Neverwhere and shopping Trolleys

Neverwhere is mostly based in a world under the London we know called 'London below'. This is a world populated by people with special powers, strange beasts, rat speakers and people who make a living out of things they find in the sewers. One place they all come together is the floating market - held in different venues where goods and services can be traded and a truce between warring factions is upheld.

There are traders selling dreams and nightmares, rubbish, various weapons, birds and information. The rubbish vendor has a trolley to sell her goods from and this has been lent to the theatre by local community Co-op, True Food.

True Food has a shop in Emmer Green, as well as running markets three evenings a week in other parts of Reading. They sell groceries, loose foods like nuts and seeds, fruit and vegetables - locally produced where possible and eco-friendly cleaning products. True Food recently won a BBC Food and Farming award 'Best Retail Initiative'.

The trolley full of tasty food but look out for it during Neverwhere full of rubbish.

Following the success with 39 Steps the first night of Neverwhere is going to be a Jelly Third Thursday event. For £10 (with no booking fee) you will get a ticket, pre-show drink and talk. See the Jelly website for details.

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Coming up -

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman,  Adapted by Robert Kauzlaric 19th - 28th January 2012
(There has been a lot of interest in this production from Neil Gaiman fans, tickets are selling fast so if you want to be sure of one then book soon.)

Auditions for Mindgame by Anthony Horowitz at Progress Theatre Tuesday 2nd February 2012 7.30pm or  Sunday 5th February 2pm

Art by Yasmina Reza 20th - 25th February 2012

See Progress Theatre website for details of all our productions and auditions.