Simon Franklin

The latest instalment in Proto-type’s provocative Truth to Power project takes you into the room where the lies begin. It visits Sheffield and Harrogate this month.

Two very different versions of Martin Crimp’s this ground-breaking play, presented as two entirely separate productions with very different approaches from the directors and totally separate casts, each featuring over 20 actors

Gritty, uncompromising and dark new dance-theatre from bold and brave choreographer Rhiannon Faith. Autobiographical testimonials and text to amplify the voices of the vulnerable and unheard in modern Britain’s areas of social deprivation.

One woman’s quest for tortured beefcake, 80s action and raw sexual power. Poet, theatremaker, translator and feminist powerhouse Rosy Carrick gets Musclebound to examine our most shameful sexual secrets

Rocks, beats and geological time: this is a violent, fun, loud and lyrical experience, with projection design from award-winning Limbic Cinema looking at how copper mining has fuelled the growth of human civilization for the last 10,000 years.

Fast-paced, thrilling verse play about marriage and political upheaval, told in blistering verse by one of the UK’s most celebrated poets. The third and final instalment of Fringe First and Stage Award winner Luke Wright’s trilogy.

Fresh from wowing huge crowds when opening for The Libertines and John Cooper Clarke, Luke serves up banger after banger at one of the hottest, most poetic, late-night shows in town. Rock n roll poetry at its visceral, inventive best.

Manchester’s Award-winning Hope Mill Theatre makes its Fringe debut with Classic! a new comic play, featuring a multitude of classic novels in 60 minutes. 

Leading poet delivers his new collection with the ferocity and panache of a raconteur at the very top of his game.

University of East Anglia’s School of Literature, Drama & Creative Writing presents Love and Information & Blue Heart, 2 plays by Caryl Churchill, hailed by The Guardian as 'one of theatre’s most innovative and provocative dramatists'.

New York/London choir led by the charismatic Rev Billy come to the UK to celebrate their 20th anniversary and sing their joyful, radical music for the Earth to the attendees of the COP26 International Conference for Climate Change.

Award winning poet announces Essex date for 'lost' third instalment of trilogy. Fast-paced and thrilling verse play about Brexit and marriage told in blistering verse visits Colchester Arts Centre on 13 October.