Omnibus Theatre announces its new Autumn/Winter programme. The new season includes four new plays, three reinterpretations, two national touring productions, a mini Irish season, Perception Festival plus a Christmas show.
Federico García Lorca’s BLOOD WEDDING opens the season with a fresh and modern reimagining exploring cultural divisions and the power of community, with original live music presented by George Richmond-Scott 4 – 23 Sept.
Award-winning playwright and songwriter Lizzie Nunnery launches TO HAVE TO SHOOT IRISHMEN, a new play with songs. Inspired by the murder of Irish pacifist Francis Sheehy Skeffington by a British soldier during the Easter rising in Dublin in 1916, this stirring tale of militarism and rebellion stages its national premiere at Omnibus Theatre followed by a UK tour. 2 Oct – 20 Oct.
Strange Fish Theatre company breathes new life into Owen McCafferty’s award-winning play QUIETLY in this its first London revival since 2014. This timely production about truth, forgiveness and confronting the past forms a poignant dialogue alongside Nunnery’s piece, both shows coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and form part of our mini Irish Season. 9 Oct – 27 Oct.
The theme of Isolation is explored in all its forms in our fourth annual PERCEPTION FESTIVAL, a collage of theatre music and movement animated by over ten dynamic shows with different points of view. Highlights include acclaimed Volcano Theatre’s re-developed MACBETH: DIRECTOR’S CUT, the return of Creation Theatre with a binaural reimagining of THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, ARC Stockton Arts Centre’s inventive and fast-paced writer and performer Scott Turnbull returns for a short residency, three nights, three pieces of work, including his new play THE SMOG. Closing the festival, three strong female performers stage arresting and deeply personal pieces, two of which are new plays; FRAGMENTS OF A COMPLICATED MIND by theatre-maker Damilola ‘DK’ Fashola and THE REAL DEAL by award-winning poet and playwright Katie Bonna. From 30 Oct -24 Nov.
Critically-acclaimed children’s theatre-maker and Omnibus Associate Artist Tessa Bide and Soap Soup Theatre present an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s short story THE SELFISH GIANT, a five week Christmas show for all the family. 28 Nov – 24 Dec.
Tickets for the new season are now on sale here.
