook Awards and our Offie for being Central London’s most welcoming theatre, this year we were proud to be shortlisted for The Stage’s Fringe Theatre of the Year, two Arts and Business Awards for our partnership with British Land, who support our award-winning community programme, and to win the OffWestEnd Award for Best Artistic Director and the 2013/14 Les Enfants Terribles Prize for our show Kubrick3.

The launch of a new season is always a good time to say thank you and we wouldn’t have been able to achieve anything without the audiences who support us, the artistic trusts and foundations who continue to back us and the theatre companies from across the UK who perform here.

This season is our best yet – we’ve got many returning favourites alongside some bold new companies that we can’t wait to introduce you to.

Looking forward to welcoming you very soon, Yours, Team NDT

NEW DIORAMA STAFF

David Byrne ARTISTIC & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sophie Wallis EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Michael Woodman HEAD OF PROJECTS Sharon Kwan FINANCE MANAGER Penny Rischmiller TECHNICAL MANAGER Anne Mayer EVENTS DIRECTOR Giles Cooper @ Borkowski Arts & PR PRESS AGENT Richard Davenport IN-HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER Natalie York ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

NEW DIORAMA BOARD Alisha Whittington (Chair) CLORE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME Tom Copley LONDON ASSEMBLY MEMBER James Danby BRITISH LAND PLC Philip Graham DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT Utku Guder DEUTSCHE BANK Sofie Mason UNION REPRESENTATIVE BECTU Mirium Ryley UBS Mark Ross DIORAMA ARTS Elly Rothnie NATIONAL THEATRE SCOTLAND Richard Shannon ARTIST AND PLAYWRIGHT Anthony Vaughan PARTNER, FLADGATE LLP Rachel Valentine Smith NDT ARTIST

NDT ASSOCIATE ENSEMBLES IDLE MOTION SPARE TYRE THE FACTION THIRD PARTY

NEW DIORAMA & REGENT’S PL THIS AUGUST WHY NOT COME DOWN TO REGENT’S PLACE AND JOIN US? This summer, we are teaming up with British Land and Regent’s Place to present the first ever New Diorama & Regent’s Place Summer Cinema.

As part of the celebrations of 30 Years Of Regent’s Place, we’ll be showing four brilliant family films throughout August for all of our local residents to enjoy on the big screen at Regent’s Place Plaza (just down the road from New Diorama Theatre - see map at back of brochure for details).

And the best thing about all of this?

Firstly, it’s totally free of charge for everyone to attend and watch the films just turn up on the day and enjoy with no need to book.

And, secondly, the films start at a perfect time for family audiences!

So why not come down, grab a colourful deck chair, maybe bring a picnic and enjoy a movie night with us? We really hope to see you at one of the four screenings!

Yours, Team NDT

E.T The first film we’ll be showing is classic 1984 family film E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial, which also celebrates its 30 year anniversary this year.

A group of aliens visit earth but one of them is lost and left behind.

The alien is found by a 10 year old boy, Elliott. The two begin to communicate, and start a friendship in which E.T learns about life on earth and Elliott learns about some new values for the true meaning of friendship. E.T. wants to go home, but if Elliott helps him, he’ll lose a friend...

Showing Saturday 2 August @ 15:00.

Running Time 121 minutes. Rated U.

LACE SUMMER CINEMA SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

COOL RUNNINGS

UP

A great way to cool down in the summer heat is to come and watch a film set at the Winter Olympics with Disney film Cool Runnings.

One of the most moving films of the last ten years, Pixar’s animated Oscarwinning film UP is a masterpiece that people of all ages can enjoy.

To finish our first season we’re showing Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2009, for older family audience.

When the Jamaican sprinter Derice Bannock is disqualified from the Olympic Games he sees a chance to participate in another way.

The retired Carl Fredricksen is ready for his last chance at high-flying excitement. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sets off to a lost world. Unbeknownst to Carl, Russell, an overeager 8-year old is hiding on Carl’s front porch!

Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai is about to experience the biggest day of his life. He is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

He meets the dishonored coach Irving Blitzer and convinces him to coach the first Jamaican Bobsled Team. They form a group with the push-cart driver Sanka Coffie, the sprinter Yul Brenner and the rich Junior Bevil and without any sponsor, fly Canada to the Olympic Winter Games Showing Saturday 9 August @ 17:00.

Running Time 98 minutes. Rated PG.

Stuck together in the wilds of the jungle, this unlikely duo reach new heights and realise that life’s biggest adventures aren’t the ones you set out for.

But when the show breaks, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? To prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life and the slum where he grew up…

Showing Saturday 16 August @ 13:00.

Running Time 96 minutes. Rated U.

Showing Saturday 23 August @ 17:30.

Running Time 127 minutes. Rated 15.

IMAGE: Richard Davenport

“DEPTH AND NUANCE, SKILFULLY UNPACKED” HHHH CRITICS CHOICE! Time Out on Mary Stuart Tuesday 2 - Saturday 20 September, 2014

THE FACTION’S

REPTEMBER Peter Brook Award-winning ensemble The Faction returns with a rep season of solo performances, with new adaptations from exciting emerging writers.

Actors from The Faction’s core ensemble will appear alongside guest performers in these triple bills that combine The Faction’s bold and inventive aesthetic with the intimacy and immediacy of live solo performance.

DUENDE / FAUST / THE RAPE OF LUCRECE

Lorca’s Duende explores the dark soul at the centre of art / Encounter a devil in Goethe’s Faust / Perpetrator and victim both account for their actions in Shakespeare’s The Rape of Lucrece.

METAMORPHOSIS / THE MAN WITH THE FLOWER IN HIS MOUTH / MEDEA Gregor has a unique transformation in Kafka’s Metamorphosis / Pirandello’s The Man with the Flower in his Mouth is disarmingly heartbreaking / Euripides’ Medea explores her bloody tale through the weaving of her wedding dress.

PROMETHEUS / JOHN GABRIEL BORKMANN / DOGS DIALOGUE

Prometheus is bound by dark government secrets in Aeschylus’ Prometheus / Ibsen’s John Borkmann falls from grace in snowy isolation / A young girl trapped in the body of a bull mastiff yearns for emancipation in Cervantes’ Dogs Dialogue.

The Faction are a New Diorama Associate Company. This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund.

CREATED BY THE FACTION TICKETS £16 / £13 (conc) £45/£39 (conc) for all three triple bills DUENDE / FAUST/ THE RAPE OF LUCRECE September 2, 5, 10, 18, 20 @ 19:30 September 13 @ 15:00 METAMORPHOSIS / THE MAN WITH THE FLOWER IN HIS MOUTH / MEDEA September 3, 11, 13, 16, 19 @ 19:30 September 6 @ 15:00 PROMETHEUS / JOHN GABRIEL BORKMANN / DOGS DIALOGUE September 4, 6, 9, 12, 17 @ 19:30 September 20 @ 15:00 EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more.

STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Friday 19 September @ 19:30 TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Dennis Skley | Skley Photography

“A FASCINATING FUSION OF PHYSICALITY AND ARTISTIC THEATRE SUPERB ACTING, INSPIRED DIRECTION AND A COMIC SENSE OF ABSURDITY”

The Stage on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Tuesday 23 - Saturday 27 September, 2014

RHUM AND CLAY’S

64 SQUARES Returning again to New Diorama, critically-acclaimed Rhum and Clay’s latest show is inspired by Stefan Zweig’s novella The Royal Game.

On board a decadent cruise liner in the late 1930s, the world’s greatest chess champion is challenged to a match by a mysterious newcomer. As the strange opponent begins to play, the secrets of his dark past bubble to the surface and it becomes clear that the game is not the only thing he’s at risk of losing.

With a live jazz percussive score and their signature blend of ramshackle and cinematic performance, Rhum and Clay Theatre Company tell a story of madness, identity and finding a home in 64 black and white squares.

Developed in association with Hertford Theatre, Pegasus Theatre and Redbridge Drama Centre. Supported by Arts Council England. This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund.

CREATED BY RHUM AND CLAY TICKETS £13.50 / £11.50 (conc) Tuesday 23 - Saturday 27 Sept @ 19:30 Saturday Matinee @ 15:30 EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more.

STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Saturday 27 September @ 15:30 TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Richard Davenport

“A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ENSEMBLE ACTING... INVENTIVE, CLEVER, GRUESOME AND HILARIOUS” HHHHH WhatsOnStage on The Boy Who Kicked Pigs

Tuesday 30 September - Saturday 11 October, 2014

KILL THE BEAST’S

HE HAD HAIRY HANDS DIRECT FROM THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL

CREATED BY KILL THE BEAST

The year is 1974, the sleepy town is Hemlock-Under-Lye, and when werewolf attacks threaten to ruin teatime, there’s only one person you can call…

TICKETS £13.50 / £12.50 (conc) Tues 30 Sept - Sat 11 Oct @ 19:30 Saturday Matinees @ 15:30 No shows Sundays & Mondays

He Had Hairy Hands is a 1970’s detective werewolf mystery - An American Werewolf In London meets Twin Peaks - influenced by classic Hammer Horror, The Wicker Man, Scooby Doo and The League of Gentlemen.

EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more

He Had Hairy Hands is filled with grim intrigue, very sinister locals and lots of hats - dare you take the case?

STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Tuesday 7 October @ 19:30

Kill the Beast are Associate Artists at The Lowry. This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund and The Lowry.

TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: AndrĂŠanne Germain IMAGE: Camilla Greenwell

“EXHILARATING...

HUGELY AMBITIOUS” The Guardian on The Trial

Wednesday 1 - Sunday 12 October, 2014

SHAKESPEARE IN SHOREDITCH CREATED BY RIFT, PRESENTED IN SHOREDITCH

Shakespeare in Shoreditch is a Festival which reconnects the Shoreditch that the young Shakespeare lived and worked in, with its vibrant 21st Century counterpart.

For 10 days, plays, films, talks and workshops will populate the street of Shoreditch to celebrate how Shakespeare can inspire our busy lives today.

The Festival features 10 new plays written by: Abi Zakarian, Ali Muriel, Brad Birch, James Soldan and Katie Lambert, Nick Coupe, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Sabrina Mahfouz, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Thomas McMullan and Tobias Wright.

Shakespeare in Shoreditch is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and supported by New Diorama Theatre’s Emerging Companies Fund.

CREATED BY RIFT TICKETS All tickets £10 Weds 1 - Sun 12 October @ 19:00 No shows on 6 & 7 October LOCATION Performances take place in Shoreditch.

See our website for more details.

EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more.

TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

“IN A HIGHLY COMICAL, BREAKNECK FASHION, PHILIPP LÖHLE ILLUMINATES THE MECHANISMS OF OUR GLOBALISED, TECHNOLOGISED, RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD” Deutsches Theater, Berlin

Tuesday 14 October - Saturday 1 November, 2014

PHILIPP LÖHLE’S

DAS DING UK PREMIERE

A globetrotting comedy of globalised connections.

When the African Siwa is talked into using sustainable methods of cotton cultivation by a Swiss aid worker, it helps two young Chinese businesspeople to make a success of their first start-up. But when their trade in soya beans begins to falter, this has an impact on Romanian pig-breeders, which in turn has direct consequences for the marriage of Europeans Katrin and Thomas. Meanwhile, ‘the thing’, a cotton ball, journeys over oceans and through cities amazed by the wheelings and dealings of humanity.

In a world where everything is connected with everything else, characters are driven by their yearning for the inexplicable, the magic moment, the great love, in this Philipp Löhle’s moving and humorous observation on our globalised world.

This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund.

PRODUCED BY STONECRABS THEATRE & TANJA PAGNUCO DIRECTED BY Tanja Pagnuco DESIGNED BY Martina Trottmann TRANSLATED BY Birgit Schreyer Duarte TICKETS £14.50 / £12.50 (conc) Tues 14 Oct - Sat 1 Nov @ 19:30 Saturday Matinees @ 15:30 No shows Sundays & Mondays EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Thursday 23 October @ 19:30 TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Thomas Bach

“THE MOST ENJOYABLE PRODUCTION I HAVE SEEN SO FAR THIS YEAR” HHHHH Everything Theatre on Scooter Thomas

Tuesday 11 - Saturday 15 November, 2014

ALLTHEPIGS’

THE PIANO MAN INSPIRED BY THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY

In 2005, a suited man washed up on the Kent coast with no recollection of where he came from, how he got there or who he was.

He could not speak. No one could recognise him. But he could play Tchaikovsky...

Inspired by real-life events, AllthePigs discover the story behind ‘The Piano Man’ Andreas Grassl. Silent for four months, the world speculated over his identity from the doctors who helped him heal, to the press who vilified him as a fraud and to the countless people worldwide who claimed to know him.

When his silence ended, that’s when his troubles really started.

This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund.

CREATED BY ALL THE PIGS TICKETS £12.50 / £10.50 (conc) Tues 11 - Sat 15 Nov @ 19:30 EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Guy Sanders

“AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THEATRE” HHHHH The Skinny on Missing

Tuesday 25 - Saturday 29 November, 2014

ENGINEER THEATRE COLLECTIVE’S

RUN

We want more. We do. And why shouldn’t we have it? We’ve worked hard, educated, cultured and motivated ourselves. We’re hungry.

Our greatest leaps of understanding have always been born from the desire for more. In 2013, Engineer Theatre Collective began a dialogue with the latest generation of aspiring financiers. Whilst they hold little power today, these young professionals will be running our banks, trading our stocks and managing our pensions tomorrow.

Engaging with these bright new minds and some of our greatest classical and contemporary thinkers, RUN is an honest and visceral exploration of what drives our natural desire for more.

This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund. Developed through Fuel’s Jerwood Residencies at Cove Park which are supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

CREATED BY ENGINEER THEATRE COLLECTIVE TICKETS £14.50/£12.50 (conc) Tues 25 - Sat 29 Nov @ 19:30 Saturday matinee @ 15:30 EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more.

TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Edward Davis

“VIBRATES WITH THE KIND OF QUIET HUMANITY THAT WARMS THE BEST OF DANIEL KITSON OR ALAN BENNETT” HHHH Exeunt Magazine on Winky Tuesday 2 - Saturday 6 December, 2014

FAT GIT THEATRE’S

(I FEEL FINE) Boy meets girl. Girl meets boy. Boy and girl have a wonderful night together.

And in the morning it’s the start of the beginning of the end of the world...

(I feel fine) is a love story, set in the shadow of environmental collapse. The daisies have begun to wilt, the ice caps are all but gone and people have started to bulk-buy tinned food. But Tim really likes Daisy and she didn’t explicitly say no to a second date.

So what happens to romance when there’s no need to plan a future? Do you stock up on tinned beans and head for the wilderness? Do you go it alone?

Fat Git Theatre bring you (i feel fine); a comic, romantic, apocalyptic play about the environment, our world and what happens when we reach the beginning of the end.

This production is supported by New Diorama Emerging Copanies fund, and Redbridge Drama Centre where Fat Git Theatre are an apprentice company.

CREATED BY FAT GIT THEATRE TICKETS £12.50 / £10 (conc) Tuesday 2 - Saturday 6 Dec @ 19:30 EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more.

TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Tom Savage

“RARELY DO WE SEE SHEER, UNBRIDLED CREATIVITY AND PURE INSPIRATION BOTH IN STORY AND EXECUTION” HHHHH Time Out Beijing on The Vanishing Horizon Tuesday 9 - 13 December, 2014

IDLE MOTION’S

BORGES AND I

CURRENTLY ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOUR Edinburgh Fringe sell-out and NDT Associate Ensemble Idle Motion return with their stunning Total Theatre Award nominated show Borges and I, exploring the life of visionary writer Jorge Borges and his remarkable work. Integrating creative stagecraft, innovative video projection and beautiful physicality, hundreds of books transform into a plethora of images, from a flock of birds to a city skyline, from an airplane to a universe of libraries.

CREATED BY IDLE MOTION TICKETS £14.50 / £13.50 (conc) Tues 9 - Sat 13 December @ 19:30 Saturday Matinee @ 15:30 EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more

Moving seamlessly between the worlds of Borges’ work and his readership, a vivid portrait is revealed of a man on the brink of blindness. Intertwined with this narrative is the tender story of a couple meeting at a haphazard book group, brought together through their shared love of literature.

STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Saturday 13 December @ 15:30

Idle Motion are a New Diorama Associate Ensemble and are Associate Artists at The Lowry. This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund and supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Richard Davenport from Kill The Beast’s He Had Hairy Hands

“A BRILLIANT INTRODUCTION TO THE INDUSTRY - THE SUPPORT WE RECEIVED THROUGH THE PROGRAMME WAS INVALUABLE” ANTLER Theatre on NDT Emerging Companies Programme 2013

Tuesday 16 - Saturday 20 December, 2014

EMERGING COMPANIES PROGRAMME SHOWCASE A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN NEW DIORAMA & IDEASTAP

New Diorama Theatre and IdeasTap have launched a programme for the most talented emerging theatre companies: working over a series of sessions, new CURATED BY NEW DIORAMA THEATRE groups of theatremakers will meet and learn from a variety of industry experts & IDEASTAP to discuss a variety of topics - from fundraising to attending festivals.

These brilliant companies, sourced from all over the UK, will be given a showcase performance at the end of this programme at New Diorama Theatre.

Full details of these performances and how to enter your company for this unique opportunity, please visit either www.newdiorama.com or www.ideastap.com.

DETAILS OF THE SHOWCASE WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN OCT, 2014. FOR UPDATES, TO BUY TICKETS, OR TO LEARN HOW TO ENTER YOUR COMPANY FOR THE PROGRAMME, PLEASE VISIT EITHER: www.newdiorama.com www.ideastap.com

IMAGE: Richard Davenport

“WHAT IMPRESSES MOST IS THE ORGANIC INSPIRATION OF THE ENSEMBLE WORK...UNFORGETTABLE” HHHH The Independent on Twelfth Night

Tuesday 6 January - Saturday 28 February, 2015

SHAKESPEARE’S

ROMEO AND JULIET PART OF THE FACTION’S 2015 Rep Season

Two families continue their ancient and violent feud.

CREATED BY THE FACTION TICKETS £17 / £14 (conc)/ £13 (previews) All 3 Faction Rep Shows £42 / £36 (conc) January 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 20, 21, 24, 29 @ 19:30 February 6, 11, 14, 19, 24 @ 19:30 14 @ 15:00 & 28 @ 11:00

A stroke of fate - and a raucous party - leads a forbidden relationship to blossom as Romeo and Juliet are unable to resist their desire for each other.

Shakespeare’s star crossed lovers are synonymous with young love. Conflict, passion and heartbreak burst out of this legendary text.

EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more.

The Faction bring their hallmark intensity, vigour and invention to this bold new production which opens their 2015 Rep Season.

STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Thursday 29 January @ 19:30

The Faction are a New Diorama Associate Company. This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund.

TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Richard Davenport

“THE FACTION’S THRILLING, ROUGH VERSION MADE ME FEEL THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN THE PLAY BEFORE...GO” HHHH The Independent on Mary Stuart Saturday 10 January - Saturday 28 February, 2015

HIGHSMITH’S

THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY PART OF THE FACTION’S 2015 REP SEASON

Tom Ripley is a nobody given the unexpected chance to make a name for himself in Europe.

When he first meets Dickie Greenleaf, Tom’s skills for forging signatures, telling lies and impersonating just about anybody are nothing more than impressive games.

But as his friendship with Dickie grows to obsession, Tom’s talents have very dangerous consequences.

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the novel’s publication, multi-awardwinning ensemble The Faction breathes fresh life into Patricia Highsmith’s extraordinary psychological thriller about ambition, escapism, and murder.

The Faction are a New Diorama Associate Company. This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund.

CREATED BY THE FACTION TICKETS £17 / £14 (conc)/ £13 (previews) All 3 Faction Rep Shows £42 / £36 (conc) January 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 22, 23, 27, 28 @ 19:30 February 5, 12, 18, 21, 25, @ 19:30 7, 28 @ 15:00 EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more.

STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Thursday 12 February @ 19:30 TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Ben K Adams Photography / benkadams@me.com IMAGE: Richard Davenport

“PLENTY OF DEPTH AND NUANCE, SKILFULLY UNPACKED HERE BY THE RATHER WONDERFUL THE FACTION” HHHH CRITICS CHOICE! Time Out on Mary Stuart Friday 30 January - Saturday 28 February, 2015

SCHILLER’S

JOAN OF ARC

CREATED BY THE FACTION TICKETS £17 / £14 (conc)/ £13 (previews) All 3 Faction Rep Shows £45 / £39 (conc)

PART OF THE FACTION’S 2015 Rep Season

January 30, 31 @ 19:30

A young girl shuns her father’s arranged marriage to fight on the battlefield.

February 3, 4, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20, 26, 27, 28 @ 19:30 21 @ 15:00

She is prepared to die for her country following her calling from God. Yet a snap decision in combat threatens her fanatical quest. This epic text sings with spirituality, patriarchy and militarism and remains as significant and relevant to audiences now as it did at its premiere.

The Faction present this bold reimagining as they continue to stage the complete Schiller canon, with one of the most popular plays performed in his lifetime.

The Faction are a New Diorama Associate Company. This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund.

EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more.

STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Tuesday 17 February @ 19:30 TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Patrick Baldwin

“IMAGINATIVE, DEXTROUS AND VISUALLY INVENTIVE. QUICONQUE ARE A COMPANY OF REAL TANGIBLE ABILITY” The Sunday Herald

Tuesday 3 - Saturday 14 March, 2015

SAPPHIRE’S

CREATED BY QUICONQUE / SCARLET THEATRE

PART OF A DOUBLE-BILL WITH BLIND SUMMIT’S CITIZEN PUPPET

CO-DIRECTED BY Catherine Alexander & Gráinne Byrne

TICKETS £15 / £12 (conc) Tues 3 - Sat 14 March @ 19:30 No shows Sundays & Mondays

PUSH

Precious Jones lives in Harlem with her mother who beats and abuses her. She wants Precious to stay home, eat herself fat and keep the welfare checks coming.

At age twelve Precious has her first child and four years later she has another.

Her dad is the father. But Precious wants better for her son.

After being suspended from school Precious joins the ‘Each One Teach One’ alternative school and, inspired by her new teacher and class mates, she learns to read and write.

Adapted from the novel by Sapphire and re-imagined by the ensemble cast, Push is a powerful and disturbing story told by Precious and her classmates, enlivened by humour, joy and 1980s music and dance moves.

Co-directed by Catherine Alexander (Quiconque / Complicite) and Gráinne Byrne (Scarlet Theatre). Produced in collaboration with The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, this production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund.

DOUBLE-BILL PUSH is presented as part of a doublebill with Blind Summit’s CITIZEN PUPPET. Each ticket allows entry for both performances.

EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Thursday 12 March @ 19:30 TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Odeta Riskute

“IF PUPPETRY IS EVER TO BE THE NEXT ROCK’N’ROLL THESE ANIMATORS MAY WELL BE ITS FRONTMEN” Time Out Tuesday 3 - Saturday 14 March, 2015

BLIND SUMMIT’S

CITIZEN PUPPET

PART OF A DOUBLE-BILL WITH SAPPHIRE’S PUSH Puppet pioneers Blind Summit Theatre collaborate with final year students from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama to present a verbatim puppet theatre experiment that delves into the lives of people on the political “fringe”, in the build up to the general election.

Using verbatim dialogue that expresses views that might otherwise be censored, the puppets reveal unspeakable truths (and lies). Immigration, housing, immigration, tax fraud, immigration... The puppets don’t have opinions, they just repeat what they hear.

The first chance to see a new emerging work by Blind Summit - the creators of hit show ‘The Table’ and the puppetry for the London Olympic Opening Ceremony 2012.

It’s political. It’s verbatim. It’s got puppets.

Produced in collaboration with The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, this production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund.

CREATED BY BLIND SUMMIT Grannie Byrne TICKETS £15 / £12 (conc) Tues 3 - Sat 14 March @ 19:30 No shows Sundays & Mondays DOUBLE-BILL CITIZEN PUPPET is presented as part of a double-bill with Sapphire’s PUSH. Each ticket allows entry for both performances.

AGE GUIDANCE This performance is suitable for audience members aged 15+ EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Thursday 12 March @ 19:30 TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Margaret Duro

“A MASTERCLASS IN STAGING, NARRATIVE AND THEATRICAL IMAGINATION” HHHHH WhatsOnStage on The Vanishing Horizon Tuesday 24 March - Saturday 11 April, 2015

IDLE MOTION’S

SHOOTING WITH LIGHT WORLD PREMIERE In 1934 a young German refugee flees to Paris, discovers the genius of photography and reinvents herself as Gerda Taro, becoming one of the pioneering women to photograph the front line. In this startling and visually rich production Idle Motion expose one of the most remarkable untold stories of our age.

CREATED BY IDLE MOTION

Today we live in a world where our lives can feel like they are defined by our collective Kodak moments. With the compulsion to capture it all we are flooded by a myriad of images. And yet within the 2.5 billion photographs taken every day, there will only be a precious few that we will continue to hold on to.

Described by The Guardian as ‘a brilliant emerging company’, Idle Motion use innovative staging, physicality and multimedia to interweave the dramatic stories of photographs undeveloped, scattered and unearthed. This is a story about capturing moments, freezing shadows and the photographs that outlive our memories.

Idle Motion are a New Diorama Associate Ensemble and are Associate Artists at The Lowry. This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund, The Lowry, Greenwich Theatre and supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

TICKETS £14.50 / £13.50 (conc) Tuesday 24 March - Sat 11 April @ 19:30 Saturday Matinees @ 15:30 No shows Sundays & Mondays EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more.

STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Wednesday 8 April @ 19:30 TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Lucas Smith

“BOX OF TRICKS KNOW HOW TO PICK THEIR WRITERS - A TOUCHING AND FUNNY PLAY” HHHH WhatsOnStage on In Doggerland Tuesday 14 - Saturday 18 April, 2015

BOX OF TRICKS’

PLASTIC FIGURINES WRITTEN BY ELLA CARMEN GREENHILL

“Mum told me that there was something in his brain that was different, she said that he liked to put his toys in lines.”

Rose loves her brother Mikey. Mikey loves Rose, Bruce Willis films and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but he hates change. When their mum is diagnosed with leukaemia, their world is plunged into chaos.

Inspired by events in the playwright’s own life, Plastic Figurines is a funny and moving new play that explores the relationship between siblings with very different views of the world.

Recently nominated for a Manchester Theatre Award, Box of Tricks is a theatre company committed to the next generation of new writing. Playwright Ella Carmen Greenhill is a former writer-on-attachment at Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and Paines Plough.

This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund.

CREATED BY BOX OF TRICKS WRITTEN BY Ella Carmen Greenhill TICKETS £13.50 / £11.50 (conc) Tuesday 14 - Sat 18 April @ 19:30 Saturday Matinees @ 15:30 EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more.

STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Saturday 18 April @ 15:30 TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

IMAGE: Sasha Maksymenko

Image by Gordon McBryde

“ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL, THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND BRUTAL PIECES I HAVE EVER SEEN” ★★★★ OneStopArts on Like Enemies of the State

Tuesday 28 April - Saturday 23 May, 2015

BEFRANK THEATRE COMPANY’S

THE POINT OF NO RETURN WORLD PREMIERE The country is in state of siege. The capital is on fire. Riot-police, specialist units and snipers are fighting the mob violently. Protesters are arming themselves with homemade weapons, torching police buses, throwing petrol bombs and besieging government buildings…

Critically acclaimed BeFrank Theatre Company returns to New Diorama with a new thought-provoking and epic play about how a society struck back against a repressive government and succeeded, despite bloodshed and extreme anti-riot tactics, in overthrowing a President and changing the course of history.

From personally recorded real-life stories, extensive research and a journey to the heart of Ukraine, this story is based upon the revolution in Kiev in JanuaryFebruary 2014.

This production is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund and is presented ahead of performances in Sweden, Denmark and Ukraine.

CREATED BY BEFRANK THEATRE DIRECTED BY Tommy Lexen TICKETS £15 / £12 (conc) Tues 28 April - Sat 23 May @ 19:30 Saturday matinees @ 15:30 No shows Sundays & Mondays EVENTS & TALKS There are events & talks to accompany this production. Please visit our website to find out more STAGETEXT CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE Wednesday 20 May @ 19:30 TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

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“I LOVE IT WHEN SMALL THEATRES DREAM BIG... I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER FOR INCOMING FESTIVAL WHICH STORMED TO VICTORY LAST WEEK” The Stage on INCOMING Festival 2014

Monday 1 - Wednesday 10 June, 2015

NEW DIORAMA & A YOUNGER THEATRE’S

INCOMING FESTIVAL Following their hugely successful first festival in 2014, A Younger Theatre and New Diorama are delighted to present INCOMING 2015 – an even bigger celebration of the best emerging theatre companies from across the UK.

CURATED BY NEW DIORAMA THEATRE & A YOUNGER THEATRE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCEMENT The full line-up for INCOMING Festival 2015, including workshops and talks, will be announced in November 2014.

Please visit our website for updates.

Offering a packed 10 day extravaganza of performances, discussions and workshops, the INCOMING Festival team will be scouring the country bringing you the most exciting theatre being made by the most explosive emerging companies.

ENTER YOUR COMPANY FOR INCOMING If you have an emerging theatre company and want to enter a show for INCOMING Festival 2015, please visit the INCOMING page on the New Diorama Theatre website for details.

INCOMING Festival is presented by A Younger Theatre and New Diorama Theatre: nominated for Best Producers in the Off West End Awards. This festival is supported by the New Diorama Emerging Companies Fund.

TO BUY TICKETS & FIND OUT MORE Visit www.newdiorama.com or ring the box office on 0207 383 9034

CONTACTING US We always love hearing from you and there are many different ways to get in touch. If you have a general enquiry you can either ring the theatre administration number on 0207 916 5467 between 10am and 6pm Monday - Friday or send an email to hello@newdiorama.com. If you’d like to book tickets you can either buy them online via our website by visiting www.newdiorama.com or telephone the box office number between 2pm - 6pm on weekdays on 0207 383 9034.

If you’ve got a more casual comment or want to join in the conversation with our 15,000+ followers, you can follow us on twitter @newdiorama or on facebook by visiting www.facebook.com/newdiorama. We also regularly send out an e-newsletter which you can sign up for on our website. We’ve got two pledges, first we won’t share your information with anyone and second, we won’t bombard your poor inbox with lots of emails: only one per production.

Or, of course, you could just visit us in person or write to us at New Diorama Theatre, 15 - 16 Triton Street, Regent’s Place, London, NW1 3BF.

HIRING THE THEATRE New Diorama Theatre is a versatile space which can be tailored to suit a variety of different events. With a range of seating configurations (maximum seated capacity of 81) our team are here to style your event to your specific requirements. Perfect for product launches, seminars, conferences and film screenings, the theatre space also comes equipped with a projector and theatre-style lighting. The seating is also fully retractable, providing a great space for rehearsals and workshops.

Our stylish and friendly in-house ND café/bar can provide for a broad range of catering requirements. If you are interested in hiring the New Diorama, or for further information, please contact hires@newdiorama. com, and a member of the team will be in touch. To discuss a potential event at New Diorama over the phone, please call 0207 383 9036.

YOUR VISIT The New Diorama Theatre Box Office is open an hour before each show begins for audience members to collect their tickets. All tickets ordered over the telephone and on the internet are held by the Box Office and are available to pick up in person before each show.

The ND café & bar is open from 7.30am Monday-Friday (and an hour before each performance at weekends) serving hot and cold drinks, sandwiches and other light snacks.

TICKET INFO & ACCESS For shows where a concessionary price is offered, we extend these tickets to anyone who is “unwaged”, those audience members who are full time students, unemployed, retired or children. We also offer concessionary priced tickets to full time carers who visit with disabled patrons.

We’re proud that New Diorama is one of the few small theatres in London to be access friendly to visitors using wheelchairs, guide dogs and other mobility aids. We have street level access with the auditorium, café/bar and accessible toilet all on this level. Please call the theatre office 0207 916 5467 or email us on hello@newdiorama.com and we’ll be more than happy to help with any requirements.

We also offer captioned performances for many of our shows in the season. The performances are listed in this brochure and online. For more information about captioning please visit www.stagetext.org.

SUPPORTING US The work we do here at New Diorama can only happen with the help and support of generous individuals and organisations. If you’d like to help support the work that we do, you can make a donation when purchasing tickets online at www.newdiorama.com, or if you prefer to speak to our friendly team you can always call us on 0207 383 9034. We love to chat!

FINDING US

New Diorama Theatre is based on the corner of Regent’s Park, between Great Portland Street and Warren Street Underground Stations and only a short walk to Euston and Kings Cross. Located at the heart of the new Regent’s Place Estate, we can be reached is the following ways: Great Portland Street Station (3 mins walk): Circle, Hammersmith and Metropolitan lines, Warren Street Station (3 mins walk): Northern and Victoria lines, Euston Square (4 mins walk): Circle, Hammersmith and Metropolitan lines, Euston (6 mins walk): Northern and Victoria lines and National Rail, Regents Park (6 mins walk): Bakerloo line & Kings Cross (15 mins walk): Circle, Hammersmith, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria lines and National Rail.

New Diorama is on the following bus routes: 18, 27, 30, 88, 205, 453, C2, N18 and full directions from your location can be found using our postcode (NW1 3BF) if you are drving please note there is no parking at the theatre and Regent’s Place Estate is pedestrianised. We are located outside the congestion charge zone.

There are a number of bike stands on Regent’s Place Estate.

“A MUST VISIT DESTINATION FOR ALL LONDON THEATRE-GOERS” TIME OUT

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