Forward Arena

Forward Arena New Theatre Company. Past shows at Arcola, Theatre503, Pleasance and the North Wall Arts Centre. Next up: Callisto: a queer epic at Arcola, 5-23 December 2017.

Twitter: . Forward Arena make theatre that is culturally and politically awake, without ever forgetting theatre’s responsibility to be an impressive and stimulating feast of liveness. We’re interested in a theatre that is popular, important and a challenge to the cultural preconceptions that audiences might bring into a space. Our last two full productions were a 2015 international to

uring production of a gay 'Romeo and Juliet' that recast Romeo as a woman, and in 2014 we staged a spectacular reimagining of Martin McDonagh’s 'The Pillowman' at Oxford Playhouse, where the Katurian brothers were cast instead as two sisters.

'Callisto: a queer epic' by Howard Coase:
Four stories scattered across time and space, from a London opera house in 1675 all the way to a research lab on the Moon in the year 2223, spanning the historical and the fictional and everything in between. Callisto traces a constellation of stories that send tremors through the conservative politics that have always underpinned epic tales.

'Children and Animals' by Florence Read:
Night-time in a hotel room. A couple anxiously wait, competing in games for affection and attention, hoping that an envelope stuffed with cash is enough to buy a third player. In an age of simulated experience, who's judging? A dark, dark comedy from the internationally produced writer of 'Twin Primes'.

Exciting news! 📻 Tune in to Loose Ends on BBC Radio 4 this Saturday evening at 18.15 to hear Clare Perkins (Clarissa Dal...
24/09/2018

Exciting news! 📻 Tune in to Loose Ends on BBC Radio 4 this Saturday evening at 18.15 to hear Clare Perkins (Clarissa Dalloway) chat to Clive Anderson about our production and portraying Virginia Woolf's most iconic protagonist.

Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.

21/09/2018

MRS DALLOWAY opens on Tuesday 🙌💐🕗

‘But all the same it is better to have loved - it is better.’ We’ve had a brilliant first week of rehearsals for . A fe...
07/09/2018

‘But all the same it is better to have loved - it is better.’

We’ve had a brilliant first week of rehearsals for . A few tickets are still available for our first week of performances from 25 September: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/event/mrs-dalloway/

Pictured below is our wonderful cast: from left to right Guy Rhys (Septimus), Clare Perkins (Clarissa), Clare Lawrence Moody (Sally), Sean Jackson (Peter) and Emma D’Arcy (Rezia). 📷 credit Darren Siah.

When producer Ellie's incredible grandma heard we needed a final £10,000 to fund MRS DALLOWAY at Arcola Theatre, she wan...
19/08/2018

When producer Ellie's incredible grandma heard we needed a final £10,000 to fund MRS DALLOWAY at Arcola Theatre, she wanted to help. Marion is a superb baker, and is planning a Dalloway-Themed cake (2-tiered, floral design, lemon interior).
So we're going traditional with our fundraising...and having a BAKE SALE. 💐🍰💐
Donate to our production, and you'll enter into a raffle to win TWO FREE TIX! The highest donation TAKES THE CAKE!
🚨Enter here🚨
paypal.me/bakesale
(or forwardarena.com/cake if you don't have paypal)
Thank you and GOOD LUCK! ###
arco.la/dalloway

Tickets are now on general release for our autumn production of MRS DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf, in a new adaptation by H...
17/07/2018

Tickets are now on general release for our autumn production of MRS DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf, in a new adaptation by Hal Coase. 🙌

100 preview & value seats sold last night, so do book soon. We can't wait to see you there.

https://www.arcolatheatre.com/event/mrs-dalloway

We have a new show! From the creative team & theatre that brought you the ★★★★★ Callisto...We are DELIGHTED to announce...
10/07/2018

We have a new show! From the creative team & theatre that brought you the ★★★★★ Callisto...
We are DELIGHTED to announce 'Mrs Dalloway' by Virginia Woolf, in a brand new adaptation by Hal Coase. We are honoured to be CO-PRODUCING with Arcola Theatre. It runs 25 Sep - 20 Oct - & advance booking is now open!

On the same day, in the same city, First World War veteran Septimus Warren Smith seeks help from the ruling class that Clarissa entertains.

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