Me as a Migrant There are some elements about your life that do not come afloat and into your consciousness unless life throws you in a specific context. I came to this country when I was only 20 years old, I had traveled before but this time it was going to be different. Obviously, so many things changed, I mean, … Read more
Me as a Migrant There are some elements about your life that do not come afloat and into your consciousness unless life throws you in a specific context. I came to this country when I was only 20 years old, I had travel before but this time it was going to be different. Obviously so many things changed, I mean, … Read more
Last time I was at Camden People’s theatre I was showing Kings Cross (REMIX) for the third year running. It was so great and kind of overwhelming to do it here, as it featured heavily in the stories that I tell in the show and is populated by the people in it. The show focuses on the 1980’s: an important … Read more
The way my dad tells it, when I was around eight, one day over the dinner table I just announced: “Words are my friends.” By that age I was already writing poems and stories, and taking an interest in etymology and Scrabble, and basically I was the sort of precocious punchable suck-up kid who would say that sort of … Read more
The themes of the performance are many. Someone might argue that that is a cop-out of an answer. But how can you distil an autobiographical piece into one single theme? It represents a (time in your) life, and whose life only has one theme? So Ophelia Rewound is about many things; it begins at the point of suicide and talks … Read more
I wrote ‘Where is Ban Ki-moon?’ initially as a fifteen-minute piece under duress, because I had to for my degree. I still see forcing plays out of someone as a profound attack on their human rights, especially when they are, like me, a bit lazy when it comes to writing plays. It’s a form of discrimination, really. I’m very happy … Read more
Using personal experience in our most recent show Lovely Girls has had big challenges. As two women, we questioned whether our stories were relevant or interesting. We had never had it with our previous shows at all. When our stories were linked to our experiences of being women, we questioned things – ‘maybe it wasn’t that bad’ ‘maybe it’s not … Read more
Bad Aunts Blog, Camden People’s Theatre Following a sell-out run at the Brighton Fringe, the Bad Aunts are at Camden People’s Theatre for one night only before they head to the Edinburgh Fringe. Catch them in their living room on 27 July at 19.15! Eloïse Poulton & Elinor Lipman, Writers Bad Aunts is inspired by sitcoms and chat shows we … Read more
CREATIVE / PRODUCTION TEAM BRIAN LOGAN Brian has been artistic director of CPT since Sept 2011. Brian’s prior theatre work includes sixteen years as co-director (with Alex Murdoch and Neil Haigh) of the acclaimed touring theatre company Cartoon de Salvo, with whom he devised and performed in 11 major shows, including Meat & Two Veg (BAC and international tour), The Sunflower Plot, and Hard … Read more
Join us as the UK’s most surprising and inventive theatre-makers arrive at Camden this Autumn; what will they unearth? And what might you unearth, if you visit us on any given night of this jampacked autumn? The possibilities are limitless – but we can guarantee you an evening to remember. Download brochure (pdf) See out upcoming shows
