Arcola

A fantastical and flamboyant interpretation of Pushkin’s short story.

Learn more about the sex industry at a packed events programme at Arcola.

Further developments for Arcola, determined to be the world’s first carbon neutral theatre

A series of verbatim stories from those living in parts of the world already suffering the consequences of global warming: commendable in its intention, but lacking drama.

In which Gandhi, Shiva and Kali offer life tips to a lonely housewife. May not be based on actual events…

Palace of the End, a triptych of monologues by the Canadian playwright Judith Thompson, deals with the disturbing and emotive subject of the Iraq war. It’s timely coming in the wake of new Wikileak revelations of torture and abuse in the country. Told through the …

Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall is a tight, intense drama about race, madness and the NHS. Originally staged ten years ago with an all male cast, this revival at Arcola by Tiata Fahodzi casts all women and attempts to filter the issues through a uniquely African …

We have come to expect the best from the Arcola Theatre and their current offering does not disappoint. Martin Crimp’s The Country is an absorbing, often fraught, exercise in the frailty and conflict inherent in human relationships. We follow an affluent doctor and his wife …

As the wave of gentrification breaks across Dalston, it washes away what made the place interesting enough for the moneyed classes in the first place. The Arcola Theatre is a prime example. The warehouse that the Arcola currently calls home is due to be converted …

The audience entering the Arcola auditorium immediately become participants, walking on bare soil on the way to their seats. The austere set for Light Shining in Buckinghamshire features a cruciform ditch, dug through the concrete to the cold earth beneath. Both set and play strip …