Spring is hotting up in The Weston Studio with four astonishing pieces of new writing this May.
This packed-to-the-rafters programme, brings a wild mix of theatre-makers from across the spectrum straight to the Studio floor. And with the new multibuy offer, people can see more for less this season.
From 12–13 May, as part of a UK tour, Cardboard Citizens, in collaboration with Stage Award-winners Alphabetti, take over the Studio to explore the housing and homelessness crisis affecting young trans people in Faun. Written by South West artist Vinnie Heaven, it follows the comedic and touching story of Ace: 22, trans, queer, and onto their last sofa. Desperate to maintain a roof over their head, Ace quickly becomes stuck in a precarious cycle of people pleasing - to live in someone’s home requires you to be small, smiling and polite, part of the furniture. But, as Ace soon discovers, it’s impossible to hide your true nature and people make mistakes.
This story of transformation and growth, delves into the issues with honesty, humour and a sprinkling of magic realism.
From acclaimed clown and emerging idiot, Frankie Thompson, comes an anarchic one-woman adaptation of Cats (the musical) from 16–20 May. "Hysterically funny" (Time Out), CAttS is a lip-sync ballet through our distractions and obsessions that help us cope with an increasingly dystopian reality. Because after all, wouldn’t we rather think about cats?
CAttS was named one of the top 5 comedy shows of 2022 by The Guardian.
This is followed by the hugely original STARS, a two-hander written by Alfred Fagon Award-winner Mojisola Adebayo. STARS has been receiving rave reviews across the UK and has just been nominated for three OFFIES for best Lead Performance in a Play, Video Design and New Play. Described as a “concept album on stage” it is a multi-sensory Afrofuturist odyssey about an old lady who goes into outer space in search of her first orgasm. Running from 23–27 May, STARS is supported with a workshop exploring the power and politics of pleasure.
We Need New Names, is a coming-of-age story from Fifth Word and New Perspectives theatre companies, adapted from the novel by NoViolet Bulawayo, the first Black African woman and Zimbabwean to be Booker Prize-shortlisted.
Paradise. Home of 10-year-old Darling and her friends. A playground overflowing with mischief and games where they imagine countries a luxurious life away from theirs in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. But when Darling moves to Michigan, the western world she encounters as a teenager is far from the American utopia of her dreams…
This defiant coming-of-age story is adapted by Alfred Fagon award-winning playwright, Mufaro Makubika and directed by Monique Touko, Artist Associate with tiata fahodzi. Running from 30 May–3 June.
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