May 2013
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New auditions
Auditions for the first shows of next season will be starting soon. “The Entertainer” will be on 18th June. “God of Carnage” 9th July. “Anne Boleyn” will have two auditions 30th July & 1st August. The breakdowns will be posted once we have them.
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Review: Women of Troy, Lace Market Theatre, by... →
Women of Troy reviewed by the Nottingham Post.
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Women of Troy - LeftLion →
Women of Troy reviewed by LeftLion Magazine
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Theatre: Women of Troy, Lace Market Theatre →
Who are the Women Of Troy?They are prisoners, whose menfolk and male children have all been killed as the enemy overrun their city. They are waiting to hear what will become of them. Their former…
A short interview with the director of ‘Women of Troy’, Cynthia Marsh
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The Taming of the Shrew - Reviews
From the Nottingham Evening Post:
“…The Lace Market Youth Theatre has come up with another success. This year’s venture, The Taming of the Shrew, is an even better production than last year’s David Copperfield… “
From the Left Lion Magazine:
“…The comedic play manages to retain its accessibility without either pandering to the audience or...
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March 2013
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“It is easy to do justice - very hard to do right.”
– Sir Robert Morton. The Winslow Boy (Terence Rattigan)
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“An injustice has been done. I am going to set it right, and there is no...”
– Arthur Winslow. The Winslow Boy (Terence Rattigan)
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Interview with the director of "The Winslow Boy" →
“As the cast and crew at the Lace Market Theatre enter the final stages of rehearsals for their next production, Terence Rattigan’s The Winslow Boy, director Bob Wildgust explains more…”
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Audition Notice - "Kiss Me, Kate".
Kiss Me Kate
Audition date March 26th in Auditorium of Lace Market Theatre Performance dates July 22nd to 27th
(n.b. this show includes a Saturday Matinee)
Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It is structured as a play within a play, where the interior play is a musical version of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.It won the first Tony Award presented...
February 2013
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Audition Notice: The Female of the Species by...
Director: Andy Taylor (contact via the Theatre) Date: 19th March 2013 at 7.30pm Venue: Upstairs in the Clubroom
In this contemporary farce Margot Mason is an academic suffering from writer’s block when a deranged former student handcuffs her to a desk and threatens to shoot her. Things go from bad to worse for Margot when her daughter arrives and encourages the student to pull the trigger.
Based...
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"On Golden Pond" radio interview →
Listen to the Director Marcus Wakely and two of the stars, Carol Parkinson and Alec Boaden discuss next weeks production on BBC Radio Nottingham. It starts 1 hr 49 mins in.
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"On Golden Pond" 11th - 16th February.
Our next show is “On Golden Pond” by Ernest Thompson.
(Rehearsal Photo credit to David Alderson)
This is a lovely play. It’s very funny and very moving. A gentle, true to life exploration of family relationships and tensions. The old man, Norman, always wanted a son – or even a grandson – and his daughter’s new stepson is the best thing that’s happened to him. They spend most of...
January 2013
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Passages to be used in the 'Women of Troy'...
Passages to be used in the Audition on 5 February, 2013
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If you are auditioning for specific named parts, please prepare the following. If you wish to be in the Chorus only, there are two sections to go for.
Poseidon and Athene, pp. 7-9.
Hecuba and Chorus, pp. 11-12.
Talthybius and Hecuba, pp. 14-16
Cassandra and Hecuba, pp. 17-19
Hecuba and Andromache, pp. 36-37
Andromache...
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Audition Note for "Women of Troy"
AUDITION NOTICE Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 7.30pm Euripides, The ‘WOMEN of TROY‘ in an English version by Don Taylor. Performance dates 13-18 May 2013. Auditorium.
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The Greeks have defeated the Trojans after a long and bloody campaign with ferocious cruelty on both sides. Now the fates of the Trojan women from the royal family down are being decided.
There is a chorus of...
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“How many Stage Managers does it take to screw in a… Done.”
– (via alliekaph)
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Review Roundup for "Arabian Nights"
“… has created a colourful story book with numerous costume changes, plenty of sound effects, puppetry and exotic props…”
“… The simple set is fashioned to look like a story book and provides a back-drop to a riot of colour and movement, humour and mayhem…” - Left Lion
“…The story of the marooned sailor, Es-Sindibad, is beautifully...
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December 2012
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Review of "Wyrd Sisters" →
From the Nottingham Post.
“…Aficionados of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels will revel in this stage adaptation of Wyrd Sisters. Novices need to concentrate; they might initially be wondering what’s going on but not, probably, for long.
There’s an abundance of things to enjoy: the surreal anachronisms; the satire on the fantasy genre, and on Shakespeare – the...
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Review of "Wyrd Sisters" →
From LeftLion
“…The most recent version of Wyrd Sisters performed at the Lace Market Theatre was an interesting smash up of steampunk and Discworld. Steampunk, a genre using technology in Victorian times to bring about outrageous story lines, mixes well with Pratchett’s Discworld… ”
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Nottingham Post →
“Still going strong – and doing the sort of shows no-one else will attempt. UNLESS you’ve been, it’s unlikely you will know where the Lace Market Theatre is…”
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“When you break the rules, break ‘em good and hard.”
– Nanny Ogg “Wyrd Sisters”
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