Subject: Now Showing: THE LIFESAVERS
503 Wracks Up the Tension…
before any show images/blurbs:
Fraser Grace’s electrifying thriller THE LIFESAVERShas opened to huge acclaim and runs until 21st February, URBAN SCRAWL, our audio drama series online, is being heard everywhere and HALLELUJAH sees 503’s Rapid Write’09 take the stage. Come to 503 for the most groundbreaking drama in London…
27 January - 21 February 2009
The Lifesavers
by Fraser Grace
Directed by Paul Robinson
My dear friends. Run.
What if the world had changed?
What if parenthood was forbidden?
What if you broke the rules?
A couple desperate for a baby. A boy who has seen too much.Watching over them all are the saviours; policing us into being human, protecting us from a world riven with fear.They call themselves the Lifesavers.
‘A fiercely intelligent writer and this is a gripping play… good performances all round…Paul Robinson's production wracks up the tension to terrific effect’ (The Guardian)
'absorbingly creepy and provocative...a shuddering energy catching the mood of our own uncertain times' (The Times)
'a refreshing and thought-provoking production'(WhatsonStage****)
'Paul Robinson’s finely pitched production... compelling... watch out - and watch this play' (Reviewsgate)
Box office: 020 7978 7040
or book online
URBAN SCRAWL is now live on theatreVOICE
53 stations on the Piccadilly line. 53 weeks. 53 brand new plays, one for each station. A major new project from Theatre503, TheatreVoice and Rose Bruford, with writers including Mark Ravenhill, Samuel Adamson, Simon Stephens, Jane Bodie, Dawn King and Phil Porter. Listen to them online only at
So far we’ve had ICKENAHM by Chips Hardy, RUISLIP by Gillian Plowman,SUDBURYTOWN by Sarah Beck and HAMMERSMITH by Phil Porter.THE CROSS by Jane Brodie went live on theatreVOICE last weekend. Check out the website every Saturday to listen to the latest new play on the Piccadilly line.
25 - 28 February 2009
The Parallel Of Paul
by Dominic Mitchell
It all started innocently enough. Trudi discovered a wormhole in the family's beloved caravan and was instantly transported through time and space. So she started meddling. A bit too much…
Box office: 020 7978 7040
or book online
Hallelujah
by Jane Bodie
An English woman, an Irish woman and an estate agent, find themselves in a cheap hotel in the middle of nowhere.
None of them know why they're here, the cable tv is stuck on one channel, the windows don't open and a muzak version of Hallelujah is being pumped into the room. And none of them can afford to pay for the minibar.
Commissioned, written and rehearsed in under 2 months as part of 503's Rapid Write programme, Hallelujah is a black comedy about being in the red by award winning writer Jane Bodie.
'Bodie's writing is as cerebral as it is sexual...both funny and stunningly lyrical. Honest human and true'
(***** Five stars – The Irish Times)
Elsewhere in London
3 February - 14 March at Finborough
UNTITLED
by Lena Farugia
A new play about Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, and the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII – one of the most moving love stories of all time. Starring Olivier Award winner Nichola McAuliffe and Patrick Ryecart.
Tickets:£13, £9 concessions. Tuesday evenings all seats £9, Saturday evenings all seats £13.
For more information about the show please visit
Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, LondonSW10 9ED
08448471652 |
12February – 7 March at Soho
This Isn’t Romance
By In-Sook Chappell
Directed by Lisa Goldman
A beautiful and brutal love story by British-Korean writer In-Sook Chappell, winner of the Verity Bargate Award 2007.
An Anglo-Korean model returns to Seoul to find the brother she abandoned, when adopted as a child.
Tickets: £10 for previews, 12 February - 21st February
Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, LondonW1D 3NE
02074780100 |
19 March - Sat 9 May at Almeida
Parlour Song
By Jez Butterworth
Cast includes: Amanda Drew, Toby Jones and Andrew Lincoln
Ned lives in a nice new house on a nice new estate in the English countryside. Outwardly his life is entirely unremarkable.
So why has he not slept a wink in six months? Why is he so terrified of his wife Joy? And why is it every time he leaves on business, something else goes missing from his home?
Parlour Song is a black, hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia.
Tickets: £6 - £29.50
Almeida Theatre, Almeida Street, Islington, LondonN1 1TA
02073594404|
lifesavers
urban scrawl
parallel of paul
hallelujah
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this isn’t romance
parlour song