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North V South (DVD)
Freema Agyeman, Steve Evets, Mason Adams, Geoff Bell, Oliver Cotton, …
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Steven Nesbit directs this thriller starring Steven Berkoff and
Bernard Hill. When two young lovers realise that they belong to
rival gangs, they quickly discover that their love must be hidden
from their gang leaders Vic Clarke and John Claridge (Berkoff and
Hill) for fear of causing an inter-gang war. The cast also includes
Mason Adams, Freema Agyeman and Judith Alexander.
A World Elsewhere is Steven Berkoff's bold attempt to describe his
multifarious theatrical works. Berkoff outlines the methods that he
uses, first of all as an actor, secondly as a playwright and
thirdly as theatre director, as well as those subtle connections in
between, when one discipline melds effortlessly into another. He
examines the early impulses that generated his works and what drove
him to give them form, as well as the challenges he faced when
adapting the work of other authors. Berkoff discusses some of his
most difficult, successful and unique creations, journeying through
his long and varied career to examine how they were shaped by him,
and how he was shaped by them. The sheer scale of this book offers
a rare experience of an accomplished artist, combined with the
honesty and insight of an autobiography, making this text a
singular tool for teaching, inspiration and personal exploration.
Suitable for anyone with an interest in Steven Berkoff and his
illustrious career, A World Elsewhere is the part analysis and part
confession of an artist whose work has been performed all over the
world.
Stanley Kubrick's controversial film triggered copycat violence on
its initial release and as a result the director withdrew the film
from circulation in Britain, keeping it suppressed right up to his
death in 1999. The film follows sadistic punk Alex (Malcolm
McDowell) as he takes his gang on a rape and murder spree, showing
absolutely no mercy to any of his victims. When he is eventually
captured, the authorities subject him to a series of experiments
designed to rid him of his violent tendencies.
Steven Berkoff is a phenomenon. Among the artists working in the
theatre today he is probably the most theatrical - his special
combination of speech, movement and spectacle is uniquely powerful.
This first collection of his plays includes East, described by
Berkoff as 'an outburst or revolt against the sloth of my youth and
a desire to turn a welter of undirected passion and frustration
into a positive form'. Also included in this collection are the
plays West and Sink the Belgrano!
Written with characteristic Berkoff flair and an understanding of
the subtle power and violence of the English language, this second
collection of his plays includes Decadence, described by the
Guardian as being 'enthused with Berkoff's violent, imagist, vivid
wordplay'. The collection also includes Kvetch, Acapulco, Harry's
Christmas, Brighton Beach Scumbags, Dahling You Were Marvellous,
Dog and Actor, and is introduced by the author.
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A Clockwork Orange (DVD)
Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, …
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Stanley Kubrick's controversial film triggered copycat violence on
its initial release and as a result the director withdrew the film
from circulation in Britain, keeping it suppressed right up to his
death in 1999. The film follows sadistic punk Alex (Malcolm
McDowell) as he takes his gang on a rape and murder spree, showing
absolutely no mercy to any of his victims. When he is eventually
captured, the authorities subject him to a series of experiments
designed to rid him of his violent tendencies.
A World Elsewhere is Steven Berkoff's bold attempt to describe his
multifarious theatrical works. Berkoff outlines the methods that he
uses, first of all as an actor, secondly as a playwright and
thirdly as theatre director, as well as those subtle connections in
between, when one discipline melds effortlessly into another. He
examines the early impulses that generated his works and what drove
him to give them form, as well as the challenges he faced when
adapting the work of other authors. Berkoff discusses some of his
most difficult, successful and unique creations, journeying through
his long and varied career to examine how they were shaped by him,
and how he was shaped by them. The sheer scale of this book offers
a rare experience of an accomplished artist, combined with the
honesty and insight of an autobiography, making this text a
singular tool for teaching, inspiration and personal exploration.
Suitable for anyone with an interest in Steven Berkoff and his
illustrious career, A World Elsewhere is the part analysis and part
confession of an artist whose work has been performed all over the
world.
Steven Berkoff was asked to direct Shakespeare's Richard II in New
York early 1994. It was a project he found fascinating: performing
an Elizabethan play within the scrapers of Manhattan and the still
rotting slums of the Lower East Side, between the steaming breath
oozing out from the cracked pipes and the brutality of modern New
York speak. New York became the backdrop and the energy centre
which charged him each day and fed his inspiration. This book
offers a wonderful insight into the many characters, challenges and
places that were integral to the project and details how gradually
the production took form. Served by a first-rate company that
worked incredibly hard, the achievement was a critically acclaimed
production and the fulfilment of a personal goal to direct the
Bard. NEW YORK POST This morning I have joy to report - so let the
trumpets sound and the canons roar Last night at the Anspacher
Auditorium of the Joseph Papp Public Theater, there opened a
production of The Tragedy of Richard II which can hold its own with
the world's best in Shakespearean stagings. NEW YORK SUNDAY TIMES
The Tragedy of Richard II now being given an exceptionally stylish
production by Steven Berkoff. Mr Berkoff's production, which, among
many virtues, is so well and clearly spoken and so clean of
dramatic line that it's accessible from start to finish... THE
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER NEW YORK - They'll be talking about this
Richard II for years.
Harry is a dedicated actor, often out of work, rejected and
desperate for opportunities to practice his art. Brief moments of
success only serve to increase his thirst for fulfillment. In these
moving, sometimes harrowing short stories Steven Berkoff, tears the
skin off the acting profession to reveal the raw, bleeding reality
of the actors everyday life.
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Just for the Record (DVD)
Danny Dyer, Sean Pertwee, Billy Murray, Rik Mayall, Steven Berkoff, …
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British mockumentary set in the seedy, cash-strapped world of
low-budget filmmaking. A year after an independent production
company set out to make a micro-budget feature film entitled 'Just
for the Record', the cast and crew reunite to discuss the ill-fated
production. The cast includes Steven Berkoff, Danny Dyer, Sean
Pertwee, Craig Fairbrass, Rik Mayall, Lisa McAllister and Phil
Davis.
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The Tourist (Blu-ray disc)
Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Rufus Sewell, Timothy Dalton, …
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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck directs this suspense thriller
starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. Based on the 2005 French
film 'Anthony Zimmer', the film explores the relationship between
American tourist Frank Taylor (Depp), who has travelled to Italy in
the hope of mending a broken heart, and Elise (Jolie), a mysterious
woman who deliberately engineers an encounter with him. Frank soon
finds himself caught up in whirlwind of danger, intrigue and sexual
attraction as he is drawn ever more deeply into the complex and
dangerous affairs of this beautiful and captivating stranger.
Steven Berkoff has been variously described as controversial,
thrilling, electric and dynamic. A Renaissance man of the theatre,
he is known equally for his writing, directing and acting.
Collecting together nineteen one-act plays, this volume presents
never-before-published material. Abusive, shocking and endlessly
surprising, these sharply written pieces showcase Berkoff's
trademark controversy, black humour and dramatic dialectics. Themes
that haunt much of his work are present: his luxurious verbosity;
his counterpoint of crude street-patter and elegiac proclamation;
sex wars; class wars; dislocation and abandonment of love in a
thankless and unyielding world. The selection of plays allows the
performer and reader to experience Berkoff's fluid anarchic poetry
at its most profane within the complete and pithy structure of the
one-act play. Established plays such as The Biblical Tales (which
enjoyed success in their 2010 run at the New End Theatre,
Hampstead) stand alongside previously unpublished material, giving
the range of Berkoff's work full expression, from his established
thematic concerns to his new and unseen work. Perfect for student
and amateur performances, this volume contains a full introduction
by Geoffrey Colman, Head of Acting at the Central School of Speech
and Drama.
John has crossed the line from performance to reality, from stage
to street, from imagination to visceral breath - and he needs to
take control before all is lost. Themes that haunt the Berkoff
canon are present in this startling novel: his luxurious verbosity;
his counterpoint of crude street patter and elegiac proclamation;
sex wars; class wars; dislocation and abandonment of love in a
thankless and unyielding world. This is a challenging, brutally
honest novel that will inspire, enrage and divide - and live on
long after the final word. Sod the Bitches! is testament to the
power of words. It will shock, amaze, inspire and horrify. This is
a book for the brave - a novel to expand your mind and challenge
your moral compass and beliefs.
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