What Is Black Label?

Black Label is the home of all non-comedic theatre projects undertaken by Stranger Things Have Happened. It is project-based, meaning that the cast, director and crew of the productions vary. On this page, you will find our current and past Black Label projects.

 

 

  • Osama the Hero

    Osama the Hero. Gary is an awkward teenage misfit living in a London housing estate. People distrust him, and stare when he passes by. He doesn’t know why, but he seems to have the habit of asking the wrong questions at the wrong time. After Gary gives a presentation about Osama Bin Laden at school, the situation only gets worse, and when somebody starts setting things on fire in the neighborhood, Gary becomes an obvious and easy suspect. View Website

    • Osama the Hero

    Black Label’s most recent project was the December 2010 production of Dennis Kelly’s Osama the Hero. Gary is an awkward teenage misfit living in a London housing estate. People distrust him, and stare when he passes by. He doesn’t know why, but he seems to have the habit of asking the wrong questions at the wrong time. After Gary gives a presentation about Osama Bin Laden at school, the situation only gets worse, and when somebody starts setting things on fire in the neighborhood, Gary becomes an obvious and easy suspect. Osama the Hero is a provocative, powerful and unsettling piece that audiences are not likely to forget.

    Cast & Crew

    Written by Dennis Kelly. Directed by Jeroen Vandommele and Elger Abbink. Cast: Chandler Bullock, Karin Ruitenbeek, Naomi de Ruiter, T.J. daSilva and Tom Wilcox. Production by Henriëtte Poelman. Additional art design by Gijs Deddens.

    Dates

    PERFORMANCE DATES
    9 December 2010
    10 December 2010
    11 December 2010

  • Storms

    Storms. It's going to be a night to remember. Wealthy business magnate David Thornton is having a farewell party, and all the rich and famous are invited. Among his guests: a caffeine-fuelled businessman and his shrewd, calculating wife; a beautiful but dim weather girl; a loyal, long-suffering business partner; and a carefree, vicious socialite. But there are rumours that David's departure is motivated by crisis, and the storm that's coming in wasn't on any forecast. What will happen to the six characters as these storms hit? View Website

    • Storms

    It's going to be a night to remember. Wealthy business magnate David Thornton is having a farewell party, and all the rich and famous are invited. Among his guests: a caffeine-fuelled businessman and his shrewd, calculating wife; a beautiful but dim weather girl; a loyal, long-suffering business partner; and a carefree, vicious socialite. But there are rumours that David's departure is motivated by crisis, and the storm that's coming in wasn't on any forecast. What will happen to the six characters as these storms hit? Storms was commissioned by the Groningen Student Theatre Festival as the festival's closing performance.

    Cast & Crew

    Written and directed by Kees de Vries. Cast: Chandler Bullock, Thomas Mook, Henriëtte Poelman, Jantien Siebring, Mathilde van Steeg and Lotte Taminiau. Production by Jeannet van Dalen.

    Dates

    PERFORMANCE DATES
    16 October 2010
    19 October 2010
    20 October 2010

  • Sleuth

    Sleuth. A millionaire detective novelist matches wits with the unemployed actor who ran off with his wife in a deadly serious, seriously twisted game with dangerous consequences.

    • Sleuth

    Sleuth is a play written by Anthony Shaffer. The story is set in the Wiltshire, England manor house of Andrew Wyke, an immensely successful mystery writer. His home reflects Wyke's obsession with the inventions and deceptions of fiction and his fascination with games and game-playing. He lures his wife's lover, Milo Tindle, to the house and convinces him to stage a robbery of her jewelry, a proposal that sets off a chain of events that leaves the audience trying to decipher where Wyke's imagination ends and reality begins.

    Cast & Crew

    Written by Anthony Shaffer. Directed by Jeroen Vandommele and Elger Abbink. Cast: Thomas Mook and Tom Wilcox. Production by Emma Linders.

    Dates

    PERFORMANCE DATES
    18 March 2010
    19 March 2010