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Thursday, March 27, 2008 

Category: Parties and Nightlife

R u n F o r Y o u r L i f e

The Dangerous Plays

Scene & Heard
Tickets are FREE but reservations are essential!
(Ticket policy: a maximum of four tickets per person)

Run For Your Life is an evening of original plays written by children aged 9-11, who are currently taking Scene & Heard’s Playmaking One course. Each play is performed by professional actors who volunteer their time and talents to Scene & Heard.

http://sceneandheard.org

PERFORMANCES:

Thursday 27th March at 7.30 p.m
Friday 28th March at 7.30 p.m
Saturday 29th March at 7.30 p.m
Sunday 30th March at 4.00 p.m



 
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 

Category: Parties and Nightlife
Chicken - Thursday 3rd to Sunday 27th April 2008


CHICKEN



Evening performances at 8pm
Theatro Technis
26 Crowndale Road, London NW11TT.
Telephone ticket reservations: +44 (0)20 7387 6617
Tickets: £15.00  (£10.00 concessions) - Tuedays, Pay what you can
Thursday 3rd - Sunday 27th April 2008

More information at:
http://www.innercityproductions.co.uk


ABOUT THIS PLAY:

Wendell’s wife Lina is pregnant. His wayward best friend Floyd
sleeps nightly on their couch. And as if things aren’t stressful
enough, he’s under constant pressure to "father" his messed-up
neighbours in the Bronx. In an effort to get some money together,
Wendell takes in a rooster to train for an illegal cockfight. As
they discover that training a bird for a death match in Washington
Heights is not for the feint of heart, this dysfunctional family
comes to blows before the fight ever takes place. In this devilish
comedy, playwright Mike Batistick investigates power, community and
loss, and searches for grace in the most unlikely places.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Mike Batistick’s credits include Port Authority Throw Down (Culture
Project and the Working Theatre, Fall 2006), Ponies (Studio Dante,
Fall 2004), Flag (Hangar Theatre, Summer 2006) and Bodega Lung
Fat  (Public Theatre’s 2003 New Work Now! Festival). He was a
two-year Juilliard Playwriting Fellow and is a graduate of Fordham
University in the Bronx. He is a member of MCC Playwrights’
Coalition, Ars Nova Play Group, the recipient of a 2007 NYSCA
grant, and is currently under commission from the Atlantic Theatre
Company.


REVIEWS FROM THE NEW YORK PREMIERE FOR THIS NEW PLAY:

"The men and women who populate contemporary relationship dramas
tend to belong to a specific demographic, and when they quarrel, do
so on pale sofas and sea grass rugs. Their minds may be cluttered
-- with unruly dissatisfaction, with upper-middle-class regret --
but their rooms have the air of 100 oxygen tanks. The set of
’’Chicken,’’ a new play by Mike Batistick at Michael Imperioli’s
Studio Dante, inflicts a certain stifling anxiety right away . . .
the set is a tiny, cramped apartment full of the mess of people who
must worry about money. Mr. Batistick renders his metaphors in the
thickest available chalk, but the story itself is as moving as the
jump over the class divide is rare." – New York Times

" ’Chicken’ follows the self-destructive Wendell as he tries to eat
himself to death and save his family from poverty and humiliation
at the same time. The trouble with Wendell’s mission is that he
has, in his own words, "a big, weird family." For example, Floyd
isn’t Wendell’s brother, but he might as well be, given the way the
two men fight, and the sacrifices Wendell is willing to make for
him. Wendell doesn’t owe Floyd’s estranged wife anything, but he’s
willing to give her money behind Floyd’s back to help take care of
their kids. He’s selfless, but in the world of Batistick’s play,
that’s a death sentence . . . Floyd is a simpler animal: He takes
what he wants, whether it’s a place on Wendell’s couch or a night
in his bed. Though he’s unemployed and lazy, he still tries to
defend his friend - a holdover from their shared childhood in an
orphanage. Floyd will always survive, but he hates his
self-interest so much that his protective, manipulative
relationship with Wendell seems like both penance and sin . . .

"Though he puts them in a cramped, cluttered apartment in the Bronx,
Batistick’s odd working-class Catholics are exploring new
territory."
– Newsday

"There’s a gritty, street-smart humor in Mike Batistick’s play
about three neighborhood pals—and one unhappy spouse—who end
up grooming a sickly rooster for an illegal cockfight in the Bronx.
The good-hearted Wendell and his pregnant wife are sharing their
cluttered living room with Floyd, a small-time bully without a
conscience. With the rooster joining the party, the place gets
truly overcrowded, and aggressions are unleashed."
– New Yorker

"New York life is at the heart of the saucy but tender comedy
wrapped around the fighting rooster. The bird wins money for a
financially strapped family while its handlers try to patch up
emotionally and sexually tattered lives." – Associated Press

"It’s the sort of play that makes you want to go home and take a
long, hot shower." – New York Post


ABOUT THE LONDON PRODUCTION:

by Sam Neophytou - Director/Producer

"As a British-born Cypriot, I started out as an actor working
mainly in fringe theatre and gradually moved into television.
However, I found that the only parts I was called upon to audition
for were those of archetypal ’foreigners’ living outside the UK. I
found that as an actor who’d spent all his life in London many of
the roles were therefore distinctly ’foreign’ to me.

"The next ten years led me to directing mainly plays by foreign
writers like Brecht, Lorca, Dario Fo and Arthur Miller to name but
a few. I also turned my hand to writing some plays and also
film-scripts and thus found that my background and cultural
diversity finally had a voice.

"Too much theatre, as well as television remains in ’safe-bet’
hands rehashing proven formats seeking guaranteed commercial
success. Representation of ethnic minorities continues to be
hackneyed and unrealistic, watered down to be made more palatable
for the perceived mass audience. Consequently we rarely get a
glimpse into the reality of the co-existing worlds in today’s
modern multi-cultural society and particularly those in our cities
where this rainbow culture is concentrated.

"These worlds offer exciting, colourful and endless storylines that
are ultimately fresh and inspiring, and it is these experiences
which have led to the creation of an association with other
like-minded creatives drawn from the multicultural melting pot of
London - to create ’Inner City Productions’ ".

"Our current production, drawing from the equally mixed-culture and
bubbly energy of New York City which experiences many similar
situations to those we experience in London brings you  ....
’CHICKEN’ ."

http://www.innercityproductions.co.uk

Past productions include:
http://www.bubbleproductions.co.uk



THE LONDON VENUE:

Having recently celebrated it’s 50th Anniversary, Theatro Technis
in fashionable Camden Town is one of London’s leading fringe
theatre venues, presenting innovative theatrical productions by
world theatre groups as well as by local artists. During February
it hosted a production of ’Elizaveta Bam’ (which has a group of its
own here at FaceBook) within the context of the Russian Festival
2008 in London.

As part of the celebration of its own 50th Anniversary the venue is
making selected material from performances which it hosts available
to a world audience through the modern multimedia possibilities of
the internet, so you may wish to take a look at video of this gem
of the Russian avante-garde, ’Elizaveta Bam’ production (kindly
released onto the www with the permission of its producers and
actors) from February 2008, visible at:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-3008653255098603327&q
=elizaveta+bam&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Theatro Technis is launching a fund-raising campaign in order to
improve the facilities available at the venue, through the
redevelopment of its ’foyer’. Contributions to this campaign can be
made via its own website.

http://www.theatrotechnis.com


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Saturday, March 08, 2008 

Category: Parties and Nightlife
Assassins - Tue 18th to Sat 22 March 2008

Assassins


Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman

All Star Productions presents the story
of nine people who have
either successfully or attempted
to assassinate the President of America.

Evenings 7.45 p.m. Matinée at 2.30 p.m. Sat 22nd
Ticket Prices : £12.50 standard tickets
(£10.50 concessions)

http://www.allstar.webeden.co.uk

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Friday, March 07, 2008 

Category: Parties and Nightlife
The Crucible - Tues 11th to Sat 15th March


The Crucible



by Arthur Miller

In the Puritan town of Salem,
New England, in 1692,
young girls and a slave
are caught playing at casting spells.

Evenings at 7.45 p.m. Matinée at 3 p.m. Sat 15th
Ticket Prices : £11 standard tickets
(£9 concessions/members)


In the Puritan town of Salem, New England, in 1692, young girls and a slave are caught playing at casting spells. To avoid punishment, they falsely accuse neighbours of witchcraft. Fuelled by religious fundamentalism, jealousy, and greed, the towns-people turn on each other — resulting in mass hysteria and the execution of innocent people.
Based on true events, Miller brilliantly weaves together a revenger's tragedy, love story, and political allegory to produce one of the greatest plays of the last century.


Tickets for all shows are being sold by the Tower Theatre Box Office
Telephone 020 7353 1700.
 
and via their website:

http://www.towertheatre.org.uk

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 

Category: Parties and Nightlife
Love of the Nightingale - Tues 26th Feb to Sat 1st March



by Timberlake Wertenbaker

adapted by Steven Green

Evenings at 7.30 p.m.
Ticket Prices : £10 standard tickets
(£7 concessions/members)

An Up Staged Theatre Company production in Association with Centre Stage


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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 

Category: Parties and Nightlife



Art - Tue 19th to Sat 23rd Feb 2008
by Yasmina Reza adapted by Christopher Hampton

Presented by: Tower Theatre Company

Evenings at 7.45 p.m. Sat matinee at 3.00 p.m.
Ticket Prices : £11 standard tickets
(£9 concessions/members)

Serge and Marc are long time friends who have always agreed to disagree on their tastes in art. Their friend Ivan doesn't really understand art, can't afford to collect it, is getting married soon and is understandably tense. Everything is ticking over very nicely. Then Serge pays a great deal of money for a white painting. Just a white painting. Art is an intelligent and very witty study of the modern ideas of 'art', collecting art and of male friendships.


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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 

Category: Parties and Nightlife
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie



by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from the novel by Muriel Spark

Directed by Nigel Martin and Doreen Shafran

Evenings at 7.45 p.m.
Tuesday February 12th - Saturday February 16th
Matinée at 3 p.m.
Saturday February 16th

Ticket Prices : £11 standard tickets
(£9 concessions/members)

A nun remembers her schooldays in Edinburgh in the 1930's with the enigmatic Jean Brodie, who, by turns stubborn, emotional and irrepressible, swept her young charges through their lives on a roller coaster of romance and ultimate betrayal.

Uplifting, confrontational and, at times, very moving, this story paints a vivid portrait of a woman who never wavers from her vision....'give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.....'


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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 

Category: Parties and Nightlife
Elizaveta Bam

by Daniil Kharms

Directed and written by Fedor Pavlov–Andreevich



7 – 8 February, 20:00
9 February, 19:00
Ticket Prices : £10 standard tickets
(£7 concessions/members)

Set design: Katya Bochavar, Costume Design: Andrei Bartenev, Choreography: Dina Hussein
Music: Anton Sevidov, Lighting: Ivan Vinogradov, Sound: Vladimir Klykov, Video: Patrick K.H.

Fedor Pavlov-Andreevich's production of Elizaveta Bam reclaims a treasure of Russian avant-garde literature from historical obscurity. Daniil Kharms was one of Russia's most important writers of the 1920-30s and a source of inspiration for absurdist playwrights Eugène Ionesco and Samuel Beckett. In 1942, Kharms fell victim to Stalin's repressions and died of hunger in a gulag camp at the age of 37. His pseudonym "Kharms", which derives from a play on the English words "harms" and "charms", foresaw this tragic destiny. Stalin's regime never allowed the publication of Kharms' work, and the playwright's contribution to avant-garde literature was largely lost, until now. Elizaveta Bam prefigures the atmosphere of Kafka's short stories and Ionesco's theatre of the absurd. It tells the story of a woman arrested for a murder not yet committed, mixing slapstick with pantomime and horror with humor. Written in 1929, the play was a harbinger to Stalin's repressions that took the lives of 40 million people. The current production of Elizaveta Bam premiered in Moscow in July 2006. A riveting piece of theatre with innovative costume, set, and light design, Elizaveta Bam exposes the avant-garde roots of contemporary Russian culture. The play is an unprecedented result of a collaboration between talented artists whose average age is only twenty-five. Elizaveta Bam will be presented as a three-night engagement in London on 7-9 February 2008 at Theatro Technis. The production is part of Russian ACT No.4; it takes place in conjunction with the opening of Alexander Rodchenko's retrospective at The Hayward.



Blog Item update on 12th February:

Following the highly successful performances to a packed Theatro Technis for its short season with us, Theatro Technis is delighted that Director Fedor Pavlov–Andreevich, the producers and actors of this truly breathtaking production agreed to a video recording being made.

Furthermore, they have very generously agreed that this video recording can be made available for people to view over the web ... and so .... Theatro Technis is delighted to be in a position to make this outstanding piece of avant-garde theatre available to a world-wide audience.

London Premiere of ELISABETA BAM - 9th February 2008
99 mins
Source::at Google Video

If you DO watch this video, perhaps you would be kind enough to leave a comment below, and do please contact the producers by email at an address available from the contact section at their website:

http://www.markaff.ru
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Monday, February 04, 2008 

Category: Parties and Nightlife
"Meeting" and "Happy Marriage" by George Noskov

A rehearsed reading of two existentialist new plays.
And two by short films by Aldons

Evening at 7.30 p.m.
Ticket Prices : £8 standard tickets
(£5 concessions/members)



Meeting
In a 5 page script, Noskov succeeds in writing an engrossing philosophical play. "From the depths of time", he calls the two great Russian intellectuals Dostoyevsky and Chekhov to come to life in front of our eyes. Noskov himself joins them on stage as the writer, and the three of them talk. He does not need more than a bottle of vodka and two cats – which, oddly enough, remind us of ourselves - to give a disillusioned view of life and humanity. Through his character's comments, Noskov states that he is interested in "real people". Like Bejart, whose intention was to strip dance of its decorum in order to reveal the human soul on stage, he wants to explore the depths of the human being, his feelings and his relationships. The audience feel as if they are in a world devoid of rules, in the realm of imagination where anything can happen. Far from the the hustle and bustle of the everyday life, this bitter comedy makes the audience reflect on the very essence of man. While criticising the modern consumerist society and reflecting upon the difference between appearing and being, Noskov directly addresses his audience. This play will make you both think of and laugh at reality at the same time.



Happy Marriage
True to his existential conception of the world, Noskov presents Happy Marriage, a short and striking play. He sets together a bunch of friends meeting to celebrate the future marriage of one of them, Stuart. The world the audience is plunged into is one which is devoid of love where people's acts are led by self-interest only. The successful businessmen rejoice over the money they are making, but Noskov does not only explore friendship and how it can be undermined by money or religion, he also explores the relationship between two lovers. The audience becomes gradually aware that the bride, Tatiana is alien to Stuart. A letter he receives from her family abruptly reveals the truth about her family and social background. Noskov reveals the harsh contrast between one's expectations and reality with scathing irony. The audience cannot help finding the deceived Stuart funny, while feeling sympathy for him at the same time. Instead of a hard-working family representing a business opportunity for him, Stuart discovers that Tatiana's family is a caricature of social outsiders - a criminal, a prostitute and drunkards of low social status without any morality. Witnessing Stuart's despair, the audience do not know if they are attending a comedy or a tragedy. Noskov's message may be that both are part of life, and that theatre reflects this complex ambiguity. No matter how hard life may be, reality shatters your deepest hopes and expectations, and you're better to laugh it. In questioning human love and craziness, Noskov makes the audience reflect on dream and reality, theatre and life. At the end, the actors seem to abandon their characters and look at them from a distance, the stage is treated as an imaginary world within reality and reflecting reality. The bitter last words leave the audience with a view of people living for their personal interest in a materialistic world.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 


Noel Coward's Fallen Angels

a comedy

Presented by The SOAS Drama Society

Evenings at 7.30 p.m.
Ticket Prices : £5 in advance
(£6 at the door)

Jane and Julia, two wretchedly happy housewives, have put their younger, more adventurous days behind them and resigned themselves to their insipid marriages to their dull but caring husbands. However, one day, the arrival of a letter from their mutual former lover, the dashing, debonair Frenchman Maurice Duclos, threatens to upturn the careful equilibrium of their marriages. How will the virtue of these two women fare against the return of this irresistible lover?



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