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Playhouse Creatures (2005)

2007-06-11T11:44:46Z

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[[Image:playhouse_web.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Mark Davies]]]]

by [[April de Angelis]]

Directed by [[Lorraine Spenceley]]

Performances: Wed – Sat th [[2005]], Prompt Corner.

== Introduction ==

The year is 1669 - a bawdy and troublesome time for Restoration London. The theatres have been reopened after 17 years of repression under the Puritans, encouraging a great upsurge in dramatic activity. Of vital importance to the development of drama was the entrance of the first English actresses upon the stage. Five famous figures - Nell Gwyn, Elizabeth Farley, Rebecca Marshall, Doll Common and Mary Betterton - provide us with a moving and often comic account of the precarious lot of a Restoration actress.

== Cast ==

*Nell Gwynn - [[Helen Herman]]
*Doll Common - [[Jeanette Hoile]]
*Mrs Farley - [[Samantha Golton]]
*Mrs Betterton - [[Vanessa Colls]]
*Mrs Marshall - [[Kate Monro]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[SM Name]]
*Lighting Design - [[Chris Liddle]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Chris Liddle]]
*Sound - [[Brian Fretwell]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Playhouse photo.jpg|[[Helen Herman]] and [[Vanessa Colls]]
Image:Playhouse photos01.jpg|[[Samantha Golton]]
Image:Playhouse photos013.jpg|[[Samantha Golton]] and [[Kate Monro]]
Image:Playhouse photos06.jpg|[[Jeanette Hoile]]
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(Photos: [[Mark Davies]])

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

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== References ==

== External Links ==

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Private Lives (2006)

2007-06-11T11:41:02Z

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[[Image:privatelives.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Mark Davies]]]]

by [[Noel Coward]]

Directed by [[Kat Moody]]

Performances: Tue 3rd – Sat 7th October [[2006]], Bell Theatre

== Introduction ==

Set in Deauville and Paris, 1930, Private Lives is Noel Coward's 20th century comedy masterpiece looking at the impossible relationship of Elyot and Amanda who seem unable to live with, or without each other and the effects this has on their respective new spouses. This is comedy to get your teeth into - some of the funniest lines and most famous characters in the English language, but with a cynical world view and dark passion underneath.

== Cast ==

*Elyot - [[Nick Mansley]]
*Amanda - [[Minna Pang]]
*Victor - [[Dave Chaisty]]
*Sibyl - [[Charlotte Vaight]]
*Louise - [[Lisa Kalker]]

== Crew ==

*Production Assistant - [[Emma Wilson]]
*Stage Manager- [[Jess Osorio]]
*ASM - [[Michelle Thomson]]
*Set Designer - [[Chaz Doyle]]
*Lighting design - [[Chris Liddle]]
*Sound design and operation- [[Andrew Rickinson]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Jill Fenton]]
*Fight director - [[Anton Krause]]
*Poster designer - [[Mark Davies]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Pl 025.jpg|[[Nick Mansley]] and [[Minna Pang]].
Image:Pl 054.jpg|[[Dave Chaisty]] and [[Charlotte Vaight]].
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(Photos [[Mark Davies]])

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Road (2005)

2007-06-10T22:42:20Z

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[[Image:Roadposter_web.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Mark Davies]]]]

by [[Jim Cartwright]]

Directed by [[Emma Hillman]]

Performances: 1st – 5th November [[2005]], [[Bell Theatre]].

== Introduction ==

Road by Jim Cartwright has been compared to Under Milk Wood and this is a good model for the structure of the piece: like the narrator in Thomas’ play for voices, Scullery our drunken guide meanders aimlessly up and down his road pointing out the features of the grim Lancashire landscape and setting the scenes for the glimpses we see of the inhabitants’ lives.

Brenda wants a pound on one, Prof’s after a recollection, Carol and Louise are looking for summat different, Barry and Marion are out to kill each other, Dor and Lane keep on snogging through. Eddie thinks he’s a cowboy, DJ Bisto invites you to his Beatoven disco and Joey’s just had enough. All human life is here. It’s a poetic depiction of the desolation wrought on the industrial North during the government of Our Lady Thatcher. Despite this, the characters are juicy with vitality expressing themselves in great verbal arias. Shagging, smoking, fighting, drinking, disco, fish and chips, seduction, thievery, stolen dreams, lost ideals, soldiers, tarts, housewives, moochers, drunks, academics, Buddhists and skinheads. Community. Brink, Carol, Eddie and Louise finish the night off for us conveying their greatest fears and dreams, the hopelessness of their hope and the thought that somehow they might escape.

“Hold tight! Here we go! Come on! Watch the kerb missus! Road’s coming round!”

There will be some entertainment in the bar before the show and at the interval provided by some of the inhabitants of Road.

“A surreal vision of the contemporary urban landscape…..uncomfortable and magical, funny and bitter. It is a Northern Under Milk Wood, high on pills and booze” Sunday Times.

“I promise you something different. Let’s see how much difference you can take” Brink, Road.

Emma Hillman<ref>Directors Notes - [http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk/productions/2005/road/ SLT Website]</ref>

== Cast ==

*Brenda/Dor - [[Chris Theophilus]]
*Barry/Chance Peterson/Brian - [[Dave Hollander]]
*Scullery - [[Simon Carnell]]
*Brother/DJ Bisto/Manfred - [[Matt Platt]]
*Louise - [[Ruth Huggett]]
*Carol - [[Helen Bates]]
*Brink/Tom Stanley - [[Marcus Stewart]]
*Eddie/Soldier/Blowpipe - [[Kevin Monk]]
*Lane - [[Fiona Daffern]]
*Skin Lad - [[Steve Rogers]]
*Molly - [[Annie Greenslade]]
*Professor - [[Philip Gill]]
*Bald/Father - [[Tony Emerson]]
*Mrs Bald/Dancer/Mother - [[Vanessa Colls]]
*Clare/Dancer - [[Siobhan Campbell]]
*Joey - [[John Watson]]
*Helen - [[Maria Bates]]
*Curt - [[Chris Learmonth]]
*Valerie/Dancer - [[Nikki Pruss]]
*Marion - [[Angela Barnes]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[SM Name]]
*Lighting Design - [[Mike Elliott]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Operator Name]]
*Sound Operator - [[Gavin Parker]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Road cast.jpg|The Cast and set.
</gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Road022_sltarch.jpg|[[Simon Carnall]] and [[Philip Gill]].
Image:Road1.jpg|[[Siobhan Campbell]], [[Vanessa Colls]] and [[Nikki Pruss]].
Image:Road2.jpg|[[Simon Carnall]]
Image:Road3.jpg|[[Annie Greenslade]]
Image:Road4.jpg|[[Steve Rogers]]
Image:Road5.jpg|[[Fiona Daffern]] and [[Chris Theophilus]]
Image:Road6.jpg|[[Maria Bates]] and [[Kevin Monk]]
Image:Road7.jpg|[[Dave Hollander]]
Image:Road8.jpg|[[Angela Barnes]], [[Simon Carnall]] and [[Dave Hollander]]
Image:Road9.jpg|[[Marcus Stewart]], .. .. and [[Kevin Monk]]
Image:Road10.jpg|[[Siobhan Campbell]] and [[John Watson]]
</gallery>

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Vinegar Tom (2002)

2007-06-10T22:39:30Z

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[[Image:vinegartomposter.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Poster Designer]]]]

by [[Caryl Churchill]]

Directed by [[Jack King]]

Performances: Tuesday 2nd Saturday 6th April, [[2002]], [[Prompt Corner]]

== Introduction ==

"If you float you're a witch
If you scream you're a witch
If you sink, then you're dead anyway.
If you cure you're a witch
Or impure you're a witch
Whatever you do, you must pay."

Churchill's modern classic examines the role of women in society and how church and state conspire to curb female independence and individuality through the accusation of witchcraft.

Both gripping and moving in turn this superb piece of writing is brought to life by an equally excellent cast of new and established members. Make sure you don't miss it!

== Cast ==

*Character 1 - [[Actor 1]]
*Character 2 - [[Actor 2]]
*Character 3 - [[Actor 3]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[SM Name]]
*Lighting Design - [[Designer Name]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Operator Name]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==
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== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

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== See Also ==
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== References ==

== External Links ==

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