Previous Productions
To see more information, please select the production from the Production Menu above, or click on 'more info'. Please scroll down for a list of Previous Visiting Productions. Giant Olive Theatre Company's Previous Productions 
| | HAVISHAMEn-Root Theatre Co. in association with Giant Olive NTA 29th May Matinee Performance at 2:30pm 30th May Evening Performance at 7:30pm more info.. | | | A rotting wedding cake. A tormented bride, imprisoned in a cobwebbed mansion where time stands still. |
 | EMBERS NTA Based on the novel by Sandor Marai Adapted by Tamzin Paskins Presented as part of the Giant Olive NTA Programme
more info... | | When any one emotion or passion occupies us entirely, the need for revenge crackles and glimmers among the flames that torment us. |
 | OLIVER TWIST by Charles Dickens Adapted by Piers Beckley A Giant Olive Production
more info... | “Is wealth a badge of goodness?
Is poverty the essence of evil?” |
 | SUPERNATURAL by Aline Waites and Jago Turner A Giant Olive Production
more info... | "An intriguing alternative to pantomimes and Christmas shows, Supernatural offers an antidote to festive frolics with a sinister tale full of frights and mystery." The Stage Review "This is a portmanteau piece that puts together four separate stories that give a contemporary twist to old favourites of the horror genre." British Theatre Guide Review |
 | KITTY & DAMNATIONby Joseph Crilly A Giant Olive Production 11th August - 12th September, Tues - Sat 7.30pm
more info... | 1829 Ireland and a bold and beautiful young country girl encounters the famous actor Edmund Kean. She decides to follow him and her destiny to the great city of London... Kitty & Damnation is a most turbulent and adventurous drama of heartfelt love and human frailty, involving touching pathos and sporadic episodes of mirth and joviality. It features deceit, gallantry, honest righteousness - and some frightful villains.
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 | POP8 - Antonia Franceschi, Zoë Martlew & Ballet Black EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW PREMIERE A Giant Olive Dance Production Tuesday 21st July - Fri 31st July 8pm
Saturday 25th July 2.30pm Matinee
Sunday 26th July 2.30pm Matinee more info... | | Giant Olive Theatre company present a new dance theatre piece featuring a film by Tal Rosner and Antonia Franceschi set in Kentish Town. Composed and performed by Zoë Martlew, featuring Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black. |
 | DARK TALES
By Hans Christian Andersen
A Giant Olive production
24/03/09 - 18/04/09, 7:30pm
Saturday Matinees 3:30pm more info... | Simple, direct and honest, embracing the terrible beauty of these timeless tales and moulding them into a fresh experience.
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 | A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Charles Dickens (Adapted by Piers Beckley)
Presented by Giant Olive in association with www.angel22.tv
9 December 2008 - 11 January 2009 more info... | The classic tale as you've never seen it before
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 | THE HOSTESS OF THE INN
Carlo Goldoni, (translated & adapted by Katherine Gregor)
A Giant Olive Production
18 November - 14 December, 2008 more info... | "My foremost pleasure is to be waited on, admired and adored. This is my weakness and that of almost all women."
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 | ANTIGONE by Sophocles | | 11 September - 21 September & 9 October – 19 October, 2008 |
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 | ADULT ORGASM | | Dario Fo and Franka Rame | | 21 August to 31 August, 2008 |
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 | THE WOULD BE GENTLEMAN | | Molière | | 5 August to 24 August, 2008 | | more info... |
Previous Visiting Productions at The Lion and Unicorn TheatreTo see more information, please select the production from the Production Menu above, or click on 'more info' 
| | THE FLYING MONK
Directed by Vincent Adams Soop Productions in association with Giant Olive 15th June - 11th July more info.. | | | The year is 1010, his vision is 20:20, but his chances are 50/50.. |
 | | TWELVE VERY ANGRY WOMEN
By Lance Nielsen The Gutted Film and Theatre Company in association with Giant Olive Theatre Company Four performances from 2nd - 5th July more info.. | | | ‘The eyes of every law abiding person in London are watching for this verdict – The burden of that decision is on your shoulders… |
 | | FRAGILE
Gutted Film and Theatre Company in association with Giant Olive Theatre Company Based on a story by Lance Nielsen and Angela Thomas. 11th - 27th June more info.. | | | 'Is blood thicker than water?' |
| | | HAPPY EVERYDAY!
by Jaan Tatte UK Premier from StageSpell Theatre Company 25th May - 12th June more info.. | | | A wife suggests to her husband they arrange a menage a trois. However all is not as it seems.. |
| PARTY GAMES by Imogen Harris | MY LOVE by Tom Willshire
| An Idle Hands Double Bill Directed by Gemma Colclough more info.. | | “Painfully funny and engaging...a combination of good writing, sure footed direction and strong performances" Linda Duncan McLaughlin, 'The Fringe Report' |
 | | The Performance Lab Company's SEX, LIES & POWER 'What a piece of work is man'Directed by Viviene Rochester 
more info... | | | Sex, Lies and Power is a medley of scenes from some of the best loved plays from Shakespeare’s canon. It’s a journey from light to dark, starting with snippets of sonnets and interwoven with songs exposing the ever present themes of humanity. |
 | | MODERN LOVEby David Collyer 3rd -19th April Directed by David Collyer more info... | | | Two London twentysomethings meet in dramatic fashion and take turns to tell us how they try their best to love each other in the face of press intrusion, ex-boyfriends and the London Undergroun |
| | STILL HEREWritten & Directed by Stephen Edwards
Starring Stephen Donald (Ex-Brookside) and John Giles 6th - 11th April more info... | | | 'Still Here' is a darkly comic play exploring themes of love, loss, sanity, belief and truth. |
 | THE TULIP WARS by Mark R Giesser Directed by Ray Shell
more info... | | A World Premiere at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre in March 2010 |
 | THE UNIMPORTANT HISTORY OF BRITAIN A New Comedy Giant Olive in association with Interrupt The Routine Productions Preview Matinee 13th September 3.30pm
Previews 14th & 15th September 7.30pm
Press Night: Wednesday 16th September
Runs until 11th October, Tues - Sat 7.30pm,
Sunday Matinee 3.30pm more info... | | | This sizzling barbecue of a comic production accounts for some of the events that have passed by the textbooks of accepted British History.. |
 | The View
by The Cut Theatre Company Saturday 10th October Matinee 3.30pm,
Sunday 11th October 7.30pm
Monday 12th October 7.30pm Saturday 17th October Matinee 3.30pm,
Sunday 18th October 7.30pm
Monday 19th October 7.30pm more info... |
| | A young couple retire to their bedroom on the evening of the very day that they heard the news... |
 | Where's Norman Beaton Gonea New Play by Leonard Theobalds Friday 16th October 7.30pm
Saturday 17th October 7.30pm
PREVIEW PREMIERE
brought to you by Seldom Scene Productions and Giant Olive Theatre Company more info... |
| | The story of the renowned actor who was at one time considered to be one of the finest black British actors, and an inspiration to a whole generation of black entertainers. The play concentrates on Beaton's life off stage and the trials and tribulations he went through from his early years in Guyana through to his life in England. |
 | Les Chaises
A Lumenis Theatre Company Production Matinees @ 3.30pm: 26th Sep, 3rd Oct
Evenings @ 7.30pm: 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th September and 4th, 5th October more info... | | Lumenis is bringing together 4 writers to give their take on how we use chairs in a literal or a surreal way. The result is an hour of theatre that is surprisingly captivating, but definitely not a little bizarre.. |
 | DANCE MONKEY DANCE Giant Olive in association with The Spontaneity Shop Weds 17th June 9.15pm
Weds 8th July 7.30pm
Friday 10th July 7.30pm more info... | Fabulous Comedy Improv - Uniting primates and poultry as never before. |
 | 80's Movie Flashback
because even movie characters have to grow up someday,, Thursday 9th July - Sunday 11th July 9pm Tickets only £5 ! Edinburgh Preview of this Fabulous Comedy Sketch Show More Info |
| | Think of your favourite 80s movie character....ever wondered what they're up to today? |
 | TRAP FOR A LONELY MAN By Robert Thomas Giant Olive in association with Terra Incognita Theatre Company Monday 15th June - Preview
Tues 16th June to Sunday 5th July (excluding Mondays)
No performances: Wed 17/06/09, Fri 19/06/09, Sunday 21/06/09 more info... | | | A gripping psychological thriller concerning a man who has apparently lost his wife and is rapidly losing his mind |
 | SUSANNAby NN Rakshin Giant Olive in association with Hole In The Road Sunday 21st June 9pm
Monday 22nd June 7.20pm more info... | ‘Susanna’ charts the story of three characters in the Soviet Union... a hilarious and heart wrenching tragicomedy ....
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 | SHAKESPEARE SHOWCASE By The Principal Theatre Company, directed by Paul Gladwin Monday 1st & Monday 8th June @ 6.45pm Come and see some of the country's most promising acting talent performing some of Shakespeare's greatest scenes. The show will last approximately 45 mins. |
| GETTING OUT
by Sarah Henley21st April – 9th May
19th – 22nd May
Sunday 24th May, Monday 25th May
2nd – 6th June ‘This is after all what comedy used to be about!’ What's On Stage ‘..an enjoyable play by a clearly talented new writer…’ The Stage A comic and satirical swipe at city office life, Getting Out is a pacy one act play set in a London law firm battling the credit crunch. more info and reviews.... |
 | LYSISTRATA & THE BACCHAE
by Aristophanes and Euripides
Produced by Théâtre Libre in association with Giant Olive Theatre Company 26/05/09 - 31/05/09 DOUBLE BILL More info.. | | A double bill of Greek classics; one comedy and one tragedy, re-visited with a modern twist by two very different international directors. |
 | BLOOD WEDDING
A Narrative A collaboration of the National Theatre’s Archive and London South Bank University with additional support from Giant Olive Theatre Company 12/05/09 - 24/05/09 More info.. | | Lorca’s rural tragedy re-imagined as a one-man show. |
 | OLIVE JUICE
By Julisa O'Boyle A collaboration of the National Theatre’s Archive and London South Bank University with additional support from Giant Olive Theatre Company 12/05/09 - 24/05/09
More info.. | | In the pursuit of coming together... staying together... everything is how they imagined... almost. |
 | THE CITY
By Loula Anagnostaki
Giant Olive presents The Sturdy Beggars Theatre Company
24/02/09 - 15/03/09, 7:30pm | You can behave any way you want, when you’re alone.
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 | EDINBURGH FESTIVAL COMEDY CABARET PREVIEWS
Aaron Barschak (The Comedy Terrorist), Sunken Luggage, Joe ‘n Jules, Ross Wall, Barbara Lanik, Fraser, Rick Moore, Darryl Westell
A visiting production
27th January - 21st February, Tue-Sat 7:30pm | more info..
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The Camden Fringe Festival 2010To see more information, please select the production from the Production Menu above, or click on 'more info'  | | THE CAMDEN FRINGE FESTIVAL 2010"An increasingly important platform for experimental new work: in true fringe spirit you can bank on encountering imagination that's run riot and the odd undiscovered gem" Metro 2nd - 29th August more info.. | 08444 771 000 | | | In August 2010 Giant Olive will be hosting productions at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre for The Camden Fringe Festival. |
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