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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me. I have been out of uni for about a year. I have applied for so many costume jobs its uncountable, and still I'm no further to starting my dream. If anyo...

Started by Emma Nelson-Bailey. Last reply by Emma Nelson-Bailey 23 hours ago.

New theatre space in Milton Keynes wants to fill its programme. 16 Replies

Hi guys, Part of my responsibilities at the new arts faciity on the Lakes estate in milton keynes is to book in shows (small scale) small concerts, musicians, poetry, folk, one man shows lectures,...

Started by john herriman. Last reply by john herriman 1 day ago.

New Monologue 1 Reply

HELP! I am in need of a very short but powerful monolgue for a musical theatre audition next weekend. I am an actor who can sing and so need to WOW the panel with my acting as my singing voice alon...

Started by Erica Thomas-lowe. Last reply by Elliott Cooper Jul 10.

Play 2 Replies

Slightly fed up with the increasing exclusivity of The Actor's Centre I wanted to know if A) there are any actors out there that feel the same way and B) fancied getting together to play. Whether i...

Started by Grace Kingslene. Last reply by Grace Kingslene Jul 9.

Sheffield theatre

I am about to graduate from a theatre degree and return home to my beloved Sheffield. My only problem is that all the work appears to be in Leeds. I love and want to work in theatre and was just wo...

Tagged: work, theatre, Sheffield

Started by Ryszard Rusinek Jul 1.

URGENT CASTING

URGENT CASTING Edinburgh Festival 2008 Show Company: ‘a single leaf’ patron Ray Fearons (Harry Potter) Director: Jessica Swale (Assistant director to Max Stafford-Clark, Out of Joint at the Nation...

Tagged: actors

Started by Jo Kennedy Jul 1.

Los Angeles Playwright 1 Reply

Hi everyone. New to Ning and new to this site (the first one I joined actually!). Los Angeles playwright here who used to live in Dublin and has spent much time in England. Looking to network with ...

Started by Kelly Younger. Last reply by Eric Storm Jun 7.

Henley Fringe Festival 1 Reply

Hi all - I am new to this site. Just wanted to tell you all about the Henley Fringe Festival. It is a new festival that will take place in July. Most of the venues spaces are booked but the comedy ...

Started by Jo Southwell. Last reply by holly Payton May 29.

contemporary plays/speeches 1 Reply

Hi, New to the website but really glad to have come across it. I feel pretty useless right now because I can't find a really good contemporary speech for audition. I had a modern I was happy with b...

Started by Tony Gibbons. Last reply by Katherine Bower May 29.

Phone calls...a good idea? 3 Replies

A discussion started by Zoe about covering letters and applications got me thinking... is it a good idea to phone companies/ directors about auditions? Recently, I've begun to follow up CVs/applica...

Started by jennifermichaels. Last reply by Eric Storm May 22.

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Guardian News/ Reviews

Theatre review: Born in the Gardens / Theatre Royal, Bath

Theatre Royal, BathThis Thatcher-era play still strikes a chord, writes Michael Billington

Sets, dance and rock'n'roll

Lyn Gardner: The Latitude festival is just over two years old, but already people have been hailing it as the new Glastonbury

Theatre review: Eight Miles High / Royal Court, Liverpool

Royal Court, LiverpoolJim Cartwright's freewheeling evocation of the Summer of Love is is irresistibly done, says Alfred Hickling

Theatre review: Gob Squad's Kitchen / Soho, London

Soho, LondonThis Anglo-German outfit skip along the thin line between fiction and reality, writes Lyn Gardner

Maverick artist Lee Miller returns in force

Following a major exhibition of her photographs at the V&A Museum last year, Miller is now to be the subject of a new play, film and exhibition

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The Independent News/ Reviews

You Write The Reviews: Hay Fever, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

Dating from 1925 and written in only three days, Hay Fever is rated by many as one of Noël Coward's finest comedies. Judith Bliss, a beautiful retired actress, is spending the weekend at her country house with her romantic-novelist husband, David, their precocious artist son, Simon, and their pretty daughter, Sorel. Unbeknown to the others, each of them has invited someone else to stay. Sorel's choice is the suave diplomat Richard Greatham, Simon's is an awfully amusing friend, Myra Arundel, Judith's is Sandy Tyrell, a young sporting admirer, while David has invited Jackie, a somewhat naive flapper.

Born In The Gardens, Theatre Royal, Bath

An Englishman's home may be his castle, as the crenellated walls of John Gunter's set remind us, but that of Maurice and his mother, Maude, is more fortified than most. Middle-aged Maurice stays home playing 78s, reading porn, and receiving twice-weekly visits from sexually obliging neighbours. Maude's even more withdrawn from reality, thinking the actors in television commercials can hear her ("I like your hair; do you like mine?") and floating through the day on a cloud of cocktails.

The really Wilde show: Matthew Bourne take on Dorian Gray

"I'm actually quite scared of Dorian Gray," says Matthew Bourne, whose new dance-theatre version of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece is tipped as the hot ticket at this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Surely it's not the adaptation that worries him? Bourne's ability successfully to marry dance and story-telling has worked to quirky perfection in such classics as his male Swan Lake, sweet-toothed Nutcracker! and his magical, sharp-edged Edward Scissorhands.

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Official London Theatre News

Warehouse welcomes West and Wilton

Samuel West and Penelope Wilton return to the Donmar Warehouse to star in T S Eliot’s The Family Reunion, which opens on 25 November, after previews from 20 November.

Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville has the experience to know a good role when she is offered one, and the ability to avoid being tied down to just one, finds Caroline Bishop.

Marsh joins cast of Now Or Later

Matthew Marsh, a regular face to theatregoers and television watchers alike, has joined the cast of Royal Court autumn offering Now Or Later.

The Female Of The Species

In a week where Germaine Greer has loomed over the production like the angry clouds of a British summer sky, The Female Of The Species faced critics who would actually watch the play last night.

Young Vic creates Festa!

The Young Vic will bring a taste of Brazil to Waterloo on 16 August with its Brazilian-themed community show Festa!, which kicks off the Young Vic’s Amazonia season.

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Blog Posts

The Park Keeper

Posted by Nikolaus Morris on July 24th, 2008 at 8:45am — No Comments (Add)

Acting Workshops/Evening acting Coures

Can any one recommend a really good drama school (apart from the usual like E15, Poor School....) thats in London and do evening and weekend classes?

Posted by Karyn Louisé on July 23rd, 2008 at 10:39pm — No Comments (Add)

Imploding Fictions' Summer Season

Imploding Fictions’ Newsletter 22nd July 2008, London It's been a while since our last newsletter, not because of any summery laziness but due to a crammed schedule of planning, rehearsing, writing and touring. In this newsletter you can read more about our coming performances of Now You See It; Now You Don't in Amsterdam and Oslo, our revival of Norway.Today in London in November and the continued success of our production of Heiner Müller's Hamletmachine. Now You See It; Now You Don't… Continue

Posted by Philip Thorne on July 22nd, 2008 at 6:55pm — No Comments (Add)

what a wonderful world.

i love it.... do you?

Posted by Emma Nelson-Bailey on July 21st, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments (Add)

ELEKTRA! ELEKTRA! ELEKTRA!

ELEKTRA PLAYS AT THE CAMDEN PEOPLES THEATRE ON THE 11TH 12TH AND 13TH OF AUGUST 2008. TKTS JUST £7.50 BOOKING OPEN NOW WWW.CAMDENFRINGE.ORG

Posted by LAZARUS THEATRE COMPANY on July 20th, 2008 at 2:17am — No Comments (Add)

The Extraordinary Mugging of Mr Winterbottom comes to Camden!

Mr Winterbottom is trapped on the tube with his mugger - The tables are turned, but not as you expect! Signal delays, submission holds and nervous twitches all come together in the darkest comedy you'll see on the fringe this summer! 30/31st July Etcetera Theatre 9PM £7.50 Just across from Camden Town Tube http://www.karlsimposter.com

Posted by Karl's Imposter on July 18th, 2008 at 11:57am — No Comments (Add)

International Physical Theatre Lab - Nov 1-7, Sweden

International Physical Theatre Laboratory under the direction of Sergei Ostrenko (Russia) November 1 - 7, 2008 Ystad, Sweden Participants: actors of physical, dramatic, dance and musical theatres, circus performers, dancers, choreographers and directors. Programme: intensive… Continue

Posted by Inga Ryazanoff on July 18th, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments (Add)

'Two' by Jim Cartwright - Touring 08/09 -Dreamshed Theatre

The play, both witty and thought provoking, set in a Northern pub, follows an evening's events as seen through the eyes of the pubgoers and the beleaguered landlord and landlady and features 14 diverse characters – all of which you will recognise as people you know, met or have seen before in your local pub and all played by only two actors. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham 29th July - 2nd August 08 7.45pm Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol 7th, 8th, 9th August 08 8pm Kings Theatre, Albert Road, Souths… Continue

Posted by Jilly Breeze on July 16th, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments (Add)

Associated Artist Group - reminder, this Sunday

Stanislavski once described the theatre as 'the result of that natural striving of mankind to improve and correct his reality'. Real Circumstance is currently looking to build a unified collective of artists committed to exploring the full implications and potentials of this as a definition of theatre. This work will be done through workshops, lectures and practical training sessions. These sessions happen every Sunday at 6pm in the Function Room above the Circle Bar, Clapham Road (between Clap… Continue

Posted by Real Circumstance on July 16th, 2008 at 10:36am — No Comments (Add)

Looking for a master acting class of Shakepeare class

Hello, I am residing in London until Sept. 2008. I have been searching for a master acting class or advanced Shakepeare class. I am not interested in taking a long course consisting of several weeks. Those are usually very expensive and are going for longer than I am in London. I am more interested in workshops or singles classes, like the kind offered at the Actors Centre. I am looking for a class to work on monologues and scenes. I would even be interested in meeting a group of actors that mee… Continue

Posted by Diana DeLaCruz on July 14th, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments (Add)

Reviews of Imploding Fictions' Hamletmachine

Imploding Theatre Machine [sic] HAMLET MACHINE (Heine Muller) - Imploding Fictions cast: Hannah Boyde & Samuel Metcalfe direction: Philip Thorne & Oystein Ulsberg Brager seen: 23-6-2008, Frascati 1, Amsterdam review by: Anne Maike Mertens The beginning is amusing, two people in suits bound to each other by a tie. The students from the London Rose Bruford College take the audience with them in the two texts by Heiner Muller. First there is ‘man in the lift’, an almost androgynous… Continue

Posted by Philip Thorne on July 11th, 2008 at 8:17pm — No Comments (Add)

Want to know how to put on a play?

Want to put on a play? Need some professional insight into how to produce your own show and make it a success? Leading West End theatre producer Michael Codron will be giving a Masterclass on how to get started as a producer. If you are interested in producing, or just want more information about this integral aspect of the industry this is the event for you! Book for this event via our website: http://www.masterclass.org.uk/events.php?ev… Continue

Posted by Masterclass on July 11th, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments (Add)

The Show Girls Concert

Phat Chance Theatre Productions Present SHOW GIRLS A Celebration of the Women of Musical Theatre In Aid of Breast Cancer Care Scotland As long as there have been musicals there have been show girls, from dancing girls in chorus lines to full force belting leading ladies with their names in light. No show is complete without lovelorn ladies and wicked women. From balcony scenes in Argentina to nuns leading children up the Alps, there is nothing sells a show tune or indeed a show like a dame.… Continue

Posted by Phat Chance Productions on July 10th, 2008 at 4:52pm — No Comments (Add)

Associated Artists Group

Stanislavski once described the theatre as 'the result of that natural striving of mankind to improve and correct his reality' – Real Circumstance is currently looking to build a unified collective of artists committed to exploring the full implications and potentials of this as a definition of theatre. This work will be done through workshops, lectures and practical training sessions. The first talk is 6pm this Sunday, the 13th July, in the Function Room above the Circle Bar, Clapham Road (bet… Continue

Posted by Real Circumstance on July 8th, 2008 at 10:33am — No Comments (Add)

Bastille Week end ! This Saturday, Sunday, Monday: Feydeau farce, French food, French people, French theatre! !

Madame's Late Mother by Georges Feydeau A French farce for Bastille Day ! The genius of French comedy brough to the London stage ! A new translation of "Feu la mère de Madame" by the company. At 4 O’clock in the morning. A row: she wants to sleep, he comes back from a party. Suddenly the doorbell rings... A classic of French comedy based on the simplest misunderstanding... directed by Samuel Miller, With Andy Dowbiggin, Fanny Dulin, David Furlong and Heather Wilds With also F… Continue

Posted by Echange Theatre Company on July 7th, 2008 at 11:33am — No Comments (Add)

Imploding Fictions' production of HAMLETMACHINE at the Frascati Theatre Amsterdam, reviewed for INSTED by Alexandra Müller

One of the hardest things is to get people working in theatre excited by a performance. Especially with a text predicted to be “undirectable” like Heiner Muellers Hamletmachine. And especially when two just graduating young directors from London do such a piece. But in Mondays performance at Frascati of Muellers piece directed by Imploding Fictions (Philip Thorne and Øystein Ulsberg Brager) it just happened: nearly one hall of largely young directors, actors, dramaturges, producers etc. got caug… Continue

Posted by Imploding Fictions on July 5th, 2008 at 1:54pm — No Comments (Add)

Two by Jim Cartwright at the Henley Fringe Festival

FalconGrange Productions presents Two by Jim Cartwright at The Henley Fringe Festival (21st - 26th July 2008) Starring Daniel Creasey & Yvie Magee. Directed by Redvers Lawson Set in a pub owned by a constantly bickering husband and wife, Two is a series of vignettes that skilfully combine pathos and humour, with all the fourteen characters played by just two actors. During the course of the evening assorted customers pass in and out; including the hilarious Alice and Fred who have “… Continue

Posted by Daniel Creasey on July 4th, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments (Add)

20 July 4 pm New Writing Sunday: Ten in a Bed 5th Birthday Special

"It might be the best bargain ever" -Molly Gunn, Urban Junkies Following on from the success of last year's event marking the first birthday of New Writing Sunday, this July will see us celebrating five years of Ten in a Bed with music, merriment and of course some brand new writing. And probably some cake. The programme includes rehearsed readings of Marty and George from former television presenter and noted aphorist Neil McLachlan and the immensely popular Exodus by Andrew Curtis, which was… Continue

Posted by Ten in a Bed Theatre on July 2nd, 2008 at 6:24pm — No Comments (Add)

SHAKERS RE-STIRRED at the Henley and Camden Fringe Festivals

After a sell-out run earlier this year, L&G Productions returns with 'Shakers Re-Stirred' at the Henley and Camden Fringe Festivals! Welcome to Shakers, the oh-so trendy cocktail bar where everyone wants to be seen. From the check-out girls to the chinless wonders, from the yuppies to the local lads tittering at the thought of a ‘long comfortable screw”, all hell bent on having a great night on the town. We are given a wickedly funny glimpse of this world by four long-suffering waitresses w… Continue

Posted by Lara Lemon on July 2nd, 2008 at 4:28pm — No Comments (Add)

Feydeau's Madame's Late Mother, as part of The Bastille Week end

Madame's Late Mother by Georges Feydeau A French farce for Bastille Day ! The genius of French comedy brough to the London stage ! A new translation of "Feu la mère de Madame" by the company. At 4 O’clock in the morning. A row: she wants to sleep, he comes back from a party. Suddenly the doorbell rings... A classic of French comedy based on the simplest misunderstanding... directed by Samuel Miller, With Andy Dowbiggin, Fanny Dulin, David Furlong and Heather Wilds With also Fr… Continue

Posted by Echange Theatre Company on July 2nd, 2008 at 1:13pm — No Comments (Add)

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