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One Small Step West End

One Small Step

Opens: October 2, 2024
Closing: October 09, 2024
Buy Tickets from: £15

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Charing Cross Theatre
The Arches Villiers Street London

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Takashi and Narumi are a married couple, working for a major contractor on a project to migrate humans to the Moon where a city is being established where humanity’s ideal new life can begin. But they suddenly encounter an unexpected setback to their plans…



ONE SMALL STEP is an original play by Takuya Kato, a prolific young Japanese playwright and director, developed in Japan and the UK through workshops and readings with UK artists.



Translated by Andrew Eglinton and Mika Eglinton.


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Cast Set For ONE SMALL STEP UK Premiere
by Stephi Wild - Aug 20, 2024


Mark Takeshi Ota, Susan Momoko Hingley and Jay Faisca will star in the world premiere of ONE SMALL STEP, written and directed by Takuya Kato, translated by Andrew Eglinton and Mika Eglinton, at Charing Cross Theatre from Friday 27 September to Wednesday 9 October.

London Theatre Week Launches With Over 75 Shows
by Stephi Wild - Aug 19, 2024


London Theatre Week is set to make a  return with its celebration of the West End's vibrant theatrical scene. From Monday 19th August, theatre fans can shop exclusively priced tickets starting at just £15 via TodayTix.

Video: Ece Era Releases Single on Artificiality & Expectations of Femininity
by Josh Sharpe - Aug 5, 2024


Turkish-based electronic musician Ece Era (pronounced “edge-uh air-uh”) has released her new single “You Know What Goes Down.' The single explores themes of societal expectations placed on women, the artificiality of femininity, and the internal conflict women experience between their natural selves and the roles they are expected to play. Watch the video now.

S T A R R Busby Builds Revolutionary Communal Healing Space At JACK In August
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 26, 2024


Award-winning composer S T A R R busby builds a revolutionary communal healing space at JACK with Working Up A Surrender: Collective Healing Experiments, running August 15 - August 18, 2024.

Two New Japanese Plays Are Headed to London
by Stephi Wild - Jul 9, 2024


Umeda Arts Theater will present two new UK-Japan collaboration projects featuring up-and-coming Japanese writers and directors at London’s Charing Cross Theatre.

Ece Era Shares Her New Single 'Let Go' Ahead of Debut Full-Length Album
by Josh Sharpe - May 8, 2024


Turkish musician and filmmaker Ece Era (pronounced 'Edge-eh') returns with her new single, “Let Go”. Istanbul > NYC > Belgium, Ece Eryavuz has persistently been on a mission to explore her creative and philosophical interests.  Her music is rooted in a notion of sincerity. It’s deeply personal and representative of one small step on her journey to liberating herself from the identity that was formalised in her youth. Listen to the single!

Up Until Now Collective Brings Their Fully Accessible, Multi-Sensory Immersive Installation To JACK This March
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 16, 2024


Up Until Now Collective brings a multi-sensory installation to JACK! Experience a unique immersive art experience from March 8th - March 24th.

JACK Launches 2024 Season With Cristina Pitter Installation & Ceremony As Part Of The Exponential Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 2, 2024


JACK Launches 2024 Season With Cristina Pitter Installation & Ceremony As Part Of The Exponential Festival. Performances January 10th - 13th.

Deepali Gupta's Musical Tragedy Premieres This Weekend At JACK!
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 9, 2023


Deepali Gupta's Musical Tragedy, Deepali Gupta: United States v. Gupta premieres this weekend at JACK, running November 10 - November 28, 2023.

THE ROCKET MAN SHOW & THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Come To SF's Curran Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 17, 2023


BroadwaySF, part of the Ambassador Theatre Group has announced two new shows coming to San Francisco's Curran Theater—The Rocket Man Show, a one-of-a-kind tribute to Elton John, and a special 48th anniversary screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, featuring the movie's original Brad Majors, Barry Bostwick.

Sacred Bones to Release Mort Garson's 'Journey to the Moon and Beyond' This Friday
by Michael Major - Jul 17, 2023


Highlighted singles include “Moon Journey,' the soundtrack to the live broadcast of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, as first heard on CBS News, and “Zoos of The World,” a springy, unpredictable cut taken from a 1970 National Geographic special. 

John J. Caswell, Jr.'s WET BRAIN Extended at Playwrights Horizons
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 13, 2023


Playwrights Horizons and MCC Theater have revealed a one-week extension of the world premiere of John J. Caswell, Jr.’s Wet Brain, directed by Dustin Wills, to July 2. 

Eisa Davis Transforms JACK Into A Contemporary Art Museum Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 13, 2023


Award-winning creator and performer Eisa Davis transforms JACK into a contemporary art museum hosting The Essentialisn't—a transatlantic undrowning—in a pasture of hair.

Playwrights Horizons and MCC Theater To Present the World Premiere Of John J. Caswell, Jr.'s WET BRAIN
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 3, 2023


Playwrights Horizons and MCC Theater will present the world premiere of John J. Caswell, Jr.'s Wet Brain, directed by Dustin Wills. A terrifyingly inventive look at addiction's ability to transform one's existence and relationships, Wet Brain offers an American family drama that is not only freed from realism, but also, perhaps unmoored from Earth itself.

THE ROCKET MAN SHOW Tribute To Elton John Is Coming To DPAC On August 4
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 23, 2023


The Rocket Man Show, a tribute to Elton John has announced dates for the 2023 tour, which includes a first time performance at DPAC on Friday August 4, 2023.

Paul Alexander Nolan, Chilina Kennedy & More to Star in NORTHERN EXPOSURE at 54 Below
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 17, 2023


54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present “Northern Exposure” on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 7:00PM.

Review: PREVIEWS OF DEPARTING ATTRACTIONS - A Theatrical Breath Of Fresh Air At Austin Playhouse
by Lynn Beaver - Aug 13, 2022


Lowell Bartholomee’s new work, PREVIEWS OF DEPARTING ATTRACTIONS is a theatrical breath of fresh air during our stifling August heat.

Palm Beach Symphony Ends School Year After Impacting Nearly 8K Students
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 15, 2022


Palm Beach Symphony reached 7,943 K-12 students during the 2021-2022 school year via innovative programs presented at no charge to the schools or students.  Players of the Palm Beach Symphony mentored young musicians enrolled in orchestra and band classes, and they also performed for student audiences school-wide in Pre-K through 12th grade across Palm Beach County.

EDINBURGH 2022: Pick of the Programme- Children's Shows
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jun 10, 2022


BroadwayWorld select their top Edfringe 2022 pick of children's shows

18th & Union Presents ANIMAL SAINTS & ANIMAL SINNERS III
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 4, 2022


Animal Saints & Animal Sinners III has been announced at 18th & Union, January 13 - 15 2022, various dates.

Young People's Theatre Launches 2021.22 Season With RIHANNABOI95 
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 16, 2021


Young People's Theatre will kick off its 56th season with playwright Jordan Tannahill's powerful virtual play for teens, rihannaboi95.

Queens Theatre to Present First In-Person Play Readings Since Pandemic Shut Down
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 5, 2021


Queens Theatre will mark its first in-person play readings since the start of the pandemic with two evenings of performances. 'SHORTS! An Evening of Short Plays' on Saturday, November 6th at 8 PM ET and 'MORE SHORTS! Another Evening of Short Plays' on Saturday, December 4th at 8 PM ET.

Queens Theatre Returns to In-Person Performances With SHORTS! AN EVENING OF SHORT PLAYS
by Stephi Wild - Oct 29, 2021


Queens Theatre marks its first in-person play readings since the start of the pandemic with two evenings of performances. SHORTS! An Evening of Short Plays on Saturday, November 6th at 8 PM and MORE SHORTS! Another Evening of Short Plays on Saturday, December 4th at 8 PM feature plays written and directed by artists who identify as Asian. 

Roustabout Announces The Autumn 2021 Tour of New Family Show THIS ISLAND'S MINE
by Stephi Wild - Jul 29, 2021


Blending Brechtian and Forum Theatre techniques that encourage the audience to think, question and challenge, This Island's Mine focuses on a debate between three inhabitants of an island - one of the first peoples (Ariel), a second generation religious refugee (Caliban) and a Western coloniser (Stephano) - who all believe the island is theirs. 

Palm Beach Symphony Earns High Marks on 2020-21 School Year Report Card
by Stephi Wild - Jul 14, 2021


Through a hybrid model of in-person and at-home virtual learning, the Symphony provided coaching sessions for seven different instruments: flute, clarinet, saxophone, French horn, trumpet, low brass and percussion. In addition to music instruction, musicians also shared their experiences and served as positive role models at a time in the students’ lives when they are beginning to seriously consider their future careers.

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