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Seven young fathers in prison sign-up for an education programme. They attempt to rise up the prison pecking order, but they’re confronted with more than expected, as they face up to their relationships with their children, their own fathers and ultimately themselves.

A creative participatory project bringing together the children, families and teachers of Gainsborough Primary School in Hackney to explore some of London’s most colourful and exciting environments; the market places.

Around the Royal is an intimate and spectacular journey around East London's most iconic Victorian theatre, devised and performed by 20 young people. Behind the scenes and revealing hidden corners, they present stories, characters, song, music and dance from the last 100 years.

Do we know where we stand in relation to the real and the unreal? Life and its hidden streams? The abstract and the concrete? The story and the ritual? The performer and the person? The body and its' language?

Rhymes Won't Wait - the new cutting edge of London's spoken word scene, bringing together an unrivalled line-up of some of London's leading and emerging poets to respond to socially engaged themes we want to platform.

It’s Like He’s Knocking is a one man show created and performed by Leo Kay. With personal storytelling, dance theatre and Afro Brazilian percussion we are transported into a private world to question heritage and memory. 

That is The Way To Do It! is a raucous comedy for outdoor events and street arts festivals. A life sized and alternative version of the much loved Victorian seaside entertainment; Punch and Judy return as a vehicle for hilarious satire in our anxious, credit crunched world.

“Beautifully simple and effective... If Reykjavik was a movie it would have a cult following.” Edinburgh Guide

Nominated for a Total Theatre Award for Innovation, Edinburgh Festival 2010.