Great nights out with Jumped Up Theatre

Jumped Up Theatre’s second season of Platform8 (8-18 March) will stage 24 performances, an exhibition, workshops and talks, popping up in venues around the city, from Bretton to Paston to Hampton, from The Brewery Tap to Peterborough Museum

‘Two of the shows, Bucket List by Theatre Ad Infinitum and Neverland by Tom Penn, are coming direct from Hull City of Culture,’ explains Jumped Up’s producer, Kate Hall. ‘So Platform8 really is bringing top quality events to the city. And with ticket prices starting at £4, and some shows including a dinner offer, or live music, there are some great night outs to be had.’

Performances kick off with a unique experience in the City Gallery at Peterborough Museum with Reassembled, Slightly Askew by Shannon Lee (Friday 10 to Sunday 12March) where six audience members at a time follow a very personal story of illness and recovery by listening to a performance from the comfort of a hospital bed. This is a great setting for the show as the Museum building was once the city’s first hospital. Some shows have already sold out so early booking is recommended.

By contrast, Sean Mahoney is bringing his highly praised one-person show about boxing, Until You Hear That Bell, to The Brewery Tap and, quite aptly CAMPOL Boxing Gym in Paston, between 10-12 March. Sean is also going to be joining some sparring sessions at local boxing clubs showing he’s as expert with the gloves as he is with performance!

The following week’s shows have even more variation, with The Pyramid in Bretton, from 16-18 March, being transformed with a beautiful white tent, equipped with pillows and duvets for ten parents and children aged 2-3 to snuggle down to experience lights, projection, music and story-telling from Neverland.

To top off the festival Jumped Up is taking over Eastern Angles’ new Undercroft theatre space in Serpentine Shopping Centre in Hampton to create a party atmosphere with a bar, food and live music alongside the award-winning Theatre Ad Infinitum’s Bucket List, set in Mexico, where a young girl plots revenge, where her list includes settling a score with the President of the United States…

Information on booking tickets are on the Jumped Up Theatre website, where there are also details of other events, from a live recording of new radio plays including a foley artist, talks, an exhibition by Jules Corry in collaboration with local company and national experts in rehabilitation, PJ Care, public workshops, training for local theatre-makers and a call-out for volunteers to help run events.

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● Platform8 is Peterborough’s partnership with Battersea Art Centre’s Collaborative Touring Network, which is funded grants from the Arts Council England, Esmée Fairbairn, Garfield Weston Foundation and Unlimited Impact, with additional support from Peterborough Presents.