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Three To See on 10 Jan: TS Eliot’s The Wasteland, Reptember Reloaded, Salome

By TW Editorial | Published on Sunday 3 January 2016

And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…

TS Eliot’s The Waste Land | South Bank Centre | 10 Jan
I once did a staged reading of ‘The Waste Land’ and it was completely brilliant, and I think the “cast of leading West End actors” who are to bring one of my favourite poems to life might struggle to do it as well as I and my fellow-reader did. But, you know, give them the benefit of the doubt. They will probably do okay, and I am sure you will enjoy this free performance, one of several events leading up to the announcement of who has won the £20k TS Eliot prize. See this page here for all the info.

Reptember Reloaded | New Diorama | 10 Jan-1 Feb (pictured)
Award winning ensemble The Faction seem to be stalking me at the moment (to be fair, it might be strictly more accurate to say I am stalking them, as I think by Tuesday, I will have recommended three events of theirs within a week), but they are really good, so I think it’s all justified. This is a return for their popular series of short one person plays, four or five per night, on Sundays and Mondays throughout January. See the venue website here for more info and to book.

Salome | Theatre N16 | 10-14 Jan
A classic text, and what Ethreal Theatre promise is a powerful production of it. What’s more it’s on at Theatre N16, which is one of my new favourite arts organisations. Even if it’s no longer in N16 and has now moved to Balham. A great reason to go south of the river. Yes, I’m looking at you, people in N16. Get all the info from here and tickets from here.