The new Autumn Winter season at Omnibus Theatre sees nine productions featuring new writing, four of which are returning companies. Also, three touring shows, a programme of Irish work which includes a revival by one of Ireleand’s greatest playwrights, the fifth annual instalment of Perception Festival celebrating Nasty Women, and a Winter Production, directed by Omnibus Theatre’s Artistic Director Marie McCarthy. The season also sees Omnibus Theatre producing the national tour of an award-winning play.
HighTide and Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company find a new home at Omnibus Theatre to stage LIT by Sophie Ellerby. New writing that explores the turbulent teenage years of a girl looking for love in all the wrong places. The production came from the writer’s experience studying young women and mothers in the prison system. 17 -21 Sep.
Omnibus Theatre’s fifth annual instalment of PERCEPTION FESTIVAL: NASTY WOMEN takes inspiration from the international rally cry as its theme with six plays programmed across four weeks. Returning Future’s Theatre open the festival with the final instalment of a triology of plays inspired and informed by women who have lived through the criminal justice system. I’D RATHER GO BLIND by Somalia Seaton is a new tender piece of writing exploring what it takes to be a mother. 1 -5 Oct. Festival headliners Fireraisers by Polly Wiseman bring their touring production of FEMME FATALE, an unconventional dark comedy about fame, failure and feminism to London. 8 – 27 Oct.
Following 50 year’s of writing, David Edgar’s TRYING IT ON, presented by Warwick Arts Centre and China Plate, sees the playwright making his professional debut performing and looking back at his revolutionary 20s. 11 – 13 Oct.
GUTTED by Sharon Byrne is a poignant Irish black comedy. Exhilarating and life-affirming, the touring play explores the lives of three strong women who work in a fish factory in 1980’s Dublin. 29 – 30 Oct. Acclaimed Irish theatre company Strange Fish revive Irish playwright Frank McGuinness’ THE MATCH BOX, which is in turns shocking, humorous and moving. 29 Oct – 17 Nov.
Winners of the Pleasance Futures Award 2018, Clay Party team up with Cork’s Conflicted Theatre to present FIJI, the most unorthodox of love stories. A relationship so off-limits it’s enticing and horrifying in equal measure. 19 – 24 Nov.
Following the success of crafting winter shows for all the family and its 2018 OFFIE winning co-production Omnibus Theatre announces a production of THE LITTLE PRINCE, a contemporary adaptation, directed by the theatre’s Artistic Director Marie McCarthy. 4 – 30 Dec.
An exciting new collaboration with one of their associate artists takes place this season. Omnibus Theatre will be co-producing a national 10 venue tour of Nouveau Riché’s critically-acclaimed play QUEENS OF SHEBA, winner of the Untapped Award 2018 and Edinburgh Stage Award 2018. Queens of Sheba tells the hilarious, moving and uplifting stories of four passionate Black Women battling everyday misogynoir – where sexism meets racism. Written by Jessica L. Hagan and devised by the company. 26 Sep – 29 Nov
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