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Three To See On 3 Oct: Spine, Undead Bard, Arthur Miller’s Danger Memory

By TW Editorial | Published on Monday 26 September 2016

And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…

Spine | Soho Theatre | 3-8 Oct (pictured)
Good to see it back. This play from up and comer Clara Brennan won a number of awards at the Edinburgh Festival back in 2014, so, in conjunction with all the glowing reviews, I think you could call that critically acclaimed. It’s about the friendship between a wisecracking teenager and a political activist pensioner, it’s both funny and heartbreaking, and it explores the very important theme of our collective political disillusionment. See the venue website here for more info.

Undead Bard | Theatre N16 | 2-13 Oct
“zombie-Shakespeare-stand-up meets 80s rock”. Good god, why would anyone not want to see this? Award-winning writer and performer Robert Crighton offers up an “unholy smorgasbord of play, comedy, and music, pulling apart Shakespeare, Bardolatry, and the modern world for your pleasure”, and frankly, I am very much hoping to partake. See this page here to book your tickets.

Arthur Miller’s Danger Memory | Theatro Technis | 27 Sep-15 Oct
This is a double bill of two contrasting plays by the esteemed playwright, ‘Clara’ and ‘I Can’t Remember Anything’. ‘Danger Memory’ isn’t his most well loved work, by any stretch, but the two thematically linked pieces explore in detail the problems with memory, reflecting Miller’s own fears of death and dementia, and I definitely think they’re worth seeing. Head this way for details.