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Hamlet hero image
10 Aug - 13 Aug

New York's groundbreaking theatre company The Wooster Group re-imagines Shakespeare's classic tragedy attempting to reconstruct the ghost of the legendary 1964 Hamlet production.

Leaving Planet Earth hero image
10 Aug - 24 Aug

Tracing the story of humanity’s first migration into space, Leaving Planet Earth asks fundamental questions about our connection to this planet in a fusion of live interactive performance with innovative technologies.

Metamorphosis hero image
10 Aug - 12 Aug

A mesmerising deconstruction of Franz Kafka's seminal novella telling a story of a travelling salesman awaking one day to discover that he has been transformed into a giant insect.

Rumstick Road hero image
10 Aug

A video reconstruction of the landmark 1977 production Rumstick Road which combined audio taped conversations, family letters, dance, 35mm slides and the writing of Mary Baker Eddy.

House/Lights hero image
11 Aug

A video of a complete performance of the 1999 OBIE-winning collision of Gertrude Stein’s Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights with Joseph Mawra’s B-movie classic, Olga’s House of Shame.

To You, The Birdie! (Phèdre) hero image
12 Aug

A video of the 2002 OBIEwinning production of Racine’s Phèdre, set in a mobile modernist landscape of sliding Plexiglass panels, omnipresent monitors, hidden cameras, and badminton…

The Emperor Jones; Today, I Must Sincerely Congratulate You; Rhyme ’Em to Death hero image
13 Aug

A screening of three pieces on video from the Wooster Group archive: The Emperor Jones; Today, I Must Sincerely Congratulate You; Rhyme ’Em to Death

Histoire d'amour hero image
15 Aug - 17 Aug

Utilising techniques of theatre, films, comics, animation, photography and music, Histoire d’amour explores a world where guilt and responsibility disappear under the shadows of impunity and silence.

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