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BRAND NEW LOVE STORY

A scratch performance

by Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna

8pm – 9pm, Friday 24th February

Can a one night stand last a life-time?

In her eyes, he’s a mistake. A mistake who keeps turning up at parties. In his eyes, she’s perfect. He’s short-sighted.

They have a long way to go to find happiness. But they’ve found each other – and that’s a start… unless it’s the end. No, it’s probably the start.

Through bleary mornings after, merry Christmas parties and mud-drenched festivals, two hapless romantics try to make a one night stand last a lifetime.

A deeply funny on-off love story of good intentions, bad timing and quite a lot of weddings.

On previous show Nicked:

***** As tight and taut as a third recount (Whatsonstage)

On previous show Skittles:

**** Richard Marsh‘s dazzling love-gone-wrong show Skittles (Telegraph)

**** Virtuoso comedy (Scotsman)

Ideal blast of wit and whimsy… Funny and wise… Great writing, great performance… (Observer)

Broken Loops

Rolemop Theatre

7pm daily, Thurs 23rd – Sun 26th Feb. Weekend Matinees: 4pm. Duration: 1hr. 
A digitally interactive performance in which the audience explores links between objects and the characters’ memories.

Take a step into Fairmile social club beneath Waterloo station. Stuck in the 1990’s, tatty décor fills the walls and dirty ashtrays sit unused on the tables. It is here that Cheryl and Rose meet, a mother and daughter reunited after 10 years apart. Their memories lay dormant inside objects and space, and are played out through a subtle triggering of sensors. Audience members seek out and find them, existing with the characters on a journey of rediscovery into familial bonds, dark secrets, and the nature of memory itself. Preview shows supported by The RVHF.

Broken Loops is an experimental exploration of memory, meaning and identity: an original performance style that combines digital interactive technology and theatre in new ways, providing a window into the memories of its characters. The narrative plays out inside Fairmile, an old social club the characters once attended when Steve, the father, worked at the affiliated Network Rail. It is an old workingman’s club, untouched since the 1990’s, and filled with the past events of the two characters. The audience exists alongside the characters inside a world of darts, bingo games, cheesy music and heavy drinking. Forgotten history takes Rose and Cheryl on an emotional journey, revealing family secrets both bleak and beautiful. Broken Loops examines a British working class culture experiencing a sense of loss in its identity.

Rolemop have developed a unique production that relies on the interaction and involvement of audience members to influence the order and progression of the narrative using a series of audiovisual triggers that show memories as projected video. The narrative is shaped by the mood, emotion or revelation within the memory strands explored by the audience. It is the audience who chooses which comes next, the audience who learns how each triggered memory affects the character’s responses. It is they who decide the path of each unique performance.

In this developing tale the characters can only interact when they have remembered. Without a shared history they have no common future. They must explore the ghosts of the past, facing the actions and consequences of unchallenged events. Broken Loops is an exploration of the workings of memory itself, how we reform and reconfigure memories through the telling and retelling of stories, and how, collectively, we are constantly re-shaping and re-forming the events of the past.

Formed in 2006, Rolemop delights in producing high quality live and recorded performances. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines and styles, Rolemop possesses a rare ability to adapt and collaborate in the creation of unique live events. The diversity of skill is reflected in the varied nature of Rolemop’s output. Be it award winning audio-visual productions, interactive installations, fringe and touring theatre, community led projects or something that doesn’t quite fit the mold; Rolemop creates unique and innovative work. As a company we take pleasure in exploring the links between memories, objects, space and identity through live theatre and digital technology.

WWW.ROLEMOP.ORG.UK

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NB: Online tickets go off sale at 5pm for Broken Loops (7pm), and 2pm for matinees. There may still be tickets on the door!

Don’t Stray From The Path

The Wonder Club

www.thewonderclub.co.uk
Running Time: 1hr

A beautifully dark narrative-driven promenade performance combining circus, theatre, projection, installation, shadow puppetry, music and mayhem.

A new spectacular promenade performance from The Wonder Club. We welcome you on the Journey of a Lifetime. Based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood, Don’t Stray from the Path is a beautifully dark promenade performance combining circus, theatre, dance, installation, puppetry, projection, music and mayhem. You are invited to the Forest of elsewhere, a magical place of wonder and delight, of beauty and song, upside-down musicians, advice you never listened to, where wolves snap at your heels and travelling salesmen are ready to sell you a tale or two. It’s a place of stolen innocence, forgotten dreams, of beautiful distractions with fatal consequences (for the wolves will bite.) Keep on the straight and narrow. Don’t cry wolf. Always talk to strangers Don’t stray from the path And don’t forget a piece of cake for Granny.

No Cake, No Entry.

You are invited to make your own stories and play by your own rules, but we will be there to hold your hand and lead you astray. (Goodnight Granny, the Wolf is ready to eat you now.)

The Wonder Club create beautiful experiential promenade performance. Our interdisciplinary approach fully engages you into our magical worlds of wonder, worlds that remain with you long after the show. Challenging the boundaries of live art, theatre, visual art and event The Wonder Club marry story and setting seamlessly. Their shows put the onus on the audience to create their own version of events, to wander freely, taking responsibility for their journey and its outcomes.

‘Ambituous and Imaginative work…genuinely thrilling’
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

‘Another undeniably impressive triumph..Pitch-perfect!’
The Venue, Bristol

‘They are a force to be reckoned with’
Katie Keeler, Creative Producer, Theatre Bristol

£5 Concession Tickets Available on the Door

Excellent Choice

by Eye Saw Theatre

Running Time: 30mins

Excellent Choice is a two-man show, starring Jeff Rawle and Benjamin Dilloway, by Rob Hayes, published by Oberon, who’s shortly to have one of his plays, 9 Out Of 12 Steps, at Trafalgar Studios. Excellent Choice tells the story of a very rare, fine wine shop. A customer who manages to find it discovers the rather unusual shop owner. At first they seem to be conducting a normal transaction but then secrets about their past and present lives and motives carry us off on a dark journey.

Presented by Eye Saw Theatre, this hilarious new comedy shows at VAULT at 6pm, Thursday – Sunday (with 3pm matinees on Saturday and Sunday) of the final week. Tickets cost only £5 for 30 minutes – palatable, affordable and brilliant!

Excellent Choice is directed by Ned Bennett – trained at LAMDA, he was apprentice Director to Sean Mathias on Breakfast at Tiffany’s at the Haymarket and is also part of the young directors’ programme at the Young Vic. He is about to start rehearsals with Philip Ridley, directing the first revival of Mercury Fur.

We are honoured to have Jeff Rawle on stage at VAULT – a renowned English actor, with credits including Harry Potter, Drop the Dead Donkey and Hollyoaks. Playing alongside Jeff will be Benjamin Dilloway –also trained at LAMDA, he has performed in the Old Vic 24hr Plays, Orphans at the Linbury Studio, Tape at Counter Culture and more besides.

Eye Saw brings together carefully chosen professionals to produce insightful yet fierce entertainment within a realistic framework. Drama really should be the cornerstone of any good society but never a cultural burden. After the grind of a working day the last thing you need is a stiff message shoved down your neck. With Eye Saw, recreation is paramount. Some work may be comic, some may be hard hitting but all must be entertaining or we don’t want to see it.

NB: Online tickets go off sale at 5pm for Eye Saw (2pm for matinees). There may still be tickets on the door!

Fables – A Film Opera

Streetwise Opera

7.30pm – 9.30pm, Thursday 9th February
www.streetwiseopera.org

Step into a magical world of folklore with Fables – A Film Opera, “Stories of survival, rebellion, greed and love come to light in a remarkable marriage of music and film”, (Independent on Sunday, 4 stars) a group of short films created by some of the UK’s leading composers and filmmakers and 125 performers who have experienced homelessness. Together they have created short films based on traditional fables ranging from the classic The Boy Who Cried Wolf to Shinishi Hoshi’s contemporary tale, Hey! Come on Out!

Narrators and live musicians will guide you through the films and the story of their creation, inviting you into the world of Fables and Streetwise Opera. If you have ever been curious about the power singing has to change people’s lives, come and see Streetwise Opera’s work in action.

Streetwise Opera is an award-winning charity that uses music as a tool to help 500 homeless people per year move forward in their lives. We do this through a weekly music programme in 11 homeless centres across England and by staging critically-acclaimed opera productions starring our homeless performers.

On Saturday 25th February from 5-7pm at the Old Vic Tunnels, the London Equality Group launches its My Fair London campaign. The campaign will highlight economic inequality in London and asks the candidates for London Mayor and the London Assembly to take action to reduce it.

We will hear from a number of distinguished speakers including:

Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level

Michael Robinson, award-winning BBC Journalist and presenter of The Wealth Gap: The View
from London

Andy Hull, senior research fellow at the IPPR and co-Chair of the Islington Fairness
Commission

Andrew Simms, former policy director at NEF and author of its report, The Ratio

A question and answer session will follow. If you have a specific question that you’d like to ask, please send it to info@myfairlondon.org.uk.

We hope that you can join us in what will be a fascinating evening. It represents the first step in the journey to reducing economic inequality in the most unequal city in the developed world.

Tickets costing £2 can be bought online below or can be bought at the door on Leake St.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday.

If you want to support our campaign in other ways, you could also:

• Join us for a public signing of our petition with the mayoral candidates from 3-5pm in front of the GLA.
• Sign our petition at myfairlondon.org.uk.

The London Equality Group is an autonomous group associated with The Equality Trust. It promotes the findings of the Spirit Level and campaigns to reduce economic inequality in London. It is run by volunteers. Find out more at equalityportal.net.

Money In The Vault

nabokov

Thursday 9th & Friday 10th February, 7pm-8.10pm

Four short plays exploring our past, present and future relationship with money. How did we create it, why has it come to dominate our lives, and where are we headed next? nabokov asks the best of the UK’s new writing talent one question: is it really all about the money?

Featuring new work by Jessica Hynes with Bad Physics, James Graham with The Fitzrovia Radio Hour, Brad Birch and Jay Luxembourg.

“nabokov is a key part of the future for thrilling new theatre in England”

- Steve Marmion, Artistic Director of Soho Theatre

nabokov is a theatre company based in the eastern region, dedicated to making work in response to immediately relevant social and political themes.

The company is a forum for artistic collaboration and innovation, dedicated to cultivating a young audience and distributing work as widely as possible.

Since 2001 nabokov has hosted a vibrant Events Programme and toured premiere Flagship Productions developing some of the UK’s leading emerging talent.

Alongside its own events and productions, nabokov curates, produces and hosts work at festivals and events.

on BUNNY by Jack Thorne
Fringe First Winner

★★★★★
“Amusing, poignant, bang on the money real – catch it if you can”
WhatsOnStage

★★★★
“a brilliant miniature play about Britain”
Time Out Critics’ Choice and shortlisted for Best New Play 2011

on YOUNG PRETENDER by E V Crowe

★★★★
“It’s not a Scottish history lesson, more a three-act, three-handed chamber study of the cycle of teenage rebellion”
The Scotsman

★★★★
“melding history with rock star swagger to pose questions about the hidden costs of conflict”
Metro

Descent

OTB Productions

www.otb-productions.co.uk

Two completely different nights showcasing some of London’s most exciting new writing.

Friday 17th February (10pm)
Running Time: 90mins
Descent is an exciting night of new writing that provides a platform for young, undiscovered voices and a unique opportunity for writers to showcase their talent and get their scripts heard. OTB Productions work in collaboration with some of London’s best up and coming actors and directors in order to produce the freshest and most exciting new works the city has to offer. The night of the 17th will be compered by one of Londons finest stand up comedians, Tom Rosenthal.

Line up includes:

Health and Safety by Rebecca Walker
Directed by Georgia Murphy
Performed by Paul Heath, Clare Buckingham and Mark Lawson

Closure by Dave Florez
Directed by Joe Rizzo-Naudi
Performed by Tom Moores, Sahil Batra and Jessica Butcher

Babies by Ben Coren
Directed by Faye Merralls
Performed by Sarah Langrish-Smith, Antonia Reid, and Sam Wilkins

Love Organ written & devised by the company
Directed by Colleen Campbell
Choreography by Stephanie Bradbury
Performed by Natasha Andrews and Andrew Mullan

Saturday 18th February (5pm)
Running Time: 90mins
Come and follow OTB as they lead you through the Vaults. Each room has a story to tell, which route will you take? OTB Productions present their regular new writing event but with an exciting twist.

Line up includes:

Rats Nests by Michael Ross
Directed by Georgia Murphy
Performed by Dan Snelgrove and Angie Fullman

Barry and Ange by Melanie Ball
Directed by Bridget Lambert
Performed by Dafydd Howells and Jo Dyson

Relinquish by Ross Howard
Directed by Maria Gaitanidi
Scenography by Natasa Stamatari
Performed by Louise Faulkner, Thomas Mitchell & Natasa Stamatari

24 Hours by Chloe Ewart
Directed by Faye Merralls
Performed by Chloe Ewart

OTB Productions
OTB Productions was originally founded by Keziah Warner, Colleen Campbell, Martin Leonard, Faye Merralls, Stephanie Lodge; 2 writers, 2 directors and an actor. It began with Descent, a small (meant to be) one off night of new writing and spot of Ionesco, which was due to perform at a record shop called Pure Groove in Farringdon in July 2010. The record shop closed down the week before. Luckily…after a huge panic of alternate venue searching, we were told we could still perform, the night was a big success, and OTB Productions was formed.

Since then the Descent has been performed at various venues across London, including the Union Theatre, the LiT Space, and Rich Mix where OTB will be returning to for a third time in April. OTB are very happy to be a part of The Vaults festival, and hope to broaden the network of writers, actors, and directors that they collaborate with. For more information email info@otb-productions.co.uk

Punt

Created by Ella Hickson and the Pun-dits

5pm – 6pm, Sunday 19th February

“PUNT”
Do you have the compuntion to pun?

An punderful evening of pun-filled fun, lexical wizardry and wicked word play where four pun-dits are pitched against each other to hilarious effect. Come, sit, drink and watch whilst the meanest pun-slingers in the west take to the stage at pun-down for a rip-roaring rodeo of bad gags and arse-clenching innuendo (in-YOUR-end-oh!) – Pungent!

A four person panel show; perfect for the sex-obsessed intellectual and the compulsively competitive thicko; with openings for the audience to keep their hand in. Just lie back and enjoy the ride….it’ll be more pun than you can handle.

Sunday February 19th.
5pm in ‘The Studio’ @ VAULT.

WANTED: THE MEANEST PUN-SLINGERS IN THE WEST!

HUMPHREY “THE MAN WITH NO GAME” KER
Humphrey is a comedian, actor and writer. In 2011 he won the Foster’s Comedy Award Best Newcomer which is actually quite a good thing even though you’ve probably never heard of it. Used to be called the Perrier? No? Fair enough.

THOM “TEX” TUCK
“Tex” Tuck is a comedian of some sort, although he fancies himself as an actor, philosopher and in general. He was nominated as “best newcomer” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in his tenth consecutive year there. He is rarely short of an opinion and occasionally expresses this on twitter, where his username is a quote from King Lear (@turlygod). This succinctly expresses what kind of arse he is. For shooting purposes, he is left-eyed.

ISHBEL “ANNIE GET YOUR PUN” McFARLANE
Not to be outpun by the professional comedians, Ishbel is such a paronomasiac that she did a whole research degree in visual puns. With this firm, employable footing she now does a thousand underpaid jobs in theatre and education. Last year she did lots of directing including an American production of Romeo and Juliet, a new opera and a new play at the Fringe. She also performs poetry on trains (with permission, not in a crazy way) and has a flourishing film career in Scandinavia.

TOMMY “THE PUNDANCE KID” HERBERT
Last year, Tommy toured America with Stone Soup Shakespeare’s production of Romeo and Juliet, playing Friar Lawrence, Tybalt and Gregory. Other recent work includes Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest with the Barnham Players (2010), King Henry in Becket at St Edmund’s Bury Cathedral (2008) and jingles for the podcast Answer Me This! But he’s basically a computer programmer.

MAT “WAGON FAIL” BURT
Lured here under false pretences, Mat is a producer of theatre and events with the Heritage Arts Company. His basic grasp of the English language has led to so-far unsubstantiated accusations of wordplay (@batmurt). Recent credits include turning down a Daz advert after being approached by a casting agent at the bank. He is a man of the people, and happy with his wash.

Presented By Rogues’ Gallery

8pm – 9pm, Thursday 16th – Sunday 19th Feb
www.roguesgallerytheatre.co.uk

An album of short plays with music. A beautifully ramshackle night filled with storytellers, folk-musicians and a whole heap of city lore.

Gather round the storage heaters and we’ll tell you a tale…Join Rogues’ Gallery for an evening of stories, music, laughter and love as we journey through the city to find the beautiful, the black-hearted and the downright odd. From the team that bought you last year’s Music Hall feast The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery, The Folk Contraption is a new night; part play, part gig and part magical mystery tour. Rouse yourself with the Troglodytes Anthem, laugh at the Saga of the Soho Nose and lament the Lady and Matty G.

In our first outing The Folk Contraption joins forces with some of the most exciting emerging playwrights in London to bring you an evening of vignettes teaming with the city’s stories. Throw in a motley troupe of folk musicians, storytellers and actors for a beautifully ramshackle evening unlike anything you’ve ever seen.

Rogues’ Gallery was formed in 2009 by three actors and a director who were fed up of waiting for the phone to ring and decided to create their own work. Since those humble beginnings the company has grown to over a hundred regular members, including actors, writers, directors, designers, producers and production crew. Our work consists of large-scale productions, the monthly Rogue Writers scratch night and regular development sessions. Productions have included The Dog in the Manger, She Stoops to Conquer, The Boy I Love Is Up In the Gallery (Hoxton Hall), Paper Fortunes (Rogue Writers @ Canal Cafe Theatre.)

“This innovative and distinctive theatre company grab, chew and spew big ideas with imagination, passion and – that rare thing these days – warmth. Go see. Leave invigorated.” – Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Twenty Twelve, Dr Who) on The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery

“The Boy I Love Is Up In The Gallery is a most wonderful evening of entertainment, with all the charm, wit and sauce of the Music Halls” – British Theatre Guide

“A rarely performed piece that deserves a wider outing and makes the trek into the darkest depths of Shoreditch worthwhile.” – What’s On Stage on The Dog in the Manger

The Great Puppet Horn

Pangolin’s Teatime

www.pangolinsteatime.com
Cutting satirical shadow puppet comedy,
providing cultural critique as only cardboard on a stick can.
Running Time: 1hr

More cutting comedy from The Great Puppet Horn, providing cultural critique as only cardboard stuck to a stick can. In a mere 60 minutes hundreds of puppets are animated at frenetic speed to tell tales bizarre and comic through the monochrome glory of the shadow screen. As discarded politicians fly by your ears delight in the shadowy characters who speak, beat-box and pole-dance for your entertainment.

‘Scathingly funny… this giggle-fest gets my five stars’ – THE SUNDAY TIMES

With a constantly changing collection of sketches and short stories The Great Puppet Horn provides up-to-the-minute commentary on everything from the global financial crisis to Take That, usually at the same time. From English syntax to budget cuts nothing is safe from two guys and a stack of puppets. This is South Park meets News Night with a whole load of cardboard.

‘Worthy of a TV show … quick, clever, sarcastic and very funny.’ – REMOTEGOAT.

The Great Puppet Horn are Jeremy Bidgood and Lewis Young with script editing by Léonie Hamway. Jeremy and Lewis are comedians, animators and puppeteers who dreamt up The Great Puppet Horn over a mutual love of puppets and laughing at people in authority. Jeremy is also an award winning director. Lewis is also an animator for TV and film and bears a passing resemblance to an evil Roger Federer.

‘An irreverently funny piece of shadow puppet theatre … anarchic … sharp witted.’ – BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

The Great Puppet Horn is presented by Pangolin’s Teatime, an award-winning puppet company. Pangolin’s presents new writing through experimental and traditional puppetry working collectively to devise shows and create spectacular puppets and sets. Pangolin’s has performed and created puppets across the country from the Royal Festival Hall in London to the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh.

Press Quotes for Pangolin’s Teatime:

‘Here was magic’ THE SUNDAY TIMES

‘Ingenious and innovative’ THE SCOTSMAN