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Jukai 樹海

by Theatre Témoin

"I came to myself in a dark wood, where the true way was wholly lost" Dante

Dates
Tuesday 28 September - Saturday 16 October
Time
8:00 pm
Days of the week
Tuesday - Saturday
Ticket price
£9.50
£7.50 (concessions)
£6.50 (southwark residents)
£6.50 (Previews: Tuesday 28 & Wednesday 29 September)
Tickets
Available online from Ticketweb
Post-show discussions:
Tuesdays 5 & 12 October
Under 26? Come for FREE!
Contact the box office for availability: 0207 701 0100

At the base of Mount Fuji lies a stretch of forest known locally as 'The Sea of Trees'. Centuries of secrets lie hidden under the mossy earth, where rivers of lava have hardened over to form the cavernous forest floor. Thousands of people who have entered these woods have never been seen again. Some simply got lost. Others went in intending to disappear…

Theatre Témoin collaborates with Taiko drummers to devise a new piece which incorporates half-mask, contemporary theatre and Japanese traditional music to tell a story about straying from the path.

Director
Ailin Conant
Lighting Designer
Pablo Fernandez Baz
Costume Designer
Urara Sakurai
Set Designer
Laurence Webb
Dance Choreographer
Bert Roman
Movement Director
Robin Guiver
Fight Choreographer
Ronin Traynor
Devising cast
Nomura Daisuke, Dorie Kinnear, Tomoko Komura, Bradley Wayne Smith & Julia Yevnine
Devising musicians
Ikuyo Conant & Nao Masuda
Theatre

The Cave

by Mervyn Peake

“So you want to kill her because she is not afraid?”

Dates
Tuesday 19 October - Saturday 6 November
Time
8:00 pm
Days of the week
Tuesday - Saturday
Ticket price
£12.50
£10.00 (concessions)
£8.00 (southwark residents)
£7.00 (Previews Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 October)
Tickets
Available online from Ticketweb
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Mervyn Peake Estate

In one cave, thousands of years of history are played out. A history marked by conformity and the persecution of anyone who dares to speak out. One family struggles to live their day-to-day lives. Then one day a young girl enters the cave and throws their belief system into question.

This unsettling and powerful play by Mervyn Peake - author of Gormenghast - is a dark, inquisitive look at the nature of authority and its effect on the human condition.

There will be a post-show discussion with the writer's son, Sebastian Peake chaired by writer Neil Norman on Tuesday 26 October.

Director:
Aaron Paterson
Designer:
Talulah Mason
Lighting Designer:
Claire Childs
Sound Designer:
Chris Adams
Family

Trumpety Trump!: The Balloon Gardener

Children’s theatre - for adults too! All tickets £3. Book early to avoid disappointment!

Dates
Sunday 24 October
Times
1:00 pm, 3:00 pm
Days of the week
Sunday
Ticket price
£3.00
Tickets
Available online from Ticketweb
Duration:
50 minutes
Suitable ages:
4+

Circo Ridiculoso

Danny the Wild Balloon tamer has run out of balloons and must grow his own. The tamer turns gardener. Seeds of hilarity are sown as Danny attempts to cultivate bold, colourful, latex shapes in pots. The plot thickens with problem pests, wacky weather and weeds you have never even dreamed of. Contemporary clowning puts the rubber into shrubbery; this fool for flowers creates an organic garden of delights. Blooming marvellous!