As the UK prepares to exit the EU, The Actors Centre and Voila! Europe present a brand-new festival, A Piece of the Continent, celebrating cultural links and theatre from our neighbours from across Europe.
A Piece of the Continent (8-27 Apr) will be staged at The Actors Centre’s Tristan Bates Theatre, in the heart of London. The festival is designed to offer a platform for artists from across Europe as well as extending a welcome to EU citizens who may feel isolated or disenfranchised following the passing of Article 50. The festival will showcase theatre from Italian, French, Polish, Greek, German, Dutch, Lithuanian, Austrian and Spanish artists based in the UK or overseas.
The nine works, each an hour-long, will be staged over the three weeks of the festival, exploring themes including gender equality, freedom of expression and the laborious process of becoming a British citizen. Each will offer a taste of the rich variety of theatre and live performance being made by European artists today.
A Voice: 8 – 13 April, 6.15pm (7pm, 8 April) – Yosis Theatre – £13 (£11 concs)
Dark Matter: 9 – 13 April, 7:45pm (4.30pm matinee & Q&A, 13 April) – Vertebra Theatre – £13 (£11 concs)
Don’t You Dare!: 8 – 13 April, 9.15pm (8.30pm, 8 April) – Panta Rei Theatre – £13 (£11 concs)
The Colpa Musical: 15 – 20 April, 7.45pm (7pm, 15 April) – HisPanic Breakdown – £13 (£11 concs)
Mortgage: 15 – 20 April, 9.15pm (8.30pm, 15 April) – Created a Monster and David Glass Ensemble – £13 (£11 concs)
Noor, a true story of Liberté: 16 – 20 April, 6.15pm (2.30pm matinee, 20 April) – Exchange Theatre – £13 (£11 concs)
Dreams Die Hard: 22 – 27 April, 6.15pm – COSmino Productions – £13 (£11 concs)
Metamorphosis: 23 – 27 (3pm matinee, 27 April) – Collide Theatre – £13 (£11 concs)
Diary of an Expat: 24 – 27 April, 7.45pm (1.30pm matinee, 27 April) – Paper Smokers/Fumatori di Carta – £13 (£11 concs)