- December 2014
New Year's Day 2050, Compound Camelot. There's not much to look forward to in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, so when the Green Knight crashes the party with a game of Russian Roulette, Gawain's only too eager to go. There's just one twist – the winner has to take a shot from the loser in exactly one year's time. It suddenly sounds less stupid when the Green Knight gets back up and wipes the blood from his face. Thus begins Gawain's quest to fulfil his oath, in the face of the plague-ridden wasteland, its barbarous cannibals, and himself. The beginning and ending won't necessarily be the same...
- February–March 2012
‘It’s just that I suddenly feel, I suddenly feel – help me – I suddenly feel lost. I don’t know who you are’.
A couple relocates to the country with their family; a fresh start in their new house in the middle of nowhere. But Corinne is suspicious of her husband Richard: is he telling the truth about the unconscious person he has rescued from the roadside? A stark and darkly comic dissection of a couple’s fidelity, this intriguing play is part domestic thriller, part word battle, and part game of stone/paper/scissors.
Martin Crimp is one of Britain’s most exciting and innovative contemporary playwrights – 'The Country' has been described by the Independent on Sunday as ‘a riveting piece ... by one who delights in his craft’.
- November 2010
One actor. Two stories. Twenty characters.
Based on the public readings of Charles Dickens, 'Pickwick & Nickleby' promises a night of absolute insanity with a sound literary basis. First enter the nineteenth-century courtroom for a gripping case of thwarted marriage, scorned passion and the sordid truth about warming-pans. Pickwick stands trial, Buzfuz gets contentious and the Judge is deadly drunk. Then it's off to darkest Yorkshire for a class with Wackford Squeers. Deduce the regional spelling for 'window' or he'll take the skin off your back... As though spearheading some crazed Victorian séance, one desperate actor will resort to every trick imaginable to lure Dickens's ghost to the stage.
Come bask in the humour, horror and boundless heart of England's greatest comic writer. It's the character actor's audition from hell, and you'd be mad to miss it.
You can follow the production's progress online at www.pickwickandnickleby.blogspot.com.
- November 2010
The ever popular, high energy Bugsy Malone is coming to Cambridge! Whether the ratmataz music, dancing chorus girls or watching splurge flying everywhere is your thing, there's something for you in this production!
- March 2010
"I'm in the frozen frozen Arctic
I've lost somebody
the body's under the ice
but it's getting harder and colder
the ice is building up..."
Ten year-old Rhona is abducted, abused, and murdered, resulting in the stagnation of the lives of three people connected to this crime. Yet the mother, the perpetrator, and the academic studying the criminal brain, eventually cross paths, culminating in a shocking confrontation.
Winner of the TMA Best New Play Award, and also nominated for a Tony, FROZEN is a challenging and dark exploration of forbidden desire, guilt, and ethics, by one of Britain's premier playwrights.
"A major play ... thrilling, humane and timely." The Times
"Consistently surprising and even bravely comic..." Indepedent
Keep up to date with the production and find out more at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=322366122205&ref=mf
External links, rehearsal and production photos will be added.
- February 2008
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
The ultimate battle of the sexes in aristocratic pre-Revolution France. Seduction, Manipulation, and Deceit, 'Dangerous Liaisons' will be coming to Cambridge next term. Using the play behind the film, we want to create a dark masterpiece at one of Cambridge's larger venues and we want you to be a part of it. The story follows Le Vicomte de Valmont as he seduces young inexperienced Cecile and the demure yet passionate Mme Tourvel while being encouraged by his former mistress La Marquise de Merteuil who while seemingly supportive has ulterior motives. Tickets available on the door. Feel free to contact me, John, with any questions at jrm62@cam.ac.uk.
- June 2007
- February 2007
- January–February 2007
‘He is a genius, Like you and me; but genius and evil Are incompatible. Surely that’s true?’
‘You think so? Then drink up.’
The tragedy which gave birth to a myth of artistic envy and murder and inspired Amadeus 150 years later, Mozart and Salieri is the greatest play by Aleksandr Pushkin – the father of Russian literature.
The famous composer Salieri has become a tortured shadow, driven to desperation by the divine genius which should have been his yet belongs instead to his idle, childlike friend Mozart. Poisoned by envy and despair, tormented by visions of great composers mocking his mediocrity, Salieri is torn between his love for the innocent Mozart and his festering impulse for revenge.
Pushkin’s tragedy is stunningly brought to life in a dark spectacle which will bombard the senses, incorporating live classical music, grotesque physicality and healthy doses of humour and pain. Find your inner Salieri…
- November 2006
"An exemplary piece of amateur theatre" [Varsity - 4 Stars]
Sophocles' masterpiece is brought to life in this, Blake Morrison's vivid and brilliant translation and adaptation of the third Theban Play.
Oedipus, by this time dead and gone, had two sons. One lies in state, waiting for a funeral with full honours for fighting with his city, while his brother lies on the dirt where he fell, rotting carrion for the birds, after he fought against it. Their fates are Creon's law. But Oedipus's daughter, Antigone, cannot suffer this last outrage on her family's honour, and she risks death from the state to follow Godly law (burying her treacherous brother). The question is, will Creon realise his mistake and retract his inhumane law in time to save his own family?
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You can pre-book tickets by emailing antigone@brickhousetheatre.co.uk Please include the day you want booking in the subject of the message. In the body of the email please include the day you want, your name and how many tickets you want reserved. You can pay for and collect your tickets from 7:00 to 7:20 on the day of the performance (the show starts at 7:30). After 7:20 we reserve the right to disregard your reservation.
We regret that we can only accept payment in cash and only on the night of the performance
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Read the full review at http://www.varsity.co.uk/reviews/610/1
- January–February 2006
An Irish rural hedge school is shaken up by the emergence into the sleepy community of two Irish soldiers who have come to remake the map of Ireland. Their task; to anglicise the place names, has far reaching personal and cultural effects for the small group involved. The focus on turbulent Anglo-Irish relations remains disturbingly relevant as ever today as in the 1830s. The poignant exploration of cross cultural love, transcending the language barriers, and the themes of loss and identity is perpetually met with the darker undercurrent of the potential for violence.
- November 2005
The kids of Rydell High class of '59 live out their final year in a whirl of sex, dance and Rock n Roll. The Boys' leader Danny Zuko comes back to school after some summer lovin' with with Rydell's newest chick, Sandy. But will she be accepted by the gang and become cool enough for Danny? Unlikely if the Pink Ladies have anything to do with it....
Presenting an amateur production of everyone's favourite musical - the original show is racier and funnier than the film, whilst remaining packed with classic tunes for you to sing along to. With a hugely talented cast full of Cambridge's finest, you can't fail to enjoy yourself with this fabulously clichéd show. Entertaining from start to finish this is an ideal evening out for anyone from the die-hard grease fan to the musical theatre virgin....come and witness 'Cambridge theatre does Grease'....you will not be disappointed!
To reserve tickets please email grease@brickhousetheatre.co.uk. You're tickets must be collected and paid for on the night, at least ten minutes before the start of the performance.
- March 2005
A British twenty-something studying photography in New York, Michael suddenly finds his senior thesis attracting more attention than he expected. But as the buzz and mystery surrounding his exhibition continue to grow, he is eventually forced to revisit his painful past--indeed, his work's very "inspiration". A Thousand Words, the debut play by American writer Max DiLallo, explores the anguish of lost love, the complexity of modern relationships, and the profound, transformative power of art.
- March 2005
Pat, Conor and Tommy have little else to do than sit in a pub discussing elephant sex, John Reilly's daughters, and the Republican Movement's penchant for painting cats green. But when Pat's father dies they are all forced to confront the real issues in their lives. Sometimes life is more than just pints, paint and lesbians.
"I never knew Jesus was Irish. Though when you think about it, it explains a lot."
- February 2005
Shakers Restirred reflects the eighties as you have never seen them before. Following four cocktail waitresses through a hectic night, the girls take on characters ranging from the checkout girls to the classic 'yuppie'. Shakers cocktail bar is THE place to be! After work, before a club, to meet the blokes, to pick up the chicks, to drink to celebrate or drown your sorrows, for birthdays and parties to romance and sin, this is the place to be seen!
- January 2005
Dario Fo's classic farce updated in a new translation by Simon Nye, creator and writer of Men Behaving Badly.
- November 2004
Macbeth is Shakespeare's masterpiece about political backstabbing, and this production looks to bring it up to date to the era of Alistair Campbell.
- June 2004
Pimms, Politics, Penises and Peace. Ancient Greece comes to the Gardens of Robinson College.
- January 2004
It's Oscars night: the night when beautiful women wear barely-there dresses in an attempt to make it onto the news; the night when the Hollywood establishment pats itself on the back and honours its brightest stars; the night when two psycho killers hold a critically-acclaimed director hostage in his own home.
Inspired by the outcry over Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers, Popcorn is a biting satire of America's litigation culture and the growing influence of the media in people's lives.
- November 2003
Written over 20 years, TANTALUS is theatrical legend and RSC co-founder John Barton's attempt to recreate the lost tale of the Trojan War. Brutally cut in its debut tour in 2000, this new production represents the first ever attempt to stage the text as written, with fresh additions by Barton.
A chorus of girls - refugees or tourists, ancient Greek or modern day - sit on a beach and tell stories which come alive about them. Their talk of war and loss is interwoven with the tale of the destruction that will be wrought on the house of Tantalus, and all humanity, by war. Successful applicants can look forward to workshop sessions led by Barton himself in the coming weeks.
- October–November 2003
'I'm not clever, I'm just pushy.'
(Marlene, Top Girls.)
- April–May 2003
- February 2003
'Shakespeare's forgotten Rock and roll masterpiece.'
- October 2002
