What To Watch: On Stage Oct 2023
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Everyone asked of you yesterday
Showing at: Camden People's Theatre
When: 05 - 07 Oct 2023
About: Everyone asked of Jason yesterday. But he wasn't there. His absence forces him and Christine to reckon with their relationship.
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The Effect by Lucy Prebble
Showing at: Nationsl Theatre, London, UK
When: 01 Aug - 07 Oct 2023
About: Hearts and minds racing, Connie and Tristan are falling for each other fast. But is their sudden and intoxicating chemistry real, or a side effect of a new antidepressant? As two young volunteers in a clinical drug trial, their illicit romance poses startling dilemmas for the supervising doctors.
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Beautiful Things
Showing at: Stratford East
When: 08 Sep - 07 Oct 2023
About: Raphael Akuwudike and Rilwan Abiola Owokoniran play Ste and Jamie in this 30th-anniversary revival of Jonathan Harvey's iconic, coming-out and coming-of-age story, alongside Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge as Tony, Shvorne Marks as Sandra, and Scarlett Rayner as Leah.
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Dugsi Dayz
Showing at: New Diorama
When: 3 - 14 Oct
About: Inspired by The Breakfast Club, this is a hilarious and authentic exploration of friendship between Somali girls from Side eYe Productions and writer Sabrina Ali.
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cheeky little brown
Showing at: Bristol Old Vic
When: 21 Sep – 14 Oct 2023
About: cheeky little brown, by the Papatango Prize-winning playwright Nkenna Akunna (Some of Us Exist in the Future), is a failed night out, a musical, a show about heartbreak and queerness, taking place on a journey through the city Lady calls home.
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Mlima’s Tale By Lynn Nottage
Showing at: Kiln Theatre
When: 14 Sept - 21 Oct 2023
About: Mlima is known as one of the last ‘Great Tuskers’ – elephants with tusks so large they touch the ground. When he is murdered for these magnificent tusks, Mlima’s ghost follows those connected to his death. From poachers, to government officials, to ivory carvers, he watches as capitalism, greed and corruption marks everyone in the ivory trade.
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Othello by William Shakespare
Showing at: Riverside Studios
When: 04 - 29 October
About: Othello is at the peak of his success: in life, in war, and in love until he finds himself utterly betrayed by the person he has trusted most: ‘honest’ Iago, appearing as one shape-shifting, corrosive force thrillingly dramatised by three performers.
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Rumble In The Jungle
Showing at: Dock x Canada Water
When: 8 Sep – 29 Oct 2023
About: Step inside the Rematch time machine and travel back to 1974 Kinshasa, Africa for a theatrical retelling of Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman’s infamous championship bout.
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As You Like It By William Shakespeare
Showing at: Globe Theatre
When: 18 Aug – 29 Oct
About: In the court of Duke Frederick, division and distrust are rife. When Rosalind is banished, she runs away with her cousin Celia to the Forest of Arden. No longer governed by the court’s strict rules, they take the opportunity to explore new identities and find that the forest is a place where the possibilities for love and connection are infinite.
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Choir Boy
Showing at: Bristol Old Vic
When: 12 Oct – 11 Nov 2023
About: From Academy Award-winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight), comes the exhilarating story of Pharus, a young, black, gay student leading the legendary gospel choir at his elite, all-boys school in America.
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ELEPHANT
Showing at: Bush Theatre
When: 14 Oct - 04 Nov
About: Part gig, part musical love story, part journey through Empire, this all-new expanded production of Anoushka Lucas’ “exquisite” (Evening Standard) Elephant runs for just three weeks following its celebrated, sold-out run in the Bush’s Studio last year.
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One Drop
When: 19 & 20 Oct
Where: Battersea Arts Centre
About: Part of Dance Umbrella Festival 2023. A powerful combination of dance, visuals and sound, One Drop by award-winning Cameroonian-Finnish choreographer Sonya Lindfors dives into the poetics and politics of relations, creating a performance that reignites connections lost or forgotten. The performance on the 19 Oct will be followed by Q&A for Black and Global Majority audiences.
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Death Of England: Closing Time
Showing at: National Theatre
When: 13 Sept - 11 Nov 2023
About: Grieving the loss of the family shop and their dreams destroyed, Denise and daughter-in-law Carly are left to pick up the pieces of their relatives’ mistakes. Will all be forgiven?
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Clyde’s
Showing at: Donmar Warehouse, London, UK
When: 13 Oct - 2 Dec 2023
About: In the bustling kitchen of a run-down Pennsylvania truck stop, the formerly incarcerated staff have been given a second chance. Under the tyrannical eye of their boss Clyde, this unlikely team strives to create the perfect sandwich, as they dream of leaving their past mistakes behind for a better life.
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