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2004
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2004 was a year of firsts for the company. We were pleased to be the first
company to take a West End show on an open air tour. The production
of Art, directed by no less than Nigel Havers was critically acclaimed and
opened the company up to a whole new audience. This production also
introduced to Simon James Green, who is now our Artistic Director. 2004 was also the first year that we embarked on children's
theatre, with a musical production of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. We have never looked back, taking all the positive things
from this year with us. Richard Main |
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 by Yasmina Reza Translated by Christopher Hampton by arrangement with David Pugh & Sean Connery present
Serge buys a new painting. Marc hates it. Yvan’s certainly not sure.
What begins as a debate about the merits of modern art soon turns into a
hilarious debate about the very nature of their longstanding friendship. The chance to take ART
back on the road, this time as director, was an opportunity not to be
missed. It feels like coming home, as I have been involved with this
wonderful play for the last seven years, playing the part of Serge both in
the West End and on tour. I absolutely love ART and think it is one of the
genius plays of the last fifty years. It is a comic masterpiece about men
and friendship which works equally well on the big stage or, as you will
see it, as a more intimate chamber piece. The secret to ART's success lies
in the magnificent writing of Yasmina Riza which has been masterfully
translated by Christopher Hampton. Most great pieces of writing reveal
more with each reading and this play is no exception - the more I get to
know it, the more I marvel at the layers of interpretation it reveals. Nigel Havers |
'a bold new venture...excellent direction' 'a riveting performance...wickedly funny' Tony Award • Best Play |
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| Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Directed and Composed by Richard Main When I opted to direct Alice
for 2004 I was asked, more than once, why I chose to take Chapterhouse
in this new direction. Over the years, the company has performed some
wonderful Shakespearean plays and hopefully we will continue to do so.
However, besides Shakespeare, I have a great love of both musical theatre
and classical children's literature, of which Alice is an
outstanding work. Richard Main |
'beautiful locations...imaginative and clever
costumes...' |
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| As
You Like it by William Shakespeare Directed by Simon Clark As You Like It is
concerned with love - what we feel when we're in it; what we do, what we
don't do, how it makes us act in the most ludicrous fashion and in the
most noble, how we confuse it with lust, how it confuses us, but, most of
all. and perhaps this is an excessively romantic reading, how it
transforms the world. Simon Clark |
'the audience loved it' 'Shakespeare seen relaxed from a folding
chair, glass of wine to the right, cigar in the left hand, isn’t likely
to be showing his darker side' |
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Midsummer Night's Dream Directed by Philip Stevens A
Midsummer Night's Dream will be my debut production as a director for
Chapterhouse Theatre Company after touring with them as an actor since the
company's first show, Romeo and Juliet, in 2000. Philip Stevens
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'a fun evening’s entertainment' 'a wonderful play exquisitely performed, in an
incomparable venue...The audience was truly
blessed as well as bewitched. If only the rest of life were like
that …' 'All good entertaining stuff
enhanced by imaginative direction, excellent acting, fine costumes, some
delightful music and song. A breath of fresh
air indeed!' 'Chapterhouse
Theatre Company brought Shakespeare to life in this beautiful setting' |
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