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Posts Tagged ‘Rosemary Branch’

Cellist clowns, Greek mythology and local stories — Gather Together Storytelling Festival kicks off at The Rosemary Branch

By Elspeth Rees | Wednesday 14 January 2026 at 15:00
Rosemary Branch

From former Edinburgh Fringe stars to residents with a passion for local history, Gather Together Storytelling Festival has something for everyone

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Jack Left Town, Rosemary Branch, stage review: ‘Deft, jaw-achingly funny improv’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 17 January 2020 at 15:03

Four comedians channel Spinal Tap in an unscripted show that is ‘well worth a visit’

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Lyons share: comic Elf to teach ways of the clown in new classes

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 January 2018 at 16:14
Bird is the word: Elf Lyons dressed in feathered garb for her show Swan. Photograph: Andy Hollingworth

Having studied with a French ‘master clown’ and conquered Edinburgh, comedian Elf Lyons is readying a pair of workshops at Rosemary Branch Theatre, aimed at Hackney’s aspiring funny people

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Christmas anarchy to reign supreme at the Rosemary Branch theatre

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 December 2016 at 10:46

The traditional panto is out as the Rosie gears up for its adults-only Christmas season featuring a trio of experimental shows by young theatremakers

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Hackney residents learn to sing the blues with launch of new choirs

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 31 October 2016 at 11:23

London Blues Choir starts two branches in Hackney, bringing the music of the Deep South to the borough

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Rosemary Branch theatre founders bow out after 20 years

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 16 June 2016 at 18:13

After two decades of at the helm of theatre pub institution, Cecilia Darker and Cleo Sylvestre have handed over the reins to a new generation

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Mary Seacole brought to the stage at the Rosemary Branch

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 March 2016 at 10:15

Theatre marks 20th anniversary with play about pioneering Jamaican nurse, starring its artistic director and former Rolling Stones collaborator Cleo Sylvestre

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Billy the kid review: panto hoedown

By East End Review | Monday 15 December 2014 at 10:00

Acting the goat is encouraged down at the Rosemary B-ranch for panto-western Billy The Kid

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There’s a Monster in the Lake – review

By East End Review | Wednesday 16 July 2014 at 14:08

Attitudes towards care for the elderly is the sober subtext to a surreal play at the Rosemary Branch

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The Trial of the Jew Shylock – review

By East End Review | Wednesday 21 May 2014 at 17:15

Adaptation of The Merchant of Venice at the Rosemary Branch theatre explores the complexity and humanity behind one of Shakespeare’s most controversial characters

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Wuthering Heights – review

By East End Review | Monday 14 April 2014 at 09:18

Strong performances and clever staging bring to life Cathy and Heathcliff’s turbulent love in this faithful adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights

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Wuthering Heights – preview

By East End Review | Thursday 10 April 2014 at 21:41

Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights has been adapted for stage and is showing at the Rosemary Branch

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Buttons: Another Cinderella Story at the Rosemary Branch – preview

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 November 2013 at 11:03

Charles Court Opera to return to De Beauvoir stage with another rip-roaring panto

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Doing the right thing: acts of remembrance at the Rosemary Branch

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 4 November 2013 at 17:54

Verbatim production opening this month uses soldiers’ first-hand accounts to explore issues of loss and remembrance

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FireWater – preview

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 20 July 2012 at 16:01

Sunday 22 July 2012, Rosemary Branch Theatre

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Sense and Sensibility – review

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 13 February 2012 at 18:40

A new stage production of Sense and Sensibility at the Rosemary Branch liberates its characters from distracting period trappings to reveal the wit and soul of the original novel

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Beowulf – The Panto! – review

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 December 2011 at 21:22
Beowulf - The Panto!

This humorous adaptation of Beowulf, the epic Anglo-Saxon poem, is showing at the Rosemary Branch Theatre until 8 January 2012

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