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White Bear
138 Kennington Park Road
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SE11 4DJ
020 7793 9193
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12 and above - recommended age group Genre - Drama Genre - Comedy Genre - Classic
Clam & Honey/Baby
On from 16 Feb 2010 to 07 Mar 2010
White Bear
by Deborah Levy

Two dark tales set in a world on the outskirts of reality, a place where the strange and wild is commonplace. Levy's plays explore loss of hope and identity with a twist of comedy and violence that leaves the audience with a bittersweet taste on their tongues. Be cautious when you enter this world, you may just lose yourself along the way...

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Please check with the theatre for information on the recommended age groups for this performance Genre - Classic Genre - Drama
Hippolytus
On from 17 May 2010 to 13 Jun 2010
White Bear
by Euripidies

A fresh, new translation of this classic dark, tense peice about passion, loyalty and vengence. A masterpiece in modern dress by the Tough Theatre Company.

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Genre - New Writing Genre - Drama
Desire
On from 13 Jul 2010 to 21 Jul 2010
White Bear
by Josep Maria Benet I Jornet

A woman repeatedly sees a man who seems to be stalking her. In confronting him, she unearths her own dark motives and unspoken desires.

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12 and above - recommended age group Genre - Drama Genre - Comedy Genre - Classic
Cyrano de Bergerac
On from 03 Aug 2010 to 04 Sep 2010
White Bear
by By Edward Rostand

A heroic and romantic tale of swashbuckling suitors and reluctant romantics.

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Please check with the theatre for information on the recommended age groups for this performance Genre - Classic Genre - Comedy
The Magnetic Lady
On from 07 Sep 2010 to 25 Sep 2010
White Bear
by Ben Jonson

Wealthy Lady Loadstone holds a party to marry off her wealthy niece, but the guests’ madcap plottings are made more chaotic by the unruly servants.

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Genre - Drama
The Last Pilgrim
On from 28 Sep 2010 to 23 Oct 2010
White Bear
by Roy Smiles

On the night of the assassination of Robert (‘Bobby’) Kennedy three journalists gather to interview the likely Democratic candidate for the 1968 presidential race.

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'Miss In Her Teens' & 'A Will and No Will'
On from 26 Oct 2010 to 14 Nov 2010
White Bear
by David Garrick & Charles Macklin

A double bill of Restoration farces, bursting with all the bawdy adventures, quick-witted quips and comic characters one would expect from classic 18th Century theatre.

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Genre - Classic Genre - Comedy
The Devil is an Ass
On from 16 Nov 2010 to 05 Dec 2010
White Bear
by Ben Jonson

Can the Devil survive in a world riddled with fools, fops, tricksters and chancers who are obsessed with financial skulduggery, fashion fever, and frantic ambition?

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15 and above - recommended age group Genre - Drama
No Dogs
On from 06 Dec 2010 to 23 Dec 2010
White Bear
by Hannah Burke

1947 London’s in ruins.
Christine’s blind, she runs a brothel.
Adelaide’s black, and a prostitute.
Anne’s Irish, she needs a job.
Can they survive together?

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Please check with the theatre for information on the recommended age groups for this performance Genre - Classic Genre - Drama
The Cherry Orchard
On from 02 Feb 2011 to 26 Jan 2011
White Bear
by Anton Chekhov

World premier of a brilliant new translation of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece.

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Genre - Drama
Holding Hands at Paschendale
On from 02 Mar 2011 to 26 Feb 2011
White Bear
by Martin Lynch

HOLDING HANDS AT PASCHENDALE is an exploration of men driven to the limits of human endurance.
The results could be surprising…

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Genre - Musical Genre - Comedy
Little Shop of Horrors
On from 05 Apr 2011 to 23 Apr 2011
White Bear
by Alan Menkin and Howard Ashman

A Fabuolously Fun version of the world famous musical comedy.

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Genre - Drama Genre - Classic
Hamlet: 1603
On from 26 Apr 2011 to 22 May 2011
White Bear
by William Shakespeare

Hamlet – but not as we know it!

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Genre - New Writing Genre - Drama
The Winterling
On from 24 May 2011 to 12 Jun 2011
White Bear
by Jez Butterworth

The Winterling is a darkly comic drama built on a myriad of startling characters and an unrelenting barrage of rapid-fire wit.

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12 and above - recommended age group Genre - Classic Genre - Drama Genre - Comedy
The Wild Goose Chase
On from 14 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011
White Bear
by John Fletcher

“What should I marry for? Why should I be a charge to keep a wife of mine own, when other honest married men’s will ease me”

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Genre - Musical Genre - Drama Genre - Classic
Bel Ami - the Musical.
On from 12 Jul 2011 to 31 Jul 2011
White Bear
by Adapted from a story by Guy de Maupassant

World premier of this Musical version of the classic tale.

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18 and above - recommended age group Genre - Drama
Kiss
On from 30 Aug 2011 to 30 Aug 2011
White Bear
by Ritchie Smith

Moving from New Labour's Islington through Soho to Derek Jarman's cottage on the Dungeness sands, this pay's humour and deadly seriousness grips from the start.

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18 and above - recommended age group Genre - Drama Genre - Classic
La Ronde
On from 23 Aug 2011 to 04 Sep 2011
White Bear
by Arthur Schnitzler

This new version of the Arthur Schnitzler classic fuses theatre, music and dance creating an exciting, sensual and unique exploration of mankind's on-going obsession: sex.

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Genre - Classic Genre - Drama
Days of the Commune
On from 11 Oct 2011 to 11 Oct 2011
White Bear
by Bertold

Truth can be written in ink
Lies must be written in blood.

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Genre - Classic Genre - Drama
Days of the Commune
On from 11 Oct 2011 to 30 Oct 2011
White Bear
by Bertold Brecht

“Truth can be written in ink.
Lies must be written in blood.”

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Genre - Drama
Count Oederland
On from 01 Nov 2011 to 19 Nov 2011
White Bear
by Max Frisch

Is this the freedom he dreamt of?

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Genre - Drama Genre - Classic
The Malcontent
On from 22 Nov 2011 to 11 Dec 2011
White Bear
by John Marston

Can one man’s vitriolic crusade save a revolutionary
society from spiralling out of control?

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15 and above - recommended age group Genre - Comedy
Jesus II
On from 13 Dec 2011 to 23 Dec 2011
White Bear
by Henry David

‘A sex doll dressed as Father Christmas,
a converted stables,
the Home Counties…
it’s not exactly the nativity I expected.’

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Genre - New Writing Genre - Drama
Back to Back: Two New Plays
On from 03 Jan 2012 to 07 Jan 2012
White Bear
by Polroid Theatre

Poleroid Theatre returns with a week of back to back re-worked new writing at the White Bear Theatre!

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Genre - Drama Genre - Classic
The Tempest
On from 10 Jan 2012 to 15 Jan 2012
White Bear
by William Shakespeare

A fresh new production of the classic tale of Magic, Revenge, and Redemption.

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Genre - Drama Genre - Classic
Measure for Measure
On from 18 Jan 2012 to 22 Jan 2012
White Bear
by William Shakespeare

Power corrupts, especially in the young, but can love an wisdon triumph in the end.

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Genre - Drama Genre - Comedy Genre - Classic
As You Like It
On from 24 Jan 2012 to 29 Jan 2012
White Bear
by William Shakespeare

One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, full of romance, hidden identities and intriguing plot twists.

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Genre - Classic Genre - Drama
Night of the 16th January
On from 31 Jan 2012 to 25 Feb 2012
White Bear
by Ayn Rand

“Who is on trial in this case? Karen Andre?
No! It’s you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, who are here on trial.”

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Genre - Drama Genre - Classic
Ondine
On from 28 Feb 2012 to 18 Mar 2012
White Bear
by Jean Giraudoux

“Ondine is strange, my lord.
You saw her tonight in the storm.
It’s not that she’s in the storm.
She is the storm.”

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Genre - Drama Genre - New Writing
Mules
On from 20 Mar 2012 to 24 Mar 2012
White Bear
by Winsome Pinnock

What lengths would you go to escape the ghetto?

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Genre - Classic Genre - Comedy Genre - Drama
The Alchemist
On from 27 Mar 2012 to 14 Apr 2012
White Bear
by Ben Jonson

An innovative new production of the classic dark satire.

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Genre - Drama
The Devil Inside Him
On from 10 May 2012 to 26 May 2012
White Bear
by John Osborne

The Devil Inside Him reflects both the turmoil of the social changes affecting post-war Britain, and the beginnings of the Angry Young Man genre.

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Genre - New Writing Genre - Drama
4 New Plays by New Writers
On from 03 Jul 2012 to 21 Jul 2012
White Bear
by Rosebery Productions

Two double bills of new plays by brilliant new writers.

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15 and above - recommended age group Genre - Drama Genre - Classic
Les Enfants Terribles
On from 24 Jul 2012 to 12 Aug 2012
White Bear
by Jean Cocteau

A classic of 20th century literature it is an ode to youth in all its beautiful, playful, destructive glory.

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Genre - Drama
It's All True
On from 14 Aug 2012 to 08 Sep 2012
White Bear
by Jason Sherman

It’s All True tells the story of Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock and its legendary first night

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Genre - Classic Genre - Drama
Duchess of Malfi
On from 11 Sep 2012 to 30 Sep 2012
White Bear
by John Webster

"Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust
Like diamonds we are all cut with our own dust."

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Genre - New Writing Genre - Drama Genre - Comedy
The Ones Who Kill Shooting Stars
On from 02 Oct 2012 to 21 Oct 2012
White Bear
by Conall Quinn

The Ones Who Kill Shooting Stars takes a fresh look at love, death and larceny. Just watch out for the flares…

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Trauma
On from 14 Nov 2012 to 01 Dec 2012
White Bear
by Roger Mortimer-Smith

This multi-faceted psychological drama will take you on a journey which will have you questioning where dreams stop and reality begins.

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Please check with the theatre for information on the recommended age groups for this performance Genre - Classic Genre - Drama Genre - Comedy
Hancock's Half Hour
On from 28 Dec 2012 to 30 Dec 2012
White Bear
by Galton & Simpson (adapted J Hewer)

The spirit of Tony Hancock triumphed and captivated an audience

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Genre - Drama
Aftercare
On from 08 Jan 2013 to 27 Jan 2013
White Bear
by Steve Lambert

Aftercare mixes a suburban eroticism with the ritual kitsch of Fifty Shades of Grey. Resulting in sharp picture of a contemporary sexual morals.

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Genre - Comedy
Five Kinds of Silence
On from 29 Jan 2013 to 17 Feb 2013
White Bear
by Shelagh Stephenson

Billy is dead, definitely dead. To make sure of it, both his daughters shot him. But decades of fear do not melt away so easily.

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Genre - Drama Genre - Classic
Waiting for Lefty
On from 19 Feb 2013 to 02 Mar 2013
White Bear
by Clifford Odets

This play revolutionised American theatre. Described as "fiercely dramatic", this politically charged production has shocked and provoked audiences throughout it's 78 year history.

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Genre - Classic Genre - Comedy Genre - Drama
School for Wives
On from 05 Mar 2013 to 23 Mar 2013
White Bear
by Moliere

He’s a fool that marries; but not if she’s a fool

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Genre - Comedy Genre - New Writing
Trash
On from 26 Mar 2013 to 13 Apr 2013
White Bear
by Tom Hunt

Delve into TRASH – a fantastic new comedy set in the teeming rubbish heap of student life.

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Genre - New Writing Genre - Drama Genre - Comedy
The Things We Want
On from 07 May 2013 to 12 May 2013
White Bear
by Jonathan Marc Sherman

A dirty sexy suicide comedy.

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