act8
From mellow drama to melodrama, our act8 drama season is a superb mix of well-known plays and new writing brought to your venues by a range of acclaimed theatre companies.
Past productions have include Abigail's Party, The Importance of Being Earnest, Canterbury Tales and A Picture of Dorian Grey.
Still to come this season - National Theatre Wales present A Good Night Out In The Valleys at The Coliseum Theatre. Written by Alan Harris and directed by John E McGrath, this prestigious production promises to be an outrageous night of theatre. Plus Enter the deliciously dark world of Jekyll and Hyde - if you dare! European Arts Company return in a co-production with us, and a new adaptation of this enthralling and gripping legendary tale (Thursday 22 April).
Next season
The drama continues next season! Frank Vickery returns to all three venues with his hilarious comedy Loose Ends. Set in a caravan in Trecco Bay Porthcawl, this bitter-sweet story is typical Vickery fare, with biting one-liners and laugh-out-loud slap stick.
Plus , don't miss Mappa Mundi's seductively decandent classic Dangerous Liasions. This story of lust, greed deception and romance is at The Coliseum on Thursday 13 May.
Jekyll & Hyde
| Showing | 22 Apr 2010 - 23 Apr 2010 |
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| venue | Coliseum |
| categories | Season, act8, Drama / Plays, Storytelling / Literature |
| Prices |
Ticket
£12.00 Concessions £9.00 |
Presented by European Arts Company in association with RCT Theatres
Experience, if you dare, this deliciously dark reinvention of the classic tale!
Following on from the sunny Victoriana of ‘The Pickwick Papers’, European Arts Company is returning to the 19th Century and invites you on a trip down the smoggy, gas lit alleyways of London for this gothic shocker that’s thrilling, gripping and highly entertaining!
Set in a Whitechapel tavern in 1888, a versatile ensemble cast re- tell the gruesome story of Dr Jekyll and his charismatic alter-ego using only the things you would find in a pub. So, barrels, tankards, darts, brasses, bar stools, soda siphons, billiard cues, yards of ale and even Aunt Sally are used to create the grimy London setting with great ingenuity, horror and imagination.
Dangerous Liaisons
| Showing | 13 May 2010 - 14 May 2010 |
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| venue | Coliseum |
| categories | Drama / Plays, Variety / Light Entertainment, Season, act8, Special Offers, Group Discount, The Early Bird (catches a great deal!) |
| Prices |
Adults
£12.00 Concessions £9.50 Early Bird £7.00 |
Thursday 13 May 7.30pm
A Mappa Mundi/ Theatr Mwldan Co-Production
After the critical and popular successes of She Stoops To Conquer and The Importance Of Being Earnest - Wales’ most dynamic and popular theatre company, turn their attention to this new stage adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ 1782 novel of lust, greed, deception, and romance.
A sumptuous celebration of artful wickedness, betrayal, and sexual intrigue among depraved 18th-century French aristocrats, Dangerous Liaisons is seductively decadent fun.
Set among the glittering chandeliers and marble salons of Paris, Dangerous Liaisons exposes the seedy reality of the old French aristocracy. This is a society in which the most innocent become the sexual prey of a couple of bored and decadent ex-lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, both having ice-cold revenge and sizzling seduction on their minds.
Suitable for ages 16 and over.
Supported by the Welsh Assembly Government and the Arts Council Of Wales through the Arts Outside Cardiff Scheme.
The Caretaker
| Showing | 12 Nov 2010 - 12 Nov 2010 |
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| venue | Coliseum |
| categories | Drama / Plays, Season, act8, Special Offers, Group Discount, The Early Bird (catches a great deal!) |
| Prices |
Ticket
£12.00 Concessions £10.00 Early Bird £7.00 |
by Harold Pinter Presented by London Classic Theatre
“One of the 20th century's great plays, a tragic comedy of stunning individuality” Daily Mail
Davies, an elderly drifter, is given shelter by the kindly but vulnerable Aston. He quickly makes himself at home in the squalid, junk-filled attic, but an uneasy peace is fractured by the arrival of Mick, Aston’s quick-witted, streetwise younger brother. As the shadows lengthen and the three men reveal more about the past and themselves, a battle of wits begins that will have irrevocable consequences for them all.
A landmark of twentieth century theatre, The Caretaker was first performed at The Arts Theatre, London in 1960. Fifty years on, Pinter’s compelling study of loneliness and power games still has the capacity to amuse, to shock and to fascinate.
Playwright, director, actor, poet and political activist, Harold Pinter was born on 10 October 1930 in East London. He wrote twenty-nine plays including The Birthday Party, Old Times, The Homecoming and Betrayal. In 2005, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died on Christmas Eve 2008.
London Classic Theatre first produced The Caretaker in 2004. The tour was both a critical and commercial success and this revival will be the centrepiece of their tenth anniversary year.
Age suitability is 14+.
