London’s Cockpit Theatre has confirmed the dates for the launch of its Christmas season following the Government’s announcement that London will be placed under Tier 2 restrictions after the current full lockdown ends on 2 December.
Presented by the Cockpit and Hairy Bear Productions, children’s show Christmas Is Ruined! will launch with three afternoon performances on Sunday 6 December with performances on selected days from Tuesday 8 December until Christmas Eve. The festive musical revue A Perfect Christmas will now play eight evening performances from Monday 7 until 13 December and on Wednesday 23 December with one afternoon performance on Thursday 24 December.
Written and directed by Kathryn Gardner, the family-friendly Christmas Is Ruined! will star Harriett O’Grady, Eric Mitchell and Paul Colin Thomas. The show will also be available as a filmed version via the Cockpit website from midnight on Sunday 6 December as part of the Marylebone venue’s commitment to the the hybrid model of live and digital to increase access for wider audiences.
Directed and devised by Tim McArthur who will also appear in the production, A Perfect Christmas will feature Sarah Dearlove, Nathan Kiley (aka Topsie Redfern) and Jo Wickham.
The only custom-built theatre in the round in central London, The Cockpit Theatre has been opened to socially distanced audiences of up to 30 per performance since July.
Owned and run by United Colleges, The Cockpit began online broadcasts in March with a version of the venue’s monthly music night Jazz In The Round streamed live from the artist’s garage. Online offerings also included scratch night Theatre In The Pound and rehearsed reading night New Stuff.
Angela Thomas
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