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It was a brave man who would cross the Devon moorlands in darkness.
For the ancient legend of the hound of the Baskervilles had
persisted in family history for generations. It was Sir Charles's
mysterious death in the grounds of Baskerville Hall that brought
Sherlock Holmes to the scene.
On a still, cool day in the east of a city by the sea, three sounds only: a bulldozer’s engine, a forgotten song, a canon that tells the time. Behind the bulldozer, a sign: Luxury Mall Coming Soon. As the vehicle moves in to the clear ground, it strikes at something unexpected…
What Remains is a fusion of text, dance and movement to tell a story about the unexpected uncovering of a slave burial ground in Cape Town, the archaeological dig that follows and a city haunted by the memory of slavery. When the bones emerge from the ground, everyone in the city – slave descendants, archaeologists, citizens, property developers – is forced to reckon with a history sometimes remembered, sometimes forgotten.
Loosely based on the events at Prestwich Place, What Remains is a path between memory and magic, the uncanny and the known, waking and dreaming. Four figures – The Archaeologist, The Healer, The Dancer and The Student – move between bones and books, archives and madness, paintings and protest, as they struggle to reconcile the past with the now.
Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel is a multi-award-winning play about
the empowerment of a black seamstress in New York City in 1905.
Esther sews exquisite lingerie for clients who range from wealthy
white patrons to prostitutes. She has saved enough to allow her to
dream of one day opening a beauty salon for black women, and at
thirty-five years old, longs for a husband and a future. When she
begins to receive beautiful letters from a lonesome Caribbean man
who is working on the Panama Canal, it looks like life may be about
to take a different course. Intimate Apparel was first produced by
South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California, and Centerstage in
Baltimore, Maryland, in 2003, winning the New York Drama Critics'
Circle Award for Best Play and the American Theatre
Critics/Steinberg New Play Award. It received its UK premiere at
the Theatre Royal Bath in 2014 before transferring to Park Theatre,
London, the same year.
Ont is ʼn drama oor die reis van “grootword”, ʼn studie oor die samestelling van ʼn gesin en die vreugdes van vryheid en vlug. Die proses van menswording word met deernis geskets met behulp van die Groot Verseboek, Ma se grammofoonspeler en Pa se Camel filters.
Marina Griebenow sê: 'n Mens besef net weer dat ware skoonheid in eenvoud opgesluit lê, oftewel in die skyn van eenvoud. Die treffendste kuns kan altyd aan dié goue reël gemeet word.
Die bekroonde Ont het feitlik elke dramaprys verower nadat dit feesgangers en kritici gaande gehad het … kragtoer waarin Pretorius vir ons die estetika van toneelkuns herdefinieer en sodoende ons menswees mateloos verryk.
WORLD PREMIERE - October 5th 2011 at the Orange Tree Theatre,
RichmondGenre: Comedy. We all want to be happy. We all know what it
feels like. But what if it keeps slipping through our fingers? Paul
is a former happiness guru. As a young man he wrote self-help books
and appeared on the television as 'Mr Happy'. But now his marriage
has failed and his career as a serious novelist is faltering, while
his ex-wife has remarried a wealthy advertising executive to the
dismay of their troubled teenage daughter. Paul is now concerned
about the state of his health, the size of his mortgage and the
monthly payments on his iPhone. Mr Happy is not happy. But surely
if anyone can unlock the secret of perpetual happiness, he must be
the man?
Ferdinand forbids his widowed sister to marry again. When he
discovers that she is not only married but had a child he is driven
mad with fury. The Duchess of Malfi is a study in strong
characters, dark deeds and dreadful revenge. This edition includes
close textual analysis, notes on different interpretations,
interviews with actors and directors and a selection of critical
scenes.
Weary of academic study, an eminent scholar turns to magic and
makes a deal with the Devil. Mephistopheles will serve him and give
him whatever he wants, but after twenty-four years Faustus must
keep his side of the bargain. This edition contains a detailed
introductory section that puts the play in its historical context,
in-depth textual notes, extracts from key critical works and
exam-style questions.
Jill Hyem, original writer of TV series HOWARD'S WAY, WISH ME LUCK,
THE HOUSE OF ELLIOT and co-writer of the well-remembered TENKO, who
returns to her theatre roots with this magical story set in the
world's most romantic city. Three women of a certain age gravitate
to Paris. There's Nancy, a retired headmistress determined to throw
off her shackles. Anna, recently widowed - and free - after years
of nursing a sick husband. And Raquel, a divorcee in search of
eternal youth and a new toy boy. A feel-good play with laughter and
tears, the promise of romance, lovely love and not-so-lovely anger,
friendship and loyalty, and the advantages of growing old. Perhaps
not La Vie en Rose but certainly a night to leave you charmed,
amused, thoughtful - and smiling.
Are you a theatre-maker looking for devising tools? A writer
wanting to improve your dialogue? A director trying to create a
story through improvisation? Three Plays by Squint & How They
Were Made brings three of the company's plays together with the
methods used to create them, in a practical, user-friendly toolkit.
Three of Squint's plays - created by Lee Anderson, Adam Foster and
Andrew Whyment - are published here for the first time. At the
heart of each, a character is struggling to process their personal
trauma under the intense glare of the public eye. Long Story Short
(2014) dissects journalism in the digital age, Molly (2015) takes a
reality television-style journey into the mind of a sociopath, and
The Incredible True Story of the Johnstown Flood (2021) embarks on
a transatlantic exploration of class, exploitation and
appropriation. Developed over ten years through Squint's education
programme, the exercises in this book distil the company's
collaborative practice into over 25 tools for writing and devising.
The Squint Toolkit covers the entire theatre-making process, from
carrying out research and improvising story to writing subtext,
devising from music and making cuts.
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