The Girl with the Iron Claws rounds out its UK tour in Hackney’s own Arcola Theatre this week, having premiered in the Edinburgh Fringe in 2011 to rave reviews and an award nomination from Total Theatre. Here, writer and director Hannah Mulder takes some time out from rehearsals to talk to us about the production. […]
Actor Director David Schwimmer and his former Hackney girl, Zoe Buckman have welcome a baby girl they have named Cleo. The baby was delivered by C section on 8 May in New York, but they only released the news today via a spokesperson. Later Schwimmer posted a photo on his Twitter account saying “Hey everyone. […]
Last Thursday I went along for my second visit to the recently relocated Arcola Theatre for a performance of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. My first trip there had been to Studio 2, a space not altogether dissimilar to the theatre’s old spaces on Arcola St, for an evening of short, dramatic sketches. Nothing, however, could […]
The Arcola Theatre have recently staged their final productions at their old home on Arcola Street. Based there for the past decade, the owner of the site has decided it’s time for some more luxury apartments in the area and consequently the theatre have found a new home on Ashwin Street, closer to Dalston Junction […]
All in the same week, a Hackney based Theatre company found it’s self being the recipient of a Gold Award from the Green Tourism Business Scheme and amongst the first victims of the new coalition government spending cuts. Founded in 2000 the Arcola, in Arcola Street,Dalston London E8, is regarded as one of the leading […]
