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Madani Younis launches his first season at The Bush

JBR — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:41:22 +0000

As of October 2011, The Bush Theatre has been extremely fortunate to call The Old Shepherds Bush library its new home. The venue has ample room for a main stage and two further potential studio spaces. It is also full of character. The building feels warm and exciting and it has preserved various characteristics of its former use; bookshelve Read more ...

Review: DNA, Rose, Kingston ***

JBR — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:05 +0000

Dennis Kelly’s DNA tells the dark story of a group of teenagers, one of whom – Adam – is dead. Instigated by the teenagers themselves through a series of violence, bullying and cruel taunts, Adam’s death provides the pinnacle around which the events in this play unfurl. These youngsters are shown seeking the help of Phil Read more ...

Blog: Uncovering The Faction #10

JBR — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:43:11 +0000

Gareth Fordred is a founding member of the faction theatre co. In the 2012 Rep Season he is playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Leicester in Mary Stuart and a reveller in Miss Julie.

Uncovering The Faction #10: A View From The Wing

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Review: The Pitchfork Disney, Arcola ****

JBR — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:44:03 +0000

Phillip Ridley’s The Pitchfork Disney, which premiered at the Bush Theatre in 1991, is as haunting and degenerative a world today as it was for audiences two decades ago. Set in a squalid flat, a pair of agoraphobic 28-year-old twins, Haley and Presley, spend their time taunting one other with tales of apocalyptic nightmares, eating c Read more ...

Fourthwall’s Favourites: February

JBR — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:20:09 +0000

January 2012 has already thrown us some gems – the wonderful Faction Theatre company have been playing their ambitious repertory season to sell-out audiences, The Bee delighted our reviewer at Soho Theatre, Phil Matthews, Fourthwall’s Editorial Director Read more ...

Review: The Bee, Soho Theatre *****

JBR — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:35:21 +0000

When Ido suddenly finds his family held hostage by an escaped murderer, rather than embrace the role of the victim, he takes a slightly more unusual attitude toward the situation. Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan’s play examines the idea of the victim deciding not to be the victim.

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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #9

JBR — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:13:04 +0000

Gareth Fordred is a founding member of the faction theatre co. In the 2012 Rep Season he is playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Leicester in Mary Stuart and a reveller in Miss Julie.

Uncovering The Faction #9: The Picture of We Three

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Training: ALRA North launches online TV station

PKM — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:06:43 +0000

ALRA: TV will feature short films which will be written, directed and acted by students of the school.

The project, the first of its kind in the UK, will launch at the end of March and will be available free of charge.

Web services manager Anthony Critchley said: “It’s a chance to get Wigan on the map in terms of its acting Read more ...

Greenroom Gossip: Mulligan on drama school auditions

PKM — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:43:37 +0000

Mulligan, the British star who has a string of hit movies behind her including An Education (pictured), said how she also felt like a “terrible actor” on occasion.

In an interview with The New York Times’ Arts & Leisure Weekend, she revealed how it may have been her audition material that failed her:

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Training: The wicked whispers of agent “interest”

PKM — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:21:59 +0000

The third year has barely kicked off and drama school cafés and rehearsal rooms are consumed with talk of who has ‘interest’. Not tittle tattle about the latest flings and Friday night snogs, oh no – those conversations are long since gone.

There is a different sort of hearsay sweeping through the school corridors. It has the air o Read more ...