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Julius Caesar (2007)

2008-08-26T21:28:54Z

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[[Image:juliuscaesar.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Maria Bates]] / photograph by [[Mark Davies]]]]
by [[William Shakespeare]]

Directed by [[Maya Gabrielle Talbot]]

Performances: Tue 17th – Sat 21st July [[2007]], [[Prompt Corner]]

== Introduction ==

Rome, a democracy, has a leader who wishes to be a dictator, a king. Is this death for democracy? Will Romans no longer be free men? What is to be done about Julius Caesar?

Julius Caesar is Shakespeare’s first great tragedy. It tells the story of the conspiracy to kill Caesar, his assassination, and the civil war that followed, as Caesar’s ghost bloodily pursued the chief murderers across the Roman world.

Ambition, idealism, conspiracy, murder, civil chaos and war propel this play forward at a furious speed. It is words and spin that prove the most dangerous weapons in the battle to win the hearts and minds of the people.

== Cast ==
*Julius Caesar - [[Jack King]]
*Brutus - [[Ed Cartwright]]
*Cassius - [[Tom Rushforth]]
*Mark Antony - [[Andy Davies]]
*Portia - [[Catherine Ellis]]
*Calpurnia - [[Suzie Morgan]]
*Soothsayer - [[Maria Bates]]
*Octavius - [[Richard Nield]]
*Lepidus - [[Peter Medd]]
*Casca - [[David Blatcher]]
*Decius Brutus - [[Brian Yansen]]
*Cinna - [[Matthew Griffiths]]
*Metellus - [[Rob Franklin]]

== Crew ==

*Assistant Director - [[Sophie Leighton-Kelly]]
*Stage Manager - [[Kat Moody]]
*Assistant Stage Manager - [[James Hough]]
*Costumes - [[Hannah Gabrielle]]
*Projections - [[Charles Doyle]]
*Sound Design - [[Ivor Talbot]]
*Lighting Design - [[Mike Elliott]]
*Sound and Lighting Operator - [[Derek Dempsey]]
*Fight Director and Theatre Representative - [[Anton Krause]]
*Photography - [[Mark Davies]]
*Poster and Programme Design - [[Maria Bates]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==
Production photos by [[Mark Davies]]

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== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
[[Julius Caesar (1984)]]

== References ==

== External Links ==

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Prompt Corner Productions]]

Road (2005)

2008-08-26T21:27:51Z

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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 - [[Christine 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 Rodgers]]
*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 ==

*Director - [[Emma Hillman]]
*P.A. - [[Jess Osorio]]
*Choreography - [[Anton Krause]]
*Set Design - [[Stuart Draper]]
*Set Builders - [[Stuart Draper]], [[Anton Krause]]
*Sound Design - [[Brian Curtis]]
*Sound Operator - [[Gavin Parker]]
*Lighting Design - [[Mike Elliott]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Jenny]]
*Costume - [[Michelle Thomson]]
*Poster Design - [[Mark Davies]], [[Steve Marchant]]
*Photography - [[Mark Davies]]
*Front of House - [[Angela Barnes]], [[Jess Osorio]]
*Stage Manager - [[Mark Bullock]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==
<gallery caption="Production photos by [[Mark Davies]]" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="4">
Image:Road cast.jpg|The Cast and set.
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 Rodgers]]
Image:Road5.jpg|[[Fiona Daffern]] and [[Christine Theophilus]]
Image:Road7.jpg|[[Dave Hollander]]
Image:Road8.jpg|[[Angela Barnes]], [[Simon Carnall]] and [[Dave Hollander]]
Image:Road9.jpg|[[Marcus Stewart]], [[Helen Bates]], [[Ruth Huggett]] and [[Kevin Monk]]
Image:Road10.jpg|[[Siobhan Campbell]] and [[John Watson]]
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== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==
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== External Links ==

*[http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0093868/ Road on imdb]

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]

Between Worlds (2005)

2008-08-26T21:26:00Z

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[[Image:BetweenWorldsPoster.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Edwina Watson]]]]

by [[By Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt]]

Directed by [[Mark Bullock]]

Performances: Wed 21st to Sat 24th September [[2005]], [[Prompt Corner]]

== Introduction ==

Between Worlds: ''"How on earth did I get here? When will I be able to leave? Where will I go?"''

Every guest who gets to the Two Worlds Hotel asks the same questions. But nobody knows the answers. In this strange place, anything is possible, even miracles - the lame walk again and liars tell the truth. The enigmatic Doctor S. looks after the guests during their stay, but his silence only increases their fears. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's new play is a metaphysical suspense drama between dream and reality, life and death, comedy and tragedy. Schmitt's play is another desperate quest as well as a variation on the notion of Meaning. In the end, Mystery remains the sole reason for hope.

The guests are Colin, a man who has been drinking too much and has crashed his car into a tree. The Chairman who is a self-important businessman perpetually preoccupied with the belief that the only way he'll be able to leave is to organise a meeting with the doctor and to explain how well connected he is. The Magus, a fortune teller who has a detached, sardonic view of the others but with an underlying warmth and affection. Jessie a cleaning lady whose life on earth has never been comfortable, and who is amazed to find herself so well cared for. Laura, a paraplegic girl who in the real world is confined to a bed or a wheelchair and unable to do anything for herself but in the hotel has a normal healthy body.

== Cast ==
*Colin - [[Matt Fox]]
*Chairman - [[Alan Buckman]]
*Jessie - [[Carole Coyne]]
*Laura - [[Rachael Watkins]]
*Dr S... - [[Maria Bates]]
*Magus - [[Matthew Lyne]]

== Crew ==
*Assistant Director - [[Angela Barnes]]
*Stage Manager - [[Lee Ridgeway]]
*Sound Design - [[Andrew Rickinson]]
*Lighting Design - [[Phil Gammon]]
*Operation - [[Jenny Harris]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==
<gallery caption="Rehearsal photos by [[Mark Davies]]" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="4">
Image:Bw1.jpg|[[Lee Ridgeway]] and [[unknown]]
Image:Bw2.JPG|[[Rachael Watkins]] and [[Alan Buckman]]
Image:Bw3.JPG|[[Matt Fox]]
Image:Bw5.JPG|[[Carole Coyne]] with [[Matt Fox]]
Image:Bw6.JPG|[[Alan Buckman]] and [[Matthew Lyne]]
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== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Following a well-received run in [[Prompt Corner]], the production later transferred to the [http://www.uniontheatre.org/ Union Theatre].

== References ==

== External Links ==

*'''[http://www.someplace.com/thisplay This play on the web]

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[[Category:New Writing]]

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2008-08-23T18:38:59Z

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