- February 2005
A remixed 'Twelfth Night' which takes place in the strange Illyria of Cesario's mind as s/he plays with poetry, sexual fluidity and fractured identities.
- November 2004
A classic comedy by Neil Simon ("The Odd Couple") about a long-since-broken-up comic duo who are persuaded to reunite for a television special, despite mutual dislike.
Really great, modest cast.
- November 2004
When Kublai Khan’s armies invaded China from the north in 1280, the arts enjoyed a newly found freedom. Released from the Confucian formalism of the Song Dynasty, the Chinese theatre of the time began to investigate, with increasing degrees of experimentation, the circumstances of its new world.
Autumn in Han Palace is an early Yuan work, overtly political in its focus with romantic meditations.
The Soul of Chi’en Nu is a Taoist whodunit investigating identity, love and duty.
Both plays are part of a distinctly Chinese tradition that forms the heritage of contemporary Beijing Opera.
- November 2004
"Don't leave your kids alone to play with fire."
January 16th 1969. A Czech student named Jan Palach sets fire to himself in Wenceslas Square, in protest against the Russian invasion. On January 17th 1969, he was headline news - but the evening edition of any decent newspaper carries a new headline. Was his sacrifice doomed to failure? How can any of us make a difference? Can we express ourselves better through advertising slogans than we can through Shakespeare? Palach is a patchwork of texts, sound and images that dissects the nature of theatre, communication and protest. Performed simultaneously on four mini-stages, you are invited to choose what to watch - and what to think.
Picture c/o: http://archiv.radio.cz/palach99/images/okraj2.jpg
- February 2004
CADS is proud to present its annual freshers' show. This year, it's a romantic comedy for Valentine's weekend... but it's a romance with a difference. Adam Trainsmith is not expecting to fall in love when he visits the set of burnt-out director Chandler Tate's rubbish medical soap 'Hospital Hearts', but fall in love he does. With a robot called Jacie...
- February 2004
The first thing people remember about 'The Crucible' is that it's about witches. The second thing is that it's a metaphor for McCarthyism in 1950s America. The third thing is that it's where they have the snooker championships. The last remembrance aside, the witch/McCarthyist aspect was what drove Miller to write in the first place. However, some years after its completion, he considered its purpose to have changed: 'It's about Proctor's guilt', he said.
- November 2003
Ben Jonson's classic black comedy is given new life in this exciting and elaborate production.
- April 1997
