DANCING AT LUGHNASA
“You leave convinced that this is one of Friel’s finest plays.” Michael Billington, Guardian Following Brian Friel’s award-winning play Translations performed at the Loft last year to great acclaim, we are now staging his greatly loved 1990 play Dancing at Lughnasa. This semi-autobiographical play, set in 1936 in the Ireland of his boyhood, features five unmarried […]
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THE CAGE PROTECTS ME
LOFT STUDIO PREMIERE Every night for the last ten years, a pack of wolves has descended upon the town of Drylake, Texas. Their unbroken siege has left one survivor standing, a man named Red, who by day, fortifies the town’s church, and by night, prays his work holds until the morning. But to say Red […]
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BEGINNING
“A play that leaves you caring deeply about its characters and which adds unusual poignancy to the dating game.” Michael Billington, The Guardian Every story starts somewhere… It’s the early hours of the morning and Danny is the last straggler at Laura’s party. The flat’s in a mess…..and so are they. Maybe time for one […]
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DOCTOR FAUSTUS
Christopher Marlowe’s notorious tale of vanity, greed and damnation will be staged- with the creative team unconfined! – in a new adaptation by David Fletcher. Faustus is a brilliant but embittered academic, a solitary scholar who has exhausted the confines of human knowledge. Frustrated with the futility of religion, law and science he is desperate […]
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UP ‘N’ UNDER
“Heartfelt, brilliantly knowing in its parodies and often squealingly funny……it celebrates a poignant if glorious past and leaves the future an open question.” Paul Allen, The Guardian Up ‘n’ Under is a riotous Olivier Award-winning comedy about a depleted and ragged amateur rugby league team, who are audaciously taking on their arch rivals. The play […]
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IMPROVESARIOS – Visiting Company
“Absolutely brilliant show. Bravo. Laughed my socks off!” – Audience Member, 2023 Join the Improvesarios, returning following their sell out appearance in 2024, for an evening of fun and mayhem as they put down their scores and put their creative prowess to the test. Using your suggestions, this group of classically trained musicians improvise a brand new […]
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THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE
“Genuinely haunting and fervently recommended” Paul Taylor, The Independent “This family drama is tender, physical and deeply relatable.” Jane Howard, The Guardian With an international premiere in 2016 and a critically acclaimed production in the UK with Imogen Stubbs in the lead role, Things I Know To Be True is as beautifully touching as it […]
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