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Under Stokes Croft
25 May 2012
Modern adaptation of Under Milk Wood using storytelling and animation.
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Ours Was The Fen Country
25 May 2012
For the past two years Dan Canham has been capturing conversations with people of the fens in East Anglia.
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An Audio Guide To Varo's 'Harmony'
25 May 2012
A playful investigation into the musical potential of natural objects. What does harmony actually sound like? Join artist Holly Rumble as she attempts to investigate the musical clues in Varo's painting Harmony.
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Love's Labour's Lost
26 May 2012
By translating the rich, pun-riddled text of Love's Labour's Lost into the physical language of BSL, Deafinitely Theatre create a new interpretation of Shakespeare's comedy, accessible to theatregoers of all backgrounds. Deafinitely, who have performed many times at Soho Theatre, aim to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to both groups as one audience.
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Exposure
26 May 2012
Exposure is the first work in an enquiry into looking. It is the beginning of an investigation into how we look, how we are looked at and if we can ever really be seen. This intimate one to one performance is a tender and tentative look into autobiography, asking how fully we can reveal ourselves - to ourselves, to another, with another.
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The BP Story
26 May 2012
On the 20th April 2010 the Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. Unable to cap the well, oil continued to flow for 3 months releasing 53,000 barrels per day into the gulf. Two years later the story and impact of the explosion is still on-going.
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Stories From An Invisible Town
26 May 2012
Emerging Welsh artist Hugh Hughes has always enjoyed sharing new work with audiences in Ipswich. Story of a Rabbit, which premiered at PULSE in 2007, continues to tour the world - most recently visiting Sydney Opera House.
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The Silent Pianist Speaks
27 May 2012
After co-starring with Paul Merton in the UK tour of Paul Merton's Silent Clowns and receiving critical acclaim for his appearances on Radio 4's Film Programme, Neil Brand, the ‘doyen of silent film pianists' is proud to present his own critically acclaimed show.
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Til Debt Do Us Part
27 May 2012
The majority of people have always struggled make enough money but since the great recession of 2008 the problems of debt, finance and unemployment have affected all of us a whole lot more. Prompted by this, for the first time in many years people are asking what money is, where it comes from and why oh why do I not have enough it!?
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Johnny Head-In-Air
29 May 2012
17 years ago surgeons opened Johnny's head and extracted a tumour. The tumour didn't return but Johnny, as the time passed, felt odd... as if, perhaps, he wanted to go underground; as if air were circling round his head like wind, or echoes in a wood.
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Sh!t Theatre's JSA
29 May 2012
It's 2012. We all know someone who's on the dole. Your dad's on the dole. Your dog's on the dole. You're probably on the dole aren't you? Or even worse, maybe you have a job. Share your experiences of working life with Sh!t Theatre in this unique and humorous exploration of the (un)employment situation in the UK today.
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The Lonely One
30 May 2012
Hot summer night. Past locked houses and moonlit trees. Amongst a thousand warm shadows Lavinia Nebbs stands frozen, listening... "Someone's following me"
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Projector/Conjector
30 May 2012
Love dance between TV Girl & Projector Boy!
Boy's called Projector. A video projector is attached to his head. Girl's called Conjector. A TV is attached to her head. Boy meets girl on screen. They dance through screens. -
Don Quijote
31 May 2012
Alone in his room and surrounded by books and movies, Don Quijote dreams a world of his own creation and feels its joy and pain.
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Dirty Great Love Story
31 May 2012
Can a one night stand last a lifetime?
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Psychodrama
31 May 2012
Interactive tragicomedy about two irresponsible friends' attempt to make a show.
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Cutting The Cord
1 June 2012
When you are miles away from the place of your birth, can you ever feel truly at home?
Confused, fatalistic and loyal, Cutting the Cord reveals a young Japanese woman - Sachi - and her comedic yet sincere need to belong.
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The Ethics Of Progress
1 June 2012
The Ethics of Progress is a mind melting, jargon free, whistle-stop tour of cutting-edge Quantum Physics, delivered with warmth, wit and charm by Unlimited Theatre's Artistic Director Jon Spooner.
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A New Play By Morgan Lloyd-Malcolm
1 June 2012
Following on from the success of PULSE Festival's very own commission, Soho Shorts (2011), we are delighted to be bringing you a brand new play from critically acclaimed writer Morgan Lloyd Malcolm. We're not sure what it is yet. You'll have to trust us. The team is assembled, the stage is set, and all we need now is you. Join us.
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Sam Halmarack & The Miserablites
1 June 2012
Sam Halmarack & The Miserablites are the bombastic pioneers of interactive stadium pop. Get ready for handclapping anthems and electro music to move and inspire. With songs, stories and a little help from you we will all come together to offer a unique take on what it means to be redeemed by music.
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Shed
2 June 2012
At 15 years old, Fiona is practising for the future. Her Dad depends on her, so she spares his feelings. Her Mum has remarried but needs to be kept away. Preparing lies for her Dad and arguments for her Mum, she trains for an evening that will lead to a happier life.
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Three Step Endeavour
2 June 2012
Holly Darton, Dot Howard and Vicki Weitz are the UK's first professional hopscotch team. Experience the simple joy of momentarily leaving the ground beneath your feet in Three Step Endeavour, an outdoor, participatory, hopscotch extravaganza.
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Good Boy
2 June 2012
This performance is an ode to French writer and radical thinker Jean Genet and his position as an outcast of society. Using images from Genet's writing and his short film Chant d'Amour, Joseph dances a solo that explores Genet's profound ability to question authority and to find alternative ways of living, thinking and loving.
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Emily's Very Sad Play
2 June 2012
A funny, interesting play about lies, mental health and misunderstood philosophy.
Emily tries to remember her story, but cannot separate it from the stories she has read. Is it her punishment? Is she mad? Or is it a sensible retreat from the insanity of life. A comedy play about untruths and fictions. -
Tatty-Del Are Making It Work
2 June 2012
In summer 2011 tatty-del held a crisis meeting in the Cafe at the Royal Festival Hall where, in the face of serial disappointment and existential uncertainty, Natalie tried to ‘break up' with Hana and move on with her life.
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Legs 11
2 June 2012
Tom Marshman is mingling with fashionistas... but will his winning smile pull him through?
Like most men, Tom has an ambiguous relationship with his legs. So imagine his surprise when he was shortlisted for the Pretty Polly competition looking for the best legs in the country.
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Buttercup
3 June 2012
Buttercup is a fat cow from Lancashire. She's lovely. She's really looking forward to meeting you all. She can't wait to tell you, amongst other things, how she won Masterchef by feeding her stillborn baby to a fish and a potato. And what happened when she was made the star of her own TV show The Only Way is Lancashire.
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Thin Ice
3 June 2012
May 1940. Greenland.
Cut off from civilization and surrounded by ice, Daniel sits frozen to death in a tiny hut. As Richard and Laura arrive too late to rescue him, the body thaws and secrets surface - threatening their marriage, beliefs and ultimately their survival.
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My Robot Heart
3 June 2012
Merging storytelling with live music to create a show about love and fear, exploring the meaning of both and the relationship between the two.
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Goose Party
3 June 2012
Treat your sweet senses and dancing legs to the party's sonic antipasti of sassy pseudo-fiesta funk, water story power folk, electronica gender anthems, dirty agro railway blues, plus a bit of the strummy soft stuff for the lovers or the lonely, in a high octane evening of madcap musical wildness, wilderness and general gooseyness as we all endeavour to find out WHO WE ARE.
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Party Piece
6 June 2012
Aidan needs a drink, Jack's still looking for some action, Steve needs a lie down and Lorna's feeling sick. It's the morning after the night before. 4 good friends, 2 chipped teeth, 6 stolen garden Gnomes, 3 broken bathroom tiles, 5 suspicious stains on the carpet, too much alcohol and 1 epic party.
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Keine Angst
6 June 2012
Keine Angst is a piece about fear; about what it feels like and what it means to be afraid, about sensible fears and illogical anxieties, about fear as galvanising and as debilitating. It is a funny, touching, and intensely honest performance, about whether it is ever really good to be scared, and about how to be brave.
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Snow White
7 June 2012
Think you know Snow White? Think again! No dwarves! No Prince! Just one extraordinary journey into the mysterious world of our deliciously scrumptious Snow White.
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Etiquette Of Grief
7 June 2012
Etiquette of Grief is a step-by-step guide to dealing with bereavement. Thousands struggle to cope with the loss of Princess Diana, Jade Goody and even occasionally their own loved ones.
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Write A Letter To A Stranger
8 June 2012 - 9 June 2012
What would you write in a letter to a stranger? And what might a stranger have to say to you?
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Opposition
8 June 2012
Blair's bluster gets busted. Churchill butts in on Obama and Cameron's Big Society gets sliced and diced with live twitter feeds, weather reports, rant and rhetoric. Expect questions, politics, satire. Don't expect answers, just a creeping sense we are all being had.
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Hunt & Darton Bar
8 June 2012
Join live art duo Jenny Hunt & Holly Darton for a pop-up interactive performance installation that blends art with the every day.
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How (Not) To Make It In Britpop
8 June 2012
From playing Glastonbury and Ronnie Scott's to miming on children's television, musician turned comedian Rosie Wilby looks back at the emotional rollercoaster of chasing stardom at the heady height of Britpop.
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The Oh F**k Moment
9 June 2012
You just f**ked up. Now what? Sometimes, fuck-ups are so massive, there's no way back.
In this Fringe First winning show, poet Hannah Jane Walker and Chris Thorpe examine the poetic guts of mistakes in a bundle of words and strip lighting.
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Northern Soul
9 June 2012
Northern Soul is a one-woman show about Victoria Melody's attempts at joining in. Her unusual ethnographic approach to art practice has found her living with pigeon fanciers for a year and more recently learning to northern soul dance in stranger's living rooms.
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Musicality
9 June 2012
The Emma Dodd School of Performing Arts present their showcase.
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The Furies
9 June 2012
The Furies smashes together rock, metal and soul songs in a drastic retelling of the ancient story of Clytemnestra - presented through original music, vocal-scapes and stark imagery.
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The Crash of The Elysium
15 June 2012 - 8 July 2012
The Crash of The Elysium is unlike anything else you have ever experienced in the world of Doctor Who. This is your story, your mission, you are the hero. Everything depends on you. If you don't turn up, the world does not get saved.
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Seussical Jr
17 June 2012
A fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Seussical brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant and The Cat in the Hat to transport us from the Jungle of Nool to Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos!
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Shakespeare Showcase
21 June 2012 - 23 June 2012
RSC Open Stages is a Royal Shakespeare Company project produced in partnership with the New Wolsey Theatre to support amateur theatre groups across the region to celebrate the genius of William Shakespeare, and this is your chance to see a selection of that work here at the New Wolsey Theatre.
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Creative Arts & Media Festival
26 June 2012 - 28 June 2012
An exciting week of events showcasing some fabulous creative talent.
This is an opportunity to see devised work, along with collaborative projects. Alongside this will be an exhibition of Art and Design students work.
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Happy Days
27 June 2012 - 30 June 2012
Goodbye grey skies, hello blue!... Happy days are here again with Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph and the unforgettable "king of cool" Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli.
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Myths and Legends
3 July 2012 - 6 July 2012
We've all heard that St George slayed a Dragon, that Theseus defeated the Minotaur, and that Thor had a really big hammer. But what about the Legend of Acacia Avenue? No? Well nor had Archie until his cousin Norman told him all about it. Join them both on an adventure through the mists of time, and that messy bit at the bottom of the garden.
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Thomas Wolsey: The Rise & Fall
5 July 2012 - 7 July 2012
Thomas Wolsey - born in Ipswich from humble beginnings rose to become Henry V111's right hand man and the most powerful force in England - but swept up in the storm of Reformation his career followed a dramatic course to a bitter end.
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Love Story
11 July 2012 - 14 July 2012
If you liked the book and film, you will love the musical!
Inspired by Erich Segal's best-selling iconic novel and one of the most romantic films of all time, this life-affirming musical is scored by the Emmy and BAFTA award winning composer Howard Goodall with book and lyrics by Stephen Clark.
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Asylum
12 July 2012 - 13 July 2012
How desperate would you have to be to flee your home, to resettle in a new country? Through satirical and improvised comedy, ‘Asylum' portrays some of the challenges faced by immigrants when they seek safety in the UK. We follow two ‘asylum seekers' and leave you with a question: "Are we doing enough?"
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A Musical Evening With Ruthie Henshall
15 July 2012
This is a rare opportunity to spend an intimate evening with one of the UK's best loved and captivating performers.
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The Sounds Of Musicals
19 July 2012 - 21 July 2012
After the massive success of their 2011 production of Stephen Sondheim's 'Into the Woods', Half Hour Call return with a showcase embracing all that is popular in modern Musical Theatre.
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Big Ideas 4
28 July 2012
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Growing up, we are often encouraged to reach our fullest potential. The demand to progress and succeed is sewn into our mind-set like nametags in our gym kit and somewhere along the way we begin to believe this is how we obtain happiness.
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Sleeping Beauty
22 November 2012 - 26 January 2013
Including Celebration, Don't Leave Me This Way, Wake Up Little Susie, The Shoop Shoop Song, Hey Baby, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go and many, many more, all played live by our multi-talented cast, this is the latest in our unique panto brand.
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The Magician's Daughter
4 December 2012 - 5 January 2013
Inspired by Shakespeare's story of The Tempest, Little Angel Theatre brings their trademark blend of puppetry and song to this captivating story of the adventures of a young girl. Written by former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen, follow Miranda's daughter as she discovers the magic of the "isle of noises" for herself.