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Directors : Nigel Martin & Celia Reynolds
Set Design : Jude Chalk
Lighting Design : Phil Bentley
Sound design : Stephen Ley
Stage Managers : Moira McSperrin & Margaret Ley
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BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, by Neil Simon
Performance dates and times :
Tuesday 9th - Saturday 13th September at 7.45 p.m.
Matinée on Saturday 13th September at 3 p.m.
This production will be performed at the Bridewell Theatre.
The director writes :
Probably Neil Simon's most popular play, this is fun from beginning to end. Take a young
couple who've moved into a tiny, high-rise
apartment, Mum who is visiting, and a charming ladies' man who lives in the attic,
throw them together and wait for laughter and
fireworks!!
The characters are :
Corrie Bratter : Lisa Castle
Paul Bratter : Robin Hodges
Mrs Banks : Ros Moore
Victor Velasco : Harry Reeder
Telephone Man : Colin Dent
Delivery Man : To be cast
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Director : Martin Jackson
Set Design : Jude Chalk
Lighting Design : Phil Bentley
Sound design : Stephen Ley
Stage Managers : Moira McSperrin & Margaret Ley
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MADAME MELVILLE, by Richard Nelson
UK amateur premiere
Performance dates and times :
Tuesday 16th - Saturday 20th September at 7.45 p.m.
Matinée on Saturday 20th September at 3 p.m.
This production will be performed at the Bridewell Theatre.
Rehearsals are well under way.
The Director writes :
This is a gently funny and hauntingly poignant, rites of
passage/memory-play, centring on Carl, a 15 year-old American living in
Paris in 1966. He learns about art, music, books, life and love from
his apparently poised and very attractive teacher, Claudie Melville.
She, however, is emotionally vulnerable, recovering from the break-up
of her relationship with a married colleague. The third character in
the play is Ruth, Claudie's drily ironic, wise-cracking American
neighbour and friend, who has left her abusive husband and a child in
America to pursue a career as a classical violinist in Paris, and has
man troubles of her own.
Madame Melville was originally performed at the Vaudeville Theatre in
2000, to critical acclaim and was the first 'adult' stage vehicle for
Macaulay Culkin, who played Carl, with French film star, Irene Jacob as
Claudie Melville. Culkin then reprised his role on Broadway, with
Natasha Richardson as Claudie.
The cast is :
Carl : Lukas Grout
Claudie Melville : Vicki Young
Ruth : Daniela Acitelli
Father : Jerome Ashworth
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Director : Sara Randall
Set Design : Nigel Martin
Costume Design : Haidee Elise
Stage Managers : Bernice & Graham Molloy
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HAY FEVER, by Noël Coward
Performance dates and times :
Wednesday 8th - Saturday 11th October and Tuesday 14th - Saturday 18th October at 7.45 p.m.
Matinées on Sunday 12th and Saturday 18th October at 3 p.m.
This production will be performed at Theatro Technis, Camden Town.
Rehearsals have started.
The Director Writes :
You are cordially invited to the weekend from hell.
The Place : Cookham 1925
Your hosts : The Bliss Family
The family has invited various guests to stay for the weekend. None of the family has told the other members, so naturally chaos ensues. Hay Fever is a delicious comedy of fabulously bad manners. Stinging witticisms flung across chasms of incomprehension; a play which celebrates and satirises the acting and writing professions. Please give yourselves a treat and read this play, even if you have read or seen it previously. Notable ‘Judiths’ have included Edith Evans, Celia Johnson, Maria Aitken, Geraldine McEwan, Rosemary Harris and most recently in London, Judi Dench. Actors who have played ‘David’ include Peter Bowles, Roy Dotrice and John Standing.
The cast is :
Simon Bliss : Cameron Robertson
Sorrel Bliss : Vicky Booth
Clara : Louisa Shindle
Judith Bliss : Penny Tuerk
David Bliss : Gateley Freeman
Sandy Tyrell : Mark Simmonds
Myra Arundel : Anna Fiorentini
Richard Greatham : Matthew Vickers
Jackie Coryton : Nikki Ward
If you have any questions about the production, or if you would like to backstage on lighting or sound
please contact Sara Randall by E-mail.
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Director : Pat Grosse
Assistant Director : Ruth Sullivan
Set Design : Jo Staples
Stage Manager : Lorraine Terry
Sound Design : Stevie Hughes
Wardrobe : Jill Batty and Sheila Burbidge
Stephen Gray
Ann McColgan
Ian Recordon as Malvolio in the recent production of Twelfth Night
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THE DRESSER, by Ronald Harwood
Performance dates and times :
Tuesday 28th October - Saturday 1st November at 7.45 p.m.
Matinées on Saturday 1st November at 3 p.m.
This production will be performed at the Bridewell Theatre.
Rehearsals will begin on Sunday 7th September.
The Director writes :
A prolific and acclaimed play and screen-writer in both England and Hollywood, Ron Harwood’s work includes Another Time, Taking Sides, The Pianist and Oliver Twist. First performed in 1980, The Dresser is his best-known play and, having worked as Sir Donald Wolfit’s dresser for five years, it captures the intimate relationship between ‘the star’ and those around him. Well known to us is the little world that theatre creates, however briefly, and The Dresser affectionately captures the love, hate, jealousy, ambition and therapy involved.
Set in 1942, the play portrays the now past world of the actor-manager, a god unto himself and all around. Battling against air-raids, constant touring on freezing and erratic trains, ghastly food and nearly everyone away in the armed services, only an obsessive love of Shakespeare keeps this company afloat. Thus the play is set in the dressing room of ‘SIR’ himself, in the wings of the stage, and, in Act 2, during a crisis behind the curtain whilst a production of King Lear is in progress on stage. In the film (with Tom Courtenay, Albert Finney and Eileen Atkins) this was easily portrayed – on stage it will require our ingenuity!
Ron Harwood is so experienced in the theatre that every character has at least one
major scene for themselves, as well as lines throughout. I have found that many people
remember this play as a two-hander (the Dresser and Sir). But as you will see from the
cast list, it is a well thought out
ensemble piece.
The cast is :
Norman : Stephen Gray
Her Ladyship : Ann McColgan
Madge : Simona Hughes
Sir : Ian Recordon
Irene : Jill Ruane
Geoffrey Thornton / The Fool : Henry Chester
Mr. Oxenby / Edmund : Alistair Maydon
Duke of Kent : David Malin
Duke of Gloucester / Duke of Albany : Alexander Gordon-Wood
There are two roles, the Dukes of France and Burgundy, which are walk on parts with no speech.
These are for the King Lear section of the
play. Anyone interested?
If you are or would like to discuss any aspect of the
production, please contact Pat Grosse by E-mail.
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Director : Lesley Strachan
Set Design : Alex Kerr
Costume Design : Zahra Mansouri
Lighting Design : Jo Green
Fight Choreographer : Lindsay Kirby
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LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, by Christopher Hampton
Performance dates :
Tuesday November 4th - Saturday November 8th
This production will be performed at the Bridewell Theatre.
Rehearsals will start in early September.
The director writes :
Two ex-lovers conspire to corrupt a young girl barely out of her convent. Both confident in their sexual prowess, they challenge each other to seduce individuals for whom they care nothing, “win or die”. Searing edge wit, dark humour and fascinating status games underlie the major exchanges. Rehearsal should be fun!
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La Marquise de Merteuil : Karen Walker |
Mme de Volanges : Philippa Tatham |
Cecile Volanges : Amy Dawson |
Le Vicomte de Valmont : Alex Barker |
Azolan : Chris Peregrine |
Mme de Rosemonde : Julia Collier |
La Presidente de Tourvel : Haidee Eise |
Emile : Emily Frith |
Le Chevalier Danceny : Chris Paddon |
Majordomo : Simon Gibbons |
If you have any queries about the production
please contact the Director, Lesley Strachan, by E-mail.
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If you would be interested in working backstage on this show - stage management, lighting, sound or costumes -
please get in touch with the Technical Co-ordinator, Richard Pedersen,
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Director : Colin Smith
Assistant Director : John Field
Stage Manager : Jean Carr
Sound Design : Phillip Ley
Lighting Design : Laurence Tuerk
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THE MYSTERIES - Six linked dramas from the great 14th century Cycles of the Medieval Trade Guilds
("maisterye" = craft),
freely adapted by Colin Smith
Performance dates :
Tuesday November 18th - Saturday November 22nd
This production will be performed at St Marys Church, Stoke Newington Church Street.
If you have any query about the show please contact Colin Smith (8808 8587).
Rehearsals will start in late September.
The director writes :
These unique drama from the Cycles of York, Wakefield, Chester … cover a huge canvas, from The Creation of the World to The Last Judgement. A major social event of the medieval year, they were originally produced al fresco to celebrate the religious festivals. The short plays, of and by the people, had the guarded blessing of Church authorities - occasionally they take an unorthodox line! Our mini-cycle will include The Creation, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Deluge, Moses and Pharoah, and The Nativity. The wide range
of characters - some 40 speaking parts - have great acting potential. The lively blend of peasant wisdom, piety. and earthy humour appeals to actors and audiences alike. The language and expression is refreshingly different but easy to come to grips with.
The cast is :
The Presenter : | Penny Tuerk |
God : | Marcus Toulmin-Rothe |
The Creation |
Adam
Eve |
Rowan Tafler
Maria-Teresa Lander |
Seraphim : | Jill Batty |
Satan (Lucifer) : | Jo Green |
Cain and Abel |
Abel : | To be cast |
Cain : | Ed Malcolmson |
Boy : | Freddie Norris |
Noah and the Deluge |
Noah : | To be cast |
Mrs Noah : | Sheila Burbidge |
Shem
Ham
Japhet
| Jo Greem
Rowan Tafler
To be cast |
Shem's Wife
Ham's Wife
Japhet's Wife
| Anna Pepe
Helene Hockland
Annemarie Fearnley |
Gossip :
| Kate Fearnley |
Abraham and Isaac |
Abraham :
| Tom Tillery |
Isaac :
| To be cast |
Doctor of Law :
| Koullis Kyriacou |
Moses and Pharaoh
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Moses :
| Ian Hoare |
Pharaoh :
| John Cornwell |
Two Counsellors :
| Ian Recordon
Richard Kirby |
Three Jews :
| Bob Hough
Paula Mount
Harriet Watson |
Two Eygptians :
| Jill Batty
Koullis Kyriacou |
The Nativity |
Isaiah :
| Brice Pitt |
Gabriel :
| Rowan Tafler |
Mary :
| Elizabeth Goode |
Joseph :
| Jonathan Norris |
Three Shepherds :
| John Morton
Peter Novis
Leslie Smith |
Two Angels :
| Annemarie Fearnley
Anna Pepe |
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Director : David Taylor
Musical Director : Colin Guthrie
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PUTTING IT TOGETHER Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Devised by Stephen Sondheim and Julia McKenzie.
Performance dates :
Thursday 11th - Saturday 13th and Tuesday 16th - Friday 19th December at 7.45 p.m.;
matinees on Sunday 14th and Saturday 20th December at 3 p.m.
This production will be performed at Theatro Technis, Camden Town.
Auditions are for Members only.
Click here for details.
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Audition dates : Tuesday 16th and Thursday 18th September at 7.30 p.m. at the St Bride Institute (above the Bridewell Theatre), Bride Lane, London EC4Y 8EQ.
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Rehearsals will start in early October.
The Director and Musical Director write :
The location is Manhattan. The cast consists of a middle-aged couple (somewhat jaded) and a
more youthful couple (rather more upbeat) and a single man who is the outsider / narrator.
There is not much plot to speak of but the show consists of a series of the best Sondheim
songs arranged to contrast the couples at different ages and to explore the eternally rich
subject of personal relationships.
After a tryout in Oxford in 1992, the show was presented at New York’s Manhattan Theatre Club
for a season of sell-out performances. It starred Julie Andrews and was directed by Julia
McKenzie. A Los Angeles production followed starring Carol Burnett, John Barrowman and
Ruthie Henshall.
Auditionees should come prepared to sing two contrasting songs of their choice. It would be
very helpful to let Colin Guthrie know in advance which songs you intend to sing. Please contact him
by E-mail.
If you cannot make the audition dates or have any queries about the production, please contact
David Taylor by E-mail.
The cast comprises :
Man 1 : The husband
Woman 1 : The wife
Man 2 : A younger man
Woman 2 : A younger woman
Man 3 : The Narrator
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If you would be interested in working backstage on this show - stage management, lighting, sound or costumes -
please get in touch with the Technical Co-ordinator, Laurence Tuerk,
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