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TaniwhaThames arrives at Ovalhouse

on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 01:09

We’re pretty excited here at Shaky Isles. Our new show TaniwhaThames opens at Ovalhouse on Tuesday 15 November. Directed by Stella Duffy and written and devised by the Company, this is a story for anyone who calls London home, and was one of Lyn Gardner’s ‘Picks of the Week’ in the Guardian.

Tickets start at just £7 and we’ve got some exciting pre and post show discussions, meal deals and Wandle Ale made by the good folk at Sambrook’s Brewery available at the Bar. Book now to guarantee your seats.

16 Nov, post-show discussion: Making things happens with Open Space

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This weekend, meet the Taniwha at Camden Fringe

on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 20:30

Since January of this year we've been working on a show about the Taniwha in the Thames. You know about it, right? It's been here since at least the time of Captain Cook.....

Book now for Sarah Robertson's new play at the Camden Fringe

on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 12:45

This weekend is the premiere of Sarah Robertson's new show Snapshots. Last year's performance of Sarah's Kill Your Darlings sold out, so make sure you've got your ticket.

Book now for Shaky Isles at the Camden Fringe - this weekend and beyond!

on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 12:28

It's exciting times here at Shaky Isles, with not one but two shows at the Camden Fringe Festival. This weekend is the premiere of Sarah Robertson's new show Snapshots, and at the end of the month you have a chance to see a showing of our new devised work, TaniwhaThames. We hope you can make it along!

Snapshots by Sarah Robertson

A collection of stories performed through poems and monologues. Poetry as anecdotal storytelling.

If a picture can paint a thousand words then a poem is a snapshot of a larger story, giving a tantalising peek into other lives, some real, some imagined: the story

Stand up for Christchurch

on Thu, 03/24/2011 - 09:00

We're very excited to be working with 4 Kiwi Comedy, JBJ Management Ltd, and Mike Sengelow to produce Stand Up for Christchurch in aid of the New Zealand Red Cross.

Book now for My Inner Orc - must end on Sunday

on Mon, 10/18/2010 - 09:14

There's just one week left to see My Inner Orc, Allen O'Leary's affectionately satirical look at actors, Lord of the Rings and the fans who love them.

Tickets now on sale for My Inner Orc

on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 10:59

Model-turned-actor Karl arrives in London for the biggest Lord of the Rings Convention with nothing but dreams of making it big and the belief that 'she'll be right'.

We need your help to stage our next show!

on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 08:20

In October we will be producing Allen O'Leary's My Inner Orc, an affectionately satirical look at kiwi ambition through the eyes of an innocent abroad. As you probably know, producing theatre is never cheap, so get to get some more money in the Shaky Isles piggy-bank we'll be holding a fundraiser at the Pleasance Theatre on 20 September and we'd love for you join us.

Book now for Sarah Robertson's new play Two Hander at the Camden Fringe

on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 16:13

We hope you enjoyed the recent rehearsed reading of Sarah Robertson’s Kill Your Darlings. Here at Shaky Isles Theatre we’re very excited to be presenting a full production of Sarah’s new play Two Hander on Saturday 21 August at 3pm as part of the Camden Fringe Festival.

Skin Tight returns this January

on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 14:10

There's less than two weeks to go until Skin Tight returns to the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. If you missed our sell-out performance at the Pleasance, be sure to book now and guarantee your seat for Gary Henderson's moving and magical love story.