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A new theatre cafe/bar in a converted warehouse has opened in Hackney Wick, THE YARD will host theatre, opera and dance.
The Yard is the brainchild of a group of theatre directors, led by Jay Miller, with the purpose of offering opportunities to emerging artists in London. The venue offers a safe environment for companies to take artistic risks with free rehearsal space, free performance space. and 51% of the box office in return for a few hours help with the operational management of the building.
The Yard will be open for only one season from 22 July to 29 October. The venue is located opposite the Olympic Park, sitting on the canal and less than 5 minutes from Hackney Wick Station and local bus routes.
The programme combines established theatre makers with some of the best emerging talent, with a specific focus on fusing different performance disciplines, recreating known stories and challenging traditional forms of theatre.
A principle aim of The Yard is to increase transparency and access in theatre, making the building a magnet for audience and artists alike. Ticket prices will start from £4, and not exceed £10.
Practice, an innovative young company renowned for their famous rooftop bar, Frank’s Café, have designed and constructed the 120 seat venue using reclaimed materials from the Olympic Park. The café-bar will host a series of events and concerts that will complement the work programmed in the theatre.
www.the-yard.co.uk
Facebook – The Yard
Twitter - @yardtheatre
LISTINGS INFORMATION
Venue: The Yard, Queens Yard, White Post Lane, Hackney Wick, London, E9 5EN
Box Office In person (open from 5.30pm) or www.the-yard.co.uk
Transport Nearest station - Hackney Wick Station (North London Line)
THE PROGRAMME
July 2011
Wednesday 27 19:30 – 20:30 The Caroline Carter Show (Flick Ferdinando) - £8
Edinburgh Fringe Preview. With a warm heart and a great voice, Caroline brings you stories, songs, anecdotes and slides, from her camper van travels. With a lonesome cowboy on guitar, she taps into the richly strange lives of the great British public, picking up their dirty laundry giving it a sniff and hanging it out to air!
Tales of unrequited animal love, rebellious road sweepers and being taken up the wrong road. Owning 167 pairs of shoes, the lady sings country... and the blues.
'Delightfully wrong... refreshingly subversive' (Scotsman).
21:15 – 21:45 Walking and Waving (Nina Feldman) - £6
Walking and Waving asks if two places can be brought together, and if you still need to pack a suitcase. Through Nina's relationship with her hometown, Johannesburg, this show explores questions of migration and at-home-ness in today’s ultra-connected world.
See both shows for £12
Thursday 28 19:30 – 20:30 The Caroline Carter Show (Flick Ferdinando) - £8
21:15 – 21:45 Walking and Waving (Nina Feldman) - £6
See both shows for £12
Friday 29 19:30 – 20:00 Fragile / Cello (Hannah Price) - £6
Two boundary busting short pieces by the award winning David Greig.
Welcome to a strange internal world where meaning shifts and knowledge is less than certain... Beautiful, compelling and magnetic Cello explores what is just out of reach.
Written as part of Theatre Uncut, the series of plays performed nationwide in protest at cuts to public spending, Fragile sees Syrus Lowe reprise his role as Jack after sell out performances at Southwark Playhouse, the Soho Theatre and Latitude. Visceral, funny, dark, compelling and extraordinary, Fragile puts the audience at the heart of the action.
20:45 – 21:15 Dreams of a House High on a Hill (Made in China) - £6
'The girl stands shivering on the doorstep of the house high on the hill.
The moon is making the sea look like metal, look like milk
Is making the door look like the dark shadow of a man.’
Made In China invite you to sit around their bathtub and bear witness to a beautiful nightmare. A unique voyage through the landscape of dreams, with music and lots of milk.
Created by Made In China Sound composed by Eva Brandt
Made In China is the collaborative work of Tim Cowbury (writer) and Jessica Latowicki (performer). A National Theatre Studio affiliate and The Basement supported company. www.madeinchinatheatre.com
See both shows for £10
Saturday 30 Midday – Midnight HACKNEY WICKED
As part of the Hackney Wicked Festival local bands take over the space FREE
19:30 – 20:00 Fragile / Cello (Hannah Price) - £6
20:45 – 21:15 Dreams of a House High on a Hill (Made in China) - £6
See both shows for £10
Sunday 31 Midday - Midnight HACKNEY WICKED
As part of the Hackney Wicked Festival local bands take over the space FREE
August 2011
Tuesday 2 19:30 – 20:15 The Things I’ve Seen (Alexander Wright) - £4
Wednesday 3
19:30 – 20:00 Fragile / Cello (Hannah Price) - £6
20:45 – 21:15 Walking and Waving (Nina Feldman) - £6
See both shows for £10
Thursday 4
19:30 – 20:00 Fragile / Cello (Hannah Price) - £6
20:45 – 21:15 Walking and Waving (Nina Feldman) - £6
See both shows for £10
Friday 5
20:00 – 21:00 The End of Half Pork (Jakub Porcari Association) - £10
We are in a theatre, we obey all the rules of theatre. But this is not a show. These are not actors. So, which side has control, the spectators or the stage? This young Polish company present the UK premiere of their highly experimental and challenging new play; an uncompromising exploration of what it is to be a victim
Saturday 6 20:00 – 21:00 The End of Half Pork (Jakub Porcari Association) - £10
Tuesday 9
19:30 - 21:00 - Imagine You are Everyone Everywhere at Once and Everything Seen, Heard, Said and Done is By You and For and To You (Stewart Melton) - £4
An immense cast of 139 ordinary citizens will voice the shout outs, retweets, heated discussions and random interactions of our linked-in, online society. Provoked by the persecution of Ai Weiwei and inspired by Twitter as a tool for protest and activism, this unique and poetic performance event asks: What is freedom of expression?
Wednesday
10 20:00 - 21:00 - Imagine You are Everyone (Stewart Melton) - £6
21:30 – 22:30 - Imagine You are Everyone (Stewart Melton) - £6
Thursday 11
20:00 - 21:00 - Imagine You are Everyone (Stewart Melton) - £6
21:30 – 22:30 - Imagine You are Everyone (Stewart Melton) - £6
Friday 12 20:00 - 21:00 - Imagine You are Everyone (Stewart Melton) - £8
21:30 – 22:20 - Dream Through Your Singing Mouth (Helen Chadwick) £8
Be there at the beginning! Opening performances of this song theatre creator's new solo show. Did I say solo? Be prepared to sing!
Reviews of other Chadwick work:
"Chadwick….an exquisite find" THE GUARDIAN
"that brilliant bard" 'THE INDEPENDENT
“the wickedly talented Helen Chadwick has done it again” WIM
See both shows for £15
Saturday 13
19:30 - 21:00 - Imagine You are Everyone (Stewart Melton) - £8
21:30 – 22:20 - Dream Through Your Singing Mouth (Helen Chadwick) £8
See both shows for £15
Tuesday 16
Last Stand and Rethink - Michael Kelland - £6
A duo of contemporary dance pieces by up and coming young choreographer Michael Kelland. Both pieces use web comics as their inspiration. Last Stand is inspired by Winston Rowntree's Stop Normality and Rethink by Bryan North's Dinosaur Comics.
Last Stand
"Towards the end they say, you'll reach the point of no return, and feel it. Time grinds to a halt and the universe shrinks and square metres take on the detail of city maps."
As you near the end what will you remember? What will become important?
Rethink
The games that we played as children inform how we relate to friends and strangers today. What happens when we play these games as adults? What do they reveal of what we've become?
Wednesday 17 19.30 - 20.30 Michael Kelland - £6
Thursday 18
20:00 – 21:00 All Night I Dream About Being Good (Sasha Milavic Davies) - £6
A young actor arrives backstage to play a small part in Hamlet for the first time. After four lines and less than a minute onstage, he exits. Sitting backstage with three other jaded actors who also play minor roles, he is forced to come to terms with not being special.
All Night I Dream… is a new play about the people at the edges of our focus, and how we invariably, imperceptibly, and necessarily fill in their blanks. (And an old woman dies unexpectedly.)
Written and Directed by Sasha Milavic Davies. Artistic Associate at The Yard.
Friday 19 20:00 – 21:00 All Night I Dream About Being Good (Sasha Milavic Davies) - £9
Saturday 20 20:00 – 21:00 All Night I Dream About Being Good (Sasha Milavic Davies) - £10
Tuesday 23
20:00 – 21:00 Git (Tess Seddon) - £4
Hiding in a mountain of televisions, computers and dirty washing, Peer’s only confidant is a Columbian sex line, he’s fallen for a girl who reminds him of his mother and worst of all, he has to get a job.
This dark tragi-comedy recreates Ibsen’s Peer Gynt. life of avoiding just about everything. Merging live film and theatre, this piece presents a series of virtual realities, exploring how they effect a generation hooked on video games, marijuana and angst.
Wednesday 24 20:00 – 21:00 Git (Tess Seddon) - £6
Thursday 25 20:00 – 21:00 Git (Tess Seddon) - £6
Friday 26
20.00 - 21.00 All Night I Dream About Being Good (Sasha Milavic Davies) - £9
21.45 - 22.30 - The Things I've Seen (£4)
Both shows for £12.
Saturday 27
20.00 - 21.00 All Night I Dream About Being Good (Sasha Milavic Davies) - £10
21.45 - 22.30 - The Things I've Seen (£4)
Both shows for £12.
Tuesday 30 20:00 – 21:00 All Night I Dream About Being Good (Sasha Milavic Davies) - £4
Wednesday 31 20:00 – 21:00 All Night I Dream About Being Good (Sasha Milavic Davies) - £6
Bryony Hegarty
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