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  • Men Talking
    8:00 pm-10:00 pm
    11/11/2023

    Men Talking

    An evening of men sharing intimate stories about life, loss, hope & connection (in support of A Band Of Brothers).

    Co-produced by Fenia Gianni (from Triada Theatre Company), Sarah Anne Barfoot (from Tanglehead Productions) & Mark Culmer.

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  • The Merchant of Venice
    7:45 pm-9:25 pm
    16/11/2023-18/11/2023

    The Merchant of Venice

    by William Shakespeare
    Directed by Alex Pearson

    ‘If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.’

    Set against the backdrop of modern-day working shipping docks, Antonia, a wealthy Merchant is desperately in need of funds. Her friend, Bassanio, needs a rich wife to clear his debts. Portia, a wealthy heiress, reduced to a prize for which men must gamble, seems to be the perfect solution.

    Beneath the charmed surface, all are at risk, and everyone needs a win. As for Shylock, the despised and alienated moneylender? Is he the answer to Antonia’s prayers or will Shylock seek revenge against the community that has never accepted him?

    And like Shakespeare we ask:
    “How in an avaricious society can truth and justice be achieved if there is no love?”

    The most recent production of The Merchant of Venice was at the Drayton Arms Theatre ran between 1 -19th October 2019 and was directed by Alex Pearson.

    This dynamic, visceral modern-day adaptation, played to sold out audiences.  We focus on clear storytelling in a modern London setting, we take a fresh look at The Merchant of Venice, and its famous Jewish antagonist Shylock. By embracing the characters’ darker and lighter extremes, they emerge as greedy and morally grey, but real. We are concerned by the rise in anti-Semitic and other racist behaviour and we believe in the power of theatre to explore divisive social issues.

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  • The Merchant of Venice
    2:00 pm-3:40 pm
    17/11/2023

    The Merchant of Venice

    by William Shakespeare
    Directed by Alex Pearson

    ‘If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.’

    Set against the backdrop of modern-day working shipping docks, Antonia, a wealthy Merchant is desperately in need of funds. Her friend, Bassanio, needs a rich wife to clear his debts. Portia, a wealthy heiress, reduced to a prize for which men must gamble, seems to be the perfect solution.

    Beneath the charmed surface, all are at risk, and everyone needs a win. As for Shylock, the despised and alienated moneylender? Is he the answer to Antonia’s prayers or will Shylock seek revenge against the community that has never accepted him?

    And like Shakespeare we ask:
    “How in an avaricious society can truth and justice be achieved if there is no love?”

    The most recent production of The Merchant of Venice was at the Drayton Arms Theatre ran between 1 -19th October 2019 and was directed by Alex Pearson.

    This dynamic, visceral modern-day adaptation, played to sold out audiences.  We focus on clear storytelling in a modern London setting, we take a fresh look at The Merchant of Venice, and its famous Jewish antagonist Shylock. By embracing the characters’ darker and lighter extremes, they emerge as greedy and morally grey, but real. We are concerned by the rise in anti-Semitic and other racist behaviour and we believe in the power of theatre to explore divisive social issues.

  • The Merchant of Venice
    7:45 pm-9:25 pm
    17/11/2023-18/11/2023

    The Merchant of Venice

    by William Shakespeare
    Directed by Alex Pearson

    ‘If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.’

    Set against the backdrop of modern-day working shipping docks, Antonia, a wealthy Merchant is desperately in need of funds. Her friend, Bassanio, needs a rich wife to clear his debts. Portia, a wealthy heiress, reduced to a prize for which men must gamble, seems to be the perfect solution.

    Beneath the charmed surface, all are at risk, and everyone needs a win. As for Shylock, the despised and alienated moneylender? Is he the answer to Antonia’s prayers or will Shylock seek revenge against the community that has never accepted him?

    And like Shakespeare we ask:
    “How in an avaricious society can truth and justice be achieved if there is no love?”

    The most recent production of The Merchant of Venice was at the Drayton Arms Theatre ran between 1 -19th October 2019 and was directed by Alex Pearson.

    This dynamic, visceral modern-day adaptation, played to sold out audiences.  We focus on clear storytelling in a modern London setting, we take a fresh look at The Merchant of Venice, and its famous Jewish antagonist Shylock. By embracing the characters’ darker and lighter extremes, they emerge as greedy and morally grey, but real. We are concerned by the rise in anti-Semitic and other racist behaviour and we believe in the power of theatre to explore divisive social issues.

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  • The Merchant of Venice
    7:45 pm-9:25 pm
    18/11/2023-18/11/2023

    The Merchant of Venice

    by William Shakespeare
    Directed by Alex Pearson

    ‘If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.’

    Set against the backdrop of modern-day working shipping docks, Antonia, a wealthy Merchant is desperately in need of funds. Her friend, Bassanio, needs a rich wife to clear his debts. Portia, a wealthy heiress, reduced to a prize for which men must gamble, seems to be the perfect solution.

    Beneath the charmed surface, all are at risk, and everyone needs a win. As for Shylock, the despised and alienated moneylender? Is he the answer to Antonia’s prayers or will Shylock seek revenge against the community that has never accepted him?

    And like Shakespeare we ask:
    “How in an avaricious society can truth and justice be achieved if there is no love?”

    The most recent production of The Merchant of Venice was at the Drayton Arms Theatre ran between 1 -19th October 2019 and was directed by Alex Pearson.

    This dynamic, visceral modern-day adaptation, played to sold out audiences.  We focus on clear storytelling in a modern London setting, we take a fresh look at The Merchant of Venice, and its famous Jewish antagonist Shylock. By embracing the characters’ darker and lighter extremes, they emerge as greedy and morally grey, but real. We are concerned by the rise in anti-Semitic and other racist behaviour and we believe in the power of theatre to explore divisive social issues.

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  • The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley
    8:00 pm-10:00 pm
    23/11/2023-26/11/2023

    The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley

    Brighton’s Poisoned Chalice Productions, is warning theatregoers that their first offering  is neither half hearted nor for the faint hearted. This new theatre company knows it is taking a serious plunge by presenting Philip Ridley’s 1991 masterpiece Pitchfork Disney, the play that smashed the theatrical conventions of the time and set the agenda for contemporary British experimental theatre. 
    Described by 90s critics as ‘in-yer-face and proud’, Pitchfork Disney’s menacing claustrophobia and Goth sensibility are the stuff of legend. Its viscerally dangerous mix of fantasy, violence, sex panic, sci-fi, illness, isolation and perversion sees characters propelled through the dazzling imagery of fear in a wasteland of a world. Disrupted, isolated, monstrous and inept, but redeemed by a sense of humour  their poetic soliloquies are like a vibrating tuning fork ringing out the tensions between the grotesque and the routine, between voyeurism and distaste.
    Because the play is ultimately a deeper journey into obsessions and fear than most horror movies this production is timely. By re-animating the universal bogeyman Pitchfork Disney uncannily anticipates the fact that fear, real and invented, is an even more powerful currency than it was last century.
    The crew of Poisoned Chalice, who are all seasoned Brighton actors, are probably right to tell casual amusement seekers to stay away lest they vomit into their mouths.
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  • The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley
    8:00 pm-10:00 pm
    24/11/2023-26/11/2023

    The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley

    Brighton’s Poisoned Chalice Productions, is warning theatregoers that their first offering  is neither half hearted nor for the faint hearted. This new theatre company knows it is taking a serious plunge by presenting Philip Ridley’s 1991 masterpiece Pitchfork Disney, the play that smashed the theatrical conventions of the time and set the agenda for contemporary British experimental theatre. 
    Described by 90s critics as ‘in-yer-face and proud’, Pitchfork Disney’s menacing claustrophobia and Goth sensibility are the stuff of legend. Its viscerally dangerous mix of fantasy, violence, sex panic, sci-fi, illness, isolation and perversion sees characters propelled through the dazzling imagery of fear in a wasteland of a world. Disrupted, isolated, monstrous and inept, but redeemed by a sense of humour  their poetic soliloquies are like a vibrating tuning fork ringing out the tensions between the grotesque and the routine, between voyeurism and distaste.
    Because the play is ultimately a deeper journey into obsessions and fear than most horror movies this production is timely. By re-animating the universal bogeyman Pitchfork Disney uncannily anticipates the fact that fear, real and invented, is an even more powerful currency than it was last century.
    The crew of Poisoned Chalice, who are all seasoned Brighton actors, are probably right to tell casual amusement seekers to stay away lest they vomit into their mouths.
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  • The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley
    8:00 pm-10:00 pm
    25/11/2023-26/11/2023

    The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley

    Brighton’s Poisoned Chalice Productions, is warning theatregoers that their first offering  is neither half hearted nor for the faint hearted. This new theatre company knows it is taking a serious plunge by presenting Philip Ridley’s 1991 masterpiece Pitchfork Disney, the play that smashed the theatrical conventions of the time and set the agenda for contemporary British experimental theatre. 
    Described by 90s critics as ‘in-yer-face and proud’, Pitchfork Disney’s menacing claustrophobia and Goth sensibility are the stuff of legend. Its viscerally dangerous mix of fantasy, violence, sex panic, sci-fi, illness, isolation and perversion sees characters propelled through the dazzling imagery of fear in a wasteland of a world. Disrupted, isolated, monstrous and inept, but redeemed by a sense of humour  their poetic soliloquies are like a vibrating tuning fork ringing out the tensions between the grotesque and the routine, between voyeurism and distaste.
    Because the play is ultimately a deeper journey into obsessions and fear than most horror movies this production is timely. By re-animating the universal bogeyman Pitchfork Disney uncannily anticipates the fact that fear, real and invented, is an even more powerful currency than it was last century.
    The crew of Poisoned Chalice, who are all seasoned Brighton actors, are probably right to tell casual amusement seekers to stay away lest they vomit into their mouths.
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  • The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley
    8:00 pm-10:00 pm
    26/11/2023-26/11/2023

    The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley

    Brighton’s Poisoned Chalice Productions, is warning theatregoers that their first offering  is neither half hearted nor for the faint hearted. This new theatre company knows it is taking a serious plunge by presenting Philip Ridley’s 1991 masterpiece Pitchfork Disney, the play that smashed the theatrical conventions of the time and set the agenda for contemporary British experimental theatre. 
    Described by 90s critics as ‘in-yer-face and proud’, Pitchfork Disney’s menacing claustrophobia and Goth sensibility are the stuff of legend. Its viscerally dangerous mix of fantasy, violence, sex panic, sci-fi, illness, isolation and perversion sees characters propelled through the dazzling imagery of fear in a wasteland of a world. Disrupted, isolated, monstrous and inept, but redeemed by a sense of humour  their poetic soliloquies are like a vibrating tuning fork ringing out the tensions between the grotesque and the routine, between voyeurism and distaste.
    Because the play is ultimately a deeper journey into obsessions and fear than most horror movies this production is timely. By re-animating the universal bogeyman Pitchfork Disney uncannily anticipates the fact that fear, real and invented, is an even more powerful currency than it was last century.
    The crew of Poisoned Chalice, who are all seasoned Brighton actors, are probably right to tell casual amusement seekers to stay away lest they vomit into their mouths.
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