insideKENT Magazine Issue 60 - March 2017 | Page 42

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

EXPLOSIVE THEATRE THIS MARCH AT FOLKESTONE QUARTERHOUSE !

THIS MARCH , FOLKESTONE QUARTERHOUSE PRESENTS THE VERY BEST IN CONTEMPORARY , BRAVE AND CHALLENGING TOURING SHOWS , CREATED BY SOME OF THE COUNTRY ’ S MOST EXCITING THEATRE COMPANIES .
Songs for the End of the World
The Diary of a Hounslow Girl © Shaheen Razzaq
E15
The month begins with E15 , a retelling of the Focus E15 campaign in which 29 single mothers united against skyrocketing rents and forced relocation out of London .
From the streets of Newham to the Houses of Parliament , this bold and pertinent part of documentary theatre is adapted from the real-life testimonies of the most under-represented and prominent voices on the political spectrum – providing a truthful retelling of the focus E15 Campaign , Britain ' s housing crisis and how one group of women refused to be marginalised .
E15 received glowing reviews during last year ’ s Edinburgh Festival with the Guardian ’ s Lynn Gardner describing it as “ Loud , raucous and angry , but also deceptively disciplined and focused .” With a young and talented cast , E15 perfectly encapsulates what can be achieved when people come together to campaign , without romanticising the realities and struggles of opposing both local and national government policies . E15 visits Folkestone Quarterhouse on Friday 10th March at 7.30pm .
On Wednesday 22nd March , Folkestone Quarterhouse welcomes Dom Coyote and the Blood Moneys with Songs for the End of the World . Part gig , part play and part apocalypse , this inspired new show explores the line between epic theatre and a raucous rock concert with a generous dose of off the wall sci-fi .
Inspired by Philip K Dick ' s post-apocalyptic novel Dr . Bloodmoney , Ziggy Stardust and 1950 ’ s rock ’ n ’ roll , Songs for the End of the World is a show like no other , set in a dystopian future steadily steamrolling towards catastrophe . When the apocalypse finally arrives , astronaut Jim Walters is suspended in orbit , broadcasting his songs for the end of the world back to a silent Earth where the few remaining survivors must fight for their future .
Dom Coyote is an associate artist of Kneehigh Theatre and his high octane , multi-instrumentalist band , the Bloodmoneys , have toured and recorded with artists including Beth Orton , Scissor Sisters , Gary Numan , Goldfrapp , Beth Gibbons , and Tinie Tempah .
On Wednesday 29th March , Quarterhouse presents a funny , bold and provocative coming of age tale , The Diary of a Hounslow Girl . You ' ve heard of an Essex Girl and a Chelsea Girl but what is a Hounslow Girl ? A Hounslow Girl has become a byword for young Muslim women who wear hooped earrings along with their headscarves , tussling with their traditional families while hustling their way in urban West London . Confident , young women grappling with traditional values , city life and fashion .
From traditional Pakistani weddings to fights on the night bus , The Diary of a Hounslow Girl is told through the eyes of a bolshy hooped earring , headscarf-wearing 16-year-old British Muslim girl growing up in West London . It ’ s a funny , bold , provocative play highlighting the challenges of being brought up in a traditional Muslim family alongside the temptations and influences of growing up in and around London .
For more information on these and other shows please visit www . quarterhouse . co . uk
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