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“Does anyone really know where their story starts? Do you? Maybe it only really starts when you tell it. Maybe it’s starting right now.” Hopeful, energetic and urgent, When This Is Over is a new performance created with seven members of Company Theatre, all aged 14 – 18. The show will premiere at the Unicorn... Continue Reading →
The Unicorn Theatre is delighted to be reopening with a season which includes five world premieres – two of which were postponed from last year, Justin Audibert’s latest play Marvin’s Binoculars about birdwatching and the joys of the great outdoors, which will tour London schools this summer and have a digital life online as well... Continue Reading →
As part of Unicorn Online during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Unicorn is offering a range of free online theatrical experiences to be enjoyed by children across London, the UK and beyond. Vivid new readings of six Grimm tales adapted by Philip Pullman and told by an extraordinary cast will be available to stream on the Unicorn’s YouTube... Continue Reading →
Production images have been released for I, Cinna (the poet), which plays at the Unicorn Theatre until 29 February. Naomi Wirthner directs Tim Crouch in his acclaimed work, I, Cinna (the poet), the fifth play in his series of solo shows inspired by Shakespeare's minor characters. In this exposition, I, Cinna (the poet) gives voice... Continue Reading →
The Bee In Me, written by one of Germany’s most exciting contemporary playwrights, Roland Schimmelpfennig, is currently running at the Unicorn Theatre. I spoke with Unicorn Associate Director Rachel Bagshaw to find out more. How did you get into theatre? I got involved in theatre at secondary school, and knew pretty early that I liked... Continue Reading →
The Unicorn Theatre has announced the appointment of Bailey Lock as its new Executive Director and Joint Chief Executive. Bailey will take up the position in March 2020, succeeding Anneliese Davidsen who is leaving the company after eight years to become Director of Two Temple Place. Bailey is currently General Manager at the Donmar Warehouse,... Continue Reading →
Three new shows have been announced as Christmas at the Unicorn continues - the theatre’s hugely successful tradition of producing thrilling, imaginative and visual theatre for all the family. This festive season features three shows across the three spaces for all ages. In the Weston a new staging of Anthony Weigh’s dazzling new version of... Continue Reading →
Jesse Jones directs James Newton and James Day in Jemma Kennedy’s visceral adaptation of Sally Gardner’s dazzlingly original and award-winning novel, Maggot Moon, an unforgettable story of courage, friendship and rebellion. Set in a dystopian 1950s Britain, the country is under the sinister totalitarian rule of the Motherland. Dark government forces are at work busy... Continue Reading →
Justin Audibert, the Unicorn Theatre’s new Artistic Director, has announced his first season at the London venue. An audacious opening season themed around thinking about our future – the world as it is or the world as we might imagine it to be – will address concerns which affect our lives and ultimately our civilisation,... Continue Reading →
Unicorn Artistic Director Justin Audibert and Associate Director Rachel Bagshaw direct a series of eight newly commissioned plays from leading voices in theatre based on Aesop’s Fables classic tales. They will play in repertory to two age groups, one for ages 4-7 and one for ages 8-12. The writers are: EV Crowe with Playdate (with... Continue Reading →
