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AGENT OF INFLUENCE: THE SECRET LIFE OF PAMELA MORE “Mid-calf, navy blue day dress with pearl buttons by Victor Stiebel. Dove-grey tweed jacket and fox stole by House of Hartnell. Hat by Elsa Schiaparelli. Perfect for luncheons, jaunts around town and spying on fascists.” Lady Pamela, fashion columnist and socialite, is recruited by MI5 to keep notes on Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII, suspected to be colluding with the German Embassy. But Pamela realises that what began as an adventure…
Find out more »INSIDE MY MIND This stunning and well-articulated production, explores human vices, love, loss and personal health, in a sensitive portrayal of how one man tries to cope, when unexpected problems start to take hold of his mind and body. The physicality, inventiveness and presence of the company of five are used in such a creative way that they manage to paint enchanting visual and audible landscapes that immerse the audience into a world where it seems as though anything is…
Find out more »WE ARE THE LIONS MR MANAGER This is the story of Jayaben Desai’s fight for dignity in the workplace, the story of the Grunwick Film Processing Factory Strike of 1976-78 and inspirational strike-leader Jayaben Desai, one of many newly arrived Gujurati workers from East Africa. It has tremendous contemporary relevance (immigration, workplace exploitation, women’s rights, racism and human dignity), and is told in Townsend Productions’ accessible, imaginative and entertaining theatrical style with songs and music of the 1970s. This is…
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