Call of the Disco Ball

Rain or shine, dressed in a bin bag and wellies or shorts and wellies. Clutching the most expensive can of cider you’ve ever bought. One of your sunglasses has somehow lost a lens but you’re still wearing them for some unknown reason. Did you brush your teeth this morning? What time are the headliners on…

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The making of the Escape Act

ESCAPE ACT: A HOLOCAUST MEMOIR TO VISIT BASINGSTOKE PROTEUS CREATION SPACE | 3RD MAY, 7.30PM The Escape Act: A Holocaust Memoir, a new show from New York artist and performer Stav Meishar will be coming to Basingstoke. The Escape Act: A Holocaust Memoir has been supported by Arts Council England and The European Cultural Association,…

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The Bloody Chamber: the book I wished I had read at seventeen

In Spring 2020 Proteus’ producing arm will premiere a brand new adaptation of Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber at Worthing Theatres – director Mary Swan explains why, at the start of a new decade, there has never been a better time to delve into the world of Carter’s rich imagination. Angela Carter’s re-telling of western…

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