Date: October 6th 2010

Upcoming Events

Othello

Albert Shoe in Widescreen

Safe

Dear Mailing List Member,

Our Canon Season continues this October, with Othello and Shakespeare’s thrilling tragedy of passion and deception. Then, Compagnie the Bofoo, a brand new touring collective, will bring us Albert Shoe in Widescreen, a fantastical comic adventure.  And on Friday 22nd we will have Safe, an affecting, exasperating and hilarious piece of theatre, written by Pete Lawson and directed by Arti Prashar. We look forward to enjoy these exciting October events with you!



Othello
Tues 5th – Sat 16th October
8:00 pm – 10pm
£10 / £6 paid in advance
£12 / £8 on the door
£6 per ticket for groups of 10 or more

‘I am not what I am’

Two empires at war: Christian Venice versus the Islamic Ottoman Turks. Caught between them, taboo-breaking lovers Desdemona and Othello, African general and saviour of Venice. But Iago is determined to drag them into a hell of jealousy and confusion. Black white, male female, lover and liar all collide in Shakespeare’s thrilling tragedy of passion, deception and identity crisis.

Flipping the male-dominated traditions of Jacobean theatre on its head, Painted Stage’s bold all-female production puts three women- Desdemona, Iago's wife Emilia and the courtesan Bianca- at the centre of the drama. Using song, mask and dynamic physicality to retell the original play from their points of view, they ask us; what is it to be possessed by jealousy, by hatred, by love?



Albert Shoe in Widescreen
Thurs 21st October
8:00 pm
£8 / £6

Albert spends all his time wishing life was more like TV. Real life just isn’t that exciting. He’s much happier lost in a world of other people’s adventures to bother with his own. But that’s all about to change. Things in Albert’s life are becoming increasingly peculiar; fantasy and reality are beginning to blur. He could have sworn his house used to be surrounded by dry land and that his boss didn’t always remind him of a Minotaur. Unable to separate fact from fiction, the race is now on for Albert to find a way out of the strange universe he’s found himself in, and realise a rather modest adventure of his own.

Albert Shoe in Widescreen is the inaugural devised performance from brand new touring collective, Compagnie de Bofoo, envisioning one man’s tireless attempts to overcome all hurdles, break free and finally achieve his dream. A fantastical comic adventure told using physical storytelling, puppetry, and live music.
Albert’s adventures see him encounter 1930s B movie style villains, blockbuster heroes and ancient mythical beasts.  No genre is off limits as the myriad versions of reality he consumes through his television set every day start to leak into, and eventually take over, his life.

Albert Shoe in Widescreen explores the idea that we all want to be extraordinary, to achieve great things and begs the question: what’s so wrong with being ordinary?



Safe
Fri 22nd October
2pm and 8pm
£7/£5 concessions/groups (5+)

But wait.  Is this a performance, or a hazard?

How far should we go to eliminate risk?  We insist on box-ticking, risk-assessing, and safe-guarding, desperately trying to create a ‘safe’ environment.  What must we sacrifice?  The voices of those we are trying to protect?

A satirical piece of theatre that is at once affecting, exasperating and hilarious.



You can buy your tickets by clicking on the picture of the event which takes you directly to our website.

We hope to see you here at the Space.

All the best,

The Space 269 Westferry Road London, E14 3RS http://www.space.org.uk +44 0207 515 7799