The First Draft launch performances will be on 27th & 28th of January at the Horse, Waterloo. See First Draft Launch for more info
Archives for January 2010
Seconds
Written by Alex Morrisroe. Seconds is part of the The First 20 Minutes performances produced by Writer’s Avenue.
A teenage girl is shot dead in Manchester. Her mother searches for reasons. Her grandmother for someone to blame. Both long for a sense of normality. But if in the briefest second your life changes forever, is it possible to ever live normally again? Seconds is a story about living with loss and trying to find your way out of the dark.
Cast:
- Amy Cotter
- Ben Galpin
- Annie Julian
- Sophie Laughton
- Rochelle Parry
Music by Bryan Pilkington
Stage Managed by Cassandra Hodges
Peter Pan
The classic JM Barrie story given a pantomime twist by Crispin Harris.
A cast of 21 acting students from Drama Studio London toured the show to primary schools in West London in December 2009.
Directed by Matthew Parker
Original Music by Bryan Pilkington
Permission
Jack loves Jill and Jill loves Jack – but this relationship is far from a nursery rhyme.
A battle of the sexes dark comedy for the noughties generation from actor/writer Jamiu Adebiyi.
Produced by From the Soul Productions
Directed by Matthew Parker
Cast
- Jamiu Adebiyi
- Jaymie Addicott
- Sarah Lewin
- Dan MacLane
Zipporah
A new musical by Mari Haik Escudero adapted from the novel by Mark Halter. Zipporah tells the story of Moses’ wife; an outsider and enigma to those who knew her.
Writter & Composer – Maria Haik Escudero
Producer – Charlie Boyle
Director – Kate McGregor
Movement Director – Matthew Parker
Musical Director – Liam Lester
Cast
- Susan Moisan
- Sia Kiwa
- DK Ugonna
- Heather Mason
- Andrew Williams
- Andres Ortiz
- Tricia Stewart
- Stuart Heffernan
- Lucyelle Cliffe
- Alan Pearson
- Stephanie Rohr
- Jane MacAnealy
- Joe Swift
Twelve Clocks
In a castle in an undisclosed country twelve clocks have all stopped at ten to nine.
A supernatural, heightened comedy, devised by the acting students of Drama Studio London under the direction of Matthew Parker.
A Perfect Ganesh
Two outwardly unremarkable, middle aged lady friends throw themselves into arousing tour of India, each one having her own secret dreams of what the fabled land of intoxicating opposites will do for the suffering she hides within.
Faced with the women’s despair who but the golden elephant God could intervene? Fluid in his power to assume any guise, at peace with all things, Ganesha is the spiritual centre around which the play spins itself, drawing upon the tragic and the comic, the beautiful and the deplorable, until a breathtaking release arrives for both woman at his hands.
Directed by Matthew Parker
Cast
- Cory English
- Illona Linthwaite
- Annie Julian
- Rupert Mason
Beside Yourself
A farcical case of mistaken identity.
8 people, 4 sets of twins. They all gather together for one weekend at a Twin Research programme and confusion ensues!… Nick Hall’s frace takes mistaken identity to a new level in this 1970’s disco romp.
Cast:
- Charlotte Donnelly
- Kevin Millington
- Bryan Pilkington
- Kirsty Yates
Audience
One of Vaclav Havel’s classic Vanek plays, Audience takes us to a Czechoslovakian brewery where paranoia is distilled. Audience is a cleverly constructed satire on power and those who wield it.
Cast:
- Jeremiah O’Connor
- Stuart Slavicky
Directed by Matthew Parker
Through a Glass Darkly
A movement piece, playing with perceptions of reality, sense of self and reflection inspired by the biblical phrase “through a glass darkly”
Directed and choreographed by Matthew Parker