A new play about growing up, coming home and making noise.
The Band Back Together arrives in London after a spring tour of England and Wales. Barney Norris (Visitors, Eventide, We Started To Sing) returns to the Arcola with a raucous and tender new story full of music.
Joe, Ross and Ellie used to be in a band. They were pretty good too, making waves across a rugged patchwork of pubs and clubs. But time has thrown the three friends far from their younger selves. Back together for one night only to play a benefit gig in their home town of Salisbury, they find a community reeling from an infamous poisoning and a pandemic. And as they rehearse the old songs together, their stories and secrets must also be excavated.
Arcola Theatre is at 24 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL, London.
Women Who Blow On Knots (10/24/24-11/23/24)
After Sex (7/16/24-8/3/24)
Fabulous Creatures (5/22/24-6/15/24)
The Book of Grace (5/16/24-6/8/24)
What (is) a Woman (4/23/24-5/4/24)
When You Pass Over My Tomb (2/7/24-3/2/24)
Mark Thomas in England & Son (11/14/23-11/25/23)
Sputnik Sweetheart (10/26/23-11/26/23)
Turandot (8/23/23-8/26/23)
Tarantula (1/8/25-1/25/25)
The Double Act (1/23/25-2/22/25)
As Long As We Are Breathing (1/29/25-3/1/25)