Tagora’s improvisers are bringing to the stage a live theatrical event which is completely improvised! They will present classic games that you know and love, as well as a newly developed, dream-like longform piece. It’s gonna be fun!
Tagora productions
Doubt: final performances
Photos now online The curtain has gone down for the last time on our production of Doubt: a parable by John Patrick Shanley, which ran from 23 to 26 April. In a Catholic school in the Bronx in 1964, the headmistress, Sister Aloysius, discovers that a priest may have crossed a line with a student. …
An evening of Alan Bennett
“Life, you know, is rather like opening a tin of sardines. We all of us are looking for the key.” Tagora’s “An evening of Alan Bennett” opens on 29 January. Tickets now on sale. Alan Bennett – British screenwriter, dramatist, actor – is unsurpassed in his eye for detail. His words may sting or caress, but …
“An evening of high drung and slarrit”
Thus did the author, N.F. Simpson, describe his play One way pendulum – Tagora’s production for June 2025. One way pendulum was first produced in London in 1959. The plot defies description, featuring a choir of “speak-your-weight” machines, a reconstruction of the Old Bailey built in a domestic living-room and a cast of marginally believable …
Here We Come A-wassailing
Hone your singing voice for an English-style Christmas carol evening! Together with other English-speaking associations (Alsace–États-Unis, Americans in Alsace, English-Speaking Community Alsace, and Young Actors Theater Strasbourg), Tagora will be contributing to a carol sing-along during the Strasbourg Christmas market. It takes place in Square Louise-Weiss, starting at 18:00, on Thursday 12 December. There will …
The end of “The Argument”
Last night the curtain went down for the final time on Tagora’s production of The Argument. A packed house saw our six actors give another sparky performance. Photos of the play (and many others!) are now available on the archive page.
“A farce in a new dimension”
Tagora will be staging N.F. Simpson’s absurdist comedy One way pendulum in June 2025. Casting readings will be held on 26 November and 3 December.
A kind of truth
That’s why we shout and scream at each other. Clears the air. A kind of truth begins to emerge. We see clearer. Tagora presents “The Argument” by William Boyd. Tickets now on sale. Pip and Meredith have had a bust-up. It was only about their opinion of a film, but it’s led to more significant …
There are a lot of things I don’t like in a play
Our special correspondent reports from Antwerp It had been a long journey. Not just the 470-plus kilometres that separate Antwerp from Strasbourg – a distance traversed by the Tagora team over the last few days, whether by car, train or, for the more courageous, Flixbus – but also the evolutionary path that had started some …
FEATS: a preview
Tagora presents a “pre-FEATS” evening The Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies (FEATS) will be held in Antwerp from 17 to 20 May 2024. Tagora will be taking part in the main festival on Monday evening with The Poorly-Written Play Festival by Carolyn Gage, and also in the fringe on Saturday with an improvisation show …