Tuesday 30 September
1,280 children were wounded during the Croatian War of Independence. Based on a true story, The title of the drama About Ante is Written Here tells of one such child.
Ante turns twelve today. Less than a year old when a missile killed his mother, can he grow up to forget the past or will his country’s history scar him forever?
Ljubica: Ante lives with his father. They have this strong bond.
Neighbour: Happy together, sad together. They live together one day at a time. No one new ever enters their little world.
Jela: Till one day.
Neighbour: Till today.
Written in a playfully dramatic style, this will be the first time that one of Martinic’s plays has been performed in London.
The title of the drama About Ante is Written Here
by Ivor Martinic,
directed by Rebecca Tortora
Time: 8pm
Tickets: FREE but booking necessary to guarantee entrance
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Tuesday 16 December
Burgers. French-fries. Milkshakes. Baby Jesus?
A combination of out of work actors and zealous Christians gather in the parking lot of a Mega Church to tell the greatest story ever told in the way Americans like best: fast and convenient. Are they revolutionary, or seriously misguided?
Drive-Thru Nativity asks whether there are some things worth getting out of your car for.
Drive-Thru Nativity by Andrew Morton,
directed by Ariella Eshed,
lighting design by Jason Kirk
Time: 8pm
Tickets: FREE but booking necessary to guarantee entrancec
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When Michael Bates makes a routine trip to the post office, he meets Beatrice –
an impossibly enthusiastic postal worker, who takes him far beyond the confines of a mail room into the universe of her imagination.
Powered by her infectious lust for life, Bea leads Michael on a journey to find something he never knew he had lost.
Fusing physical theatre with comedy and music, this absurd yet oh-so-believable human tale unfolds with delightful results.
Half-Wit Theatre is a new Le Coq-trained company. First Class will be their debut production.
Devised and performed by:
Amy Nostbakken & Nir Paldi
Dates: Tuesday 7 – Saturday 25 October
Days: Tuesday – Saturdays
Time: 8pm
Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions)
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A Mind's Journey in Search of Destiny explores the creative genius and the conflicting urges that drive an artist. Tradition, self-doubt and wavering courage rein in the artist from full expression of creativity.
Improvised from classical north-east Indian Manipuri dance, the performers express the ‘feminine’ and flexible as much as the ‘masculine’ and rigid forces acting upon an individual. This production resonates beyond the uncertainties of a person moving from a valued but traditional society into a more liberal but alien one, commenting on the self-belief and insecurities lying beneath the artistic impulse.
The ancient Manipuri dance form, rooted in a small, isolated area of the Himalayas, is little-known. The dance is indivisibly linked with Hindu religious practices and strictly-defined traditional movements combine gentle ‘feminine’ movements (Lasya) with stronger ‘masculine’ ones (Tandava) to express all aspects of life and creation.
Dancers: Carrie Syckelmoore,
Yentl de Wart & Anwesha Ahmed
Music Arranger: Lee Crockford
Dialogue: Asim Ahmed
Anwesha Dance Company was established to evolve new choreography from the Manipuri tradition and to bring Manipuri dance to wider notice in the UK and internationally.
Dates: Wednesday 29 – Friday 31 October
Time: 8pm
Tickets: £10 (£7 concessions)
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(In) Formalities
Silversmith (After They Left/Rumpelstiltskin December 2007) returns to the Blue Elephant with another double-bill of new and exciting pieces of dance theatre combining innovatively expressive movement with live trumpet players - and a bunch of quirky characters!
Dr Samuel’s Soothing Serum
Cleanse.
Micro-minerals.
No more wrinkles.
Soothe.
Transcend Mortality.
Detox.
Digestive transit.
Refresh.
Healing herbal highs.
Botox.
Bifidus Actiregularis.
Believing is feeling.
Placebo effect.
Revitalise.
Empty.
Inside.
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(In)Formalities
Fanfares,
marches,
anthems,
speeches and
dry coughs…
This piece explores formal events, and the aftermath of when nothing goes to plan!
SILVERSMITH DANCE THEATRE produces innovative and accessible dance theatre through artistic collaborations. The company’s work focuses upon human themes and narratives of a dark comedic nature, merging different movement styles with the theatrical to create thought-provoking contemporary work.
www.myspace.com/silversmithdance
Dates:
Thursday 6 – Saturday 8 November
Time: 8pm
Tickets:
£10 (£7 concessions)
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Supported by No Strings Attached
Written by Sebastian Rex
Dates: Tuesday 11 – Saturday 29 November
Time: 8pm
Tickets: £12.50 (£10 concessions)
Previews:
Tuesday 11 & Wednesday 12 November
Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions)
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Supported by The Spiro Ark
Spring
Choreographer & Performer:Tal Jakubowiczova
Spring is known to be the first season, but we all know it comes after winter.
This dance-theatre piece shows a woman between hopes struggling her way to spring.
by Sarah Turner
Choreographer: Maria Korsnes
Performer: Rebecca Evans
This body of work is an attempt to isolate a moment of transcendence: that fleeting moment in time at which limitation is exceeded, and instinct becomes heroic impulse.
The process of adaptation; fitting in to different conditions or developing physical and behavioural characteristics in order to survive, does over time become a repeat pattern or a constant that becomes established. If this repeat pattern or constant is exhausted, an opening for transcendence can take place.
A moment of genuine transcendence can be rare and difficult to identify, quantify, and qualify. This body of work is a way of attempting to embody this intangible fleeting moment into an appropriate form.
Choreographer: Hagit Yakira
Dancers: Takeshi Matsumoto & Hagit Yakira
A duet discussing the relationship between a man and a woman who are totally manipulated and influenced by love songs, love movies, love letters and love images in art…
Dates: Thursday 4 – Saturday 6 December
Time: 8pm
Tickets: £10 (£7 concessions)
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The Sunflower
Choreographer: Clare Thurman
Poet: Nathan Thomas
‘The Sunflower’ is a duet between choreographer Clare Thurman and poet Nathan Thomas, weaving together fragments of intimate, personal narrative to explore what happens when two people try to communicate with each other. The piece seamlessly blends words and movement, creating a spellbinding meditation on the human conversation: absence and presence, closeness and distance, and everything in between.
Behind Closed Doors
Lo Commotion
Choreographer: Jo Meredith
Set in the aftermath of World War Two during an engagement party, 'Behind Closed Doors' explores the relationship of two returning soldiers.
Lo Commotion's young and vibrant dancers perform this narrative work to the atmospheric and romantic music of Rachmaninoff, Cole Porter and Jerome Kern.
Dates: Thursday 11 – Saturday 13 December
Time: 8pm
Tickets: £10 (£7 concessions)
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Every Sunday from November
Book early to avoid disappointment!
Waddleplops
Have you ever seen a Waddleplop? No? That's because they look so much like plants that they are hard to spot among the water lilies. When Uncle Wally Waddleplop disappears one moonlit night, Baby Polly and her trusty white duck set off to look for him and have a really big adventure!
After The Giant of the Night & The Lucky Gingerbread Man, Magic Book Theatre returns to Camberwell for their third show in a year – not to be missed!
Ages 3-7
3pm [30mins]
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Shoe Baby
There was once a baby who hid in a shoe, and had learned to say “how do you do?”
Bursting with colour, movement and surprises!
Based on the popular story by Joyce Dunbar, this award-winning puppet show comes with a wonderfully hummable soundtrack by Tom Gray of Gomez.
“Absolutely fantastic”
The Guardian
Ages 2-6
2pm & 4pm [30mins]
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Lighter Than Air
Danny Schlesinger welcomes you to the strange universe of a wild balloon tamer. Surreal, skilful and stupid things happen using circus skills, contemporary clown and visual comedy.
Danny also invites you to stay after the show to make fun balloon sculptures for all the family. All balloons and pumps provided.
Ages 5+
3pm [55mins]
PLUS free workshop after the show!
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The Elves and the Shoemaker
www.objectsdart.co.uk
A down-on-his-luck Shoemaker is helped by some hard-working little people: this classic Brothers Grimm tale is ful of fairy magic, funny characters, and the triumph of good nature over adversity.
Following last year’s Jabulani and the Hungry Crocodile, Objects Dart returns with a new mix of instant puppetry using objects found in the home. Why not go home later and try doing the show yourself?
Ages 2-10
3pm [45mins]
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Mouse Tail
www.in-tototheatre.co.uk
This action-packed but gentle and humorous show has been specially developed for very young children.
Ages 2-5
3pm [50mins]
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Sea Rover Ruby
www.in-tototheatre.co.uk
A little baby girl, Ruby, is rescued by a rascally gang of pirates. She grows up on board with the motley crew and soon learns everything there is to know about being a pirate.
Life continues until one day someone new comes to live on board - a mermaid! The whole crew is star struck - except for Ruby, who plots to rid the ship of this unwelcome guest.
Join the crew for festive fun and games after the performance!
Ages 2-5
3pm [50mins]
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- Winter Showcase
What happens when the young people of Camberwell take over the Blue Elephant for two nights?
Find out as we celebrate the end of another successful term of the Young People’s Theatre Programme.
Featuring dance, film, spoken word, and a devised piece by the newly formed Blue Elephant Young Company, this event promises to entertain and challenge your perceptions of London’s young people.
Dates: Monday 8 - Tuesday 9 December
Time: 7pm
Tickets: FREE but booking necessary to guarantee entrance
To book your tickets
please click here to send us an email.
Produced at the Blue Elephant in October 2007, Behind the Mirror has an Edinburgh run this year:
Pleasance Theatre(Beside)
30 July-25 August 12.15PM
www.pleasance.co.uk
Man loves Woman, Woman loves Man
- but Man has a mirror image,
hell-bent on ruining everything…
A fast, comic and touching love story - without words - by this Le Coq-trained company.
performed by George Mann, Nir Paldi & Deborah Pugh
