Abi has returned from her knockout Edinburgh run of 'The Principle Uncertainty'. The show recieved critical aclaim and has secured ongoing tour dates. We'll chalk it up as a success!
Abi has gone straight on to filming a scene for a BBC drama which we are sadly sworn to silence on. We'll certainly let you know more when the official secrets act allows us to.
Peter has returned from a month away on Exmoor performing 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and 'Lorna Doone' at the stunning outdoor venue at The Valley of Rocks.
The productions were staged as part of an annual occupation of the site by Pleasure Dome Theatre and recieved incredible support from locals and tourists alike.
Check out Lindon Alexander in this new AA commercial. He's one smooth postman!
Patsy Blower begins rehearsals for The Catastrophists which runs at the White Bear Theatre which runs from Tuesday 8th - Saturday 26th August.
The Castastrophists is a darkly comic play by Jack Stanley about Raf and Harry, a couple who arrive at their holiday home in the Cotswolds to be greeted by some very odd neighbours... an apocalyptic survivalist cult operating out of a field. Keen to make amends, Raf and Harry invite a couple from the cult over for the only friendly, middle class gesture they can think of - a dinner party.
As the evening progresses, however, they soon find themselves locked into a battle of ideas and principles that leaves them all questioning everything they stand for.
In an uncertain age where the threat of global disaster continues to linger, 'Castastrophists' is a play all about class, cooking and communes - and whether any of us are quite as civilised as we like to think we are.
All the best to Patsy - we can't wait to see it!
From the producers of Park Theatre sell-out hit The Boys in the Band comes another darkly comic masterpiece: Joe Orton’s classic farce Loot. Uproarious slapstick meets dubious morals as two young friends stash the proceeds of a bank robbery in an occupied coffin, attempting to hide their spoils from the attentions of a psychopathic policeman, a gold-digging nurse and a grieving widower.
Anah will be joining the cast of 'Loot' in the upcoming 50th anniversary run at the Park Theatre (17th Aug-24th Sept) and the Watermill (28th Sept-21st Oct)! She will be appearing as the corpse of Mrs Mcleavy, a surprisingly active role considering the state of the character's health.
This fiftieth anniversary production is directed by Michael Fentiman, whose credits include two acclaimed shows for the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as the recent Park Theatre critically-acclaimed hit, Raising Martha.
Nic Lamont plays the lead Catherine Sweeney in 'Egomaniac', a horror comedy feature film.
Egomaniac will be screened on Monday 31st July at the Prince Charles Theatre followed by a Q&A with director Kate Shenton.
About the film:
A satirical dark comedy with a grizzly horror twist, Egomaniac is the second feature film by writer/director Kate Shenton. Catherine Sweeny is determined to make a zombie horror romantic comedy but everybody in the industry keeps telling her she needs to put a talking dog in the film. Desperate to make a dream project Catherine goes to any lengths to make a film but too much compromise can kill.
Egomaniac had its world premiere at Fright Fest 2016 and has screened at Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival , Boston Horrorthon, IFC Horrorthon, Lund International Fantastic Film Festival, RIP Horror Festival LA, Unrestricted View Horror Festival, Overkill Film Festival, Dundead and Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.
It's nothing but the high life for our actress Abi McLoughin who is flying to Turkey next week to shoot a commercial for Thompson Holidays!
This will be a pre-Edinburgh jaunt for Abi who afterwards heads immediately to the Fringe for her one-woman play:
'The Principle of Uncertainty'. (Venue: Sweet Holyrood from 2nd-27th August.) The conceit of the show is a fascinating wonder-filled physics lecture -with a heart-wrenching twist you wouldn't see coming in this universe!
Abi McLoughlin is such a brilliant performer that a couple of minutes in, I actually didn’t care if this was a play or an actual lecture.- Londontheatre1.com
Rah Rah Community Theatre Company has teamed up with The Salvation Army and anti-trafficking charity, Hope For Justice, to create its production of 'My Mind is Free' by Sam Hall.
Human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing global crime. The 2015 Global Slavery Index estimates that there are 35.8 million people enslaved in the world. There are 1.1 million new, trafficked victims a year, 3,000 new victims a day, or a shocking 125 people per hour forced into slavery. The Metropolitan Police estimate that in the UK alone over 20,000 people are trafficked every year.
'My Mind is Free' is a powerful interpretation of the degradations of human trafficking. It tells the interlinked stories of four people trafficked to and within the UK and their horrifying tales of abuse, exploitation and enslavement. The production uses a mixture of physical theatre and multi–role playing to portray the epic journey and terrible risks that desperate people will go to in the pursuit of what they believe to be a better life, only to find that they are then exploited, ending up in a far worse position than when they started.
David will be taking the show to the Edinburgh festival from the 6th-18th August after a London preview on the 27th July at the Waterloo East Theatre.
Lindon recorded a voiceover for the National Theatre Connections play Extremism by Anders Lustgarten which is being performed at the Dorfman Theatre tonight. It's an amazing and powerful play about radicalisation set in an East End School. The play was performed to a sold-out audience at Rich Mix in February, Theatre Royal Stratford East in March and now at the Dorfman in June.
Click here for more information and here to see the trailer.
After a wildly successful 2 weeks at Theatre N16, a quick look at the reviews!
Some highlights include:
The Spy in the Stalls: 5 Stars "magnificent, complex and beautifully addictive"
West End Wilma: 4 Stars "I was left with goosebumps"
The Peg Review: 4 Stars "Ethics, Heartbreak and Happiness"
