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Orbit Festival 2018 starts on Tuesday with Xavier de Sousa’s Post, quickly followed by a scratch night like no other in Propel on Tuesday night. The festival’s first week ends on Saturday with Windows of Displacement, download the full programme here to see what’s coming up in week 2!

Highlights: Theatre

HOME Presents

Orbit Festival 2018

Tue 23 Oct - Sat 3 Nov

Bringing together theatre makers across the globe who want to explore how we face the world in uncertain...

HOME Presents

HOME presents:
The Maids

Fri 16 Nov 2018 – Sat 1 Dec 2018

A deadly game of ritual, role-play and rubber gloves.

Next 7 Days: Theatre

Xavier de Sousa presents:
Post

Today 19.00

An exploration of what it means to be a migrant and failing to adhere to borders.

HOME & YESYESNONO presents:
Propel

Tomorrow 19.00

See four exceptional artists try out brand new ideas as part of a new scratch night.

Dante or Die presents:
User Not Found

Thu 25 Oct 2018

There’s a magic button. Do you delete your entire online life? Or leave it for someone else?

Selina Thompson presents:
salt.

Thu 19.00; Fri 21.00; Sat 19.00

salt. is about grief, ancestry, home, forgetting and colonialism. It’s about being part of a diaspora.

Lemn Sissay: Gold From the Stone

Thu 20.00

Lemn Sissay returns to HOME to read poems from his latest collection Gold from the Stone.

Toussaint to Move presents:
Windows of Displacement

Fri 19.00; Sat 21.00

Windows of Displacement takes its audiences on a journey galvanising people power and reclaiming our collective responsibility.

ArtReach and Journeys 2018 present: Is Migration Natural?

Sat 15.00

Join artist and performer Akeim Toussaint Buck to discuss why the current negative portrayal of migration in the...

Workshop: Milk Presents Devising Gender

Sun 28 Oct 15:00 -17:00

Using devising, theory and discussion, this practical workshop will explore the theories and techniques that underpin Milk Presents’ unique queer...

Milk Presents presents:
Bullish

Mon 19.00 + more times

This new show drops a proverbial bull into a china shop and hopes it breaks everything.

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Tangram Theatre presents:
A Hundred Different Words for Love

Tue 30 Oct 2018 – Wed 31 Oct 2018

This show is set to break hearts & put them back together.

Hofesh Shechter Company presents:
SHOW

Wed 31 Oct 2018 – Sat 3 Nov 2018

A wild and wicked performance from internationally celebrated choreographer Hofesh Shechter.

Antler Theatre presents:
Lands

Thu 1 Nov 2018 – Sat 3 Nov 2018

The award-winning Antler return with a playful, intimate dissection of a relationship teetering on the edge of collapse.

Figs in Wigs presents:
Often Onstage

Fri 2 Nov 2018 – Sat 3 Nov 2018

Revel in the absurdity of theatrical traditions with the straightest of faces.

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

Thu 8 Nov 2018 – Sat 10 Nov 2018

Set in a time-bending, seriocomically imagined world between Heaven and Hell, Stephen Adly Gurgis's 'The Last Days of...

JMK Workshop: Working with writers

Thu 15 Nov 18.00

Learn about how to build relationships with writers, give constructive feedback and collaborate when developing new plays. Working...

HOME Presents

HOME presents:
The Maids

Fri 16 Nov 2018 – Sat 1 Dec 2018

A deadly game of ritual, role-play and rubber gloves.

The Maids Q&A

Fri 23 Nov 19.30

This performance of The Maids will be followed by a post-show Q&A chaired by Dr Jason Hartford, Lecturer...

J’ai Trop Peur (I’m So Scared)

Tue 27 Nov 2018

David Lescot’s heart-warming adolescent drama about the challenges of school, friendships and growing up.

Ballet Bar

Wed 28 Nov 2018 – Thu 29 Nov 2018

Six hip hop dancers mix mime, physical comedy, acrobatics and a century of dance styles inspired by Charleston,...

Submission

Fri 30 Nov 2018 – Sat 1 Dec 2018

A political thriller by Michel Houllebecq, France’s best-selling author.

Catherine Wheels presents:
White

Thu 13 Dec 2018 – Sun 23 Dec 2018

A playful, highly visual show for 2-4 year olds and is a perfect first time theatre experience.

Amsterdam Artist Management presents:
Släpstick

Thu 13 Dec 2018 – Sat 22 Dec 2018

An ode to the comedy of Charlie Chaplin & Laurel & Hardy - with a very modern twist.

CPD for Drama and Theatre Studies Teachers

Mon 7 Jan 2019

Multi award-winning devising theatre company The Paper Birds will lead this Continuing Professional Development course for teachers. It...

1927 presents:
The Animals and Children took to the Streets

Wed 6 Feb 2019 – Sat 16 Feb 2019

Like a giant novel burst into life, 1927 invite you on a theatrical journey of startling originality.

Box of Tricks presents:
SparkPlug

Wed 13 Feb 2019 – Sat 23 Feb 2019

An exploration of family, race, identity and love, SparkPlug is the story of a white man who becomes...

Wise Children

Tue 26 Feb 2019 – Sat 2 Mar 2019

A big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and heartbreak, Wise Children is a celebration of show business, family,...

Mark Thomas – Check Up: Our NHS @ 70

Fri 8 Mar 20.00; Sat 9 Mar 20.00

Mark Thomas uses his own demise to explore what's going wrong in our NHS, how it can go...

Limmy: Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny

Thu 21 Mar 20.00; Fri 22 Mar 20.00; Sat 23 Mar 20.00

Join Limmy for a night of anecdotes and chit-chat as he introduces his autobiography - Surprisingly Down to...

Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: The Ginger Snapped

Thu 28 Mar 2019 – Sat 30 Mar 2019

It's therapy you can dance to!

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