Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 draws from Leo Tolstoy’s Russian masterpiece War and Peace. The show follows Natasha, who develops a relationship with rebel, Anatole, while her betrothed Andrey is off fighting. Andrey's best friend Pierre remains on high alert as the new romance takes shape. The show takes place in Moscow, 1812.
The production updates hamlet for a modern audience focusing on incorporating educational material surrounding the leaving certificate exam questions. This particular interpretation of the text focuses on the portrayals of mental health in the context of both history as of Shakespearean times and in the modern era. Back in Shakespeare’s day, many mental health problems were simply labeled as ‘Madness’, a key theme in Hamlet.
Tommaso is a young man in an obvious state of confusion who is forced to perform tests. These tests are ordered by Socrates, a female voice that haunts him. Important secrets about Thomas and Socrates are revealed during the performance. There is a deep bond between the two: Socrates is for Thomas the ultimate vertex of his ‘triangle’.
This play explores the role of virtual reality in the path to recovery from PTSD inflicted by experience in the military. The story follows Jess as she tries to pick up the pieces of her life, rebuilding her world aided by VR. The play explores the dichotomy between technology and the emotional human condition and the human desire for technological means of escapism.
An Oak Tree is a two-hander, with the Hypnotist being played by Tim Crouch. The Father, however, is played by a different guest actor at each performance. They walk on stage having neither seen nor read a word of the play they’re in… until they’re in it. This is a breath-taking projection of a performance, given from one actor to another, from a hypnotist to their subject, from an audience to a person. an oak tree is a bold and absurdly comic new play about loss, suggestion and the power of the mind.
Step inside the magnificent surroundings of London County Hall and experience the intensity and drama of Agatha Christie’s gripping story of justice, passion and betrayal in a unique courtroom setting.
Leonard Vole is accused of murdering a widow to inherit her wealth. The stakes are high - will Leonard survive the shocking witness testimony, will he be able to convince the jury, and you of his innocence and escape the hangman’s noose?
Don’t miss this landmark stage production on London’s Southbank.
This was an adaptation of Romeo & Juliet that took place entirely within the basement bar at J.W. Sweetman (now J.R. Mahon's) on Burgh Quay. Some friends of mine from Bow Street were in the cast. Scenes from the play began spontaneously throughout the location, and the audience was free to move about and sit/stand wherever they liked. All of the action of the play was compressed and restricted to a single location, so the entire story played out in real-time, with actors emerging from the audience and reintegrating back into it when not required by the current scene.
FIRST DAY is a fully immersive first-person VR experience that transports the visitor to the situation of the first day of the unexpected war attack. It allows you to experience the internal transformation that Ukrainians went through on February 24, 2022.
MATRIARCHS AND BUFFALO PULL NO PUNCHES, YET LEAD US WITH CARE
Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Academy Award®-winning virtual reality experience CARNE y ARENA (Virtually present, Physically invisible) explores the human condition of immigrants and refugees.
