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Children's Shows Comedy Theatre
Thursday 28 August 2014 in London
By TW Editorial | Published on Wednesday 20 August 2014
And the LDN-based events the ThisWeek team is tipping today are…
COMEDY: Dave Gorman’s Screen Guild | Hackney Picturehouse Attic | 28 Aug
Despite being a pretty well kept-secret, Dave Gorman’s laptop-based comic showcase is always a quick-selling event, if a slightly unpredictable one. Hot on the htmls of his Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Dave Gorman Gets Straight To The Point* (*The Powerpoint)’, tonight’s real-life comic chat room of course has a routine from Gorman as its star attraction, but also a line-up of TBA stand-ups of Dave’s choosing. Details and tickets here.
THEATRE: To Kill A Mockingbird | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre |28 Aug – 13 Sep
Back to break hearts again following its highly-praised first stint at Regent’s Park last year, director Timothy Sheader et al’s brave staging of Harper Lee’s all-time(less) classic ‘Mockingbird’ stars a slightly tweaked cast from last time, with ‘Dead Poets Society’ actor Robert Sean Leonard replaced by great British thespian Daniel Betts as Atticus Finch. Details and tickets here.
THEATRE: When I Think About The Universe, I Laugh For No Reason | Unicorn Theatre | 28-30 Aug (pictured)
Yeah well, I cry. Only kidding, kids! Because one inter-galactic reason to smile at least is this this devised piece by the Unicorn’s teen contingent (aka the theatre’s Young Company). Designed as an easily-relatable investigation into what makes us who we are, ‘When I Think…’ profiles eight adolescents, all with wide-reaching existential questions – and littler queries like when and if they’ll ever have beards – to ask. Details and tickets here.