LIPA Spring/Summer Season of Public Performances
February 2009 - June 2009
Nunsense
This funny and charming musical tells of a talent show staged by five surviving nuns at the Little Sisters of Hoboken convent, the rest of the sisterhood having succumbed to botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Sister Julia, Child of God. Read more
Thursday 19th - Friday 20th - Saturday 21st February
Daisy pulls it off
An energetic and witty play set in a 1930s prestigious all girl boarding school. It follows the adventures of plucky heroine, Daisy Meredith, as she tries to shake off the stigma of her comparatively poor elementary school background.Read more
Thursday 19th - Friday 20th - Saturday 21st February
Angels in America
This Tony Award winning, Broadway play that deals with politics, religion and AIDS is set in New York in the mid-1980s. Its intertwining plots tell of Mormon and Republican law clerk Joe Pitt struggling to come to terms with his sexuality as he deals with his Valium addicted, agoraphobic wife. Read more
Thursday 5th - Friday 6th - Saturday 7th March
A New Brain
Gordon Schwinn is a talented songwriter suffering with writers block. Whilst trying to compose a song for a children’s television show, he suffers a medical crisis, which results with him lying in a coma. Read more
Thursday 19th - Friday 20th - Saturday 21st March
Matinee Saturday 21st March
My 4 Years
In 1975 Cambodia was divided, families were torn apart and one fifth of a population was wiped out. Through the eyes of a child, a mother and a soldier, this production shows what the impact of war can be on individuals.Read more
Friday 27th - Saturday 28th March
The 3rd Degree Festival
The showcase music event in the LIPA calendar, The 3rd Degree brings together an array of international performers for a two week festival featuring emerging artists from the broadest spectrum of music. Read more
Monday 20th April to Saturday 2nd May
Community Drama Festival
Final year Community Drama students will celebrate their work with diverse community groups as their degree comes to a close. The two separate performances exhibit the final product of Community Drama projects, involving workshops with a wide range of community groups. Read more
Wednesday 22nd April
Loveplay
Loveplay, written by the award-winning playwright Moira Buffini, takes us on a journey through time spanning nearly 2000 years, starting with the Roman period up to the present day. Read more
Thursday 7th - Friday 8th - Saturday 9th May
Matinee Saturday 9th May
A Man of No Importance
This bright musical set in 1960s Dublin, Ireland presents the tribulations of 40 something, bachelor, Alfie Byrne who is obsessed with the work of Oscar Wilde. Read more
Thursday 14th - Friday 15th - Saturday 16th May
Kindertransport
Between 1938 and 1939, around ten thousand mainly Jewish children were given away by their parents to be transported to Britain to escape from Nazi controlled Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Austria. Many of them never saw their parents again. Read more
Thursday 21st - Friday 22nd - Saturday 23rd May
Seven
This second year music and dance production aims to take you on a journey through the seven levels of physical consciousness. In a one-off collaboration with globally acclaimed Nitin Sawhney, LIPA Music students are very proud to present a unique score that embodies the ancient philosophies of the east combined with the contemporary modern edge of western popular culture. Read more
Thursday 28th - Friday 29th - Saturday 30th May
Designers Exhibition
Graduating Theatre and Performance Design students invite you to a unique showcase of their work and portfolios. Designers Exhibition is the exciting culmination of three years of intensive training and hard work. It will exhibit costume drawings, model boxes, props, costumes and more from some of the brightest young and upcoming talent in the country as they prepare to venture into the industry. Read more
Friday 12th - Saturday 13th June