Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Chromolume Productions presents
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Charlie Brown is five years old and trying his best. But things just don’t seem to go his way: his kite won’t fly, the Little Red-Haired Girl won’t look at him, and he’s not even sure his dog Snoopy likes him all that much!
With a charming book and heartwarming, hilarious songs brought to life by our wonderful five-piece band, Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical based on Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters urges us to find happiness in the everyday and serves as a reminder that we’re all just grown-up children trying our best to figure it out.
Directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar
Musical Direction by Harry Style
Cast to be announced soon!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
14th December 2023 – 14th January 2024
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7.30pm
Saturdays – 3.00pm & 7.30pm
Sundays – 4.00pm
Additional matinees – Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 – 3.00pm
Dina Ibrahim for KFI Publishing presents
The Mother of Kamal
Written by Dina Ibrahim
Directed by Stephen Freeman
It is 1948 in the slums of Baghdad. A working-class Jewish mother, Um-Kamal, finds her two sons arrested by the feared and loathed Secret Police. Inexplicably, the younger brother, Sasson, gets imprisoned, while Kamal, the older, is set free. Rumour and intrigue ensue, and Um-Kamal is reluctantly drawn into the orbit of the Communist Party, risking all to save her teenage sons and hold her rapidly fragmenting family together.
Decades later, conflicting family histories and narratives emerge, as the troubled Kamal finally faces a reckoning with the truth of what really happened following that night in the cells in Baghdad – and its impact on the family across time and space.
Following a sold-out run at the 2023 Camden Fringe, writer Dina Ibrahim brings a new, extended full-length telling of this powerful, poignant, warmly humorous, gently satirical, and intriguing piece of personal family history. Blending traditional narrative drama with elements drawn from classical, physical, epic and ensemble theatre, this is “theatre of the soul to sustain us… A symphony of survival” (International Times).
★★★★
“Surges with passion… intersperses beautifully judged comedy with the weightier elements of the piece.”
Morning Star
★★★★
“Crafts a Middle Eastern tale that unravels a web of secrecy [and] guilt.”
Fringe Biscuit
“Dina Ibrahim’s writing shines. This is a show deeply passionate about the story it is telling, ambitious in both scope and form.”
London Pub Theatres Magazine
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval)
Advisories: Play text includes language that some might find alarming. There is also mention of bereavement. Suitable for ages 12+
Dina Ibrahim for KFI Publishing presents
The Mother of Kamal
Written by Dina Ibrahim
Directed by Stephen Freeman
It is 1948 in the slums of Baghdad. A working-class Jewish mother, Um-Kamal, finds her two sons arrested by the feared and loathed Secret Police. Inexplicably, the younger brother, Sasson, gets imprisoned, while Kamal, the older, is set free. Rumour and intrigue ensue, and Um-Kamal is reluctantly drawn into the orbit of the Communist Party, risking all to save her teenage sons and hold her rapidly fragmenting family together.
Decades later, conflicting family histories and narratives emerge, as the troubled Kamal finally faces a reckoning with the truth of what really happened following that night in the cells in Baghdad – and its impact on the family across time and space.
Following a sold-out run at the 2023 Camden Fringe, writer Dina Ibrahim brings a new, extended full-length telling of this powerful, poignant, warmly humorous, gently satirical, and intriguing piece of personal family history. Blending traditional narrative drama with elements drawn from classical, physical, epic and ensemble theatre, this is “theatre of the soul to sustain us… A symphony of survival” (International Times).
★★★★
“Surges with passion… intersperses beautifully judged comedy with the weightier elements of the piece.”
Morning Star
★★★★
“Crafts a Middle Eastern tale that unravels a web of secrecy [and] guilt.”
Fringe Biscuit
“Dina Ibrahim’s writing shines. This is a show deeply passionate about the story it is telling, ambitious in both scope and form.”
London Pub Theatres Magazine
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval)
Advisories: Play text includes language that some might find alarming. There is also mention of bereavement. Suitable for ages 12+
Dina Ibrahim for KFI Publishing presents
The Mother of Kamal
Written by Dina Ibrahim
Directed by Stephen Freeman
It is 1948 in the slums of Baghdad. A working-class Jewish mother, Um-Kamal, finds her two sons arrested by the feared and loathed Secret Police. Inexplicably, the younger brother, Sasson, gets imprisoned, while Kamal, the older, is set free. Rumour and intrigue ensue, and Um-Kamal is reluctantly drawn into the orbit of the Communist Party, risking all to save her teenage sons and hold her rapidly fragmenting family together.
Decades later, conflicting family histories and narratives emerge, as the troubled Kamal finally faces a reckoning with the truth of what really happened following that night in the cells in Baghdad – and its impact on the family across time and space.
Following a sold-out run at the 2023 Camden Fringe, writer Dina Ibrahim brings a new, extended full-length telling of this powerful, poignant, warmly humorous, gently satirical, and intriguing piece of personal family history. Blending traditional narrative drama with elements drawn from classical, physical, epic and ensemble theatre, this is “theatre of the soul to sustain us… A symphony of survival” (International Times).
★★★★
“Surges with passion… intersperses beautifully judged comedy with the weightier elements of the piece.”
Morning Star
★★★★
“Crafts a Middle Eastern tale that unravels a web of secrecy [and] guilt.”
Fringe Biscuit
“Dina Ibrahim’s writing shines. This is a show deeply passionate about the story it is telling, ambitious in both scope and form.”
London Pub Theatres Magazine
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval)
Advisories: Play text includes language that some might find alarming. There is also mention of bereavement. Suitable for ages 12+
Dina Ibrahim for KFI Publishing presents
The Mother of Kamal
Written by Dina Ibrahim
Directed by Stephen Freeman
It is 1948 in the slums of Baghdad. A working-class Jewish mother, Um-Kamal, finds her two sons arrested by the feared and loathed Secret Police. Inexplicably, the younger brother, Sasson, gets imprisoned, while Kamal, the older, is set free. Rumour and intrigue ensue, and Um-Kamal is reluctantly drawn into the orbit of the Communist Party, risking all to save her teenage sons and hold her rapidly fragmenting family together.
Decades later, conflicting family histories and narratives emerge, as the troubled Kamal finally faces a reckoning with the truth of what really happened following that night in the cells in Baghdad – and its impact on the family across time and space.
Following a sold-out run at the 2023 Camden Fringe, writer Dina Ibrahim brings a new, extended full-length telling of this powerful, poignant, warmly humorous, gently satirical, and intriguing piece of personal family history. Blending traditional narrative drama with elements drawn from classical, physical, epic and ensemble theatre, this is “theatre of the soul to sustain us… A symphony of survival” (International Times).
★★★★
“Surges with passion… intersperses beautifully judged comedy with the weightier elements of the piece.”
Morning Star
★★★★
“Crafts a Middle Eastern tale that unravels a web of secrecy [and] guilt.”
Fringe Biscuit
“Dina Ibrahim’s writing shines. This is a show deeply passionate about the story it is telling, ambitious in both scope and form.”
London Pub Theatres Magazine
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval)
Advisories: Play text includes language that some might find alarming. There is also mention of bereavement. Suitable for ages 12+
Dina Ibrahim for KFI Publishing presents
The Mother of Kamal
Written by Dina Ibrahim
Directed by Stephen Freeman
It is 1948 in the slums of Baghdad. A working-class Jewish mother, Um-Kamal, finds her two sons arrested by the feared and loathed Secret Police. Inexplicably, the younger brother, Sasson, gets imprisoned, while Kamal, the older, is set free. Rumour and intrigue ensue, and Um-Kamal is reluctantly drawn into the orbit of the Communist Party, risking all to save her teenage sons and hold her rapidly fragmenting family together.
Decades later, conflicting family histories and narratives emerge, as the troubled Kamal finally faces a reckoning with the truth of what really happened following that night in the cells in Baghdad – and its impact on the family across time and space.
Following a sold-out run at the 2023 Camden Fringe, writer Dina Ibrahim brings a new, extended full-length telling of this powerful, poignant, warmly humorous, gently satirical, and intriguing piece of personal family history. Blending traditional narrative drama with elements drawn from classical, physical, epic and ensemble theatre, this is “theatre of the soul to sustain us… A symphony of survival” (International Times).
★★★★
“Surges with passion… intersperses beautifully judged comedy with the weightier elements of the piece.”
Morning Star
★★★★
“Crafts a Middle Eastern tale that unravels a web of secrecy [and] guilt.”
Fringe Biscuit
“Dina Ibrahim’s writing shines. This is a show deeply passionate about the story it is telling, ambitious in both scope and form.”
London Pub Theatres Magazine
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval)
Advisories: Play text includes language that some might find alarming. There is also mention of bereavement. Suitable for ages 12+
Dina Ibrahim for KFI Publishing presents
The Mother of Kamal
Written by Dina Ibrahim
Directed by Stephen Freeman
It is 1948 in the slums of Baghdad. A working-class Jewish mother, Um-Kamal, finds her two sons arrested by the feared and loathed Secret Police. Inexplicably, the younger brother, Sasson, gets imprisoned, while Kamal, the older, is set free. Rumour and intrigue ensue, and Um-Kamal is reluctantly drawn into the orbit of the Communist Party, risking all to save her teenage sons and hold her rapidly fragmenting family together.
Decades later, conflicting family histories and narratives emerge, as the troubled Kamal finally faces a reckoning with the truth of what really happened following that night in the cells in Baghdad – and its impact on the family across time and space.
Following a sold-out run at the 2023 Camden Fringe, writer Dina Ibrahim brings a new, extended full-length telling of this powerful, poignant, warmly humorous, gently satirical, and intriguing piece of personal family history. Blending traditional narrative drama with elements drawn from classical, physical, epic and ensemble theatre, this is “theatre of the soul to sustain us… A symphony of survival” (International Times).
★★★★
“Surges with passion… intersperses beautifully judged comedy with the weightier elements of the piece.”
Morning Star
★★★★
“Crafts a Middle Eastern tale that unravels a web of secrecy [and] guilt.”
Fringe Biscuit
“Dina Ibrahim’s writing shines. This is a show deeply passionate about the story it is telling, ambitious in both scope and form.”
London Pub Theatres Magazine
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval)
Advisories: Play text includes language that some might find alarming. There is also mention of bereavement. Suitable for ages 12+
Dina Ibrahim for KFI Publishing presents
The Mother of Kamal
Written by Dina Ibrahim
Directed by Stephen Freeman
It is 1948 in the slums of Baghdad. A working-class Jewish mother, Um-Kamal, finds her two sons arrested by the feared and loathed Secret Police. Inexplicably, the younger brother, Sasson, gets imprisoned, while Kamal, the older, is set free. Rumour and intrigue ensue, and Um-Kamal is reluctantly drawn into the orbit of the Communist Party, risking all to save her teenage sons and hold her rapidly fragmenting family together.
Decades later, conflicting family histories and narratives emerge, as the troubled Kamal finally faces a reckoning with the truth of what really happened following that night in the cells in Baghdad – and its impact on the family across time and space.
Following a sold-out run at the 2023 Camden Fringe, writer Dina Ibrahim brings a new, extended full-length telling of this powerful, poignant, warmly humorous, gently satirical, and intriguing piece of personal family history. Blending traditional narrative drama with elements drawn from classical, physical, epic and ensemble theatre, this is “theatre of the soul to sustain us… A symphony of survival” (International Times).
★★★★
“Surges with passion… intersperses beautifully judged comedy with the weightier elements of the piece.”
Morning Star
★★★★
“Crafts a Middle Eastern tale that unravels a web of secrecy [and] guilt.”
Fringe Biscuit
“Dina Ibrahim’s writing shines. This is a show deeply passionate about the story it is telling, ambitious in both scope and form.”
London Pub Theatres Magazine
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval)
Advisories: Play text includes language that some might find alarming. There is also mention of bereavement. Suitable for ages 12+
Dina Ibrahim for KFI Publishing presents
The Mother of Kamal
Written by Dina Ibrahim
Directed by Stephen Freeman
It is 1948 in the slums of Baghdad. A working-class Jewish mother, Um-Kamal, finds her two sons arrested by the feared and loathed Secret Police. Inexplicably, the younger brother, Sasson, gets imprisoned, while Kamal, the older, is set free. Rumour and intrigue ensue, and Um-Kamal is reluctantly drawn into the orbit of the Communist Party, risking all to save her teenage sons and hold her rapidly fragmenting family together.
Decades later, conflicting family histories and narratives emerge, as the troubled Kamal finally faces a reckoning with the truth of what really happened following that night in the cells in Baghdad – and its impact on the family across time and space.
Following a sold-out run at the 2023 Camden Fringe, writer Dina Ibrahim brings a new, extended full-length telling of this powerful, poignant, warmly humorous, gently satirical, and intriguing piece of personal family history. Blending traditional narrative drama with elements drawn from classical, physical, epic and ensemble theatre, this is “theatre of the soul to sustain us… A symphony of survival” (International Times).
★★★★
“Surges with passion… intersperses beautifully judged comedy with the weightier elements of the piece.”
Morning Star
★★★★
“Crafts a Middle Eastern tale that unravels a web of secrecy [and] guilt.”
Fringe Biscuit
“Dina Ibrahim’s writing shines. This is a show deeply passionate about the story it is telling, ambitious in both scope and form.”
London Pub Theatres Magazine
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval)
Advisories: Play text includes language that some might find alarming. There is also mention of bereavement. Suitable for ages 12+
Dina Ibrahim for KFI Publishing presents
The Mother of Kamal
Written by Dina Ibrahim
Directed by Stephen Freeman
It is 1948 in the slums of Baghdad. A working-class Jewish mother, Um-Kamal, finds her two sons arrested by the feared and loathed Secret Police. Inexplicably, the younger brother, Sasson, gets imprisoned, while Kamal, the older, is set free. Rumour and intrigue ensue, and Um-Kamal is reluctantly drawn into the orbit of the Communist Party, risking all to save her teenage sons and hold her rapidly fragmenting family together.
Decades later, conflicting family histories and narratives emerge, as the troubled Kamal finally faces a reckoning with the truth of what really happened following that night in the cells in Baghdad – and its impact on the family across time and space.
Following a sold-out run at the 2023 Camden Fringe, writer Dina Ibrahim brings a new, extended full-length telling of this powerful, poignant, warmly humorous, gently satirical, and intriguing piece of personal family history. Blending traditional narrative drama with elements drawn from classical, physical, epic and ensemble theatre, this is “theatre of the soul to sustain us… A symphony of survival” (International Times).
★★★★
“Surges with passion… intersperses beautifully judged comedy with the weightier elements of the piece.”
Morning Star
★★★★
“Crafts a Middle Eastern tale that unravels a web of secrecy [and] guilt.”
Fringe Biscuit
“Dina Ibrahim’s writing shines. This is a show deeply passionate about the story it is telling, ambitious in both scope and form.”
London Pub Theatres Magazine
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval)
Advisories: Play text includes language that some might find alarming. There is also mention of bereavement. Suitable for ages 12+
Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.
The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.
Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995
Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International
★★★★★
“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”
SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE
Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)
Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.
The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.
Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995
Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International
★★★★★
“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”
SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE
Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)
Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.
The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.
Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995
Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International
★★★★★
“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”
SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE
Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)
The spirit of rebellion lives on in the anarchic figurative and abstract oil on canvas works of Philip Diggle. In his own words ‘art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed and does something other than sit and entertain in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with every day and comes out on top’.
Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home
9-22 February 2024
Exhibition times:
Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11.00 – 17.00
Bringing It All Back Home references Bob Dylan and the voice of poetry, protest and politics that
characterised a period of artistic blossoming in New York and elsewhere in the 1960’s, including Diggle’s
own home town of Manchester where he was involved in the punk scene of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
The spirit of rebellion lives on in this anarchic show of figurative and abstract work. Diggle is, in his own
words, “…for an art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed – and does something other than sit and entertain
…in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with everyday and comes out on top”.
Diggle references Sartre, Baudelaire and Wittgenstein: “…climbing Wittgenstein’s metaphorical ladder
of knowledge…I needed to jump from the it’s last rung – without a net or anything like argument – so
that the world could be correctly understood – painted and given some form of impression of penetrating
the essence of things.”
He cites the recent Soutine/Kossoff show at Hastings Contemporary as one which excited him. Many of his
own oil paintings have heavily encrusted and worked-on surfaces, “enlivened by a constant play of
oppositions, each an abstract drama of visual events, a material metaphor for the invisible dynamics of the
world it reflects” (Mel Gooding, art critic). Jackson Pollock is also a key influence, especially the large
New York canvases. Pollock’s phrase “I am nature” resonates in this show.
Philip Diggle has lived in Highgate for over 30 years and this is his 8th show at Highgate Gallery. He is a
regular contributor to the Royal Academy annual exhibition and has also exhibited in Berlin, Paris,
Barcelona and New York. His work is held in collections at Chase Manhattan Bank and the Rockefeller
Center in New York, at Caius College Cambridge and in many boardrooms and private collections.
There will be works on paper for sale as well as canvases.
Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.
The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.
Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995
Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International
★★★★★
“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”
SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE
Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)
The spirit of rebellion lives on in the anarchic figurative and abstract oil on canvas works of Philip Diggle. In his own words ‘art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed and does something other than sit and entertain in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with every day and comes out on top’.
Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home
9-22 February 2024
Exhibition times:
Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11.00 – 17.00
Bringing It All Back Home references Bob Dylan and the voice of poetry, protest and politics that
characterised a period of artistic blossoming in New York and elsewhere in the 1960’s, including Diggle’s
own home town of Manchester where he was involved in the punk scene of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
The spirit of rebellion lives on in this anarchic show of figurative and abstract work. Diggle is, in his own
words, “…for an art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed – and does something other than sit and entertain
…in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with everyday and comes out on top”.
Diggle references Sartre, Baudelaire and Wittgenstein: “…climbing Wittgenstein’s metaphorical ladder
of knowledge…I needed to jump from the it’s last rung – without a net or anything like argument – so
that the world could be correctly understood – painted and given some form of impression of penetrating
the essence of things.”
He cites the recent Soutine/Kossoff show at Hastings Contemporary as one which excited him. Many of his
own oil paintings have heavily encrusted and worked-on surfaces, “enlivened by a constant play of
oppositions, each an abstract drama of visual events, a material metaphor for the invisible dynamics of the
world it reflects” (Mel Gooding, art critic). Jackson Pollock is also a key influence, especially the large
New York canvases. Pollock’s phrase “I am nature” resonates in this show.
Philip Diggle has lived in Highgate for over 30 years and this is his 8th show at Highgate Gallery. He is a
regular contributor to the Royal Academy annual exhibition and has also exhibited in Berlin, Paris,
Barcelona and New York. His work is held in collections at Chase Manhattan Bank and the Rockefeller
Center in New York, at Caius College Cambridge and in many boardrooms and private collections.
There will be works on paper for sale as well as canvases.
Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.
The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.
Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995
Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International
★★★★★
“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”
SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE
Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)
Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.
The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.
Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995
Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International
★★★★★
“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”
SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE
Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)
The spirit of rebellion lives on in the anarchic figurative and abstract oil on canvas works of Philip Diggle. In his own words ‘art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed and does something other than sit and entertain in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with every day and comes out on top’.
Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home
9-22 February 2024
Exhibition times:
Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11.00 – 17.00
Bringing It All Back Home references Bob Dylan and the voice of poetry, protest and politics that
characterised a period of artistic blossoming in New York and elsewhere in the 1960’s, including Diggle’s
own home town of Manchester where he was involved in the punk scene of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
The spirit of rebellion lives on in this anarchic show of figurative and abstract work. Diggle is, in his own
words, “…for an art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed – and does something other than sit and entertain
…in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with everyday and comes out on top”.
Diggle references Sartre, Baudelaire and Wittgenstein: “…climbing Wittgenstein’s metaphorical ladder
of knowledge…I needed to jump from the it’s last rung – without a net or anything like argument – so
that the world could be correctly understood – painted and given some form of impression of penetrating
the essence of things.”
He cites the recent Soutine/Kossoff show at Hastings Contemporary as one which excited him. Many of his
own oil paintings have heavily encrusted and worked-on surfaces, “enlivened by a constant play of
oppositions, each an abstract drama of visual events, a material metaphor for the invisible dynamics of the
world it reflects” (Mel Gooding, art critic). Jackson Pollock is also a key influence, especially the large
New York canvases. Pollock’s phrase “I am nature” resonates in this show.
Philip Diggle has lived in Highgate for over 30 years and this is his 8th show at Highgate Gallery. He is a
regular contributor to the Royal Academy annual exhibition and has also exhibited in Berlin, Paris,
Barcelona and New York. His work is held in collections at Chase Manhattan Bank and the Rockefeller
Center in New York, at Caius College Cambridge and in many boardrooms and private collections.
There will be works on paper for sale as well as canvases.
Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.
The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.
Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995
Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International
★★★★★
“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”
SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE
Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)
It’s time to ‘Lower The Tone’ for charity.
A celebration of the deeper voices in musical theatre, with performers from the West End and beyond!
The evening event will be raising money for The World Cancer Research Fund.
Please note the new date Sunday 11 February (previously advertised as Monday 12 February)
Running Time: TBC
Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.
The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.
Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995
Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International
★★★★★
“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”
SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE
Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)
The spirit of rebellion lives on in the anarchic figurative and abstract oil on canvas works of Philip Diggle. In his own words ‘art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed and does something other than sit and entertain in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with every day and comes out on top’.
Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home
9-22 February 2024
Exhibition times:
Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11.00 – 17.00
Bringing It All Back Home references Bob Dylan and the voice of poetry, protest and politics that
characterised a period of artistic blossoming in New York and elsewhere in the 1960’s, including Diggle’s
own home town of Manchester where he was involved in the punk scene of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
The spirit of rebellion lives on in this anarchic show of figurative and abstract work. Diggle is, in his own
words, “…for an art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed – and does something other than sit and entertain
…in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with everyday and comes out on top”.
Diggle references Sartre, Baudelaire and Wittgenstein: “…climbing Wittgenstein’s metaphorical ladder
of knowledge…I needed to jump from the it’s last rung – without a net or anything like argument – so
that the world could be correctly understood – painted and given some form of impression of penetrating
the essence of things.”
He cites the recent Soutine/Kossoff show at Hastings Contemporary as one which excited him. Many of his
own oil paintings have heavily encrusted and worked-on surfaces, “enlivened by a constant play of
oppositions, each an abstract drama of visual events, a material metaphor for the invisible dynamics of the
world it reflects” (Mel Gooding, art critic). Jackson Pollock is also a key influence, especially the large
New York canvases. Pollock’s phrase “I am nature” resonates in this show.
Philip Diggle has lived in Highgate for over 30 years and this is his 8th show at Highgate Gallery. He is a
regular contributor to the Royal Academy annual exhibition and has also exhibited in Berlin, Paris,
Barcelona and New York. His work is held in collections at Chase Manhattan Bank and the Rockefeller
Center in New York, at Caius College Cambridge and in many boardrooms and private collections.
There will be works on paper for sale as well as canvases.
Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.
The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.
Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995
Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International
★★★★★
“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”
SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE
Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)
The spirit of rebellion lives on in the anarchic figurative and abstract oil on canvas works of Philip Diggle. In his own words ‘art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed and does something other than sit and entertain in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with every day and comes out on top’.
Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home
9-22 February 2024
Exhibition times:
Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11.00 – 17.00
Bringing It All Back Home references Bob Dylan and the voice of poetry, protest and politics that
characterised a period of artistic blossoming in New York and elsewhere in the 1960’s, including Diggle’s
own home town of Manchester where he was involved in the punk scene of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
The spirit of rebellion lives on in this anarchic show of figurative and abstract work. Diggle is, in his own
words, “…for an art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed – and does something other than sit and entertain
…in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with everyday and comes out on top”.
Diggle references Sartre, Baudelaire and Wittgenstein: “…climbing Wittgenstein’s metaphorical ladder
of knowledge…I needed to jump from the it’s last rung – without a net or anything like argument – so
that the world could be correctly understood – painted and given some form of impression of penetrating
the essence of things.”
He cites the recent Soutine/Kossoff show at Hastings Contemporary as one which excited him. Many of his
own oil paintings have heavily encrusted and worked-on surfaces, “enlivened by a constant play of
oppositions, each an abstract drama of visual events, a material metaphor for the invisible dynamics of the
world it reflects” (Mel Gooding, art critic). Jackson Pollock is also a key influence, especially the large
New York canvases. Pollock’s phrase “I am nature” resonates in this show.
Philip Diggle has lived in Highgate for over 30 years and this is his 8th show at Highgate Gallery. He is a
regular contributor to the Royal Academy annual exhibition and has also exhibited in Berlin, Paris,
Barcelona and New York. His work is held in collections at Chase Manhattan Bank and the Rockefeller
Center in New York, at Caius College Cambridge and in many boardrooms and private collections.
There will be works on paper for sale as well as canvases.