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“Remember the Exodus? Bad Tuesday. London went mad… That day, hope collapsed….people turned into animals. Somebody had to do something.”
The Red Helicopter is set in 2072. Following a cataclysmic economic and social decline, the UK has been abandoned by its inhabitants in a mass exodus.
Almost everyone got out. The only people left were the detritus of society – crooks, the mentally ill, the unwanted.
In a disused office somewhere in the ghost city of London lives a group of twenty young people.
They were all children in care. Either abandoned or orphaned, nobody loved them enough to take them on a plane and get them out of the country. Now they live in their own little society – a society that has survived, thanks to the organisational and political skill of their charismatic leader, a sixteen year old who calls himself 'daddy'.
Daddy is a ruthless operator, whose rule is marked by superstition, violence and fear. The Red Helicopter is the story of the rebellion that topples him.
The Red Helicopter has been created in collaboration with participants of the Young Friend of the Almeida LAB, who explored the Almeida theatre’s season of plays to find the resonances and relevance to their own lives.
Performance Details
- opening night: 06 Aug 2010
- closing: 07 Aug 2010
show times: Fri 19:30, Sat 14:30 & 19:30
ticket prices: £5-£8
cast: Diego Alejandro, Nina Chograshi, Omar Choudhury, Jessica DeFreitas, Jake Head, Mollie Kean, Nickcolia King, Misha Patel, Hauk Pattison
director: Tessa Walker
movement director: Kitty Winter
choreographer: Kitty Winter
designer: Cecilia Carey
address: Almeida Street, London, United Kingdom, N1 1TA
nearest tube: Angel/Highbury & Islington (800m)
nearest bus: 4, 19, 30, 43 (Route 43 is accessible)
nearest train: Highbury & Islington
parking: NCP at the Business Design Centre off Upper Street. Some parking available in streets adjoining Almeida Street. Drop off and pick up right outside main entrance. Patrons welcome to use a private phone to arrange pick up.
air conditioned: Yes
Assisted Performance Booking Information
Access Booking:TEL 020 7359 4404 ACCESS INFO. 020 7288 4999 EMAIL access@almeida.co.uk
Accessible Facilities Venue Information
discounts: available for all disabled people and their companions.
limited mobility: 23 seats in the front row offer the best leg room.
access description: Level access to foyer through automatic sliding doors or through double glass doors opening both ways. Wheelchair users can push a button to open the sliding doors. Box Office with lowered counter in the foyer. Stalls down 6 steps or a sloped walkway. Access to circle via 2 staircases of 27 steps each with handrails on each side. Good signage throughout. The floors in the foyer are concrete.
hearing impaired: Infra-red assisted hearing system in the auditorium and an Induction Loop in the Box Office
guide dogs policy: Allowed into auditorium - please book an aisle seat. Staff are also happy to dog sit.
wheelchairs: 2 spaces for wheelchair/scooter users in the stalls. 8 wheelchair and scooter transfer spaces are available to aisle seats in rows A and B – escorts not required. Theatre also provides 1 wheelchair for loan. Auditorium is carpeted.
toilets: Accessible men’s and women’s in the foyer, each with 1 cubicle that is wider and has handrails for people with mobility difficulties.
disabled toilets: Adapted toilets inside the foyer by the lift.