
Independent Theatre’s latest theatrical fare is a rich, colourful, carnivale adaptation of the classic novel Vanity Fair.

Duplicity, shame, estrangement and empathy are at the heart of the play and this production is sometimes humane but always acutely disquieting.

Two actors playing fourteen characters in a northern English pub; Jim Cartwright’s award-winning script is the star of the show.

Mr Freezy makes an artform of playing with food – a concept fascinating to children who are constantly warned to mind their manners.



David Mamet’s Oleanna is a finely-balanced expose of the impact of intellectualism out of control. Behind the cool façade of academic arguments the lives of the two characters are unraveling.