November and December Events at Oundle’s Stahl Theatre The season will continue with: The Women A vibrant and entertaining commentary on Manhattan’s women of the 1920s, The Women chronicles what happens when the wealthy battle it out to be the socialite of the season. Mary Haines’ husband, Stephen has an affair, that is published in a gossip magazine, with Crystal. After hearing, two years and a divorce later, that Crystal has since been unfaithful to Stephen, Performed by a talented cast from Wyatt House under the direction of pupil Lily Morrish-Postlethwaite. Mess Josephine is putting on a play - Boris and Sistahl help. It’s about anorexia, but don’t let that put you off. Unflinchingly, they confront big issues (and extremely tiny ones). Today they will tackle a particularly thin elephant in the room. Obsession, addiction and not wanting to get out of bed: a play with songs from 2013 Olivier Award nominated Caroline 2012 Stage Award Winner for Best Ensemble. Touring in association with Beat (the UK’s leading charity supporting people with eating disorders). Developed with the help of experts from King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry. Triggered@Warwick. Funded by a Wellcome Trust Arts Award. Arcadia by Tom Stoppard In Sidley Park, Derbyshire, in 1809, Thomasina Coverly proves at thirteen far brighter than her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Lady Croom, Thomasina’s mother is busy having her park landscaped by Mr Noakes. Mr Noakes is busy spying on Septimus who is dallying with Mrs Chater, the wife Tom Stoppard’s witty and fiercely intelligent play examines Physics, sex (‘the attraction Newton left out’) and the landscape with verbal brilliance and dramatic daring. A talented cast of Sixth Form pupils brings a play that has come to be regarded as a peak in British post-war drama to The Stahl in a production directed by Ali Boag and designed by Ali Dean. Shhh! Books flying overhead, free-running on moving shelves and falling in love with the enemy - all this in a library?! C-12 Dance Theatre’s exciting and explosive new show Shhh! is a love story told over four seasons by five theatrical performers who manipulate the set and surroundings to create an innovative and powerful piece of dance theatre. The set is mostly recycled from the New Barnfield Library, Hatfield Hertfordshire, which sadly closed down in 2012 - but Shhh! brings it gloriously back to life. Choreographed by Artistic Director of Shhh! is produced by C-12 Dance Theatre, ARC, Stockton, Hawthorne Theatre, funded by Arts Council, Hawthorne Theatre, ARC, Stockton and C-12 Dance Theatre, with additional support from The Albany and Dance Digital. |
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