STEP - Young Actors Company
Fri 15 & Sat 16 Mar 2013
'As soon as I open my mouth people know where I'm from'
Step is a gritty comedy drama about two young people leaving east London to start a new life at uni.
Best friends Kara & Tyrone must learn to live without each other and their close-knit group when they go to seperate universities.
Their relationship is tested as they meet new friends, face fresh challenges and discover things about themselves and the world around them that they never thought possible.
Can their friendship survive? Will things ever be the same again? Or have they taken a step too far?
Supported by The ACT Foundation
http://www.stratfordeast.com/step
Panto villains Biz & Boz got their hands on a camera and decided to film a mischievous back stage tour!
http://www.stratfordeast.com/jack-and-the-beanstalk
The Theatre Royal Stratford East 2012 panto is Jack & the Beanstalk! Here's a bit of exclusive footage from the show...
http://www.stratfordeast.com/jack-and-the-beanstalk
★★★★ 'Astonishing' The Telegraph
★★★★ 'Electrifying' The Scotsman
★★★★ 'beautifully realised' Whatsonstage.com
★★★★ 'the emotional impact of the show is undeniable' The Herald
A Life-Affirming New Musical
Glasgow Girls tells the true story of one of the most vocal and powerful asylum campaigns to catch the imagination of the media and inspire a community to unite behind its residents.
Set in Scotland in 2005, Glasgow Girls tells of what follows after a family is ripped from their home in the middle of the night and taken away to be deported.
Driven by a fierce sense of injustice, a group of seven schoolgirls in a high school in Glasgow fight for the life of their friend and for the rights of children of asylum seekers in Scotland.
They take on the Scottish Government and the Home Office and succeed where adults and politicians failed.
Glasgow Girls will feature original songs including electronic grime from Patricia Panther, reggae-dub from Sumati Bhardwaj (Soom T) folk rock from Cora Bissett and additional songs from John Kielty.
http://www.stratfordeast.com/glasgow-girls-2
★★★★ 'Astonishing' The Telegraph
★★★★ 'Electrifying' The Scotsman
★★★★ 'beautifully realised' Whatsonstage.com
★★★★ 'the emotional impact of the show is undeniable' The Herald
Glasgow Girls
A Life-Affirming New Musical
Glasgow Girls tells the true story of one of the most vocal and powerful asylum campaigns to catch the imagination of the media and inspire a community to unite behind its residents.
Set in Scotland in 2005, Glasgow Girls tells of what follows after a family is ripped from their home in the middle of the night and taken away to be deported.
Driven by a fierce sense of injustice, a group of seven schoolgirls in a high school in Glasgow fight for the life of their friend and for the rights of children of asylum seekers in Scotland.
They take on the Scottish Government and the Home Office and succeed where adults and politicians failed.
Glasgow Girls will feature original songs including electronic grime from Patricia Panther, reggae-dub from Sumati Bhardwaj (Soom T) folk
rock from Cora Bissett and additional songs from John Kielty.
Inspired by Real Life Events.
http://www.stratfordeast.com/glasgow-girls-2
★★★★ 'Astonishing' The Telegraph
★★★★ 'Electrifying' The Scotsman
★★★★ 'beautifully realised' Whatsonstage.com
★★★★ 'the emotional impact of the show is undeniable' The Herald
A Life-Affirming New Musical
Glasgow Girls tells the true story of one of the most vocal and powerful asylum campaigns to catch the imagination of the media and inspire a community to unite behind its residents.
Set in Scotland in 2005, Glasgow Girls tells of what follows after a family is ripped from their home in the middle of the night and taken away to be deported.
Driven by a fierce sense of injustice, a group of seven schoolgirls in a high school in Glasgow fight for the life of their friend and for the rights of children of asylum seekers in Scotland.
They take on the Scottish Government and the Home Office and succeed where adults and politicians failed.
Glasgow Girls will feature original songs including electronic grime from Patricia Panther, reggae-dub from Sumati Bhardwaj (Soom T) folk
rock from Cora Bissett and additional songs from John Kielty.
Inspired by Real Life Events.
http://www.stratfordeast.com/glasgow-girls-2
Get behind the scenes of this year's Theatre Royal Stratford East and meet some of the cast as we take a look at rehearsals!
http://www.stratfordeast.com/jack-and-the-beanstalk
After an incredible year of performing to over 10,000 people and at some of 2012's biggest cultural events, Stratford East Singers will be wrapping up the year with an intimate showcase.
http://www.stratfordeast.com/an-evening-with-stratford-east-singers
Get behind the scenes of this year's Theatre Royal Stratford East panto at this photo shoot with Jack and the Dame Mrs Trott!
http://www.stratfordeast.com/jack-and-the-beanstalk
Meet the composers on Jack and the Beanstalk, Wayne & Perry and find out how they approach creating music and lyrics for panto http://www.stratfordeast.com/jack-and-the-beanstalk
Martina Cole talks to us about our upcoming stage adaptation of her first novel Dangerous Lady which this year celebrates its 20th Anniversary and will be staged at Theatre Royal Stratford East Fri 19 Oct - Sat 17 Nov
http://www.stratfordeast.com/dangerouslady
Get behind the scenes to discover how a spectacular bollywood musical like Wah! Wah! Girls is brought to life!
http://www.stratfordeast.com/wah-wah-girls
Theatre Royal Stratford East presents
UNDER THE SKIN
Directed by Kat Francis
Under the Skin is a dynamic and thought-provoking performance by Theatre Royal Stratford East's Poets Platform - a group of very talented and unique young poets/performers, who seek to peel back the layers of different characters who inhabit our world: the teen mum, the bus driver, the homeless guy, the sweet old lady, the gang member and others.
Ticket Information and Times
PERFORMANCE TIME: 7.00pm
TICKETS: all tickets £6
http://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/5-boroughs-festival--cardboard-citizens-and-theatre-royal-stratford-east
Acclaimed writer and director Rikki Beadle-Blair and his Team Angelica have personally selected some of the most interesting pieces of new writing around to present as rehearsed readings this June.
Theatre Royal Stratford East is proud to present en route, a love song to our city. With MP3 player and mobile phones, take a journey, inward and outward, through the thoroughfares and back alleys of East London.
The winner of the 2010 award for Best Theatre Production at the Adelaide Fringe, en route combines local music and snatches of narrative, musings, sound, dialogue, philosophy with the wanderings, observations and experiences of each audience member, opening up a field for multiple ways of seeing the city, themselves, and others.
The project is presented by Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Created and produced by one step at a time like this and Richard Jordan Productions.
Part of the London 2012 Festival
A part of CREATE 12
Funded by the Olympic Lottery Distributor, Create, the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria, and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Director Rikki Beadle-Blair explains Heartfelt our exciting community show which takes the audience on a tour around the theatre meeting lots of unforgettable characters along the way.
Kwaku performs in the Theatre Royal Stratford East bar ahead of Poets' Platform on 17 & 18 February. Young spoken word artists have worked with leading performance poet Kat Francois to produce two nights of lip-smacking, jaw-dropping, tongue-twisting poetry.
For more information and to book tickets, please see our web site: http://www.stratfordeast.com/whats_on/youngpeopleswork.shtml
Roshini Fisher performs in the Theatre Royal Stratford East bar ahead of Poets' Platform on 17 & 18 February. Young spoken word artists have worked with leading performance poet Kat Francois to produce two nights of lip-smacking, jaw-dropping, tongue-twisting poetry.
For more information and to book tickets, please see our web site: http://www.stratfordeast.com/whats_on/youngpeopleswork.shtml
Young spoken word artists have worked with leading performance poet Kat Francois to produce two nights of lip-smacking, jaw-dropping, tongue-twisting poetry.
For more information and to book tickets, visit our web site: http://www.stratfordeast.com/whats_on/youngpeopleswork.shtml
Young spoken word artists have worked with leading performance poet Kat Francois to produce two nights of lip-smacking, jaw-dropping, tongue-twisting poetry.
For more information and to book tickets, visit our web site: http://www.stratfordeast.com/whats_on/youngpeopleswork.shtml
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