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The Alchemist: a raucous romp

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No, The Alchemist isn’t that obscure Shakespeare play you forgot existed. Bronzehead Theatre’s wild and funny contribution to 2019’s York International Shakespeare Festival is a comedy from Shakespeare contemporary Ben Jonson. Continue reading →

Bronzehead Theatre launches York International Shakespeare Festival with The Alchemist

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Hijacking York International Shakespeare Festival (10-19 May) with a contraband classic Ben Jonson farce, Bronzehead Theatre present rambunctious conman romp The Alchemist. Continue reading →

They Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay!: Brexit and vegetable homebirths

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York Theatre Royal continues its most interesting and divisive season yet with this raucous radical farce that brings Dario Fo’s intense and absurd political comedy to meet The League of Gentlemen via the Jarrow March. Continue reading →