Welcome to Omnibus Theatre’s fifth summer season. We open with Whispers From The Walls, a programme of work inspired by the heritage of our old Library building, a former repository of books, a place of shelter and learning. Discover more than 25 separate events celebrating the power of words, theatre and the traditional art of storytelling.
We kick off with Memories of Fiction: The Living Library, a collaboration between Seadog Theatre Company and the University of Roehampton’s findings about people’s memories when they read and how for some, reading simply saved their lives. Do go and immerse yourself in this interactive book world they have created. Find yourself a seat, a space, a corner and get lost in language in all its many wonderful guises.
Later, the brilliant Crick Crack Club bring the tradition of aural storytelling south of the river. This season we also give voice to new writing and work by women with Non Parent Trap, Bicycles and Fish, The Power of the Crone and the quirky and hilarious La Manche: The Sleeve.
Featured on our front cover is an adaptation of The Yellow Wallpaper, this short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in 1892, has been contemporised by this timely and relevant dramatisation.
Sunday Music showcases rising stars in both the operatic and jazz world, from Shakespearean Summers and XOGA to the hottest musicians from the National Youth Jazz Orchestra.
Summer rounds off with an extended programme of Edinburgh Fringe previews. Due to popular demand we present two weeks of sneak peeks here in Clapham. A selection of riotous fringe-worthy shows will be testing their material before heading off to the world’s largest arts festival. And, we might just be hosting a top comedian or two. We’ll keep you posted.
Marie McCarthy
Artistic Director, Omnibus Theatre
