Four productions, originally scheduled to perform in the Spring/Summer, will perform under social distancing at the Isle of Dogs venue, The Space. The first live performance since March, will be Thiasos theatre company’s Ploutos by Aristophanes. This will be followed by the Space’s associate company, Mrs C’s Collective’s That Was All by Francis Grin, all-female company Sixteen Sixty’s dark comedy In Bad Taste and cabaret collective I Need to Cher’s How to Survive the Cherpocalypse.
The Space will have a reduced capacity and all tickets will need to be booked in advance.
Artistic Director, Adam Hemming says, ‘We’re delighted to be hosting live performances at the Space again and thrilled to be starting with these fantastic shows. We’re working hard to make sure the venue is COVID-safe and exploring ways to livestream the shows. These theatre companies have stayed positive and helped us to build our online audience through our Locked Down, Looking Up programme, they deserve all the support they can get and I hope audiences will come down to the Space or watch from home.’
The Space has recently launched a crowdfunder, as part of the Theatres Trust’s #SaveOurTheatres campaign. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/saveourtheatresthespace
The October performance details are:-
Ploutos
29th September – 2nd October
Aristophanes’ satire on how to deliver what everyone is after: WEALTH. Ploutos brings you songs, dances, feasts and farts in the anarchic world of the shadow puppet-hero Karaghiozi
That Was All
8th-10th October
Everyone’s got their own beliefs. Dad worshipped ‘good times.’ Years later, you’re searching for meaning, clinging on to new age jargon and a memory of that final pub crawl.
In Bad Taste
15th-17th October
Cannibalism, Communism, Capitalism, and Chaos…Just a regular night in really. ‘In Bad Taste’ is an education, a reminder and a bloody good laugh.
How to Survive the Cherpocalypse
23rd-24th October
Everyone knows the only thing left after the apocalypse will be cockroaches and Cher. But Why? Join Cher as she offers her life lessons on how to ensure your survival.
