It was one hell of a month in March with Alpha losing 3 of its female members. It’s with great sadness we say goodbye to Louisa Tee, Judith Quin and one of our longest serving members Elizabeth Ross. We wish them all the best for the future.
Patsy Prince plays plays Dr Sabine Redmond in Living the Drama’s play ‘Swallows’ this March. Set in the near future where the Government has legalised euthanasia Patsy’s Sabine faces a moral dilemma when a patient demands the right to die. The production plays at the Old Fire Station in Oxford on the 23rd and 24th March and tickets are available here.
Appearing in a collection of monologue short stories this month is Alpha’s Adam Seigel. Theatre 76’s production of ‘Save’ is an evening of 5 stories dealing with 5 people arriving at a pivotal moment in their lives. The show runs from the 21st – 23rd February at the Hen and Chickens Theatre and tickets are available here.
Our Angus Kennedy has had a busy couple of years working in Hollywood films and you can catch up with a couple from the comfort of your own home this month.
‘Allied’ starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard is released on DVD and Blu-ray at the end of the month and features Angus as party guest Geoffrey.
‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ is now available to view on Netflix and finds Angus meeting a grizzly end at the hands of Sam Riley’s Mr Darcy.
After successful runs in Edinburgh, New York and London Patch of Blue are taking their production of ‘We Live by the Sea’ to the Adelaide Festival in Australia with new member Lizzie Grace returning to the cast. The show runs from the 16th February – 19th March. Check out their website here.
New member Nic Lamont is currently at the Fringe World Festival in Australia appearing in the ‘Game of Thrones’ parody show ‘Graeme of Thrones’. The show has been touring now for almost two years and features 3 actors playing and parodying all of your favourite characters from the popular worldwide hit. Check out the website and the trailer below.
Alan Ayckbourn’s production of his own play ‘Henceforward…’ ran at the Stephen Joseph Theatre last year to critical acclaim. In conjunction with the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre the show is now touring till the end of February and Alpha’s David Sayers has joined the cast understudying the roles of Jerome and Mervyn. Check out the tour dates.
Earlier this month Peter Dewhurst and Heart to Heart Theatre Company returned to London with their one-man production ‘How We Think We Think’. After a critically acclaimed run at the Kings Head Theatre last August the production was remounted at the Etcetera Theatre for a couple of performances on the 12th and 13th January. Check out the reviews below:
Etcetera Production
Kings Head Production
As 2016 drew to an end we said goodbye to Alpha member Rachel Voldman.
Rachel has been up North with her family for over a year now. After finding it hard to constantly travel down to London she has taken representation close to where she lives.
Tackling the controversial subject of migrants, Justice in Motion’s production ‘Contained’ uses physical, Forum, interactive and immersion theatre to ask questions of its audience. Peter Dewhurst will be joining them for their performance at Transmic in Oxford on December 8th and The Story Museum from 10th-12th February. Tickets are available here.
