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Explore the uncertainty, rebellion and bravery of going against the tide. What will you bring to the debate?
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THE OVERCOAT
Wed 4 – Fri 6 Oct, 7.30pm
Hilarious and brutal, Scandal and Gallows are back with a new staging of Nikolai Gogol’s famous short story.
★★★★
‘Well and truly riveting‘
The Sunday Times
£12 | £10 conc.
WHERE DO ALL THE DEAD PIGEONS GO?
Sat 7 Oct, 7.30pm
Scott Turnbull takes us on a journey through space and time in this weaving of science fiction, memoir, parable, fairytale and farce.
‘As a meditation on loneliness and the power of fantasy, it’s a great success.‘
The Stage
£12 | £10 conc.
OMNIBUS THEATRE FUN PALACE
Sat 7 – Sun 8 Oct, 11am – 4pm.
Our Actors Alive scientists launch the weekend with a bang with their immersive show. Science relies on those brave enough to be revolutionary and to go against the word of the day. Get stuck into experiments and maybe even sample some themed refreshments in our new cafe-bar.
Free Event | All Ages
MOSAIC
Sun 8 Oct, 7.30pm
Led by 2015 Kenny Wheeler prize winner Ralph Wyld, Mosaic blend elements of contemporary jazz and chamber music in exciting and unexpected ways.
£12 | £10 conc.
A DANGEROUS WOMAN
Wed 11 – Thu 12 Oct, 7.30pm
The story of one woman’s struggle to carve her own path in a family of six women. This new play explores what happens when you challenge conformity and make your voice heard.
★★★★
‘Touching and poignant‘
Behind the Arras (for Flying Solo)
£12 | £10 conc.
THE FROG PRINCESS PUNKED
Fri 13 Oct, 7.30pm
Sally Pomme Clayton and the swamp girls embark on a provocative collaboration, combining girl punk, spoken word and demonic drums.It’s gonna be loud! Adults only!
£12 | £10 conc.
SCHUTTE THE UNROMANTIC
Sat 14 Oct, 7.30pm
A comic solo show written and performed by Katy Schutte. This is the story of her trying to find love despite freezing up at chocolates, serenades and thoughtful surprises.
★★★★★
Broadway Bady (for Happily Never After)
£12 | £10 conc.
BEETHOVEN'S QUARTET JOURNEY
Sun 15 Oct, 4pm
Actor David Timpson in this thrilling concert-drama, with Dante Quartet performing all three of Beethoven’s great ‘Razumonvsky’ Quartets.
£15 | £12 | £5 for under 25’s
MARY AND ME
Tue 17 – Thu 19 Oct, 7.30pm
An original and sometimes humorous imagining of a young woman’s search for understanding, in a conversation with the Virgin Mary.
★★★★
‘It’s many writer’s dream to have their first play be as good as this‘
Broadway Baby
£12 | £10 conc.
I'M UNIQUE...JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
Fri 20 Oc, 7.30pm
Omnibus Theatre collaborates with theatre makers Rachael Black and Naomi Joseph in an evening that celebrates individuality. Join us for an evening of theatre, film and spoken word as we explore conforming and rebelling in today’s world.
£10 | £8 conc.
I WALK IN YOUR WORDS
Sat 21 Oct, 7.30pm
This funny and poignant piece of verbatim theatre challenges cultural stereotyping and addresses the important issues pervading modern society. Hear true stories of identity that are all at once tender and funny.
£12 | £10 conc.
JESSE SEBASTIAN FLAMENCO
Sun 22 Oct, 4pm
Jess Sebastian returns as part of Perception Festival with special guests for no less than the fifth time. Flamenco is music on the edge. It is passion only just contained by form. It is wild, subversive and elemental. A fight to the death in music and dance.
£10 | £5 under 25’s
A CRACKED PLASTER SKY
Tue 24 – Sat 28 Oct, 7.30pm
Inspired by real stories of women working in street prostitution, A Cracked Plaster Sky tells the irreverent and at times painfully amusing story of Grace and the voice inside her head. Told over 70 years, the story strips to the bone a fleshy raw life and an entire generation and their dreams. It proposes a different way of being. It reveals other shining universes.
★★★★
‘Essential watching‘
The Independent (for A Bogus Woman, written by Kay Adshead).
£15 | £12 conc.
