'Kazakoshi' is a new production touring 12 countries throughout the world for two years celebrating Wadaiko Artist Art Lee's 20th Anniversary in 2013,and Wadaiko Tokara's 10th Anniversary in 2014.
'Kazakoshi' is the mountain wind which flows across the mountaintop Mt. Fuetsu, bringing a billowing mist onto the Inadani valley from which we gather our strength and determination to share throughout the world.
Not simply a taiko performance, 'Kazakoshi' is an expression of the powerfully flowing, yet jazzy style of performance for which Tokara has become known.
Edge Comedy – Nationally acclaimed comedy club bringing you an eclectic mix live stand-up comedy from the best of the UK comedy circuit returns to The Barnfield Theatre on the first Saturday of every month.
From the finest up and comers to top professional circuit acts, expect a rip roaring, side splitting showcase of comedic talent from around the globe.
Sitting in his kitchen workshop, Sam Lacey makes terrible shoes and tries to sell them online. They are so bad that no-one really wants them, not even his neighbour (who thinks he should give up and get a real job!). Then one night, two tiny visitors climb in through the window and start cutting and stitching and gluing...and Sam's life is never quite the same again! Following their sell-out shows, The Enormous Turnip, Little Red Hen and 3 Little Pigs, the inescapably eccentric Stuff and Nonsense Theatre Company return with an up-to-date, size 13½ retelling of everyone's favourite story...
Varmints is a brand new dance-theatre show for everyone over the age of eight. It tells the poignant tale of one small creature's stuggle to preserve a world in danger of being lost forever. Every day the city grows larger and the noise grows louder, until there is so much noise that no-one can hear themselves think. This exhilarating new show is choreographed by Wilkie Branson (Champloo Dance Company) and directed by Sally Cookson, who most recently collaborated on the brilliantly energetic Christmas show, BOING!
Performances at 3pm and 7pm. www.travellinglighttheatre.org.uk...
It's an object of shame and pride; it inspires laughter and fear; it's a symbol of power, yet it's incredibly fragile; it can be a pound of flesh or an ounce of winkles, it can be used to express both love and hate; it creates life, it can condemn us to death... and it can do wees as well. How can one tiny flap of sponge and sinew be all these things? Richard Herring intends to find out in this tenth anniversary update of the critically acclaimed show that exposes the truth about men and their flutes of love. Sell-out at the Edinburgh Fringe 2002 and Melbourne Comedy Festival 2003,...
The Reduced Shakespeare Company presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised)
An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was London's longest running comedy, spending ten years in the West End. And now The Reduced Shakespeare Company is back with the same recycled jokes, just put in a different order! Join these madcap men-in-tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare's comedies, histories and tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with...
Following hot on the heels of The Gruffalo's sell-out tour and his monstrous West End success comes The Gruffalo's Child - with attitude! Just how brave is she? Find out for yourselves by joining her at the Exeter Northcott Theatre! The Gruffalo said that no Gruffalo should Ever set foot in the deep dark wood... One wild and windy night, the Gruffalo's child ignores her father's warning and tiptoes out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist... does he? Tall Stories Theatre Company returns, bringing Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's award-winning sequel to life...
