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  Free to membersPassionate About Theatre ! OPPORTUNITIES Production Stage Manager – Required ‘Under Milk Wood’ at The Cockpit Theatre - Produced by The Bridge Theatre Training Company A Production Stage Manager is required for a 6 ½ week period. (4 weeks rehearsals, 2 week run, and ½ week for returns) Dates: to start approx 2nd Feb, Get In: Sun 29th Feb, Get Out: Sat 13th March The PSM duties will include pre-production of the show, organisation of the Get In/ Get Out, Tech / Dress days, and returns of props, furniture etc. The PSM will also be needed to run the show during the performance. A driver with own vehicle would be an advantage. Fee: Negotiable Please send details to: Mark Akrill (Director) The Bridge Theatre Training Company Cecil Sharp House 2 Regents Park Road London NW1 7AY Please mark the envelope clearly with – ‘Under Milk Wood’ OR Email to: admin@thebridge-ttc.org Unfortunately we will only be able to contact successful applicants. _____________________________________ 2-for-1 YoungBlood Stage combat classes 2-for-1 offer on Absolute Beginner Stage Combat Certification classes. Subscribe for this term as an absolute beginner, and a friend can subscribe for free! It's that simple. Just sign-up online or in person at the same time as your friend, pay the regular term fee of 130 in full and your friend pays nothing for the regular term's sessions! Any questions about the offer email Rachel at: classes@youngblood.org.uk or ring us on 0845 644 9418. For more info: http://www.youngblood.org.uk/classes_beginners.html Absolute Beginners classes are Thursday nights 7-9 PM. You much join these classes by 5 February. The class venue is on Finchley Rd. Email Address: classes@youngblood.org.uk Website URL: http://www.youngblood.org.uk _____________________________________ Showcase Casting Showcase Casting are the U.K.'s leading Showcase production company. We are looking for trained, experienced MUSICAL THEATRE ACTORS to take part in our next event at Londons Soho Theatre in February. All application via our web site: www.showcasecasting.com _____________________________________ WHAT'S ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST New Victoria Theatre, Woking til Saturday 31 January and then on tour. To judge the success of a comedy appears to be quite a simple thing. One simply has to ascertain as to whether it made the audience laugh. Of course the laughter has to be alongside the players; to laugh at something usually implies derision. A play should be an entertainment which, to me, means enthralling the audience so that they voluntarily listen and watch attentively. The Importance of Being Earnest is a play which is so jam-packed full of witty sayings and still topical truisms that it can glide along on its own rails. It is a bit of froth subtitled “a trivial comedy for serious people” and yet for all its silliness it’s a play that can still charm me despite being acquainted with it since I was a teenager long, long ago. Christopher Luscombe has directed this touring production with the lightest of touches and an invigorating pace. It is a wonderful example of theatricality at its best and the satirical nudges at class and snobbishness cause gentle laughter. This production unashamedly sets out to entertain and the cast do exactly that whilst having a whale of a time themselves. Their exuberance at being blessed with such witty dialogue, elegant costumes and delightful sets, is infectious. Whilst Wendy Craig is heralded in all the publicity as the star of this production, it is, as should be, an ensemble effort. Her Lady Bracknell is a safe, traditional interpretation and she looks fabulous. However, for me, the technical brilliance of Andrew Havill’s John Worthing alongside the measured elegance of Hattie Ladbury were the memorable performances. Olivia Darnley as Cecily sparkled beautifully and Josephine Tewson’s Miss Prism is a joy to behold. Her look of abject horror on encountering Lady Bracknell again after thirty-four years was exquisitely timed. This production is for those theatre lovers who want to indulge themselves. For aspiring actors – many of whom I know read this site – you can justify this trip out as research in how to hold a stage within character. For the less technically minded then just go along and enjoy yourself. Review by Carrie Cohen Book Online Here _____________________________________ PUGILIST SPECIALIST (Soho Theatre) Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival comes the only play from this years collection which can be said to be truly described as new, - electrically exciting, startlingly brave, and stunningly acted . It puts to shame the rest of the festival and most British theatre today. Next to Albee's THE GOAT , OR WHO IS SYVIA at the Almeida, it is way, way ahead of anything else in London this month. Four American actors with talent to-die-for play a team of marines on a suicide mission. You think you are there. No marines were ever more scarey. No more balanced yet terrifying picture of the modern soldier (male and female) has been seen on a stage. The dialogue is like bullets, pointed, hard-hitting, on-target, and unbelieveably fast. Breath in before sitting down, as you won't want to breath in again for another hour. Review by John Cunningham Box Office 020 7478 0100 Email: johncunningham@uktheatre.net _____________________________________ THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA (Almeida Theatre) THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA, written by Edward Albee, starring Jonathan Pryce, directed by Anthony Page. There are two must-see new plays in London. One is Edward Albee's THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA. As most will know before taking their seats in the wonderfully modernised Almeida Theatre, the play concerns a happily married man who suddenly finds uncontrollable love for another,but,in this case, for a goat. To describe Albee's play as being about unfaithfulness is like describing his play WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLF as a play about a slight marital tiff. Albee has written a new masterpiece which will have audiences arguing for years. Is true love something which anyone really understands? Should we be more understanding of the ridiculous passions which some feel? Should we all start looking at goats in a new way? Jonathan Pryce is one of our best actors, and if you have seen the other stunning new play (at the Soho Theatre) then this has to be the next show on your list - as long as you are ready for insane passion, insane laughter, and that you like goats. Review by John Cunningham Box Office 020 7359 4404. Email: johncunningham@uktheatre.net _____________________________________ PULP FICTION - LIVE! Coming soon to The Underworld (opposite Camden Town station) is PULP FICTION - LIVE! Directed by Mandrepheus Androgon, of Purple Octogon Theatre, this is a sensation you won't want to miss. Starring Zoe Simon as Mia, Sam Burke as Butch, Roberto Peter as Vincent & Hamza Mohsin as Jules, this is "live! violent & explicit.. ....a relentless theatrical experience that practically swallows it's audience whole" - [Daily News]. Don't miss it. Five shows only. (31st March - 3rd April; 2 shows on the Saturday). Plan to see it today. Purchase a tasty beverage and experience PULP FICTION - LIVE! Tickets GBP10, (GBP8 in advance, through booking on credit card hotline 08700 600 100). Don't delay - book now _____________________________________ K-PAX Coming soon......to this planet.....the WORLD PREMIERE.....of K-PAX...... Email kpax@uktheatre.net for ticket details..... ....hurry.....advance publicity has not yet commenced.....be the first to snap up the tickets.... OPENING NIGHT AT BRIDEWELL THEATRE ON FEBRUARY 11TH - SPECIAL UK THEATRE NETWORK TICKET OFFER - ONLY SEVEN POUNDS (TWO POUNDS REDUCTION ON NORMAL PRICE). DR GENE BREWER, AUTHOR OF THE K-PAX TRILOGY, WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE PERFORMANCE FOR BOOK SIGNING. The cast is as follows: Prot - Andy McQuade Dr Brewer - Douglas McFarlane Betty - Victoria Meakin Giselle - Iaione Perez Chuck - Scott Christie Ernie - Shaban Arifi Howie - Robert Meakin Bess - Nika Khitrova Office: 0207 485 9897 Watch this space for details of further performances during February. Featured Sponsors Advertising rates New for 2004 ! 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