Pleasance Autumn/Winter Brochure

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Welcome to our new 2011 Season We are delighted to present our fully-loaded Autumn season, guaranteed to entertain you as the sweaty summer days roll into cosy, wintery nights. Highlights include: We’re back in London following what was one of our most successful Edinburgh Festivals yet, and we have brought with us a bumper line-up of some of the best comedians from this year’s Fringe. Our Post Edinburgh Comedy Season kicks off with a different comedian each night over two hilarious weeks. You can expect to see perfected and slick performances from Pleasance regulars; Lady Garden, Matthew Crosby, Delete the Banjax, McNeil and Pamphilon, The Beta Males, Matt Rudge and Henry Paker, and some faces new to Pleasance, including Cariad Lloyd and Jay Foreman.

In theatre, we are ecstatic to host 8 adult puppetry shows as part of the Suspense Puppetry Festival. Proving that puppetry isn’t just for kids, this biennial festival returns for 2011 with a full programme of shows for adults. Over 10 days, you can catch a range of performances, masterclasses and a symposium at 11 venues across the capital.

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Hans Christian Andersen’s famous Fairy Tales come to Pleasance this Christmas to delight the whole family! From the company that brought you Rudyard Kipling’s enchanting Just So Stories comes this magical wintery afternoon of story telling. Bring the kids, snuggle into the signature Red Table Theatre snuggle pit and watch as the little ones’ eyes light up with excitement as these famous tales unfold in front of them.

Looking for some more adult entertainment?

Tired of the same old boring office party?

Then come and party with Pleasance for a feast of stand-up comedians, and stupendously brilliant avant-garde performers in Office Party.

From October to January Pleasance’s Main House theatre and rehearsal rooms will be transformed into a purpose-built office space, in a unique interactive show set to excite and entertain audiences in a night you’ll never forget!

Signing off with our Christmas season featuring some of your comedy and theatre favourites we’ve got Christmas editions of Crash Test, The Boom Jennies and Friends, Itch: A Scratch Event, Storyteller’s Club and much much more.

Pleasance has all you need to round off the year, in a neat little package.

Post-Edinburgh Comedy Season

15 October 8pm

16 October 8pm

17 October 8pm

Since 2008, Lady Garden have travelled throughout England bringing sublime sketch comedy to the people. They have been heard on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, BBC Radio 2’s The Arts Show and earlier this year appeared on Comic Relief in Upstairs Downtown Abbey.

Lady Cariad’s Characters

We’re Living In The Future

Lady Garden

After a spectacular run at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, they cordially invite you to (pay to) watch their latest offering, full of surreal nonsense and a potential buffet.* *Buffet unlikely

Cariad Lloyd

Nominated for the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Best Newcomer, the award-winning Lady Cariad returns to London with her sold-out Edinburgh Fringe show.

Join Jacque Le Cock, the French parkour expert and rapper; Andrew the seven year-old stand up; Cockney Sam with his old time music hall songs about murder; Judith who’s in a cult but only does the admin; and Alison the world’s worst magician’s assistant. “original, brilliantly drawn and hilarious” HHHHH Three Weeks

Jay Foreman:

How did the future catch up with us so fast? New songs, poems and description defying musical weirdness from this multi-awardwinning funny guitarist, fresh from a sell out Edinburgh Fringe and supporting Dave Gorman on tour.

You’ll still be humming Jay’s delicate acoustic songs long after you’ve stopped laughing.

“The performance is priceless” HHHH The Guardian

“Laugh out loud jokes aplenty” HHHHH Three Weeks

THE TIMES

“offbeat and promisingly original” HHHH What’s on Stage

“Sharp and sophisticated …classy and funny” HHHH Chortle

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“Britain’s funniest women” DAILY TELEGRAPH

“You leave utterly elated by this comedy cocktail”

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Post-Edinburgh Comedy Season

18 October 8pm

Matthew Crosby

AdventureParty

Total Sell Out Edinburgh 2011. Matthew Crosby, the short one with glasses from sketch favourites, PAPPY’S (as seen on 8 out of 10 Cats) presents his debut solo show: AdventureParty. A hit at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, it garnered a string of 4 and 5 star reviews. Matthew has written for, and performed in, a number of TV and radio shows including The Now Show (R4), The Kevin Bishop Show, Robert’s Web (Ch4) and Ask Rhod Gilbert (BBC1).

“A rising star“ BBC Culture Show “Devastatingly caustic and humorous.“ The List

Tickets: £7 Concession £6

19 October 8pm

Delete the Banjax…

Presents Best of Banjax!

Everyone’s (my) favourite awardwinning sketch comedy group, Delete the Banjax, have spent weeks (hours) putting together a best-of show just for you.

21 October 8pm

Crash Test:

McNeil and Pamphilon

HHHHH Threeweeks | British Comedy Guide | Broadway Baby | Remote Goat

We’ve hand picked some of the best acts from the Edinburgh Festival to do some of the best bits of their Edinburgh shows. It’s the same format as the normal Crash Test Comedy nights, but this time it’s not all new material, it’s quite simply the best material we have to offer.

The line up so far is: Idiots of Ants, The Beta Males, Sheeps, Max and Ivan, Fraser Millward and more to come. Book Early.

It’s going to be special.

For ONE NIGHT ONLY, AwardWinning double act McNeil and Pamphilon present their critically acclaimed 2011 Edinburgh sketch show.

“Face-achingly funny.

Electrifying gags executed with enviable panache.

Come!”

HHHHH Three Weeks “The key to a great doubleact - from Eric and Ernie to Vic and Bob - is chemistry.

McNeil and Pamphilon have enough to start their own laboratory. This duo are destined for great things.”

HHHH Fest

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Performed in a sweaty studio and filled to the brim with specially selected sketches, characters and songs from four years’ worth of funny stuff, this show will definitely be “daft, deft and hugely inventive” Independent “Daffy humour and inspired songs” Guardian “Surreal energetic,hysterically funny, missing this act would be like skipping Christmas” Threeweeks

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20 October 8pm

Best of the Fest

Post-Edinburgh

Comedy Season

22 October 8pm

27 October 8pm

The Train Job

Cabin Fever

The Beta Males Fresh from a 5 star, sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, critically acclaimed sketch troupe The Beta Males welcome you aboard their latest comedy thrill-ride; a sketch show which hurtles like a juggernaut through a world of hard-boiled cops, gentlemen thieves and a disgraced former Secretary of State for Transport. This train calls at Suspense, Conspiracy and Berwick-Upon-Tweed.

“A slick, hilarious sketch show … Genius.” The Sunday Times “A joy” Chortle “Highly inventive and gloriously funny” Time Out

Tickets: £7 Concession £6

Henry Paker

23 October 8pm

Matt Rudge

We Could be Heroes After a hit run at the Pleasance Courtyard during the Edinburgh Festival, BAFTA ‘Breakthrough Talent’ Nominee, Award Winning comedian and filmmaker Matt Rudge performs his show We Could be Heroes at Pleasance Islington.

After discovering a letter he wrote to himself aged 13, Matt Rudge realised all he ever wanted was to be a hero. Just like his dad. Or Rambo. or that Jesus dude. But it never quite worked out that way.

In Cabin Fever, Henry concocts a unique blend of sublime nonsense, microscopic observations and improvisation, whilst not being afraid to take on such big questions as: “What is the singular of Panini?” Would anyone else at this year’s Festival have the guts to write a poem about lip balm? We doubt it.

“Hugely Entertaining” HHHH British Comedy Guide

HHHH Guardian HHHH Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

HHHH Fest

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“One to watch” Edinburgh Festival Magazine

“A debut from a young comic with complete confidence and control of the audience” The Scotsman

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26 September – 14 October 9pm

Alan Davies

After a decade away from stand-up, Alan Davies starts work on a new show from scratch at the Pleasance.

Expect little.

Tickets: £5

14 November & 12 December 8pm

Crash Test

Christmas Edition Hosted by the Idiots of Ants, this monthly sketch, character and musical comedy night promises to feature some of the funniest names in comedy!

Previous guests have included Pappy’s, The Penny Dreadfuls, Delete the Banjax, Colin Hoult and Frisky and Mannish.

Check out the Pleasance website closer to the date to see who has been packaged up for this Christmas.

Tickets: £8 Concession £7

16 November 8pm

Ward & White’s Fun Haus Does the idea of comedians reading out their scripts for the first time excite you? Then you’ll love Ward & White’s Fun Haus. A mixed bag of narrative experiments, musical try-outs, over-written monologues and that one off the telly doing that character.

All held together by Ward & White who will be debuting songs and scenes for an exciting new musical thing they’re doing. Called ‘New Thing’ (working title) Also featuring Bridget Christie, Isy Suttie and Thom Tuck.

Tickets: £6

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COMEDY

17 November & 17 December 8pm

21 November 8pm

Comedy double-act Dregs host a night of some of the best sketch, character and musical comedy acts in the business, along with some hilarious short films.

Dregs invite you to come feast at this specially prepared comedy buffet, where you can expect to sample such dishes as Sheeps, Max and Ivan ,Jonny Sweet and many more. (NB: please don’t feed the acts).

Gonzo Moose are teaming up with Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee, Cariad Lloyd to bring you a comedy fairy tale adventure bursting with physical comedy, absurd jokes and magical illusion.

Dregs Mashups

“Had me howling” The Sun “Buckets of energy” The Daily Telegraph

“...an hour which thrives on its unpredictability” The List

Tickets: £7

Grimm and Grimmer

Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and their beloved sister, Lotte travel into deepest Bavaria. They are assembling what will become the greatest collection of fairy tales ever published. But now reality and fantasy are colliding and the family Grimm find themselves trapped in a twisted fantasy world of their own fairy tales.

Are the hapless heroes in grave danger? Yes. From what?

We can’t tell you. Will they make it back alive? I hope so.

28 November & 16 December 8pm

Joe Lycett Tries His Best Join award-winning comedian Joe Lycett for an hour as he workshops some brand new (comedy) material.

Expect: Laughter! Titters!

Silence! Jokes! Not very good jokes! Funny stories! Not very funny stories! And FUN! “Possesses the relaxed, homely charm of an old campaigner” The Times “Imaginative and cheekily subversive comedy” Guardian

Tickets: £5

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COMEDY

5 December 8pm

13 December 8pm

14 December 8pm

Join Suzi Ruffell & Charlie Baker as they try-out new material.

A History of Violence

A Christmas Sketchtacular

Suzi Ruffell and Charlie Baker Not only is multi-talented Charlie Baker a much in demand stand-up comedian and compare (Friday Night with Jonathon Ross, Mock the Week and Would I Lie To You, Comedy Gala 2011, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and ITV1’s Odd One In) but also an accomplished, highly acclaimed Jazz singer and musician (solo, and with The Charlie Baker Band).

Suzi Ruffell’s innovative style capitivates audiences with her engrossing tales of social ineptitude, overbearing parents and stories of desperately trying to fit in. It can only be a matter of time before this enchanting young performer begins to make a huge impact on the comedy circuit.

Tickets: £5

Hennessy and Friends: A host of brand new characters in hilarious and original sketches.

Written and performed by Miranda Hennessy (C4’s Phoneshop, This Just In and BBC2’ s Dick and Dom’s Funny Business).

Also starring David Seymour (Dangerous Parking, Law & Order UK) and Steven Shapland (Harry and Paul).

Tickets: £7

The Boom Jennies and Friends The Boom Jennies and friends return to the Pleasance for a jam-packed night of seasonal sketch and character comedy. Expect some of London’s finest comedians, extraordinary woolly jumpers and more mince pies than you can shake a stick at.

Acts include: The Boom Jennies ”A high-quality, all-female sketch group... a big future“ The Guardian

McNeil and Pamphilon ‘Marvellous. Face-achingly funny’ ThreeWeeks The Three Englishmen ‘One of the UK’s best emerging sketch troupes’ The Scotsman

Tickets: £7

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COMEDY

MUSIC

15 December 8pm

Elliott Tiney and Fraser Millward Elliott Tiney & Fraser Millward are anything but themselves in this work-in-progress character comedy hour....

Fresh from his debut solo show, Fraser Millward’s Little Men, Fraser presents new characters and ideas that he thought of in the bath. He hopes at least 6% of this will make it to next year’s Edinburgh show.

“His audience stood watching, falling over themselves with laughter” Threeweeks Amused Moose and Laughing Horse Semi Finalist.

(2010/2011)

18 December 8pm

23 - 26 November 7.45pm

Stars of Channel’s 4 8 Out Of 10 Cats BBC2’s and Rob Brydon and E4’s Show & Tell Josh Widdicombe and Elis James will be trying out new material at the Pleasance.

A hilarious comedy that romps through a plethora of magnificent excerpts from the world of Classical music.

Set in the darkest reaches of Amsterdam’s notorious Red Light district this tale of Chaucerian potency takes the whip to two middle aged bankers, Dan and John, tearing their lives apart.

Josh Widdicombe Men Behaving & Elis James Work in Progress Classically

Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee 2011 and Chortle Best Breakthrough Act nominee 2011, Josh Widdicombe is now regarded as one of the best up-andcoming acts on the UK circuit.

Elliott Tiney is from the sketch group Idiots of Ants.

The Idiots have had five sell out years at the Edinburgh Festival where they have been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award and have won a Chortle Award.

Elis has made quite the name for himself as an engaging storyteller, weaving Jackanorystyle tales about love and life.

An equally sharp gagsmith, Elis is a natural performer, endearing, candid, witty and warm.

HHHHH Scotsman |

Tickets: £5

Men Behaving Classically will take you on a rollercoaster journey through one thousand, six hundred and eighty three bars in just 80 minutes!

Tickets: £10 Concession £7.50

TimeOut | Edinburgh Guide

Elliott is now doing some stuff on his own. He doesn’t know what it will be yet. But he does know that he will NOT be wearing a white shirt or a skinny black tie.

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Suspense Puppetry Festival 29 October 3pm & 7pm

Triptych

Three stories about love, loss and letting go. A small, lonely figure is lured by the elusive and dangerous promise of flight; a witch within the heart of a tree demands a Faustian bargain for safe passage through her forest; and the oldest man in the world stumbles into a Paris jazz club for one last dance. Triptych fuses innovative storytelling with a distinctive combination of visual theatre, puppetry and masks.

Magical, lively and somewhat dark.

28 October 7pm & 9.15pm

The Invisible Cities of Margharita Monticano Four of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities are re-created - four elusive, decadent, shadowy, reflections of La Serenissima the seductive, rapacious city of Venice - personified by Margharita Monticiano, an ageing beauty who sees the world from her own erotic viewpoint…

A sly confection of shadows and projected images.

Tickets: £12 Concession £10

Tickets: £12 Concession £10

31 October - 1 November 7pm & 9.15pm

The Tragic and Regrettable Life of Teofila Teadora De la Lima 30 October 3pm & 7pm

Urashima Taro Step into the realms of the legend of Urashima Taro - a poor young fisherman who, after saving a turtle is invited by the beautiful and captivating Otohime, to stay in her palace deep in the ocean. But the dream slowly turns into an unceasing nightmare as Urashima Taro’s fate unfolds. Video projection, shadow play, puppetry and actors merge to create a story of lust, betrayal and loss.

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To Ezparanza Medina Villanueva and Victor Ramos Herrera a beautiful baby girl is born. Years later, when Teofila’s lost love returns from the dead, it seems a miracle has taken place. But the townspeople of La Lima worry that an unearthly intruder is in their midst… A dark and magical story of passion, endurance and hope. Accompanied by the joyful, witty, sometimes dirty, English folk band Apple of My Eye. For Age 15+

Tickets: £12 Concession £10

PLENTY TO GET YOUR HANDS ON 2 November 7pm & 9.15pm

The Ecstatic Truth of Bruno S.

Once upon a time, the European past was still visible in the future of Berlin, but then the future was forgotten and the past became invisible. In the “ecstatic truth” of Bruno S. an orphaned voice sings in the city’s courtyards, mixing with characters from the Magic Flute - while in a birdcage shadows flutter. Mischa Twitchin returns to SUSPENSE following his provocative 2009 production I Wonder Sometimes Who I Am.

Tickets: £12 Concession £10

3 November 7pm & 9.15pm

JEW(ish)

JEW(ish) travels from shtetl to city, from past to present, and from the personal to the political in its exploration of cultural identity and belonging.

Join us as we animate the diverse voices within the Judaic community – everyone has something to kvetch about!

Tickets: £12 Concession £10

4 November 7pm & 9.15pm

Madeleine on Tiptoe

The strange and little known story of Madeleine Le Bouc, the ‘Angel of Paris’ who walked the streets on tiptoe at the end of the 19th century, and the unique relationship she formed with the man who cured her. A contemporary tale of angels and devils, science and religion, faith and disbelief, madness and sanity.

Tickets: £12 Concession £10

5 - 6 November 3pm & 7pm

Life Still

An extraordinarily dark and surreal piece of post apocalyptic sci-fi puppetry.

Existence as we know it has terminated. The debris of a long forgotten epoch lies strewn about an apocalyptic wasteland. But this deathly stasis is shattered. With a darkly seductive aesthetic, superb object manipulation and an innovative live soundscape Life Still presents an abject universe which can be both highly comic and deeply disturbing.

Tickets: £12 Concession £10

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CHILDREN'S SHOWS

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THEATRE

23 October, 20 November & 11 December 4pm

Itch: A Scratch Event The Comedians Theatre Company present more from Itch...

Rehearsed and unrehearsed scripts, characters, ideas - a bunch of talent and a lot of fun!

You’ve already helped us produce two great shows: Matthew’s Osborn’s Cul-de-Sac and Dave Florez’s, Somewhere Beneath it All a Small Fire Burns Still, starring Phil Nichol (Scotsman Fringe First).

More new things and more fabulous performers to try out new stuff. Past line-ups have included Hattie Hayridge, Jo Caulfield, Jack Whitehall, Ed Byrne, Lionel Blair and Seymour Mace.

Look out for the return of the extraordinary Clovis van Darkhelm with his spellbinding stories of anthropological derring-do.

25 - 26 October 7.45pm

8 - 12 November 8pm & 13 November 7pm

Like Enemies of the State is about three former child soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who have all been fighting against their government.

Blame it on Madonna and The Sheltering Sky.....and Morocco.

Land of dreams and mystery.

Because everybody dreams.

And it is within these dreams that you can pinpoint the essence of a person.

Like Enemies of the State

Having escaped the war, they now find themselves alienated from society and forced to live as outcasts. This play is based upon eyewitness accounts, personally recorded in the DRC during the summer of 2011.

Tickets: £5

Dream at the End of the World

Nathaniel heads off on his pilgrimage of hash and hooka monsters to Marrakech and the Atlas mountains, Time magazine at the ready. But first - it’s a small matter of Melvin. And a large injection in a very tense butt!

Totus Mundus Theatre presents the UK premiere of Nathaniel Eaton’s Dream At The End Of The World - A Monologue for a Madman Adventurer.

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THEATRE

30 November - 4 December 7.45pm & 5pm

The Seven Lessons of George Howard

A world premiere by Chris Johnston

‘Fringe Theatre at its very best’ Time Out on Johnston’s The Bath (Etcetera Theatre) George is a theatre director who teaches privately. Agnieska is his new pupil. Agnieska has never acted before however, she has written a play set at the time of the French Revolution. Agnieska’s dark motive is not immediately apparent. Join us as this tale of mystery, sex and entanglement unfolds.

20 November & 11 December 8pm

Storytellers’ Club

As the nights draw in, we want to be somewhere cosy and magical. Storytellers’ Club is just that place. The cult comedy event returns to Pleasance, where brilliant comedians gather round the campfire to tell witching hour tales. Comedians telling stories - it’s as simple as that. Arrive early for free festive treats. You show. We tell..

20th November line up includes: Richard Sandling (movie expert and very funny man), James Dowdeswell (witty & wonderful Storytellers’ regular), Lou Saunders (sparkling talent), Grainne Maguire (clever comedian and great tale-teller), Alexis Dubus (a brilliantly affable stand-up who is sometimes English, sometimes French-ish), Sarah Bennetto (your host & narrator).

Plus more surprise guests to be announced.

Chris Johnston is a playwright and writer whose books, House of Games, The Improvisation Game and For Those Who Like To Say No explore a wide range of theatre practice.

Christmas special - acts to be announced soon!

With Sarah Bennetto (host & narrator) and more!

Tickets: £9 Concession £7

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Download the Pleasance Comedy Festival Podcast

Nick Helm, Josh Widdecombe, James Acaster, Tom Price, Dan Clark, Isy Suttie,

Jason Cook, Idiots of Ants, The Penny Dreadfuls, Delete the Banjax, Tim Key,

Alex Horne, Joe Lycett, Matthew Crosby, Angelos Epithemiou, Peacock and Gamble, Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema, Tom Craine, Asher Treleaven, Rob Deering, Imran Yusuf, Terry Alderton, Karaoke Circus, Max and Ivan, Brendon Burns, Andy Maxwell, Russell Kane, Mark Watson, Patrick Monahan, Adam Kay, Steven Hall, Holly Walsh, Benny Boot, Hannibal Burress, Jeff Leech, Andi Osho, Joel Dommett, Matt Damoneque, and exclusive material from all three Foster’s Comedy Festival Award winners Adam Riches, Humphrey Ker and The Wrestling.

And Listen to Art Malik and Julian Sands give fascinating insights into their life and work by downloading Pleasance Bytes.

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What better way to make your evening out at the theatre complete than by having freshly prepared seasonal food either before or after the performance?

Located downstairs from the Pleasance Theatre is the vibrant new George Shillibeer pub where you can enjoy a pre or post-theatre meal at a recession-busting £11.00 for two courses or £14.45 for three courses when bought through the theatre, or just come in any time to order from our main menu.

The Butcher & Barrel Pub Company’s 7th site, and the first in Islington, is dedicated to quality, great value food and drinks in comfortable, stylish surroundings.

The George Shillibeer and the Pleasance Theatre have made North Road the destination for an entertainment packed night out.

www.thegeorgeshillibeer.co.uk

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The Pleasance Theatre Trust is a charity that for over a quarter of a century has been a test bed, launch pad and platform for a great many wonderfully talented people both on and off stage. We want to grow this platform and to do this we need to raise some money.

2011 sees the launch of a fundraising campaign to raise £4.5million to create a new, flexible 100-seat development and performance space, rehearsal rooms and production offices, to upgrade many of our current facilities and most importantly, to create a £1.5million development and production fund that will directly support the creation of great new work and help further the careers of the very best up and coming talent.

We are hugely grateful for the financial commitment and generosity of all individuals and companies that have chosen to become involved at the heart of the Pleasance. This support ensures that we can plan ambitiously for the future with security and confidence whilst keeping our costs low and ticket prices affordable. We are very grateful for any support you can give us.

Thank you.

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FUNDRAISING FOR THE PLEASANCE

You can support us in a number of ways:

1. By Text For donations up to £10 text plez33 to 70070

2. Adopt a Pleasance cobblestone

For a donation of £50, you can adopt your own pet cobblestone! We promise to provide you with regular updates on how it’s getting along.

3. Become part of “Pleasance History” For a donation of £300 become part of our 27-year Pleasance history and appear alongside our celebrity alumni on our 231-ft long Bayeux-esque Tapestry, to be unveiled at our 30th Birthday Celebrations in 2014.

You will also receive a very beautiful portrait. All we need is a passport photo which you can send to us later!

4. Simply donate your own amount Please visit www.pleasance.co.uk/islington/support-us

By Phone

Call Pleasance Box Office on 020 7609 1800 Open 10am – 8pm Monday to Saturday and 12noon – 6pm Sunday

Online Visit www.pleasance.co.uk for up to date listings and to purchase tickets online.

In Person Drop into Pleasance box office at the Pleasance Theatre, Carpenters Mews, North Road, London N7 9EF. We are open 10am – 8pm Monday to Saturday and 12noon – 6pm Sunday.

FIND US Pleasance Islington is located halfway along North Road in London N7. We can be easily reached by both public transport and car.

There is metered on-street parking outside, 10am - 4.30pm Mon - Fri and parking is FREE thereafter and at weekends

BY TUBE

Caledonian Road station (Piccadilly Line, Zone 2) is an easy 5 minute walk. Simply turn left out of the station, walk over the bridge, and North Road is the first street on the left.

Pleasance is 200m along North Road .

BY TRAIN

Caledonian Road & Barnsbury Overground service. A 15 minute walk north up Caledonian Road from the station, but buses 259, 17 and 91 all stop nearby.

Kings Cross/St Pancras Mainline Intercity, International & local services: either take the Piccadilly Line northbound one stop to Caledonian Road station or buses 259, 17, 91 northbound outside Kings Cross station.

BY BUS Bus 393 stops right outside the theatre, and buses 17, 91, 259, and N91 all stop outside Caledonian Road Tube Station, about a 5 minute walk away.

IMPORTANT TICKET INFORMATION All tickets are sold on a non-refundable, non-exchangeable basis.

Tickets purchased over the phone are subject to a £1 fee per transaction, and there is an additional 50p charge to have your tickets posted to you. Tickets purchased online are subject to a 7.5% fee per transaction. Please ensure you arrive at the theatre with enough time to collect your ticket and be seated as latecomers may not be admitted.

The details in this brochure were correct at the time of printing.

However, in the event of unforeseen circumstances, Pleasance Theatre reserves the right to make changes to the published programme.

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26 September – 14 Oct 9pm 4th October - 21 January 15 October 8pm 16 October 8pm 17 October 8pm 18 October 8pm 19 October 8pm 20 October 8pm 21 October 8pm 22 October 8pm 23 October 8pm 23 Oct, 20 Nov, 11 Dec 4pm 25 - 26 Oct 7.45pm 27 October 8pm 28 October 7pm & 9.15pm 29 October 3pm & 7pm 30 October 3pm & 7pm 31 Oct - 1 Nov 7pm & 9.15pm

2 November 7pm & 9.15pm 3 November 7pm & 9.15pm 4 November 7pm & 9.15pm 5 - 6 November 3pm & 7pm 8 - 12 Nov 8pm 13 Nov 7pm 14 Nov & 12 December 8pm 16 November 8pm 17 Nov & 17 December 8pm 20 Nov & 10 December 8pm 21 November 8pm 23 - 26 November 7.45pm 28 November & 16 Dec 8pm 30 Nov - 4 Dec 7.45pm & 5pm 5 December 8pm 6 - 31 December 1.30 & 3.30pm 13 December 8pm 14 December 8pm 15 December 8pm 18 December 8pm

Alan Davies Office Party Lady Garden Cariad Lloyd Jay Foreman Matthew Crosby Delete the Banjax Crash Test: Best of the Fest McNeil and Pamphilon The Beta Males Matt Rudge Itch: A Scratch Event Like Enemies of the State Henry Paker The Invisible Cities of Margharita Monticano Triptych Urashima Taro The Tragic and Regrettable Life of Teofila Teadora De la Lima The Ecstatic Truth of Bruno S. JEW(ish) Madeleine on Tiptoe Life Still Dream at the End of the World Crash Test Christmas Edition Ward & White’s Fun Haus Dregs Mashups Storytellers’ Club Grimm and Grimmer Men Behaving Classically Joe Lycett Tries His Best The Seven Lessons of George Howard Suzi Ruffell and Charlie Baker Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales Hennessy and Friends The Boom Jennies Elliott Tiney and Fraser Millward Josh Widdicombe and Elis James

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