Coming Up
The Land We Shared
Arts Depot London
October 15th 2026
In her new production, award-winning performance-maker Larisa Faber blends documentary theatre, live music, and an unlikely prop – cabbages – to uncover the complex layers of grief and historical memory. A semi-autobiographical puzzle with a real-life discovery after her grandmother’s burial becomes a gateway into examining unfinished business, attempting to right the wrongs of the past. Drawing on her Romanian heritage, Faber takes the audience on a multigenerational journey through Romania’s turbulent history. With an exceptional creative team, a touch of surrealism, and a stage full of soil, this theatrical experience turns private mourning into a universal exploration of loss, the weight of history, and the relentless pull of family ties.
WHITE GOLD
Neimënster Abbey
November 12th - 18th 2026
Camden People's Theatre
November 25th - 28th 2026
"One false move and I'm compost."
It’s time for the asparagus harvest, the last harvest, and the Asparagus Spear is ready. She thinks. But her Roots are hiding something. And where are the Pickers who must do the back breaking work? And where are their children? Back in Romania, forgetting them. It’s now or never. Before the crop rots. Europe needs her White Gold.
Weaving together the perspectives of a seasonal labourer, the daughter she never gets to see, and one precocious asparagus spear, WHITE GOLD is a surreal deep dive into the strange world of Europe’s most exclusive veg. It’s theatre, but it’s also clowning and ballet with ballads. It’s about Eastern European mothers, the price of perfection and leaving your roots behind.
Fresh from runs at Avignon Festival and Luxembourg, this is the UK premiere of award-winning writer/director Larisa Faber’s latest show and her first return to CPT since 2021 with critically acclaimed "stark bollock naked".
Co-produced by neimënster. Based on a text commissioned by University College London's European Institute. Supported by Fondation Été.
