soho theatre january - march 2013 guide

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LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL

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LES HOMMES VIDESLes Hommes Vides is a twenty minute low-tech, charming, eerie and comic performance of slapstick and surreal table-top puppetry and object theatre. It contains scenes of plank action, eyeless shopping, bouncing puppets, poetry and prizes.

Following the company’s highly successful debut production, Plucked, at LIMF12, Liz Walker’s latest show promises further adventures in the bizarre world of adult puppetry. Escape normality and suspend disbelief!

‘For 20 years she (Liz Walker) has explored the art form’s nightmare limits, with surreal dramas about puppets in crisis that have been likened to the works of David Lynch and Samuel Beckett.’ Independent on Sunday

‘Superlative puppets... they have such a fearsome, otherworldly demeanour.’ Guardian (on Faulty Optic’s Flogging a Dead Horse)

Wed 16 – Sat 26 Jan, 6.30pm & 9pm (Saturdays 4.30 / 5.30 / 6.30 & 9pm)

THEATRE – Tickets: £8

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LES HOMMES VIDES

BLIND SUMMIT:

THE HEADSThe new show from the innovators who created memorable puppetry for Anthony Minghella’s Madam Butterfly, Simon McBurney’s A Dog’s Heart and The Master and Margarita and their own hit shows Low Life, 1984, and most recently, the Biblically epic tabletop drama, The Table.

The Heads is a cascade of imagery inspired by Cubism, McCarthyism and Catholicism, with guest appearances by a puppet Madonna, a cardboard J.Edgar Hoover, some giant hands and much more.

‘Blind Summit prove once again that when you’re working in miniature you don’t have to think small.’ Guardian (on The Table)

BLIND SUMMIT AND SOHO THEATRE

When we saw Blind Summit’s The Table in Edinburgh 2011 we were bowled over by the originality, humour and beauty of the piece. So much so, that after their London International Mime Festival run here January 2012, we asked them to become a Soho Theatre Associate Company and supported them with creative time in our theatre to work on ideas for new shows.

Wed 16 – Sat 26 Jan, 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mats at 3pm)

THEATRE – Tickets: £15 – £20

BANE

Billed as Die Hard meets the Naked Gun on stage, Joe Bone’s multi award-winning Bane trilogy arrives in London. Action, comedy, music and drama are shaken together .

‘Phenomenal.’ Time Out

Mon 7 – Sun 13 Jan, 9.30pm

THEATRE – Tickets: £12.50 – £15

CRICK CRACK CLUB:FORBIDDEN BY JAN BLAKE

A new play enigmatically pondering over whether some stories simply shouldn’t be told and if some subjects are off limits...

Tue 8 Jan, 8pm

THEATRE – Tickets: £9

CLAUDIA O’DOHERTY: THE TELESCOPE

NOMINEE: BEST SHOW FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012

‘Constantly amusing… An offbeat gem.’ Telegraph

Wed 9 – Sat 12 Jan, 9.15pm

COMEDY – Tickets: £12.50

ALTERNATIVE COMEDY MEMORIAL SOCIETY

Mon 14 Jan, 8pm


BARRY CASTAGNOLA:WHERE’S BARRY?

‘A hugely entertaining show… great creations, sharp in-jokes… silly fun.’ Chortle

Mon 14 + Tue 15 Jan, 8.45pm

COMEDY – Tickets: £10THE HEADS

THE RUBBERBANDITS

Their riotous, satirical hit single Horse Outside became a global 10m hit YouTube sensation.

‘The Daily Mail’s nightmare of a feral underclass… wild and winning.’ Guardian

Tue 15 Jan – Sat 2 Feb, 9.30pm

COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £17.50

ANDREW DOYLE:WHATEVER IT TAKES

Andrew Doyle’s critically-acclaimed new stand-up show enjoyed a total sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Tue 15 – Wed 16 Jan, 7.15pm

COMEDY – Tickets: £10

NICK SUN: DEATH IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

‘If you didn’t like Nick Sun, then you sucked as an audience.’ Doug Stanhope

Thu 17 – Sat 19 Jan, 7.15pm


LUISA OMIELAN: WHAT WOULD BEYONCE DO?!

All the single ladies, all the Single Ladies! You know when you fall Crazy In Love, but it all goes tits up and you’re like Me, Myself and I, but then you Get Me Bodied, you’re like he’s the Best Thing I Never Had! I must have bumped my head, because Who Runs The World?

‘An intense, funny and manic hour of soul-baring comedy.’ Chortle


COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £20

IAIN STIRLING: HAPPY TO BE THE CLOWN?

‘One of the best joke writers on the circuit.’ GQ



JEN BRISTER: NOW AND THEN

‘Blisteringly funny.’ List

Tue 22 – Wed 23 Jan, 7.15pm


NISH KUMAR:WHO IS NISH KUMAR?

A stand-up show about being proud of your roots and ashamed about everything else.

‘A comic force not to be ignored.’ Chortle



ALFIE BROWN: SOUL FOR SALE

‘Alfie Brown is quite simply the future of British stand-up.’ The List



DANIEL SIMONSEN: CHAMPIONS

‘Packed with laugh-out-loud moments.’ Guardian

WINNER: NEWCOMER FOSTERS EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012



ALEXEI SAYLEAlexei Sayle returns to Soho Theatre with his first full-length solo stand-up show in over 16 years. After his return to live performance hosting a special series of shows at the start of this year, we are proud to welcome Alexei back.

‘Modern Comedy? We owe it all to one man.’ Chortle

‘Back on the stand-up stage for the first time in 16 years, his comic control remains something rare and wonderful.’ Times

‘Still gobby and engagingly self-deprecating.’ Evening Standard

Mon 21 Jan – Sat 9 Feb, 7.30pm


ALEXEI SAYLE

DAVID TRENT: SPONTANEOUS COMEDIAN

‘Funny and tightly put together.’ Guardian

NOMINEE: NEWCOMER FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012



JAMES ACASTER: PROMPT


‘Beautifully structured... Smart... Intelligent... One of the best pieces of straight stand-up at this year’s festival.’ Time Out

Thu 31 Jan – Sat 2 Feb, 9.15pm


KATHERINE RYAN:NATURE’S CANDY

‘Ryan’s mixture of the gossipy, the bitchy, the dark and the upbeat works very well indeed.’ The List

‘Acridly funny.’ Sunday Times

Mon 4 – Wed 6 Feb, 8.45pm


RICH HALL: RICH HALL’S HOEDOWN

‘Immaculate wordplay imbued with a genuine passion for the songwriter’s craft.’ Times

Mon 4 – Sat 9 Feb, 9.30pm, Sun 10 Feb, 7pm

COMEDY – Tickets £15 – £20

Theatre Bench in Assoc with Ros Povey & Perfect Pitch

LIFT1 Lift. 8 Strangers. 54 Seconds. A thousand possibilities…

LIFT: How the things we dare not say could change our lives and how those closest to us are often those we’ve never met.

The world premiere of a new musical by Craig Adams and Ian Watson about love, life and loss in a London lift.

Cast includes Julie Atherton (Sister Act, Mamma Mia, Avenue Q), Nikki Davis-Jones (Wicked and Blood Brothers), Cynthia Erivo (Sister Act), Jonny Fines (Avenue Q), Luke Kempner (South Pacific), Ellie Kirk (Legally Blonde), George Maguire (20th Century Boy) and Robbie Towns (Legally Blonde).

PERFECT PITCH

Is a not-for-profit company dedicated to the development of new British musicals through readings, workshops and showcases in collaboration with a network of partners within the UK.

‘Perfect Pitch, who are an extraordinary organisation, see, nurture, develop and incubate new ideas for musicals... I think we sometimes forget in Britain just how extraordinarily good we are at musicals.’ Stephen Fry, Patron of Perfect Pitch

Wed 30 Jan – Sun 24 Feb, 7.30pm (Sat & Sun matinees 4pm)

THEATRE – Tickets: £10 – £29.50

LIFT

SARAH KENDALL: GET UP, STAND UP

Political but not polemical, hilarious but not haranguing, Sarah is one of the most acclaimed stand-ups in the industry.

‘Delivers with dastardly relish.’ Scotsman

Tue 5 – Sat 9 Feb, 9.15pm


JOE LYCETT: SOME LYCETT HOT

‘One of the strongest emerging comedy talents we’ve seen in a long time.’ Time Out


Wed 6 – Sat 9 Feb, 7.15pm


SAM FLETCHER: GOOD ON PAPER


Thu 7 – Sat 9 Feb, 8.45pm


DAVID BADDIEL: WORK IN PROGRESS

Mon 11 – Sat 16 Feb Mon 18 – Sat 23 Mar, 9.30pm


WITTANK

‘A dazzling display of sketch genius.’ List

Wed 13 – Thu 14 Feb, 7.15pm


Snuff Box Theatre in collaboration with Richard Jordan Productions present

BITCH BOXER BY CHARLOTTE JOSEPHINE

Meet Chloe, 21 from Leytonstone. She likes the simple things in life: cherry sambuca, hairbrush-in-the-mirror karaoke with Rihanna and winding her Dad up. Oh, and she’s a boxer.

Fighting fit from sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Snuff Box Theatre invites you ringside, for an adrenaline-fuelled, no-holds-barred one-woman show.

‘Sweat-slick and tough, yet sweet and gifted with terrific timing.’ Times

SOHO THEATRE’S YOUNG WRITERS AWARD

In 2012 we launched our prestigious new Young Writers Award, to showcase the best work from the participants in our Soho Young Company, presented to a young writer whose work shows real promise and talent. The inaugural award was won by Charlotte Josephine, and now after a sell-out run in Edinburgh, we’re delighted to welcome Bitch Boxer back to Soho.

Tue 19 Feb – Sat 9 Mar, 7pm (Sat matinees 3pm)


BITCH BOXER

HighTide Festival Theatre presents

BOTTLENECK BY LUKE BARNES

“Am I a virgin? I think I am. I mean it went in her but it was floppy and it wasn’t very nice so I think I’m a virgin. I’m going to say I am. Will look better on my uni applications.”

Liverpool, 1989. Greg is fourteen. He has just started secondary school. He earns pocket money sweeping up hair in a barbers. Girls are aliens. Liverpool FC are everything.

Bottleneck is a vibrant coming-of-age story about becoming a man through adventures both big and small. It is about a notorious city; Liverpool. How the outside world views it, and how it views the outside world.

HIGHTIDE FESTIVAL THEATRE

After the huge success of Ella Hickson’s Boys in June 2012, we’re thrilled to once again be working with Hightide Festival Theatre on a new production. A company focused on the discovery, development and production of exceptional new playwrights, the Guardian described it as ‘punching far above its weight.’

’An outstanding play by young writer Luke Barnes.’ Telegraph

Tue 19 Feb – Sat 9 Mar, 8.30pm (Sat matinees 4.30pm)


THE FREEWHEELIN’ CARIAD LLOYD

‘A pocket dynamo of a comic.’ Guardian

Thu 14 – Sat 16 Feb, 9pm


ZOE LYONS:POP-UP COMIC

Fri 15 – Sat 16 Feb, 7.15pm


TONY LAW: MAXIMUM NONSENSE

Gloriously absurd, loud and ridiculous comedy. Tony brings his five-star, total sell-out, Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show to Soho Theatre for an extensive run.

‘One of the finest and funniest comics on the circuit.’ Time Out


Mon 18 Feb – Sat 2 Mar 7.30pm


JAMIE KILSTEIN

Known for his intelligent, no-holds-barred take on religion, politics, corporate greed and veganism, Jamie’s consistently been compared by critics, comedians and audiences to fearless comic icons Bill Hicks and George Carlin.

‘Irresistibly endearing and wonderfully audacious.’ Tim Minchin

Mon 18 –Sat 23 Feb, 9.15pm

COMEDY – Tickets: £10 – £15BOTTLENECK

LADY RIZO Having won the inaugural TO&ST award (Time Out and Soho Theatre) for best cabaret show in Edinburgh 2012, New York star Lady Rizo makes her London debut. Revel in the luscious vocals of this Grammy-winning diva as she combines glamour, wit and insane charm. A fascinating mix of bawdy humour and polished hyper-femininity, the brazen blonde will have you rolling with laughter.

‘If you only see one cabaret show this year, see Lady Rizo.’ Time Out

WINNER: TO&ST 2012

Mon 18 Feb – Sat 9 Mar, 9.45pm

CABARET – Tickets: £10 – £20

WILL FRANKEN

A kaleidoscopic tsunami of mind-blowing character comedy.

‘Can’t remember one moment of this show that wasn’t funny.’ Scotsman

Thu 28 Feb – Sat 9 Mar, 9.30pm


MAN 1, BANK 0

A must-see comedy adventure for anyone who has ever wanted to get one over on the bankers.

‘Extraordinary and highly entertaining.’ Irish Mail on Sunday

Mon 4 – Sat 16 Mar, 7.15pm


ANDREW LAWRENCE: IS COMING TO GET YOU

‘His delivery is nothing short of genius… A wordsmith of great talent.’ Metro

‘Anyone who gives this spikily inventive performer the time of day will realise they’re in the presence of an A-list talent.’ Guardian

Mon 11 – Sat 23 Mar, 9.30pm Mon 25 – Sat 30 Mar, 9pm


LORETTA MAINE: BIPOLAR

‘Like Dolly Parton seen through the lens of Mike Leigh… she performs brilliantly observed songs about love, loss and violent revenge.’ Guardian

Tue 12 – Sat 16 Mar, 9.45pm


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Talawa Theatre Company, Soho Theatre and the Albany present

GOD’S PROPERTY BY ARINZE KENE

It’s 1982. London is restless, gripped by spiralling unemployment and inner city riots. Ska beats dominate the airwaves and in a flat in Deptford, South London two mixed-race brothers are re-united.

Sixteen year old Onochie rules the family roost. His barely known older brother Chima returns home to find that Onochie is a skinhead who chooses to no longer be black.

Chima is not welcome in the area and only has a few hours to meaningfully connect with his brother. But outside a hostile community has been alerted to his return. Chima has been blamed for the death of a white girl and the vitriolic community won¹t be satisfied until it delivers its own rough justice.

Onochie faces the tough decision of siding with the community he has tried to belong to, or standing with the brother he doesn’t know.

‘Promise comes with a name attached: Arinze Kene.’ Guardian

SOHO SIX

God’s Property is a script that grew out of Soho Theatre’s Soho Six Writers Group in 2011. Writer Arinze Kene was a member of this vital part of our Writers programme that commissions new writing and brings it to the stage.

MULTI-TALENTED WRITERS

As well as being a distinct new writing voice, Arinze is also a very recognisable face to those who are partial to some Eastenders action for playing bad boy Connor Stanley.

Tue 26 Feb – Sat 23 Mar, 7.30pm (Sat matinees 3pm)


GOD’S PROPERTY

VICTORIA MELODY

MYDIDAE

TOTALLY TOM

Wed 13 – Sat 16 Mar, 9.15pm


PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON:JURASSIC BARK

Piff the Magic Dragon embarks on his first Soho Theatre season accompanied by Mr Piffles the World’s First Million Dollar Chihuahua™.

‘A stunningly good magician.’ Penn & Teller

NOMINEE: TO&ST 2012

Tue 19 – Sat 23 Mar, 7.45pm

CABARET – Tickets: £10 – £15

DOCTOR BROWN: BEFRDFGTH

International comedy sensation Doctor Brown comes home to Soho Theatre with his 2012 Foster’s Edinburgh Award winning show Befrdfgth.

WINNER: BEST SHOW FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012

WINNER: TOTAL THEATRE AWARD 2012

Fest

Mon 25 Mar – Sat 20 Apr, 7.30pm


DOCTOR BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN AND HIS SINGING TIGER

Fri 29 & Sat 30 Mar, 1pm

FAMILY – Tickets: £10

Polly Ingham Productions presents

DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORYBY RICHARD MARSH AND KATIE BONNA

This achingly funny romantic catastrophe fuses poetry and prose to ask – can a one night stand last a lifetime? A very human tale of good intentions and bad timing.

‘Laughs are frequent, unsignalled and brilliant.’ Times

WINNER: FRINGE FIRST AWARD 2012

Tue 12 – Sat 30 Mar, 7.30pm (Sat matinees 3.15pm)

THEATRE –Tickets: £13 – £15

A co-production between Dirty Stop-Out & TEAfilms

A GUIDE TO SECOND DATE SEX BY RACHEL HIRONS

Witness the rawest most hilarious portrayal of male and female attitudes, anxieties and agonisingly familiar sex tricks as Ryan and Laura meet for their second date. A true story based on your sex life.

‘Unflinchingly honest in its appraisal of this couple’s insecurities, mistrust of each other and tense negotiations of social rules. It’s funny because it’s so true.’ Fest

Mon 18 – Sat 30 Mar, 9.45pm (Sat matinees 5.30pm)


DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY

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