PONTYPOOL
LOFT STUDIO “…all kinds of superfluous things appear related to each other. That means something’s going to happen. Something big. Something is always about to happen.” Shut in his church basement studio, washed-up shock jock Grant Mazzy has been exiled to local radio in remote Pontypool, Ontario. His confrontational style isn’t going over well with […]
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DOUBT: A Parable
“Like all good parables, its story feels both timeless and more timely than ever, its ideological arguments speaking to our world of social media silos and ‘Punch and Judy’ political debates.” Arifa Akbar, The Guardian John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable, originally premiered on Broadway in 2005 and was awarded a Pulitzer prize and several Tony […]
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Swing That Music!
Join the UK’s hardest swinging band Down for the Count All-Stars for “one hellova celebration of vintage music” (TimeOut London) – it’s time to Swing That Music! Described as “a breath of fresh air on the swing scene” (Twinwood Festival) Down for the Count’s 10-piece mini big-band is regularly found in jazz clubs across the UK […]
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ANIMAL FARM
“Animal Farm was the first book in which I tried, with full consciousness of what I was doing, to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole.” George Orwell At once funny and frightening, delightful and devastating, Animal Farm charts the fall of idealism and the rise of tyranny, after the animals of […]
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UNCLE VANYA – LOFT FILMED PRODUCTION
AN UNMISSABLE CHANCE TO SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL, HIGHLY ACCLAIMED PRODUCTION, FILMED LIVE AT THE LOFT THEATRE IN OCTOBER 2024. Main House The Loft is proud to present their 2024 production of Uncle Vanya, filmed live at a performance. “Chekhov’s melancholy masterpiece, Uncle Vanya, comes to The Loft Theatre in a magnificent production, directed by David […]
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FILM NIGHT – LEAMINGTON AT WAR
What was life like in Leamington Spa during World War 2 and how did the people of the town contribute to the war effort? These are the questions explored in Leamington at War, a new documentary created by Leamington History Group and local film maker Mark Ellis. Find out more about the Camoufleurs, who worked […]
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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 MAIN HOUSE 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 […]
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