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- Inferno Kid 24th May @ Crescent Theatre
- Emerging West Midlands Writers and Directors Given Major Boost
- Ridiculusmus: Total Football @ mac
- Dr Frankenstein’s Travelling Freak Show comes to the OJST next week!
- Arena Theatre appoints new Venue Manager
- Skills workshops for the Midlands Actor! Booking now.
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| Inferno Kid 24th May @ Crescent Theatre Posted: 17 May 2013 05:17 AM PDT The Inferno Kid A dark comedy by Alex Brockie
"The balance of humour and pathos is carefully crafted to deliver a powerful emotional hit… ….Alex Brockie is not only a very talented performer but, as the writer and director of the piece, clearly a skilled wordsmith…." – Kate Kavanagh Theatre Fever 2013 The Inferno Kid is a pull-no-punches play about a former British wrestling star who, at 36, is disabled, destitute and descending into madness. Now the living room of his wife's council flat is a fitting venue for one final showdown – this time, with the demons of his past. However, with his mind and his marriage on the line is this a match The Inferno Kid can win? The Inferno Kid is presented by emerging Midlands based theatre maker Alex Brockie. Early audience reactions have been overwhelmingly positive and the show is now moving to larger venues. For one night only, with a young and vibrant cast, the Inferno Kid will be performed at the Crescent Theatre in Birmingham. This is one performance you will not want to miss. The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 24 May 7.30pm
Tickets: £10 | £8 Concessions | http://www.crescent-theatre.co.uk @infernokid1 / facebook.com/theinfernokid | ||||||||
| Emerging West Midlands Writers and Directors Given Major Boost Posted: 17 May 2013 05:15 AM PDT Emerging theatre artists in the West Midlands have been given a boost with the news that, thanks to significant support from The Leverhulme Trust, Birmingham Repertory Theatre's REP Foundry artist development programme will continue until 2016. The Leverhulme Trust has awarded Birmingham Repertory Theatre an Arts Scholarship of £136,950 over three years towards its REP Foundry initiative. Created under The REP's new artistic director, Roxana Silbert in January 2013, REP Foundry aims to discover and promote the West Midlands' most promising burgeoning talent with a group of 18 writers, directors and theatre makers receiving mentoring and professional support from staff at The REP and leading theatre practitioners. As well as master classes with theatre professionals REP Foundry artists have the opportunity to present work in progress in front of an audience at monthly scratch performance nights. Jean Cater of the Leverhulme Trust said: Roxana Silbert, Artistic Director of Birmingham Repertory Theatre said the award will make a significant difference to REP Foundry: The Leverhulme Trust was established in 1925 under the Will of the first Viscount Leverhulme. It is one of the largest all-subject providers of research funding in the UK, distributing funds of some £60 million every year. The Trust's Arts Scholarships provide funds for three years for training opportunities across the whole range of artistic disciplines in the fine and performing arts, but not normally within universities. The first REP Foundry scratch performance nights have already taken place with 11 of the theatre artists sharing their work in front of a live audience. Future REP Foundry nights take place on the last Thursday of the month at The Edge, Cheapside, Digbeth until July, and then at the newly re-opened Birmingham Repertory Theatre in October and November. For tickets, costing £5, and further information call 0121 236 4455 or visit Birmingham-rep.co.uk/repfoundry. Applications for the 2014 REP Foundry scheme will be announced in Autumn 2013.
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| Ridiculusmus: Total Football @ mac Posted: 17 May 2013 05:13 AM PDT Ridiculusmus: Total FootballFri 24 & Sat 25 May, 8pm | Tickets £12 (£10) | Age 15+ | Theatre Created, Written and Performed by David Woods and Jon Haynes As sports world bigwigs prepared to descend on London for last year's games and bureaucratic busybodies tried to figure out how best to exploit the national fervour, Ridiculusmus created its very own satirical take on it all – Total Football. Picking over football systems, political wrangling and changing room banter, Total Football tackles the big questions of life – immortality, happiness and why England always lose. From the controversial attempt to create a united UK football team for the 2012 games to one man's attempts to reproduce when he can't even explain the offside rule, Ridiculusmus has patched up its metatarsals to examine the melting pot of what it means to be British today. Building on the Company's' reputation for making seriously funny, multi-award winning theatre and masterfully inventive comic writing, Total Football is a wickedly clever, mischievously sharp, and acutely observed meditation on our times. "Provocative surrealists Ridiculusmus are the last men on the planet you'd want to run your soccer team – which is what makes Total Football so enticing." * * * * Time Out London
"You don't need to give a fig about Football to enjoy this inventive, hectic 70 minute piece… this slice of the absurd has a real lightness of touch." * * * * Evening Standard
"his wry look at British Identity through the lens of football is bang on target: droll, daft and deft" * * * * Financial Times | ||||||||
| Dr Frankenstein’s Travelling Freak Show comes to the OJST next week! Posted: 17 May 2013 05:11 AM PDT Tin Shed Theatre Company return to The OJST! Dr Frankenstein's Travelling Freak Show Wed 22nd May 8pm Thurs 23rd May 8pm Tickets: £10/£8 conc. "What does one see, when looking into the eyes of a monster?" You are invited to revel in the freakish delights of Dr Frankenstein's Travelling Freak Show! Take your seat and observe as a lobster mind reader, a bearded lady and a chimpanzee retell Mary Shelly's Frankenstein through the debauched and twisted eyes of one cynical raconteur. Accompanied by an original score composed by Cardiff based band INC.A, Tin Shed Theatre present the darkly comical and sickly twisted, Dr Frankenstein's Travelling Freak Show delicately treading the line between hilarity and morality. "One of the most impressive theatre performances I have ever seen…This is Fringe theatre at its best!" 5 STARS, BROADWAY BABY "Marvelously grotesque and freakishly compulsive" 5 STARS, THE LATEST To Book: Box Office: 0121 200 0946 Website: www.oldjointstocktheatre.co.uk | ||||||||
| Arena Theatre appoints new Venue Manager Posted: 17 May 2013 05:09 AM PDT The University of Wolverhampton is pleased to announce the appointment of Neil Reading as the Arena Theatre's new Venue Manager. Neil takes over the role following the retirement of Kevin O'Sullivan in April. For the last twelve months, Neil has worked as Promoter at the Arena Theatre's sister venue, The Performance Hub, which is based on the University of Wolverhampton's Walsall campus. In his new role, as well as overseeing the programming and management of the Arena, Neil will continue to be involved in the development of the Performance Hub. Prior to his job at the Performance Hub, Neil worked as the Student Activities Co-ordinator at the University of Wolverhampton for five years, greatly increasing student engagement in societies and volunteering. Neil has also worked for a number of other venues, including The Moat House Hotel Stafford and Rugeley Rose Theatre, and has toured work to Battersea Arts Centre, Gatehouse Theatre Stafford and Bedlam Theatre in Edinburgh. Neil has a performance background, gaining a BA (Hons) in Theatre Studies at University of Hull and an MA in Directing for Theatre at St. Mary's College in Twickenham. Neil founded Violet Microwave Theatre in 2000 and has directed all of their shows to date. Neil was also a founder member of JUICE Comedy and has been part of the team that has turned this into Stafford's only independent comedy promotion. Neil Reading says, "'I am delighted to be appointed as Venue Manager of the Arena Theatre and Performance Hub. I am looking forward to working with the team and our partners over the coming months to plan a terrific future for the two venues together, as we continue to develop as a centre for emerging artists and innovative theatre. Through working across both of these venues, we will be able to provide audiences in the Black Country with top quality theatre, dance, music and spoken word." Peter Robinson, Principal Lecturer and Head of Department for Leisure and The Arena Theatre, says: "Neil brings a real passion and vision for the future to the Arena Theatre. I'm confident that Neil will build on Kevin O'Sullivan's 27 year legacy to ensure that in these difficult economic times for the arts, the Arena and Performance Hub continue to thrive." | ||||||||
| Skills workshops for the Midlands Actor! Booking now. Posted: 17 May 2013 05:07 AM PDT One off Workshops in the Midlands-please pass on to actor friends!We've teamed up with some top notch teachers and schools and are bringing them to Birmingham. Focusing on developing skills that support the actor whether they're a seasoned pro, student, returning to the industry or new like a chicklet. We all know there's a big pool of actors in the Midlands so what better way to keep the juices flowing than a workshop without the cross country train fare…..Please note: Theatre Exchange is run by volunteers, professional actors, writers and directors….we've kept the cost as low as possible whilst keeping the quality high. Hope to see you at one of these launch workshops! ……here goes… The Actors Temple Meisner WeekTutor: Gary Condes Who are the Actors Temple? Browse theirwebsite or watch this. This week long course introduces you to Sandford Meisners 'Repetition Exercise'. It's a simple device that gets your attention off yourself, out of your head and onto the other actor. This week is for those who want to learn how to live truthfully on stage and screen. You will be confronted by the things that 'get in the way' of your ability to relate honestly to yourself and to others. During the second part of the week we will move on to improvisation and what Meisner termed 'The Reality of Doing'. Want to know more about the tutor? Click here! London has been the home of The Actors Temple for nearly a decade, it's a place where "students are free to be themselves' (The Stage, June 2011). This course costs: £275 (full) The Actors VoiceTutor: Simon Ratcliffe Date: Monday 3rd June 2013 Time: 6.30pm-8.30pm This 2 hour session aims to introduce you to a warm up structure that moves through body, breath, voice and speech in a way that refreshes and awakens the actor's energy, so that you are ready and available for creative work. Based on Simon's own techniques as a designated Linklater teacher. Simon Ratcliffe trained at Central in 2003 on the MA in Voice Studies. He is also a Designated Linklater Teacher having completed a 2 year training with Kristin Linklater in 2010. He has taught voice at Central, LISPA, and now atBirmingham School of Actingand frequently leads actors warm ups at the RSC. Full: £12 Equity members and Students: £11.50 |
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