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Epic - Upstate Live Written and directed by Declan Gorman Upstate Live and resident auteur Declan Gorman are ranked among the most contemporary and exhilarating energies to come out of the Irish theatre in the past five years. Ancient myth is blended with urban club culture, meditations on agriculture and searing social satire in a poetic, visually exciting and often wildly comic canvas of a society on the edge, a theatrical kaleidescope of a Northern European nation in a time of profound change and confusion.
Review - Exploring myth and tragedy in modern life.
Toured UK and Ireland Autumn 2002
A Little Fantasy from Told By An Idiot - Devised by the company , directed by Paul Hunter telling the story of a family who dwells outside of the law, living on their wits, and ruled by two women whose hearts 'beat as one'. With Hayley Carmichael and Lisa Hammond. Told by an Idiot has established a national and international reputation for its unique theatrical style, where the line between comedy and tragedy has never been finer.
Review - A chance to become children again.
Toured UK Autumn 2002
The Joy Society from Dark Horse in association with Bristol Old Vic - An original idea by Bim Mason created and developed by Bim Mason with the company directed by Kathryn Hunter & Linda Kerr Scott (Theatre de Complicitie) venturing into the dark and dangerous world in which is found the origins of carnival. Beautifully grotesque visual images, using a kaleidoscope of puppets and large-scale 'body masks'.
Review - What the... Oh!
Toured UK Autumn 2002
The Kala Chethena Kathakali Troupe - From Kerala in Southern India re-enacting ancient epic Hindu stories with elaborate costumes and painted faces. An traditional Kathakali story treat from far away
Review and tour details - Exquisite, for those who can get to grip
Toured UK in Autumn 2002
Single Spies -Alan Bennett's comic play about Antony Blunt, the Queen and one of her paintings A Question of Attribution and its pair about the spy Guy Burgess, An Englishman Abroad starring Robert Powell and Lisa Goddard.
Review - Contrasting roles of humour and depth.
Toured UK in Autumn 2002
The Tempest - Directed by Patrick Mason starring Richard Briers Shakespeare's extraordinary play set on a island where Ariel and Caliban live under Prospero's rule with his daughter, and then some men are shipwrecked. Plymouth Theatre Royal production.
Review - Brier's thoughtful portrayal
Toured UK in Autumn 2002
Corpse! - Comedy thriller by Gerald Moon starring Mark McGann, Colin Baker and Louise Jameson.
Review - Slick and glossy feel
Toured UK in Autumn 2002
Vagina Monologues - based by Eve Ensler on the interviews she made with all types of women. Funny and moving suitable for 15 years+
Reviews - A woman & a man react to the V
Toured UK in Autumn 2002
The Bible : The Complete Word of God (abridged) - The Reduced Shakespeare Company in a brand new production in their tradition of taking large long stories and giving the speedy version!
Review - Reduced to laughing tears!
Toured Uk in 2002
HANNAH & HANNA - UK Arts International present Company of Angels' hit of 2001 Edinburgh Fringe, written and directed by John Retallack. Two girls, a powerful friendship and bigotry surrounds them. Can what they have in common outweigh their differences?
Review - High calibre, well aimed and entertaining
Toured in UK in Autuemmn 2002
The Derry Boat - Town Hall Theatre. Charting the history of the O'Donnell family who left Donegal at the beginning of the 20th Century to arrive in Glasgow.
Review - Engaging versatility of Little John Nee
Toured UK and Ireland 2001 & 2002
SOMALIA YELLOW - One Yellow Rabbit - In Somalia a Canandian artist docuementing a Canadian Peace Keeping force confronts art and murder. Part of Six Stages Festival (Canadian Theatre Festival)
Review - Run away
Toured Europe 2002
ANDY JONES: TO THE WALL In Changing House One man show from a man whose style is mad cap. Part of Six Stages Festival (Canadian Theatre Festival)
Review - With a sexy roundness.
Toured Europe 2002
CIRCA The Holy Body Tattoo / The Tiger Lilies Choreography by Noam Gagnon and Dana Gingras and danced by them with the live music from the unforgettable Tiger Lilies also including film by William Morrison Part of Six Stages Festival (Canadian Theatre Festival)
Review - Real talent & a wealth of ideas but no gelling
Toured Europe 2002
JIMMY
- Marie Brassard (Infrarouge Theatre) writer, director and performer
presents her solo play about fantasy, within fantasy within fantasy
about love, desire and creating. Brassard is a well known collabourator
with Robert Le Page Part of Six Stages Festival (Canadian
Theatre Festival)
Review - Effortless
ability to create theatrical magic
Toured Europe 2002
IN ON IT da da kamera - Written
and directed by Daniel MacIvor and performed by him with James Allodi.
A world where accidents happens. Part of Six Stages Festival
(Canadian Theatre Festival)
Review - Timely
reminder of the power of actors
Toured Europe 2002
The
Circle - Somerset Maugham's comedy of manners about double
standards in a high class family, set in the 1920's starring Wendy Craig,
Jeremy Child and Tony Britton
Review - A revival
not to be missed.
Aug to Oct
Organillo
- Stephen Mottram's Animata puppetery for Adults a spectacular underwater
Ballet, looking at the beginning of life. 14 years and up. Lasts an
hour
Review - Stunning
despite backeddies
Toured 2002
Twelfth
Night - Chapterhouse
Theatre Company Open air performance of Shakespeare's comedy in
park and castle surroundings
Review - Twelfth
Night, some delights
Toured in UK 2002
Street of Blood - Ronnie
Burkett Theatre of Marionettes. Canada's foremost puppet artist and
creator of some of the world's most elabourate and provocative puppet
shows. This one is gritty, funny and confronts contaminated blood supply
scandal, adoption, religion, AIDS and celebrity worship. Contains adult
scene not suitable for under 12s.
Review - Fresh,
fearsomely entertaining
Toured Internationally 2002
The Derry Boat
- Town Hall Theatre Galway with John Nee, live music by Kevin
Duffy
Review - Engaging
versatility of Little John Lee
Toured Scotland April 2002
Arabian Night - ATC bring the British
permiere of Ronald Schimmelpfenning's play translated by David Tushingham
from the original German. Modern tales set amid two mysterious council
blocks.
Review - Cool,
imaginative, poetic
Toured England Scotland and Wales 10 April - 25 May 2002
Whistle Down The Wind - Andrew Lloyd
Webber and Jim Steinman's hit West End musical with all new staging
- the story of childhood innocence, love and adult cynicism. Touring
10 Sept 2001 onwards w/c = starting in that week contact theatre for
exact dates
Review Warmth, fear,
hope and fire
Toured UK 2001 - 2002
Flying Babies- Theatre Drak - One
of the Czech Republic's leading avant-garde companies using ground breaking
puppetry Very Special theatre company
Review - Magic
Toured Scotland April 2002
For The Mute Who Was DreamedTheatre
Bazi have brought from Iran produced by Dramatic Arts Centre Tehran,
and presented by the Centre for Performance Research at Aberystwyth,
Wales
Review -
Intense performances draw you into the realities
Toured Wales, Scotland and England April 2002
Deathtrap by Ira Lewin with David
Soul, Susan Penhailgon and Gerald Kyd. A thriller writer recieves a
script for a former student. It's perfect
Review - Twists galore, and witty
lines
Tour Scotland and England 23 Jan - 8 June 2002
George Orwell's 1984 - Northern
Stage Ensemble's acclaimed co-production with Derby Playhouse. Alan
Lyddiard's adaptation directed by Mark Murphy with the famed ensemble
company from Northern England
Review Loud, brash and,
quite rightly, frightening
Tour dates 8 Feb - 30 March 2002
Nicholas Nickleby- Red Shift famed
for their way with classics Charles Dicken's is put firmly into the
C20 by adapter and director Jonathan Holloway with Squeers, Smike and
Crummles hilarious theatre
Review Extremely
versatile actors
UK Tour dates 18 Feb - 30 Mar 2000
Rita, Sue and Bob Too and A State Affair
- Out of Joint 2 plays set 20 years apart on same housing estate
Review One
funny, one sad, both hardhitting.
2001 -2002 Tour The plays had a previous tour in 2001
28 Nov 2001 - 10 Mar ending at New Zealand Festival, Wellington www.nzfestival.telecom.co.nz
The Good Hope- RNT Lee ( Billy
Elliot) Hall's version of Hollander Hermanns Heijermans play about the
dangers of the sea with music and lyrics by John Tams directed by Bill
Bryden.
Review Panache of
individuals shine through the clutter
23 March 2002 Tour ended
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