Just to keep you updated, here's some shots from the night!
More updates for our ideas for 2011 to follow soon...
Amanda
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Wednesday, 2 February 2011
photos from the rehearsals / night
Just to keep you updated, here's some shots from the night!
More updates for our ideas for 2011 to follow soon...
Amanda
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Sunday, 31 October 2010
What a night..
I was hoping to be able to write a blog on Thursday, about how preparations were going.
I do not know how I thought I'd be able to do that! It was so so busy all day. Firstly Cheryl and myself met with Jinhee (lighting designer) to help put up the lights in the space. Jinhee was on the ball. Her lighting absolutely transformed the space. Rehearsals for Blue Blood, Harriet Tubman and Dad(die) were squeezed into the day somehow. I will not try to work out how. Before we knew it, the time was 6:30pm and we had so much still to do - like printing the programmes!
We were so lucky to get a fantastic artist called Tom Bull to create an image for our cover:
The doors opened at 7:05pm. Literally every actor was grabbing every last second to go through lines, songs... etc. If I remember correctly the cast of Blue Blood found themselves a tiny corridor to do their line run. Not particularly glamorous mind.
At 7:30pm we entered the church - couldn't believe my eyes! It was packed!! And with a really diverse audience in age and in colour. Great. Our actors were fantastic. And the performance poets! - Pure Feminine Energy and Saran Green. I had never seen performance poetry. And I have come to the conclusion that I have seriously been missing out. Our directors Fiona Clift, Monique Sterling and Cheryl Gallacher are next generation of directors about to whup this industry into shape. They were fantastic to work with and I was really proud of their contribution and energetic, upbeat attitude.
I can truly say that I couldn't have asked for a better evening. The church was transformed into this performance space where you could hear people laughing and tutting at different themes of the work.
As for the next event... yowsers. Back to the board people.
Amanda
I do not know how I thought I'd be able to do that! It was so so busy all day. Firstly Cheryl and myself met with Jinhee (lighting designer) to help put up the lights in the space. Jinhee was on the ball. Her lighting absolutely transformed the space. Rehearsals for Blue Blood, Harriet Tubman and Dad(die) were squeezed into the day somehow. I will not try to work out how. Before we knew it, the time was 6:30pm and we had so much still to do - like printing the programmes!
We were so lucky to get a fantastic artist called Tom Bull to create an image for our cover:
The doors opened at 7:05pm. Literally every actor was grabbing every last second to go through lines, songs... etc. If I remember correctly the cast of Blue Blood found themselves a tiny corridor to do their line run. Not particularly glamorous mind.
At 7:30pm we entered the church - couldn't believe my eyes! It was packed!! And with a really diverse audience in age and in colour. Great. Our actors were fantastic. And the performance poets! - Pure Feminine Energy and Saran Green. I had never seen performance poetry. And I have come to the conclusion that I have seriously been missing out. Our directors Fiona Clift, Monique Sterling and Cheryl Gallacher are next generation of directors about to whup this industry into shape. They were fantastic to work with and I was really proud of their contribution and energetic, upbeat attitude.
I can truly say that I couldn't have asked for a better evening. The church was transformed into this performance space where you could hear people laughing and tutting at different themes of the work.
As for the next event... yowsers. Back to the board people.
Amanda
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Thursday Night is the Night!!
That's right!
Thursday 28 October, 7.30pm at Holy Trinity, Dalston
For a map, click here
To reserve a ticket for only £5, email ourplaceonthestage@gmail.com
We are taking short plays, poetry and performance to Dalston, celebrating the work of Black Women artists writing from the 1920s to the present day.
We are putting on our night not in a theatre, but in a church in the hub of one of London's most diverse communities.
Theatre is for everyone. Stories are for everyone. We're not waiting for anyone else to bring this night to us!
See ya then,
Amanda
Thursday 28 October, 7.30pm at Holy Trinity, Dalston
For a map, click here
To reserve a ticket for only £5, email ourplaceonthestage@gmail.com
We are taking short plays, poetry and performance to Dalston, celebrating the work of Black Women artists writing from the 1920s to the present day.
We are putting on our night not in a theatre, but in a church in the hub of one of London's most diverse communities.
Theatre is for everyone. Stories are for everyone. We're not waiting for anyone else to bring this night to us!
See ya then,
Amanda
Nearly There Hackney
Rehearsals are going really well for all the shows!
I love first days. Well, I should say I have a love/hate relationship with any read through. There's such excitement in the room because you're about to hear the voices of the characters for the first time but you can also feel the nervousness! It was great to see Harriet Tubman up on her feet yesterday, and the music is brilliant! I have such a love of gospel and negro spirituals, so hearing that for the first time was just perfect!!!
I'm going to be talking about Our Place on the Stage tonight on BBC London radio 84.9 fm between 9-9:45pm.
Hope you can tune in!
Amanda
Friday, 22 October 2010
Well. What do we have in store for you?
Our first event: Our place on the Stage
Two of the first ever plays to be published by Black women playwrights:
Harriet Tubman by May Miller
Blue Blood by Georgia Douglas Johnson
A brand new play by the brilliant emerging playwright Charlene James, who participated in the Royal Court Theatre's Young Writer's Programme in 2008.
Poetry / Music / Performance poets
We also have a stellar cast, including Keisha Amponsa Banson, Marlon G Day, Stephen Fewell, Marsha Henry, Linda Mathis, Laura Rollins, Catherine Hammond, Marcia Mantack, Osi Okerafor, Amanda Wilkin, Ava Charles, Belida Fenty and Lance Kirby
OUR PLACE ON THE STAGE: A celebration of work by Black Women Writers
28th October
Holy Trinity Church
Beechwood Road
London
E8 3DY
From our friends at Theatre 503 - this looks great! We'll be booking quickly..
THE CHARMING MAN
A sparkling satire of British politics by Gabriel Bisset-Smith
20 October - 13 November 2010
Tuesday - Saturday: 7.45pm
Sundays: 5pm (Pay What You Can)
"Nobody knows who to vote for and nobody really cares. All it would take is for someone, anyone with a bit of honesty and charisma to come along and they could clean up."
It
Directed by Paul Robinson
Design by Libby Watson
Lighting by Kevin Treacy
Sound and Music by Simon Slater
Cast:
Tickets: £14/£9 concs
Box office: 020 7978 7040
www.theatre503.com
**EARLYBIRD BOOKING OFFER: First 100 tickets in the first week 19/20/21/23/24 October) JUST £5 when you call 020 7978 7040**
Monday, 18 October 2010
Featured Writer: Isis
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Isis, one of our writers. Isis' talents stretch across a wide range of live performance mediums, and her experience is substantial. Isis has just finished working as an Assistant Director on A Raisin in the Sun at the Manchester Royal Exchange and is currently a Practitioner at Contact theatre, making a performance piece with other young people at the Trafford Centre, in association with the Manchester Science Museum. Isis is also on the Critical Mass Young Writer's Programme at the Royal Court.
Isis' monologue takes inspiration from the provocations of two independent female voices from the Harlem Renaissance, exploring language, race and the absurd dichotomy between celebrity and the developing world as portrayed in so much of our media. Isis' monolgue challenges us to rethink our acceptance of a bizarre culture in which children are viewed as commodities.
Isis' monologue will be performed by an actor as Isis is interested in pushing her work in this direction. Hopefully the result will be as engaging as it was when I first read it on the page.
Cheryl
Isis' monologue takes inspiration from the provocations of two independent female voices from the Harlem Renaissance, exploring language, race and the absurd dichotomy between celebrity and the developing world as portrayed in so much of our media. Isis' monolgue challenges us to rethink our acceptance of a bizarre culture in which children are viewed as commodities.
Isis' monologue will be performed by an actor as Isis is interested in pushing her work in this direction. Hopefully the result will be as engaging as it was when I first read it on the page.
Cheryl
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