Category Archives: The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor

The year of revolutions, and the backlash. Nationalist and socialist. Everywhere.

Visiting Revolutionaries. The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. London. (2010)

A series of readings and performances of scenes from the plays of the New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. A commemoration to the life of one our friends and benefactors, John Retty, who died earlier in the year.

20 Aug ’09

To Moscow To Moscow. The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. London (2009) Following the life of Chekhov, including his crusading trip to examine the dire living conditions of the inhabitants of the island of Sakhalin in 1890.

Victory Over the Sun. The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. London (2009).

15 Apr ’09

176 gallery. London Futurist opera produced by The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor as part of Matt Stokes residency.

KOLLONTAI IN LONDON. The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. London. (2009)

1 Mar ’09

New Factory’s dynamic romp through the numerous trips to London made by the radical socialist thinker Alexandra Kollontai in the years before the Russian revolution. Written by Penny Dimond and presented as part of International Womens Day.

AK TWENTY SEVEN. The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. London.(2007)

1 Apr ’07

A dramtic account of Alexandra Kollontai’s period as the Soviet Union’s ambassador in Mexico at a time of political crisis for the revolution and the communist party in Mexico itself.

16 Sep ’06

General Strike 1926. The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. London (2006).

PEACE, LAND, BREAD, CABBAGES, CAKES & CUCUMBER: some nourishment for the Revolution. The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. London (2005).

1 Dec ’05

with the financial support of Camden Council.

1905. The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. (2005)

30 Nov ’05

Two posters from the series of performances of 1905, a large scale event by the New Factory, London. 2005

LENIN IN LONDON. The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. London (2004).

4 Dec ’04