Those Gremlins have been at it again ... and while I was away sunning myself in Italy and hearing that my play has been selected for the Everyman Autumn series, the Stroud FM play-out was playing-up ...

And so the last two programmes didn't get broadcast ... so many apologies to all my listeners ... and apologies to to the guests on those programmes ... that's playwrights Richard Roby and Miranda Walker; and actor Gregor Hunt and playwright Martin Lytton.

Gregor and Martin can be heard again on Tuesday October 5 at 4 PM, repeated the following Sunday, October 10 at 3 PM.

It's really great interview that I had with them both -- and chatted about Lazarus, Martin's play from last year's Autumn series ... Gregor was the actor who played Lazarus.

Listen in, you won't be disappointed.

If you follow my blog, you know that my play, Sunset Stripped, was accepted for this year's Autumn Play series at the Everyman Studio Theatre, Cheltenham.

Set in Cape Town in 1948, the year in which apartheid is declared, it tells how young Edward, returning from a childhood in England, finds life in both the country and his home very different to his expectations.

Here are all the plays being showcased and the dates :

THE LAST SUPPER OF PAOLO VERONESE – Martin Lytton (Weds 13th Oct)

MABON ROSE – Glenn Andrews (Thurs 14th Oct)

SUNSET STRIPPED – Swithin Fry (Fri 15th Oct)

THE QUESTION OF DOG – Alice Jolly (Sat 16th Oct)

Wednesday to Thursday at 745; Saturday at 8 ...

Tickets are selling well though there are still plenty of empty seats ... so please show your support for all as local writers ... the tickets are only £5, and if you buy a ticket for all four shows it will cost £15 -- four for the price of three -- a bargain you can't refuse!

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If you want to know more about these plays, you can phone the Everyman box office on (01242) 572573  ... and if you would like to contact any of the people interviewed In the Art Lot Everyman series, then telephone the same number and ask to speak to Everyman’s Director of Outreach Paul Milton.

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If you missed the Art Lot featuring musicians Johnny Barlow and Anna Jenkins, then I suggest you click here and listen to some their fabulous musi ...www.johnnybarlow.com 

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Art Lot guest Chris Garner has sent me this:

A Northern Broadsides / Dukes Lancaster Production
in Association with Stroud Theatre Company
presents
GEORGE ORWELL’S
1984

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

Adapted by Nick Lane

Directed by Conrad Nelson

Assistant Director Chris Garner

Design by Sue Condie
Lighting by Brent Lees
Audio/Visual by David Phillips
Animation by Rob Pointon and Karen Sayle

 

TOUR DATES

Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
16 Sep – 9 Oct
www.dukes-lancaster.org

The Viaduct, Halifax
12 – 16 Oct
www.deanclough.com

Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond
19 – 23 Oct
www.georgiantheatreroyal.co.uk

The Rose, Kingston upon Thames
26 – 30 Oct
www.rosetheatrekingston.org

Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
9 – 13 Nov
www.theatreroyal.org

Buxton Opera House
18 – 20 Nov
www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol
23 – 27 Nov
www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com

ALSO!

And another thing!

Playback Theatre in Stroud

Open Workshop

Starting Thursday October 7th and then every other week,

at the Red Dog Studio

(in the courtyard behind the Star Anise cafe)

8 - 10pm.

£5 and free on your first visit!

Please let us know that you are coming - thanks

Led by Brian Tasker

 Makeshift Theatre - Creating a theatre of neighbours!

Playback Theatre is a uniqiue form of improvised theatre that invites a true story from an audience member which is then re-enacted on the spot. Founded in upstate New York in 1975 by pschyodramatist Jonathon Fox and Jo Salas, Playback Theatre is now practiced worldwide as community theatre drawing people together through the bonding experience of shared stories.  Both playful and deep, Playback Theatre isn't therapy but can be therapeutic, empathic, inspiring and also entertaining and encompasses the full range of human experience.

Develop your capacity to listen with immediacy with an ethical dimension and act from spontaneity. Learn phyiscally expressive skills, and the methods of Playback Theatre. Share what you wish to share and see your story re-enacted.

Hear the stories of others and learn how to re-enact their story with artistry and skill in a safe environment. 

No previous theatre or drama skills required just come and try it out. Meet people and make connections with yourself and others. 

See www.playbacktheatre.co.uk

Brian Tasker is a graduate of the School of Playback Theatre in New York,

a Practitioner registered with the International Playback Theatre Network and a BACP accredited Counsellor living in Stroud.

He has taught Playback Theatre groups in the UK, Lithuania, Hong Kong, Ukraine and Sri Lanka.

Send an email to briantasker@hotmail.com or call 07867848365. 

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