The Orchestra

Omnibus Theatre 1 Clapham Common Northside London
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This event ended on Sunday 17th of February 2019
Admission
£16, £13 concessions
Venue Information
Omnibus Theatre
Clapham Common Northside, SW4 0QW
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Clapham Common 0.22 miles

By Jean Anouilh
Presented by TeatroLatino and 15 Degrees
Directed by Kristine Landon-Smith

‘BANG, BANG, BANG. That’s love for you…”

Fizzing comedy and catastrophe collide in Multi award-winning director Kristine Landon-Smith’s revival of The Orchestra, the neglected classic by celebrated French dramatist Jean Anouilh.

A third-rate orchestra in a French spa town play time worn musical arrangements to an indifferent audience. In between the musical interludes, idle chit chat reveal the power struggles that lurk behind the ensemble’s shiny veneer.

As the overture descends into an intoxicating symphony of piercing jealousy, bizarre gossip and thwarted emotions, the musicians reach an unexpected finale – but the music goes jauntily on…

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