• Autumn 2024/ Theatre/ What's On

    Louise Orwin

    Louise Orwin and FAMEHUNGRY 2024

    FAMEHUNGRY

    THU 26th SEP | Full £12 | Conc £8 | AGE 16+

    FAMEHUNGRY is a helter-skelter nose-dive into the TikTok universe, the attention economy, and what it means to be an artist now.

    Fusing performance art and very real and very live TikTok Experiences, join award-winning performance artist Louise Orwin as she cosplays as a TikToker in a real-life experiment hunting for fame and fortune.

    Made in collaboration with an actual Famous TikToker, The Almighty Algorithm, and a host of TikTok-Famous Faces, FAMEHUNGRY asks what the future looks like when all roads lead to social media.

    Like an episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway devised by Marina Abramovic

    The Guardian (previous work)

    louiseorwin.com

    Image credit: Frederick Wilkinson
  • Autumn 2024/ Theatre/ What's On

    Swept Under Productions

    Swept Under and Ladies of Juliana, 2024

    The Ladies of Juliana

    THU 3rd OCT | Full £5 | Conc £3 | AGE 16+

    A boat, men, women, and alcohol; you can only guess what happens next.

    Six convict women, exiled from their homes in a bid to colonise a new land. A journey that takes longer than expected, and weathers more than storms. Navigating life on the ship is a crueller fate than the destination, and the convicts have a choice to make. What happens when women shut their legs and open their mouths?

    Booking available soon.

    sweptunderproductions.co.uk

    Image credit: Nigel Wayne White
  • Autumn 2024/ Theatre/ What's On

    Shôn Dale-Jones

    Shôn Dale-Jones and The Duke

    The Duke

    THU 17th OCT | Full £12 | Conc £8 | AGE 16+

    A STORY ABOUT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.

    Shôn Dale-Jones returns to the ShowRoom Chichester with this solo show, made to raise money for child refugees.

    “I sit at my desk waiting for an email that will tell me what I need to do to get my film script onto the screen. I turn the radio on. I listen to a report about the refugee crisis. My mother calls. She tells me she’s broken The Duke.

    My mother, my film script and the refugee crisis all need my attention.”

    The Duke playfully mixes fantasy and reality, taking audiences on an imaginative and touching journey which gently challenges us to consider our priorities in a world full of crisis.

    Funny, poignant and playful, the one-man show weaves together the tragi-comic fate of a family heirloom – a porcelain figure of The Duke of Wellington, the quandary of a scriptwriter stretching his integrity and an unfolding disaster as thousands of children flee their homes. Blending fantasy and reality, this Fringe First winning show gently challenges our priorities in a world full of crisis.

    Award winning artist, Shôn Dale-Jones has toured 30 shows to over 200 UK venues, 20 countries across 6 continents and has been translated into 7 languages. Shôn is Artistic Director of Hoipolloi, who combine original storytelling with an inventive spirit. He is also the award-winning writer/performer behind his comic creation, Hugh Hughes.

    Winner of Fringe First Award 2016.

    You won’t find a show with a bigger, better heart.

    What’s On Stage | 4 Star Review

    There will be a collection at the end of every performance. All proceeds go to Save the Children’s Rescue at Sea appeal.

    sdjproductions.co.uk

    Image credit: Brian Roberts
  • Autumn 2024/ Theatre/ What's On

    Tortoise in a Nutshell

    Tortoise in a Nutshell and Concerned Others, 2024

     Concerned Others

    THU 24th OCT | Full £12 | Conc £8 | AGE 16+

    Scotland has the highest rate of drug-related deaths in Europe.

    One of the highest rates per head of population in the world.
    In communities across the country, families, loved ones, and clinicians support people experiencing substance dependency.

    Multi-award-winners Tortoise in a Nutshell present Concerned Others, an intimate tabletop performance that shares the stories of critically underheard voices. Accounts that paint us as a nation struggling to fully recognise a culture of judgement, ignorance and misunderstanding surrounding addiction and substance-related death.

    Immersive soundscapes, shoebox installations, turntables, micro-projection and 32mm figures combine to create a multi-textured piece exploring a defining crisis.

    tortoiseinanutshell.com

    Image credit: Mihaela Bodlovic