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 Direct Approach: One Step Beyond

The Black Swan 23 Peasholme Green, York

Hey you! Don’t watch that, watch this! It’s the heavy-heavy-monster sound and a new play, brought to you by the YSCP! Steve and Kerry have been married a long time. Steve’s vinyl collection may tear them apart. Luckily they’ve got a counsellor…. And Steve’s friend Boring Ryan on hand to help them out. It must...

Loot

York Theatre Royal St. Leonard's Place, York

By Joe Orton Directed by Katie Leckey “Has anybody ever hidden money in a coffin?” York Settlement Community Players are proud to present Joe Orton’s Loot. A masterfully scandalous, free-wheeling and ferocious farce about life’s ultimate taboo…death. Content guidance Joe Orton wrote Loot in 1965, and the script is deliberately controversial and thought-provoking – tackling...

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

John Cooper Studio @ 41 Monkgate 41 Monkgate, York

By Steve Martin Directed by Natalie Roe Paris. 1904. Wine o'clock. On a not-so ordinary evening at the Lapin Agile, Montmartre’s iconic cabaret bar favoured by struggling artists, anarchists and intellectuals alike, two soon-to-be legends find themselves sitting next to each other. It turns out Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein, with egos as big as...