KA Offer: Clare Grogan stars in VANTASTIC & LOBSTER at Oval House Theatre

SPECIAL KENNINGTON ASSOCIATION TICKET OFFER

On Tues 17th and Weds 18th November, Friends of Kennington Association can see this show for the very special price of just £5.

To book call 020 7582 7680 or book online at www.ovalhouse.com using the code 'FRIEND'

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Natasha Productions in collaboration with Oval House Theatre presents the WORLD PREMIERE of VANTASTIC & LOBSTER A double bill of two new short plays by Russell Barr Oval House Theatre, 17th November – 5th December VANTASTIC Meet Pam and her beloved Collie, Shaggy: Shaggy is incontinent and dead. Meet Peter, Pam’s husband: he has a heart condition and erectile dysfunction. Meet their daughter, Scratchit: she is enormous, and is going through the early menopause. Meet Scratchit’s gay best friend, Doddie: he is depressed and shoplifts buckets and spades. They are all on holiday together, in two caravans. Stuck. Come and see VANTASTIC challenging what it means to live in confined spaces. LOBSTER Meet Chatty, she is old. She lives with her grandson Tobias in a nuclear bunker. Chatty likes to be punched. She is black and blue. Tobias has never been allowed out, he has been locked in a nuclear bunker with his two pet lobsters since he was five years old. Tobias wanted a friend. Chatty found him one. The boy with no name. They are all waiting for the end of the world. Come see LOBSTER challenging what it means to live in confined spaces. Featuring a sterling cast, including the 80’s icon Clare Grogan (Altered Images, Gregory’s Girl), Richard Syms (Secrets and Lies, Truly, Madly, Deeply), Eileen Nicholas (Trainspotting, All About My Mother), Richard Flood and Leo Richardson. Russell Barr’s previous work, full of his unique brand of surreal dark humour, includes Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters, produced by Max Stafford-Clark’s Out of Joint, The Super Slash Naughty XXXmas Story and Danny Diva (about the deaf drag artiste from Bette Bourne’s infamous BlooLips Troupe) at Soho Theatre last year. ‘sad, grotesque and beautiful… camp and earthy, self-mocking, surreal… and then cutting across our laughter with a series of lurching silences that gradually lead down into real horror’ The Scotsman on Russell Barr’s Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters Written by Russell Barr Directed by Luke Kernaghan Designed by Peter Todd Lighting designed by Martin Langthorne Music composed by Felix Faire Produced by Natasha Davis 17th November – 5th December Tuesday – Thursday 8pm Friday – Saturday, choose 7pm or 8pm start VANTASTIC & LOBSTER is a double bill of two short plays performed on the same evening: one in the downstairs theatre and the other upstairs. On Fridays and Saturdays LOBSTER plays twice, both before and after VANTASTIC, so you can choose in which order to see them. When booking you will be asked whether you want to start at 7pm or 8pm. Tickets: £12 / £6 concessions PREVIEWS Tues 17th & Weds 18th Nov 8pm: all tickets £6 Box Office: 020 7582 7680 or book online www.ovalhouse.com (no fee) FREE POST SHOW EVENTS Tuesday 24th November - Q&A with the creative team Wednesday 2nd December - panel discussion with special guests including Lois Keidan and Dr Dominic Johnson ACCESS WHEELCHAIR ACCESS: one auditorium is not wheelchair accessible. We are offering free tickets to two live video broadcasts to our Video Auditorium of LOBSTER on Weds 25th Nov and Weds 2nd Dec 8pm so that wheelchair users have access to this double bill. Free tickets include admission to VANTASTIC in our downstairs theatre on the same evening. Please call 020 7582 7680 to book. BSL interpreted on Tuesday 1st December, with Jacqui Beckford. AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE: Thurs 3rd December 8pm, with Ruth James and Alison Clarke, including pre-show touch tour 1 hour before the show. There is an induction loop facility. Parking available in theatre’s car park for disabled visitors. Box Office: 020 7582 7680 or book online www.ovalhouse.com Oval House Theatre Kennington Oval London SE11 Nearest tube: OVAL (Northern line, 1 minute) or VAUXHALL (BR and Victoria Line, 15 minutes) Buses: 3, 36, 59, 133, 155, 159, 185, 436 Car park for disabled drivers ONLY On-street parking nearby (free after 6.30pm) We are not in the congestion charge area.