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922 Tobias and the Angel 3 Sep 06-May 07 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2006-10-11T19:30:00+01:00 2006-10-21T19:30:00+01:00 At a time of turmoil, wise Tobit is struck blind. Suddenly penniless, he sends his son Tobias to reclaim an old debt. Tobias is afraid but a stranger arrives and offers to guide him......... An orchestra, a company of singers, a choir and two choruses drawn from Lambeth and Southwark accompany Tobias across mountains towards love and self-knowledge in this joyous musical tale. Recommended ages: Schools - Year 6 and up (10/11) Families - 8+ 924 N 936 Wild Lunch 2006 3 Sep 06-May 07 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2006-11-21T13:15:00+00:00 2006-12-01T13:15:00+00:00 937 N 1157 The Unknown Kurt Weill 3 Sep 06-May 07 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2007-03-25T19:30:00+01:00 2007-03-25T19:30:00+01:00 1261 N 1715 Being Norwegian 6 Paines Plough Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2007-10-31T18:00:00+00:00 2007-11-03T18:00:00+00:00 Paines Plough show taking place at the Shunt Vaults at London Bridge. Ticket includes entry to the show, a pie, a drink and entry to the Shunt Lounge after the performance for over 18s only. No wheelchair acces for this performance - show takes place up stairs and there are no lifts. Running time: 1 hr Discounts - Group discount buy 9 get tenth free Disabled person's companion goes free 1716 N 1723 Crazy Love 6 Paines Plough Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2007-11-07T18:00:00+00:00 2007-11-10T18:00:00+00:00 Paines Plough show taking place at the Shunt Vaults at London Bridge. Ticket includes entry to the show, a pie, a drink and entry to the Shunt Lounge after the performance for over 18s only. Sign-interpreted show on Thursday 8 November Running time: 1 hr 1 wheelchair space available - held with a B code, which you can book Discounts - Group discount buy 9 get tenth free Disabled person's companion goes free 1724 N 1731 Between Dog and Wolf 6 Paines Plough Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2007-11-14T18:00:00+00:00 2007-11-17T18:00:00+00:00 Paines Plough show taking place at the Shunt Vaults at London Bridge. Ticket includes entry to the show, a pie, a drink and entry to the Shunt Lounge after the performance for over 18s only. Sign-interpreted performance on Thursday 15 November Running time: 1 hr Discounts - Group discount buy 9 get tenth free Disabled person's companion goes free 1732 N 1738 The Dirt Under the Carpet 6 Paines Plough Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2007-11-21T18:00:00+00:00 2007-11-24T18:00:00+00:00 Paines Plough show taking place at the Shunt Vaults at London Bridge. Ticket includes entry to the show, a pie, and a drink. This is the only one of the 4 plays that does not include entry to the Shunt Lounge after the show. 1 wheelchair space available - held with a B code, which you can book Running time: 1 hr Discounts - Group discount buy 9 get tenth free Disabled person's companion goes free 1739 N 1941 Motherland 5 Feb 08 - June 08 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-03-02T18:00:00+00:00 2008-03-15T19:30:00+00:00 Running time - 2 hrs 30 mins with a 15 minute interval Motherland with Juliet Stevenson The heartbreaking and heroic jouneys of women and children who have sought refuge in the UK, brought to life through personal testimony by refugees and performance by leading actors. 1975 N 1958 Unzipped 2008 5 Feb 08 - June 08 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-02-27T18:30:00+00:00 2008-02-29T18:30:00+00:00 Unzipped 2008 will showcase the work of some of Britain’s most important Black playwrights in a unique event from Talawa Theatre Company. Over three evenings industry experts will lead impassioned discussion about Black British theatre, followed by rehearsed play-readings of inspiring new material. Playwrights such as Trish Cooke and Bola Agbaje will be joined by prominent industry insiders to create a series of unforgettable events. Expect powerful stories and controversial opinions in Talawa’s annual new-writing showcase. 1959 N 1984 A Short History of Sedition 5 Feb 08 - June 08 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-04-13T12:00:00+01:00 2008-04-13T12:00:00+01:00 Event will be held in the Cut Bar. No concessions. Running time - 90 mins. Age limit - 14+ A Short History of Sedition Francisco Goldman & Company A journey through the writings and experiences of literary dissidents from underground to cyperspace, A Short History of Sedition will examine the role writers can play and have played in influencing society. Francisco Goldman is an award-winning American-Guatamalan writer whose captivating and powerful book, The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi?, deftly exposes the corruption that permeated through the Guatamalan authorites right to the President. Goldman is in conversation with other outspoken writers. ‘Goldman is a wonderful writer and this is an extremely important book’ Salman Rushdie on The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Geradi? General information on Free the Word! and International PEN (please use this to precede or follow the events if they are separate pages or create a separate page, whatever you feel is most suitable) ABOUT THE FESTIVAL Come and feast upon a weekend of events that promises to engage with stories from all over the globe in unexpected and extraordinary encounters. Be part of an intimate conversation, a raucous debate, a provocative cabaret, or just listen to dialogues between eminent and emerging writers as they discuss their role as creators, thinkers and interpreters in society. Events are also taking place at the National Theatre, Southbank Centre and Young Vic. The festival is happening over three days from 11 – 13 April 2008. Other writers taking part include Salman Rushdie (QEH, Southbank Centre), Daniel Pennac and Alberto Manguel (Purcell Room, Southbank Centre), Sjón (Spirit Level, Southbank Centre), Alaa Al Aswany (A Platform event, National Theatre). To book tickets for these events, customers will need to go to the relevant venue’s website or call them. 1985 N 1988 Festival in a Thimble 5 Feb 08 - June 08 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-04-13T15:00:00+01:00 2008-04-13T15:00:00+01:00 Event will be held in the Cut Bar. Concessions only available for Under 26 and PEN members - proof required when collecting tickets. Running time - 90 mins Age limit - 14+ Festival in a Thimble Alexis Wright, Emine Sevgi Özdamar and many more … If you can only attend one event at Free the Word!, step inside our ‘thimble’ to savour the highlights. Set against the stunning backdrop of The Cut Bar, Festival authors will read from their own work and each other’s, in homage, thoughtful response or even feisty disagreement. A luminous embodiment of the festival themeThe Writer Next Door. ABOUT THE FESTIVAL Come and feast upon a weekend of events that promises to engage with stories from all over the globe in unexpected and extraordinary encounters. Be part of an intimate conversation, a raucous debate, a provocative cabaret, or just listen to dialogues between eminent and emerging writers as they discuss their role as creators, thinkers and interpreters in society. Events are also taking place at the National Theatre, Southbank Centre and Young Vic. The festival is happening over three days from 11 – 13 April 2008. Other writers taking part include Salman Rushdie (QEH, Southbank Centre), Daniel Pennac and Alberto Manguel (Purcell Room, Southbank Centre), Sjón (Spirit Level, Southbank Centre), Alaa Al Aswany (A Platform event, National Theatre). To book tickets for these events, customers will need to go to the relevant venue’s website or call them. 1989 N 2013 Street Scene 7 Jul 08 - Jan 09 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-07-17T19:30:00+01:00 2008-07-22T19:30:00+01:00 Running time: 2 hours and 35 minutes (including interval). No age limit. Kurt Weill’s STREET SCENE An American Opera Music Kurt Weill Book Elmer Rice Lyrics Langston Hughes This summer, you have the rare chance to experience one of the great American musicals that, alongside The Threepenny Opera and The Rise & Fall of Mahagonny, confirms Kurt Weill as one of the 20th Century’s enduring and popular musical legends. Street Scene is triumphant meeting of Broadway Musical and American Opera, incorporating a dazzling array of show tunes, operatic arias, jazz, blues and spirituals: a musical melting pot that captures the true diversity of working class New York in 1946. Described by Weill as "a simple story of everyday life in a big city, a story of love and passion and greed and death”, it follows the inhabitants of a tenement building over one hot summer’s day. Street Scene is the latest collaboration between The Opera Group and Young Vic, following the success of The Enchanted Pig in 2006, and is produced with a cast of 15 performers, a live orchestra and local young people. Musical Direction Patrick Bailey Direction John Fulljames Design Dick Bird Lighting Design Jon Clark Presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited on behalf of R & H Theatricals of New York 2014 N 2138 Moon of Alabama 5 Feb 08 - June 08 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-06-20T22:30:00+01:00 2008-06-20T22:30:00+01:00 2139 N 2142 The Brothers Size 7 Jul 08 - Jan 09 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-10-08T19:45:00+01:00 2008-11-08T19:45:00+00:00 2143 N 2146 In The Red and Brown Water 7 Jul 08 - Jan 09 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-10-02T19:30:00+01:00 2008-11-08T19:30:00+00:00 Oya is a star athlete. She never feels so right as when she’s running. As a girl she has to choose between following her dream and caring for her sick mother. As a woman she is torn between two men and is desperate to bear a child. Tarell Alvin McCraney is the ‘explosive new talent’ whose The Brothers Size had audiences on their feet at the Young Vic last year. 2179 N 2223 You Can See the Hills 7 Jul 08 - Jan 09 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-10-14T19:30:00+01:00 2008-10-18T19:30:00+01:00 2229 N 2233 Festa 7 Jul 08 - Jan 09 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-08-16T17:00:00+01:00 2008-08-16T19:30:00+01:00 2 performances – 5pm and 7.30pm Running time 1 hour No discounts No comps Participants can purchase up to a pair at £5 each. Festa is a community production taking inspiration from the Festa Junina held annually in Brazil. The Festa Junina combines the story of a wedding (usually a wedding destined to go wrong!) with traditional dances including the Quadrilha, Maracatu, Coco and Ciranda and live music and song and always ends with a party, food and drink. We are taking many of these references and devising our own version – all of the aspects included will have a performative aspect and will be part of the production (even the food giving and the travelling around the space). It is important to know that our Festa! is a ticketed performance and NOT a street party / fete. There will be a very definite beginning, middle and end. The performance will take place both inside the Young Vic (foyer and main house) and outside on The Cut. The Cut will be closed from 9am with a TEN (temporary events notice) for the duration of the 16 August for rehearsals and then for the performances. The Cut will be decorated in the morning and cleared by 10pm in the evening when the street will re-open. The piece will perform twice on Saturday 16 August at 5pm and at 7.30pm to an audience capacity of up to 400 at each performance. Ticket prices will be £7.50 and the audience will be given a free taste of Brazilian canjica as part of the performance and will be able to buy drinks from the bar (or we may offer a free drink depending on budget) and take them outside within the closed off section. The hour long performance will begin outside on The Cut and on the balcony of the terrace, filter through the foyer and bar into the main house, and then filter back out to end on the street (this is when audiences will receive the small free snack.) The performance will involve up to 100 local residents aged 14 upwards alongside professional performers, professional Brazilian practitioners (both UK based and Brazil based) and a live band. 2234 N 2260 Changing Rooms 7 Jul 08 - Jan 09 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-09-18T18:00:00+01:00 2008-09-18T18:00:00+01:00 2264 N 2261 Rum and Coca Cola 7 Jul 08 - Jan 09 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-10-28T18:00:00+00:00 2008-10-28T18:00:00+00:00 2267 N 2262 See the Glory 7 Jul 08 - Jan 09 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-11-20T18:00:00+00:00 2008-11-20T18:00:00+00:00 2325 N 2263 Zest for Life 7 Jul 08 - Jan 09 Default TR_LANG Default TR_COMPOSER 2008-12-18T18:00:00+00:00 2008-12-18T18:00:00+00:00 2463 N The Cat in the HatSweet NothingsElegy for Young LoversSusEurydiceKursk