Arcola Theatre Nomination
The Arcola Theatre has been nominated for a Peter Brook award. This is well deserved and will hopefully help them to sell more theatre tickets.
The Arcola goes from strength to strength, attracting directors of the calibre of Bill Brydon and accomplished and star actors such as Lia Williams, who appeared in one of the recent Ibsen revivals, ‘The Lady From The Sea’. Their forthcoming productions promise more of the same.
Small Craft Warnings by Tennessee Williams has attracted fantastic reviews including critic’s choice in Time Out. “Delivers a scorching evening….You could spend the whole evening just watching Jack Shepherd’s taciturn barman. Meredith MacNeill is outstanding.” It runs until October 18th.
Whilst the Arcola is establishing a fine reputation for its revivals, it also continues to premiere exciting new work. Currently in Studio 2 there is ‘Welcome to Ramallah’ a new play by Sonja Linden and Adah Kay.
It is late afternoon when a Jewish woman arrives at her sister’s home, in the occupied city of Ramallah. Dusk settles and with the call to prayer come neighbours, an uncle and nephew, to greet the new arrival. As night falls, an unexpected curfew prompts the sharing of old stories which threaten to tear apart the fragile harmony of the sisters’ memories.
This is an intimate, yet darkly funny play.
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