First Performance 09/07/2008
Closing 11/07/2008

Steven Berkoff returns to the Hackney Empire for two nights only for a special run of two of his one man shows.

Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Adapted by Steven Berkoff
A gothic tale of horror, told by a man who stands alone in the spotlight, protesting sanity while he explains how he systematically went about killing and dismembering a neighbour whose “vulture eye” offended him, and how his perfect crime went astray.

Dog by Steven Berkoff
A hilarious day in the life of a football hooligan and his pit bull terrier, Roy. One minute Berkoff is the skinhead and the next he is Roy as he reacts to his master’s cruel but sometimes loving antics… It is a blistering indictment of the worst of British society, particularly its violent football fans.

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