The ever-popular Playhouse Studio will play host to two productions this spring as the intimate space in the Playhouse rafters continues to provide big stories on a small scale. Former Everyman and Playhouse director-in-residence Matthew Xia is back with a production of Sizwe Banzi is Dead from the 10th to the 14th June, while Mogadishu writer Vivienne Franzmann’s Pests comes directly to the Studio following its première at Manchester Royal Exchange at 28th to 31st May.