Written and performed by Chris Larner & directed by Hannah Eidinow
In November 2010, Chris Larner accompanied his chronically ill ex-wife to
Switzerland’s Dignitas clinic. He came home with an empty wheelchair and a story to tell.
In a candid, poignant and sometimes comic performance, Chris explores both the
profound personal implications and the wider ethical considerations of the
contentious issue of assisted dying.
The show premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe 2011, where it won the coveted Scotsman Fringe First Award.
'A wonderfully subtle and deceptively understated performance. This is storytelling of a very high order.' **** The Times
'Chris Larner tells his story simply… with scrupulous, unflinching honesty. This is a show that reminds us that how we die is as important as how we live.' **** The Guardian
THE EUROPEAN ARTS COMPANY
PRESENTS THE DUMB WAITER &
THE LOVER BY HAROLD PINTER
The Hazlitt's resident European Arts Company kicks off a nationwide tour with a double-bill of Harold Pinter's short, black comedies.
In The Dumb Waiter, two hit-men are waiting in a basement room to do a job. Strange messages keep appearing via a serving hatch. Who are they from? Why are they waiting? And who is their next victim?
In The Lover, Richard and Sarah have been married for 10 years. Each morning he commutes into the City to pour over balance sheets and graphs while she shows her lover the hollyhocks. All is not quite as it seems as fantasy and reality converge to dizzying effect.
'European Arts Company provides sheer entertainment but also an excellent opportunity for seeing high-quality live theatre' - International Herald Tribune
CHAPTER HOUSE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY BY JANE AUSTEN
Join Chapterhouse Theatre Company for an evening of Regency wonderment, as Elinor and Marianne Dashwood make their first forays into the excitingly decadent world of eighteenth-century society. This brand new adaptation of Jane Austen’s lively tale follows the sisters as they fall in love, make mistakes
and experience heartbreak for the first time in their quest to find a balance between sense and sensibility.
NICHOLAS COLLETT PRODUCTIONS
PRESENT SPITFIRE SOLO
It is June of the new Millennium.
For eighty-year old Peter Walker, ex-Battle of Britain pilot, an unexpected new challenge is about to begin. From the comfort of the Silver Birches Retirement Home, he must once again find the resilience, determination and strength to do what must be done.
As he re-lives past glories, losses, wartime experiences, family memories and the heady days of blue skies and battles, he searches for the answer to the biggest question so far!
Personal, charming, funny and inventive, ‘Spitfire Solo’ is one man’s battle for survival, the second time around!
THE WILLINGTON PLAYERS
PRESENT THE SHOP AT SLY
CORNER - A THRILLER BY
EDWARD PERCY
Descius Heiss is a French expatriate who runs a shrewd business in an antiques shop in south London. His chief aim is to provide happiness and security for his gifted daughter Margaret who has been brought up in complete ignorance of her father’s involvement in a black market of buying and selling stolen jewels. His even more sinister past is discovered by his shop assistant who begins to blackmail Descius. How will he deal with the pressure of blackmail and with the fear that his daughter may discover the truth? Percy keeps us guessing right to the end!
‘Mr Percy is an extraordinarily able dramatist with almost Dickensian powers of characterisation’ London Evening Standard, 1945
