Next Swan Down The River Might Be Black
Friday 24th February at 1.30pm and 8.00pm
A poetic and personal response to being sectioned.
Follow the shifting alliances of 3 young women on a psychiatric ward over one momentous week as they each fight a faceless institution in their own way.
Written by Sean Burn, and directed by Jackie Fielding, this hauntingly lyrical play has been shortlisted for the Alfred Bradley bursary award with the BBC
Tickets: £9 Full Price and £7 Concessions. Arena Theatre Wolverhampton Book Now!
Extant Theatre presents
Sheer
Wednesday 7th March at 7.30pm
Thursday 8th at 7.30pm
Friday 9th at 1.30pm and 8.00pm
Saturday 10th March at 7.30pm
When imagination begins where does the horror end?
Extant takes its company of blind artists and blends a little of the burlesque, horror, comedy and magic, to create a thrilling and unique experience.
Sheer will lead you on a spine chilling, provocative and hilarious trip through a theatrical maze in the dark, where unseen sensual desires and twisted fears literally bump up against you.
PLEASE NOTE: This show takes place in complete darkness and features moments of sudden special effects. Audience numbers are limited for each performance.
Tickets: £9 Full Price and £7 Concessions, All matinee tickets £5. Arena Theatre Wolverhampton Book Now!
Deafinitley Theatre Presents
Gold Dust
Friday 23rd March at 8.00pm
Fathers and sons often find it hard to communicate. But when one is deaf and the other hearing it can be impossible.
An old man dies leaving behind a son who never really knew him. But as the son holds the ashes close to his heart, he begins to understand more about the man he called dad.
This play is inspired by the history and lives of Deaf people in Birmingham and the Black Country.
Tickets: £9 Full Price and £7 Concessions. Arena Theatre Wolverhampton Book now!
Laurence Clark:
Health Hazard
Tuesday 3rd April at 7.30pm
Laurence Clark discovers exactly how Americans view our NHS
What links Stephen Hawking, cardboard tube fights and Shane MacGowan? Or for that matter, George Washington, the Queen and global Armageddon?
Find out as Laurence Clark embarks on his one-man mission to sell the benefits of free healthcare to America.
Tickets: £9 Full Price and £7 Concessions
Arena Theatre Wolverhampton Book Now!
Deafinitley Theatre Presents
Love's Labours Lost
Tuesday 29th May at 7.30pm & Wednesday 30th May at 1.30pm & 7.30pm
A British sign language production of a Shakespeare classic
A story of love and loyalty, Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost is amongst his best known and, according to many, least understood plays.
Deafinitely don't believe it is a ‘problem play’ as it is often labelled. By stripping back the very dense and punny text of Love's Labours Lost and translating it into the physical language of BSL, this production will be much more accessible to theatre goers of all ages.
Tickets: £9 Full Price and £7 Concessions, All Thursday matinee tickets £5
Arena Theatre Wolverhampton Book Now!
Fittings Multimedia Arts
David Hoyle in ...
The Ugly Spirit
Wednesday 23rd May at 7.30pm
Thursday 24th May at 1.30pm & 7.30pm
Friday 25th May at 1.30pm & 7.30pm
An unlimited commission for the cultural Olympiad
The Ugly spirit is a cunning mix of improvisation and text takes a peek into the backstage world of Chang and Eng Bunker the original Siamese twins as they take their last whistle-stop tour by train through the grand duchies of Central Europe.
Written by Russell Barr with additional material from David Hoyle, music by Leigh Stirling, Wagner and Purcell, a design by Lisa Ducie and artworks by Tanya Raabe.
Tickets: £9 Full Price and £7 Concessions, All Thursday matinee tickets £5