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Spring/Summer 2013 

Reduced Shakespeare Company ® 

‘Pithier than Python. Irresistible’ – New York Times 

Saturday 8 June 7.30pm 

Online booking michaelcrofttheatre.org.uk

Alex Beckett 

Friday 18 January 7.30pm 

Out of the Blue 

Tickets £15 (Concessions £10) 

Oxford’s all-male a cappella group and stars 

of Britain’s Got Talent take to the stage for this 

vocal extravaganza. Serving an unbeatable 

cocktail of hot harmonies and outrageous 

choreography, these fourteen sharp-suited 

singers provide a musical experience 

like no other. 

Their enjoyment is contagious, their musicality 

infectious, so hold onto your seats – this is 

a cappella like you’ve never heard it before! 

With music ranging from Stevie Wonder 

to Jessie J, be blown away by these boys’ 

touching musicality and irrepressible energy.   

‘True, simple entertainment’ 

IIIII – What’s on Stage  

‘If you don’t enjoy yourself you’re officially the 

curmudgeon of the millennium’ – Scotsman  

‘Brilliant!’ – Michael McIntyre 

Online booking michaelcrofttheatre.org.uk 

Thursday 24 January 7.30pm 

Alleyn’s 

Chaplaincy 

Community 

Lecture 

‘Is faith a help or a hindrance when 

you are trying to make peace?’ 

Sir Jonathan Phillips, Warden of Keble 

College, Oxford, and former Permanent 

Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office. 

Admission free but tickets must be 

booked through the online Box Office. 

Across the world religion is an important, 

sometimes a crucial, issue in attempts to bring 

about reconciliation, stability and development. 

Jonathan Phillips was closely and significantly 

involved for many years with the Northern 

Ireland peace process and it is difficult to think 

of a better person in the UK to speak on this 

topic. If you are interested in the role of faith 

in peace processes, politics and communities, 

or how a person of faith faces these difficult 

conversations, then this evening is for you. 

Wednesday 13 and 

Thursday 14 February 7.00pm 

The Middle School Play 

Romeo and Juliet 


William Shakespeare’s magnificent Romeo and 

Juliet has been told innumerable times, in a 

million different ways. It is a story we all know – 

the feuding families, the star-crossed lovers, the 

tragic end. But despite the fact that it is a very old 

play, it still has a young heart, and is as pertinent 

and thrilling today as it ever has been. In this 

production a cast of Middle School pupils tackle 

this dazzling tragedy – they love, they fight, they 

bleed, they die. Young, vibrant and visceral – this 

production is not for the faint-hearted.

Saturday 16 February 7.30pm 

2Deep 

Rannel Theatre Company 


Expect a new take on Rannel’s trademark 

hilarious hip-hop comedy theatre full of music, 

physical set-pieces and jaw-dropping skills 

with a futuristic twist. Two men … one room 

… who are they? How did they get there? 

How will they escape? 

The energetic and unexpected sketches of this 

critically-acclaimed comedy duo have been an 

undisputed hit with audiences up and down 

the country. 

‘A comedic gem’ – Scotsman 

Thursday 28 February 7.30pm 

Alleyn’s 

International 

Concert Series 

Dimension Piano Trio 

Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne – violin 

Thomas Carroll – ‘cello 

Anthony Hewitt – piano 


Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor Op.1 No.3 

Schoenberg arr. Steuermann: Verklärte Nacht Op.4 

Suk: Elegie Op.23 

Brahms: Piano Trio No.3 in C minor Op.101 

The piano trio Dimension is comprised of three 

outstanding instrumentalists, all of whom have 

international reputations as soloists as well as 

collaborative musicians. 

As a trio they have featured in festivals throughout 

Europe as well as in London’s Wigmore Hall, 

St John’s Smith Square and South Bank, and 

have performed the Beethoven ‘Triple Concerto’ 

with the London Philharmonic and the Royal 

Philharmonic Orchestras. They were winners 

of the 2005 Parkhouse International Chamber 

Music Competition and the 2004 South East 

Music Schemes. 


Agna Poznanska 

Wednesday 13 and 

Thursday 14 March 7.30pm 

Year 7 Concerts 

in Alleyn’s Great Hall 

Two evenings of combined choral, class ensemble 

and solo items from each of the Year 7 classes. 

A hint of great things to come! 

Friday 1 March 8.00pm 

Backgammon 

for Beginners 

Please note these concerts take place in Alleyn’s 

Great Hall. Admission is free but tickets should be 

pre-booked through the online Box Office. 

So & So Circus Theatre 


Suitable for age 12+ 

‘Yeki Bood, Yeki na bood’; an Iranian 

saying to start a tale. ‘There was a man, 

there was nobody’ 

In 1976 a bemused Iranian man arrives on a 

military jet in London. He holds nothing but 

a suitcase, a complicated past, and a love 

of backgammon. Stunning acrobatics and a 

breathtaking live score are used to tell the story 

of Roshan, a charming but ultimately flawed 

man, and his numerous adventures in a foreign 

and often frightening land. Backgammon 

becomes a seduction tool, cockney accents 

cause confusion and the Iran he once knew 

disappears after the Islamic revolution of 1979. 

Award-winning So & So Circus Theatre’s notto-be-missed 

show is at once funny, touching 

and entertaining, and features acrobatics as 

you have never seen them before. 

‘There is much to cheer here from this young 

company’ – Guardian 

‘Assembling an arresting story with humour, 

candour and ravishing acrobatics, Backgammon 

for Beginners is never factual, but always 

truthful’ – This Is Cabaret 

Saturday 27 April 2.00pm 

Robin Hood and 

His Very Merry Men 

Uncontained Arts 



Uncontained Arts return with another exhilarating 

interpretation of much-loved children’s stories. Join 

the legendary outlaw Robin Hood and his band of 

very merry men as they rob from the rich to save the 

poor in this laugh-a-minute adventure. 


With Maid Marian by his side, this tightswearing 

bandit cannot be stopped as he 

defeats the nasty Sheriff of Nottingham time 

and time again! 

Featuring live music and puppetry, Little John, 

Friar Tuck, buckets of mud and a host of 

colourful forest characters telling their tales 

along the way, this is a family show with lots 

of joining in. Not to be missed! 

Thursday 23 May 7.30pm 

Lower School 

& Middle Concert 

Admission free but tickets must be 

booked through the online Box Office. 

Alleyn’s younger musicians entertain with 

characteristic energy and sparkle. 

‘The company clearly know what kids want’ – 

The Stage IIIII 

Thursday 9 May 7.30pm 

‘A Lot of Hot Air’ 

Wind and Brass Ensembles 

School Event 

Tickets not required but please book by 

emailing eventsteam@alleyns.org.uk 

An informal evening, ‘al fresco’ style, of 

performances from the growing number 

of woodwind and brass ensembles; the 

concert is performed on several stages in 

the Edward Alleyn Building Atrium. 

Thursday 16 and 

Friday 17 May 7.00pm 

The Lower School Play 

Details to be announced. 

Saturday 18 May 

Dulwich 

Festival Event 

Details to be announced, see: 

michaelcrofttheatre.org.uk 

Friday 24 May 7.30pm 

Tin Rocket 

Niki McCretton 



‘What planet are you on?’ is a phrase Niki 

McCretton is well used to hearing. If you’ve 

ever felt like you don’t fit in or that The Matrix 

feels more like a documentary than a work 

of fiction, then maybe you are on the same 

planet as her. Niki’s quest to make sense of 

it all has taken her to Russia to try on space 

suits, to the USA to interview a man who’s 

eaten spaghetti on the moon and to Northern 

Ireland to see how her ancestors managed to 

go from obsessing about potatoes to running a 

Speakeasy in the Bronx. She’s met royalty and 

strangely Prince Charles thinks she’s very funny. 

Should she worry? 

Come and find out. 


Open-Access Policy 

The Michael Croft Theatre welcomes 

visitors with disabilities. 

• Parking and drop-off point on the School 

site available by prior arrangement 

• Dedicated space for wheelchairs in 

the auditorium 

Saturday 8 June 7.30pm 

Reduced 

Shakespeare 

Company ® 

in The Complete Works of 

William Shakespeare 

(abridged) (revised) 

Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and 

Jess Winfield. Directed by Reed Martin and 

Austin Tichenor. 


All 37 plays in 97 minutes! An irreverent, 

fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays, 

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare 

(abridged) was London’s longest-running 

comedy – 9 years at the Criterion Theatre! 

Now brilliantly revised for 2013, join these 

madcap men in tights as they weave their 

wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s 

Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one 

wild ride that will leave you breathless and 

helpless with laughter. 

‘Gloriously, relaxingly funny’ – Financial Times 

‘Stupendous, anchorless joy!’ – The Times 

‘Shamelessly heretical!’ – Time Out 

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• Lift to all floors 

• Fully accessible disabled toilets on all floors 

• Guide dogs and hearing dogs welcome 

• Audio loop connection available 

by prior arrangement 

For general advice and to arrange 

parking or audio loop connection 

please email: eventsteam@alleyns.org.uk 

or phone 020 8557 1510/1541 

Booking information 

Tickets for all events are available 

via the online box office: 

michaelcrofttheatre.org.uk 

Follow us on twitter.com/michaelcroftthr 

and facebook.com/MichaelCroftTheatre 

Tickets also available at Village Books, 

1d Calton Avenue, Dulwich, SE21 7DE 

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Getting to The Michael 

Croft Theatre 

Alleyn’s School, Townley Road, 

Dulwich, London SE22 8SU 

By rail: The nearest mainline stations are North 

Dulwich (London Bridge Line) and Herne Hill 

(Victoria Line). North Dulwich Station is a 6-7 

minute walk. Herne Hill Station is just a short 

journey by number 37 bus. 

By bus: 12, 37, 40, 176, 185, 312, P4 and P13. 

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Dulwich Film Club at the Michael 

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