BY night, the mild-mannered doctor Henry Jekyll stalks the streets of Victorian London in the form of the evil Mr Hyde, “a fiend of man”. But how long can he survive this double life?
Robert Louis Stevenson’s nightmarish tale, adapted by David Edgar, is at the Bridewell Theatre, off Fleet Street, from Tuesday – courtesy of the wonderful Tower Theatre Company. Until April 4.
WILD bigots, massive egotists and offensive teachers engage in live TV diatribes on The Roderick Jaynes Show, an example of the Bad Taste Good Entertainment which audiences have to look forward to at the Hen and Chickens Theatre next week. The four short plays are on from April 2-4.
Tickets £8, students £4. Contains strong language.
IF you happen to be in the vicinity of the Hackney Empire, perhaps watching the fine The Hounding of David Oluwale, you would do well to pop into the theatre’s Marie Lloyd Bar, where a solo show of artworks by Maria Emilov is exhibited in tandem with the drama. Justice, Police and State, until March 31, explores the lost “other” country behind the familiar norms of social and cultural identity through painted photographic scenes.
DON’T be put off by the incomprehensible title, Bodega Lung Fat at the Hackney Empire Studio, which closes this Saturday, should be worth a gander. Mike Batistick’s new play follows a group of fast-talking, wise-cracking migrants negotiating drug abuse, rape, and poverty on the mean streets of Brooklyn, New York.