Blue Elephant Theatre, Camberwell

Turbulent storms and fantastical monsters stalk Ulysses at every port; what should be a joyous voyage — his homecoming — becomes a nightmare more torturous than the war he is returning from.

Grafted Cede and Theatre Témoin collaborate in this modern and highly physical retelling of The Odyssey, painting a dreamscape of post-war trauma through the story of a combat veteran fighting a psychological battle to get “home.”

Shakespeare’s classic story of love, betrayal and jealousy. Othello, General to the Duke of Venice, is commissioned to drive the invading Turkish fleet from Cyprus; his embodied love and passion for wife Desdemona is driven to ultimate destruction during the war for freedom, survival and pride.

This sweeping and dramatic production will use text, movement and music to bring one of Shakespeare’s most famous Love stories to life. A large ensemble of fifteen actors will bring the society and sexual power of the court of Venice and the destructiveness of a weak, war-torn Cyprus to the stage in what promises to be an explosive and epic production.

Listed as one of The Guardian’s top 100 books of all time, Fernando Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet was discovered in a trunk in his apartment in Lisbon after his death in 1935. Part novel, part memoir, part philosophical meditation on the futility of living, Pessoa’s Livro defies definition and endures as a testament to modernist writing.

Have you ever thought how invisible we really are to one another?
How little we really know about each other?
We look but do we really see?
We listen but what we hear is our own voice inside.

From the team that brought you the Best of London Fringe-nominated Chet Baker: Speedball (London Jazz Festival 2007), The Book of Disquiet is here newly translated and re-imagined across three cities in three different moments in time. This work-in-progress marks the beginning of an investigative process which explores the legacy and continuing relevance of this masterpiece by Portugal’s greatest writer of the Twentieth Century.

For one week only, a specially selected group of Londoners will tell their extraordinary stories of life in this fine city, based on a different theme each night.

Based on the sell-out shows at the Canal Cafe Theatre, with live music and a different line-up each night, we promise you’ll be talking about it for weeks.

Have you got a story to tell? We want to hear from you!

Please send an E-mail for details.

• Monday 7 June — ‘Animal Magnetism’
• Tuesday 8 June — ‘Guts’
• Wednesday 9 June — ‘Home’
• Thursday 10 June — ‘Special Delivery’
• Friday 11 June — ‘Close Calls’ (OPEN MIKE: come on the night and sign up!)