06 May

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Synopsis In our society, often, it is not normal to protest for your happiness. The play “Be free” is about how a brave individual escapes these societal norms by prioritising her wellbeing. She walks away from a relationship that is not satisfying her to any depth and is only sustaining her survival. This play encourages audiences to focus not on how things may look, but how they truly feel and to fight for what you want. To not ignore your feeling self only for the mere wanting to live up to made up expectations. The play shows a story between 2...

30 Apr

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After fleeing war-torn Albania, childhood friends Mirela and Lena find refuge at a secluded, Orthodox convent deep in the forests of Thebes. The play will follow the sisters of Saint Euphrosynos as they prepare for the Great Lent, a holy month of fasting and pious study. As the sisters enter their fast, Lena tries to temper her sudden cravings for earthly pleasures. She spends her days in frenzied prayer and her nights gorging herself on honey-soaked figs, blood-red wine and raw red meat. But nothing can satiate her, and her hunger only grows as the convent draws closer to Pascha,...

30 Apr

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Death, the Girl, and the Dance follows Death in his office, waiting for a client who is incredibly late. Enter Aphrodite, a prickly and newly dead 24 year old who died falling up the stairs immediately after breaking up with her long time boyfriend, Tom. Before Aphrodite can move through the door to What Comes Next, Death must process her, what she calls ‘ghost therapy’. Although initially hesitant, it quickly becomes apparent that Death needs some ghost therapy himself. As they grow closer, a surprise phone call comes through, giving Aphrodite a once-in-a-lifetime choice: Does she return to the land...

30 Apr

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Nick finds himself at a cross roads and seeks out an oracle for guidance, who gives him more than he bargained for. Now Nick has to decide what to do about his relationship, and what to do about this new, mystical associate....

30 Apr

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"Something Weird is Happening in Balanchine's Backyard" is a piece melding aspect of both dance and theatre. It follows a ballerina taking class but slowly realizing over the course of the piece that she is not in a dance studio at all. This absurd concept reflects the experience many professional dancers have after they retire of reconciling with life after dance and finding a new identity outside of a world as all consuming as ballet. More broadly, this relates to a greater question of identity and to what extent we are defined by what we do....

30 Apr

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Winter, 1942. An area outside Stalingrad. The Soviet army has suffered greatly in the war so far, losing much territory and tenfold more lives than most other major nations. Moscow is at risk of falling to the enemy. The play takes place near the frontlines, in and around a barracks that houses this women’s sharpshooter unit. The trio are lethal, elite soldiers. The commander’s quarters are nearby, as are additional Soviet housing compounds and headquarters. A relationship develops between Dasha and a prisoner of war....

30 Apr

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A group of friends are sidetracked into playing a game of monopoly and are pushed further and further into their own delusions and madness as their relationships are tested....

30 Apr

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It takes eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth, and when the sun dies, the world has eight minutes of light left before the cold darkness sets in. In these last fleeting moments, three people grapple with the reality of their situation: a gardener ponders the meaning of their life while deciding the fate of a sunflower, a doomsday evangelist searches for an estranged family member during a sudden crisis of faith, and a radio host mans a hotline for lonely people facing the end of the world. Loosely intertwining with each other, these three solo performer, eight minute vignettes...

30 Apr

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Four robots, burdened with the memories of a human test subject put inside them, journey across the galaxy to escape their corporate creator and get home to meet their mother; someone they all remember but have never actually met....

30 Apr

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Inventor. Suffragette. Actress. Comedian. 'Lizzie' Magie is all of these things, and she can sing, too. Her latest project, a board game called The Landlord's Game, is shaping up to be a masterpiece. But she's also flat broke! After a pair of businessmen offer to buy her game, she must choose between survival and her vision. Get acquainted with the author of the best-selling board game of all time. ...