What's On
Dancing Bear
and the hunter in the stars
7th - 10th October 2021
Playbox Theatre opens its Autumn season with a thrilling new play, Dancing Bear and the Hunter in the Stars. A new commission by writer and film maker, Mairin O Hagan, this exciting piece follows the adventures of Stella Somersby as she travels back two thousand years to Ancient Greece where she encounters the Goddess Artemis, the God Apollo, Orion, Sirius and the deadly Scorpio.
Playbox’s Young Production Company will finally get to perform this multi-disciplinary adventure after a delay of 18 months. A wonderful show for all the family.
SEVENS
14th - 16th October 2021
“SEVENS”, A NEW TRIPLE BILL BY SRISHTI STARTS ITS NATIONWIDE TOUR THIS OCTOBER 2021.
Through the medium of Bharatanatyam and Kathak, and originally composed live music, ‘SEVENS’ will explore the sacred, and sometimes sinful, significance of the number seven. From playful and energetic, to soulful and contemplative, the show will take audiences on an emotion-filled and entertaining journey. An ensemble cast of renowned UK-based Indian classical dancers and musicians will be sharing the stage in this unique show conceptualised and choreographed by award-winning Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer Nina Rajarani MBE, with an original music score by composers Y Yadavan and Shammi Pithia.
ANtigone
4th - 6th November 2021
Described recently as a story about helpless humans, lost in the cosmos.
Antigone defies the law that her brother ,as a traitor, should have no burial rites and by so doing unleashes on the state a cycle of destruction. Enemy of the state and family torn apart is the ferocious world of this young girl.
Playbox explore Sophocles powerful Greek Tragedy as a play for our times with an ensemble cast of young performers in a thrilling production bringing total theatre back to The Dream Factory . The journey of self destruction executes ultimate control.
Following Medea in 2019 the company re-explore The Greeks for audiences today.
Tickets on sale online from 3rd September 9am
Beauty and the Beast
In a version by Lawrence Boswell, a fairytale-thriller
16th - 30th December 2021
When a maid shall marry a monster, in innocence and love, ignorant of the curse and of its cure, then will the evil end, then the prince will be free
Christmas returns to The Dream Factory with a lavish production for all the family. Join us to rediscover one of the world’s greatest love stories of all time, in a production of colourful design, glorious dance, dazzling costumes and thrilling adventure.
Playbox Theatre invites you to share in the magic.
Tickets on sale online from 3rd September 9am
WHAT the critics SAY
“Stockholm proves once again that Playbox Theatre is one of the most radical and brilliant theatre companies around.”
NICK LE MESURIER,
LEAMINGTON COURIER
Stockholm (2017)
“This bold new work brilliantly thrust the audience back face-to-face with
the horrific human reality of mass migration… it showcased an inspired young ensemble… this was truly something else.”
STEVE SUTHERLAND,
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON HERALD
Paradise Kill (2016)
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Playbox is one of the most radical and brilliant theatre companies around.
NICK LE MESURIER,
LEAMINGTON COURIER
Medea (2019)