The Band Back Together, Arcola Theatre, stage review: ‘The preciousness of youth’
Writer and director Barney Norris’s tale of fractured friendship stirs up our own halcyon days
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Bangers, Arcola Theatre, stage review: ‘With a little bit of luck, we can make it through the night’
Danusia Samal’s UK garage-infused drama is ‘lovingly built’
Don’t Destroy Me, Arcola Theatre, stage review: ‘Frantic pacing and overloaded dialogue’
‘Repetitive content’ and ‘shaky performances’ mar this adaptation of a Michael Hastings play
A Hero of Our Time, Arcola Theatre – review
Fast paced and bursting with emotion, this is a new adaptation of Mikhail Lermontov’s neglected 1840 novel
Women’s Equality Party co-founder Catherine Mayer urges Hackney to vote for Harini Iyengar
‘I think she absolutely killed it’, Mayer tells Citizen after mayoral hustings
Mayoral candidates quizzed at Hackney Citizen hustings at the Arcola Theatre
Panel answers questions at sold-out event ahead of elections
Hackney Citizen Mayoral Hustings 2018: live blog
Join Local Democracy Reporter Adam Barnett as he brings you all the latest from our election debate live at the Arcola Theatre
Green-light for workshop and flats block opposite Shacklewell gallery
Council approves scheme to replace Miller’s Avenue shipping containers
Arcola Theatre’s Creative/Disruption festival: we preview this season of new plays from the local community
From over 50s to Turkish theatre, the Dalston theatre is throwing the spotlight on underrepresented groups’ stories in this iteration of the annual festival
Green Room: Arcola Theatre aims to steal show in Sustainability category at The Stage awards
The magazine gave the Dalston performance hub the nod for its recent LED lighting scheme and its many other environmental credentials
Night Overground from Dalston Junction will launch ten days before Christmas, says Sadiq Khan
Rich Mix and Arcola welcome news of 24-hour train service
Insignificance, Arcola Theatre, theatre review: ‘Bailey Johnson plays Marilyn with speedily unwinding energy’
This production of the witty, contemplative 1982 play brings together thinly-veiled versions of Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe McCarthy and Joe DiMaggio
Arcola, The Marriage of Kim K review: ‘it isn’t going to break the internet’
This new, zeitgeisty production – the opener of the Arcola Theatre’s Grimeborn opera season – is packed with ideas that sometimes pay off, but is ultimately noisy and confused
Richard III, Arcola, theatre review: the bovver boy royal in a bare bones production
This enjoyable staging of Shakespeare’s historic tragedy makes the most of its stark setting and a “performance on fire”
The Plague, Arcola Theatre, review: an incisive adaptation of Camus’ classic
Morgana Edwards took her seat for a sharp, direct staging of the classic novel which, unfortunately, could not be more timely
The Lower Depths, Arcola, review: farcical situations and tragic moments
The Dalston theatre hosts a harsh, passionate and ultimately remorseless production of Maxim Gorky’s play