Autumn offerings

Published on 8th November 2007 in Ents

Howden Live's autumn drama programme at the Shire Hall brings two of the most stimulating and successful touring companies to the area.

On Friday, November 9 the Icarus Theatre Company will present Eugene Ionesco's The Lesson.

The playwright Ionesco was one of the foremost writers of the 'Theatre of the Absurd' and this style suits the Icarus company work and allows it to push the boundaries and find new ways to portray texts.

The Lesson opens as a comedy with a mild mannered, scatty scholar teaching his bright-eyed, bonne-eleve student that 1+1=2.

When the innocent pupil begins to displease the tutor, the pedagogue turns on her, becoming a bullying tyrant.

This very accessible story is a politically-charged play on power and domination.

The piece is adapted by Donald Watson, directed by Max Lewendel and has already received excellent reviews, even attracting people to come and see it again in Howden.

On Friday, November 16 Fool's Proof Theatre Company, in conjunction with Linda Scott Kerr of Complicite, present The Eagle Has Landed, a tale of an epic voyage by an odd but charming BBC Radio Four reporter.

Marvin Williams goes on a journey to find his brother, who has been missing for 20 years.

Tracing the trail of an entire life, he stumbles his way through beautiful and outrageous situations.

What does he find at the end?

This is a moving story told with quirky humour, idiosyncratic characters, cinematic perspectives and rapid, surprising scene changes.

Howden Live has an exciting offer on these two productions: buy a full ticket for The Lesson and get a ticket for The Eagle Has Landed at half price.

Tickets are available at £8 each from Touchwood Homecare, Market Place, Howden on 01430 431535 at Dt's Rock Shop, Pasture Road, Goole on 01405 767282.

Doors open at the Shire Hall, Howden at 7.30pm for an 8pm start.

Visit www.howden-live.com for more details of Howden Live's autumn and winter programme.