Arcola Theatre

The UK premiere of a spooky, intriguing slice of American Gothic from Lisa D’Amour, who was a Pulitzer finalist with her play ‘Detroit’ (seen here at the National Theatre in 2012). The precocious Annabella lives in a deserted trailer park with her eccentric...

Maxine Peake proved her writing chops with this play about champion cyclist Beryl Burton, which gets a speedy revival at the Arcola. And no wonder: it’s a cheering tale for our times, about a woman, who in the face of sneering opposition, went on to not...

The Arcola teamed up with the Royal Shakespeare Company for this co-production about the cost of reporting the truth in the age of fake news, first seen in Stratford-upon-Avon last summer. The show is based on the book by newspaper editor Can Dündar,...

Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun’s novel was published in Norway in 1890 and based on his own experiences of living in poverty. But it sounds like it’ll still resonate plenty today: 'Hunger' is a story of a young man who moves to the big city with dreams...

After ‘Leave Taking’ at the Bush, Winsome Pinnock’s return to the limelight continues with her own reimagining of her 2005 play ‘One Under’. Looking at the impact of guilt and the need for atonement, it tells the story of Cyrus, a tube driver who hits...