Pleasance Islington embraces the new normal with redesigned auditorium and exciting season of cabaret and theatre

London arts venue, The Pleasance, has announced their re-opening and upcoming winter season.

Its main house has been transformed during the lockdown period, making it the capital’s “most exciting, socially distanced comedy, theatre and cabaret space”. It can accommodate 100 people in the new three-tier auditorium, which intends to bring the spirit of Fringe back to London.

The first show back will be Silent Faces’ production of Godot is a Woman (11-15 November), which was in technical rehearsals when the venue was forced to close back in March. This will be followed up with Express G&S: The Complete Works of Gilbert & Sullivan – in 75 minutes! by Charles Court Opera (17-22 November).

Pan-Asian collective The Bitten Peach will present Bedtime Stories on 1 & 2 December, along with Pecs Drag Kings’ show Christmas Queer from 10-12 December and The Cocoa Butter Club’s revue Gifted from 15-17 December, all part of the Pleasance Queer Christmas Cabaret Season.

Director of Pleasance Theatre Trust, Anthony Alderson, said: “I’m thrilled that we are re-opening the London space and managing to bring theatre back to London audiences. We have put strict hygiene and cleanliness protocols in place and are making sure that your visit to the Pleasance is as safe as possible. The artists we work with are at the heart of what we do and so it feels particularly important that the season will commence with Silent Faces who were deep in rehearsals when Covid-19 hit. This re-opening season is all about bringing back that undefinable Fringe spirit that embodies all of us.

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