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MISSION DRIFT
Created by THE TEAM in collaboration with Heather Christian and Sarah Gancher

Genre Drama
Previews from 05 Jun 2013
Opens 07 Jun 2013
Booking to 28 Jun 2013
Closes 28 Jun 2013
Time Mon - Sat 8pm, Matinee on Sat at 3pm
See performance schedule link at end of listing!
Performers Libby King, Brian Hastert, Heather Christian, Amber Gray, Ian Lassiter.
Director Rachel Chavkin
Design Nick Vaughan
Lighting Jake Heindrichs
Choreography
Costume Brenda Abbandandolo
Sound Matt Dubbs
Producer National Theatre
Synopsis A pioneering journey in pursuit of the soul of American capitalism, told through atomic blasts, lizard ballet and original music that fuses Las Vegas glitz and Southern Blues.
B/O Price £12- £20
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GRANDFATHERS, THE
by Rory Mullarkey

Genre Drama
Previews from 09 Jul 2013
Opens 09 Jul 2013
Booking to 13 Jul 2013
Closes 13 Jul 2013
Time Tues - Sat 8pm, plus Sat mat Mat at 3pm
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Producer A Bristol Old Vic Young Company production
Synopsis Fifty years ago, National Service ended in the UK, but elsewhere in the world teenagers are still regularly conscripted into the armed forces. The Grandfathers follows eight boys from training camp to the battlefields of an unknown war.
B/O Price £12- £20
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HUSH, THE
Created by Matthew Herbert and Ben Power, with original music and sound scores by Matthew Herbert,

Genre Drama
Previews from 17 Jul 2013
Opens 22 Jul 2013
Booking to 03 Aug 2013
Closes 03 Aug 2013
Time Tues - Sat 8pm, Sat Matinee at 3pm, plus Mon 22 July at 8pm & Sun 28 Jul at 3pm (No perf Tues 23 July)
Performers Tobias Menzies, Susannah Wise
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Producer National Theatre
Synopsis A creak, a shuffle, a footstep. A whisper, a breath, a memory. Investigating the emotions and politics of sound with wit and theatrical imagination, The Hush promises that the truth is out there, if only we listen hard enough…
B/O Price £12- £20
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ROMEO AND JULIET a version for young audiences
by William Shakespeare, adapted by Ben Power

Genre Drama
Previews from 24 Jul 2013
Opens 24 Jul 2013
Booking to 18 Aug 2013
Closes 18 Aug 2013
Time See performance schedule link at end of listing!
Performers Esh Alladi, Ashley Chin, Natalie Dew, Tendayi Jembere, Bunmi Mojekwu, Archana Ramaswamy
Director Bijan Sheibani
Design Becs Andrews
Lighting Paul Knott
Choreography Aline David
Costume
Sound Mike Winship
Producer National Theatre
Synopsis A modern city. A deadly feud. And a pair of star-crossed lovers. Set against a vibrant urban backdrop, bursting full of excitement, colour, dancing and live song, a company of eight recreate the most famous love story of all time.
B/O Price £12- £20
Length 1 hr
Other Info suitable for families with children aged 8 years and over
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HOME
Created by Nadia Fall, with a team of musicians and actors including Michaela Coel, Kadiff Kirwan, Grace Savage, Shakka and Toby Wharton

Genre Drama
Previews from 07 Aug 2013
Opens 09 Aug 2013
Booking to 07 Sep 2013
Closes 07 Sep 2013
Time Mon - Sat 8pm, Sat Matinee at 3pm (No perfs Sat 10 Aug, Mon 12 Aug, Sat 17 Aug, Mon 19 Aug)
Performers
Director Nadia Fall
Design Ruth Sutcliffe
Lighting
Choreography Jack Murphy
Costume
Sound
Producer National Theatre
Synopsis Documentary theatre meets beatboxing, R&B and choreography to tell the stories of the Londoners who don’t get heard. Verbatim material gathered through interviews combines with original and existing music to give voice to the dispossessed: all coming from a different place, all sharing a need for HOME.
B/O Price £12- £20
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Other Info Music by Tom Green and Shakka Philip
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BULLET AND THE BASS TROMBONE , THE (Part of Limited Editions Season)
by Timothy X Atack

Genre Drama
Previews from 09 Sep 2013
Opens 09 Sep 2013
Booking to 11 Sep 2013
Closes 11 Sep 2013
Time (PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 18 JULY 2013)
Performers Timothy X Atack
Director Tanuja Amarasuriya
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Producer A Sleepdogs production
Synopsis There’s a concert orchestra, trapped in a city during a military coup. As violence erupts, with pitched battles breaking out around them, the orchestra becomes separated – lost – hoping and trying to find their way back to each other.The composer is left to tell the story.
B/O Price £12- £20
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Other Info Part of Limited Editions Season - new theatre-makers visit the Shed for a series of limited runs.
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SQUALLY SHOWERS (Part of Limited Editions Season)
by Little Bulb

Genre Drama
Previews from 12 Sep 2013
Opens 12 Sep 2013
Booking to 14 Sep 2013
Closes 14 Sep 2013
Time (PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 18 JULY 2013)
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Producer Little Bulb
Synopsis Explore the political whirlwind that was the 1980s. It's the decade of all or nothing and a magical storm is gathering pace... Told with choreography, music and bizarre character.
B/O Price £12- £20
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Other Info Part of Limited Editions Season - new theatre-makers visit the Shed for a series of limited runs.
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OURS WAS THE FEN COUNTRY (Part of Limited Editions Season)
Devised by Dan Canham, Laura Dannequin, Ian Morgan and Neil Paris.

Genre Drama
Previews from 15 Sep 2013
Opens 15 Sep 2013
Booking to 17 Sep 2013
Closes 17 Sep 2013
Time (PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 18 JULY 2013)
Performers Dan Canham, Laura Dannequin, Ian Morgan, Neil Paris.
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Producer A Still House production
Synopsis For the past two years Dan Canham has been capturing conversations with people of the fens in East Anglia. Eel-catchers, farmers, parish councillors, museum keepers, molly dancers and conservationists have all been interviewed. This ethereal piece of dance-theatre fuses movement and sound with the words and memories of the native collaborators to get to the heart of this beautiful, bleak and mysterious expanse of flat land.
B/O Price £12- £20
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Other Info Part of Limited Editions Season - new theatre-makers visit the Shed for a series of limited runs.
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RIOT (Part of Limited Editions Season)
by The Wardrobe Ensemble

Genre Drama
Previews from 18 Sep 2013
Opens 18 Sep 2013
Booking to 20 Sep 2013
Closes 20 Sep 2013
Time (PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 18 JULY 2013)
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Producer The Wardrobe Ensemble
Synopsis A tale of violence, greed and cheap sofas. 10 February 2005. At the stroke of midnight the British public punch, kick, strangle and eventually stab their way to £45 sofas and £35 bed frames at the opening of their favourite Swedish furniture store. RIOT is a true story set in a lamp-lit flat-pack universe bursting with violence, chaos and more characters than you can throw a meatball at.
B/O Price £12- £20
Length
Other Info Part of Limited Editions Season - new theatre-makers visit the Shed for a series of limited runs.
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UP DOWN BOY (Part of Limited Editions Season)
by Myrtle Theatre Company

Genre Drama
Previews from 21 Sep 2013
Opens 21 Sep 2013
Booking to 21 Sep 2013
Closes 21 Sep 2013
Time (PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 18 JULY 2013)
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Producer A Myrtle Theatre Company Production in association with Salisbury Playhouse
Synopsis Matty is off to college in an hour – and he’s left it to Mum to pack his case. She won’t miss the slamming doors, the queue for the bathroom and the phone bills. But Matty is no ordinary teenager and will his mother cope without him? This honest and uplifting play was inspired by the extraordinary life story of a boy with Down’s syndrome and his mother’s humorous perspective on bringing him up.
B/O Price £12- £20
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Other Info Part of Limited Editions Season - new theatre-makers visit the Shed for a series of limited runs.
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WORLD OF EXTREME HAPPINESS, THE
by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig

Genre Drama
Previews from 25 Sep 2013
Opens 30 Sep 2013
Booking to 26 Oct 2013
Closes 26 Oct 2013
Time See performance schedule link at end of listing! (PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 18 JULY 2013)
Performers
Director Michael Longhurst
Design Chloe Lamford
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Costume
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Producer National Theatre
Synopsis A wildly energetic and imaginative journey through contemporary China. Sunny leaves her family and her home in the Chinese countryside to head to the city and the promise of a job in a factory and a new life. But letting go of the past and embracing a bright new future proves harder than she could have imagined.
B/O Price £12- £20
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NUT
by debbie tucker green

Genre Drama
Previews from 30 Oct 2013
Opens 05 Nov 2013
Booking to 05 Dec 2013
Closes 05 Dec 2013
Time See performance schedule link at end of listing! (PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 18 JULY 2013)
Performers Gershwyn Eustache Jr, Nadine Marshall, Anthony Welsh, Sharlene Whyte.
Director debbie tucker green
Design Lisa Marie Hall
Lighting Tim Mitchell
Choreography Polly Bennett
Costume
Sound Emma Laxton
Producer National Theatre
Synopsis Bein you means not bein me – see, a deficit already – before you even started we running at a loss. Elayne thinks she’s alright. Nobody else does.
B/O Price £12- £20
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Venue Details

The Shed
South bank, London, SE1 9PX
(south side of Waterloo Bridge)
Tube: Waterloo
Tel: 020 7452 3000

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