What's On at the Hope Theatre

WHAT'S ON at THE HOPE THEATRE

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The Hope Theatre,

Upstairs at The Hope & Anchor

207 Upper Street,

LOCATION

Station: Highbury & Islington (Victoria Line, Overground and First Capital Connect) with Angel not far away.

Bus routes: 4, 19, 30 and 43 all run past the venue (nearest bus stop at Islington Town Hall).

On-street parking: (meters) on nearby Compton Terrace and Canonbury Lane. The theatre is outside the Congestion Charge Zone.

NEW SEASON OF WORK

NORTH SAPPH-FEST A bold new festival celebrating queer women & non-binary voices 3 - 28 August

Full programming to be announced soon. Please see some highlights below.

Mouse

By Alice Sparrow

August 3rd - 6th, 7pm

Gemma is under a curse: she’s a mouse 364 days a year. To become human again, she must shag someone who once truly loved her. But did her only ex ever really love her?

Sapphic, silly and surreal, ‘Mouse’ is about who gets to decide what counts as love.

This is Alice Sparrow’s second play. Her first won the National Theatre’s New Views prize and was later commissioned by Audible.

Dad

By James Robertson

August 24th - 25th, 8.30pm

All Ellis wants is to keep their 4-year-old daughter Becky safe and happy, while bringing her up as their most authentic self. That’s not an easy task when you’re non-binary. But as Ellis strives to create the future queer utopia to raise their daughter in, the tides begin to turn against them.

A queer parable for our times, “Dad” explores the grey areas of genderqueer parenting and rails against the increased government sanctioned transphobia we see today.

Shallow Resting Place

By Lauren Carter

August 10th - 12th, 7pm

Set against the Oxfordshire prairies, Charlie and Sophia reunite after three years. This tender and poetic play is a brutal exploration of the addictive nature of nostalgia, and the consequences of romanticising the people we love, not to mention hares.

Previously, Lauren was the Resident Director of the Oxford Playhouse, during which she co-founded Queer Fest.

The Wake

By Emma Langan

August 26th - 28th, 8.30pm

The Wake follows El and their family in the aftermath of their mother’s passing. It's set in a single day at her wake and we see the comical, messy, and nuanced unravelling of the family's dynamic as they navigate their profound loss, with all of the Catholic kitsch that comes with it.

The Wake hits on real experiences of grief, and the loss of what could’ve been.

Other productions in the Festival include: -

They Were Roommates

By Song Marshall

August 4th - 6th, 8.30pm

Cherston

By Emily Farley

18th - 20th, 8.30pm

That’s Just The Way It’s (un)Done

By Rowan For Now

21st - 22nd August, 7pm

The Haunting of Verity Evans

By Freya Jackson

25th - 26th August, 7pm

Masc Off

By Julia Rogers

21st - 22nd August, 8.30pm

For more information on NORTH SAPPH-FEST please visit thehopetheatre.com/northsapphfest

Dandelions and Poppy

1st - 3rd September

7pm

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