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Syndication

Writer Michael Wynne, director Jeremy Herrin and actors Joseph Millson and Rachael Stirling discuss the Michael's new comedy The Priory.
Direct download: The_Priory_FINAL_MIXDOWN.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:00 AM
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'I have the choice to continue.  I have the choice to stop.'

Settle back into the warmth of the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.  Relax as the story unfolds. For you. With you. Of you. A story of hope, violence and exploitation. Laugh with the actors, tap your feet to the music, turn to your neighbour. You’re here.

Tim Crouch’s new play is about the abuse carried out in the name of the spectator. His previous plays include England, An Oak Tree and My Arm.

‘Tim Crouch is a peach of a theatre maker: conceptual without being obscure; experimental without losing the plot, or indeed faith in the power of words to move you.’ Time Out


23 Sept - 24 Oct

7:45pm

Running Time: 1hr 15mins

Tickets: £15 (£10 Monday or Conessions until 3 Oct).


Directors Karl James & a smith
Lighting
Matt Drury
Music and Sound Ben Ringham &
Max Ringham

Cast Tim Crouch, Adrian Howells, Vic Llewellyn, Esther Smith

Contains material that may be disturbing.  Recommended for ages 18+.

 

Direct download: The_Author_Mixdown.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:24 PM
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Jerusalem (10 July - 15 August)
Written by Jez Butterworth



"My dad said he jumped buses. Horseboxes. Jumped an aqueduct once. He was gonna jump Stonehenge but the council put a stop to it."

On St George's Day, the morning of the local county fair, Johnny Byron, local waster and modern day Pied Piper, is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his children want their dad to take them to the fair, Troy Whitworth wants to give him a serious kicking and a motley crew of mates want his ample supply of drugs and alcohol.

Jez Butterworth's new play is a comic, contemporary vision of life in our green and pleasant land. His previous plays for the Royal Court include The Winterling, The Night Heron and Mojo.

Director Ian Rickson
Designer Ultz
Lighting Mimi Jordan Sherin
Sound Ian Dickinson for Autograph
Composer Stephen Warbeck

Cast includes Jessica Barden, Tom Brooke, Greg Burridge, Lewis Coppen, Mackenzie Crook, Alan David, Aimeé-Ffion Edwards, Lenny Harvey, Gerard Horan, Danny Kirrane, Charlotte Mills, Lucy Montgomery, Sarah Moyle, Dan Poole, Harvey Robinson, Mark Rylance, Barry Sloane

Direct download: MASTER_1_NO_EXP.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:16 PM
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20 May - 27 June

We all remember a favourite aunty, uncle or grandparent, someone who, in our childhood, told us tales that made our toes curl and stories of wonder. For Lemon, it was Aunt Dan. A brilliant, intoxicating but dangerous woman who shared all the most intimate and daring secrets of her decadent, exotic adult world...

Jane Horrocks, Paul Chahidi and Dominic Cooke talk about rehearsals for Aunt Dan and Lemon.

Direct download: Raw_EDITED_.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:21 AM
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Andre Gregory and the cast of Grasses of a Thousand Colours talk about the play and rehearsals (includes Emily McDonnell, Miranda Richardson, Wallace Shawn and Jennifer Tilly).
Direct download: Grasses_Podcast_Editv1_.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:13 PM
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The Fever - WALLACE SHAWN SEASON
Written by Wallace Shawn
2 April - 2 May

"And there's an amazing moment: each day, before the market opens, before the bidding begins, there's a moment of confusion. The money is silent, it hasn't yet spoken."

 

A traveller from a privileged background visits an impoverished foreign country and suddenly becomes ill. As her temperature begins to rise, she becomes emotionally unsettled and contemplates with lacerating frankness the impact her life has had on the world.

 

The Fever turns up the heat on individual responsibility and the balance of power. Can we, should we, make the world a fairer place?

 

Clare Higgins delivers The Fever, Wallace Shawn's seminal play.  

 

Director Dominic Cooke

Lighting Jean Kalman

Cast Clare Higgins

 

www.royalcourttheatre.com
Direct download: The_Fever_Podcast.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:51 AM
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JERWOOD THEATRE DOWNSTAIRS

OFF THE WALL: a season of new plays about Germany

60 years since the foundation of the Federal Republic and 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Royal Court presents Off The Wall, a season of new plays about Germany. This includes Over There by Mark Ravenhill (Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat, Pool (No Water), Shopping and F***ing) and a series of readings of new plays by German writers.

 

The Stone

Written by Marius von Mayenburg, Translated by Maja Zade

5 - 28 February

International Playwrights: A Genesis Project  

* * * * 'Mesmerising'.

Evening Standard

As a house passes from owner to owner, and from generation to generation, the secrets buried in the garden and seeping from the walls reveal themselves.

Over There

Written by Mark Ravenhill

25 February - 21 March

International Playwrights: A Genesis Project

"I found you. You're here. And I was over there. But now I'm over here. I'm here. You're my brother. I love you"

When Franz's mother escaped to the West with one of her identical twin boys, she left the other behind. Now, 25 years later, Karl crosses the border in search of his other half. As history takes an unexpected turn, the brothers must struggle to reconnect.

 

Direct download: MASTER.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:48 PM
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Wig Out!
Written by Tarell Alvin McCraney
21 November – 10 January

"In this gossamer- laced reality there is never a moment to be without your face, to not be together. One false move and you'll get chopped. One night can leave you legendary or a subsidiary."

 

Enter the legendary House of Light, a hyper-glamorous, uber-competitive drag queen refuge where a daughter who was once a son, can find a family.

 

While the House are primping and preening for a catwalk showdown with the other houses, drag queen Nina is wooing the delectable Eric as Wilson, a de-camped, make-up free 'straight' gay man. How can Nina/Wilson strut the thorny divide between opposite genders and differing worlds?

 

With sassy music, killer costumes and performed in a club cabaret setting, Wig Out! brings to glorious, vivid life, a riotous, defiant drag queen sub-culture.

 

 

Mondays - All tickets £10

Tuesday to Saturday - £25 £18 £12

For information on concessions go to http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whatson_calendar.asp?play=526

Direct download: Wigout_Editv1_Master.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:15 AM
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The Girlfriend Experience

by Alecky Blythe

 

“We have Tessa, curvy dress size 14, very bubbly, offers most services. We also have Suzie, curvy dress size 18 to 20, very passionate lady, offers the full girlfriend experience.”

 

Tessa has set up a business; a brothel by the sea where mature women specialise in the Girlfriend Experience, a surprisingly caring and sympathetic service.

 

As the women stoically strive to make a living in a competitive market, their personal lives start to crumble. Will they ever have loving relationships outside work and enjoy being girlfriends themselves?

 

This extraordinary play is created entirely from edited conversations recorded inside an actual brothel.

Direct download: GFE_PODCAST.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:50 AM
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JERWOOD THEATRE DOWNSTAIRS

Now or Later
Written by Christopher Shinn
03 September - 18 October

"I don't think we should give up our values to find common ground.

Then it's not common ground, it's their ground and we're just standing on it."

 

Election night in the US, and things are looking rosy for the Democratic Party. Holed up in a hotel watching the results flood in are the likely President-elect, his wife, advisors and 20 year old son John Jnr. Every speech, interview and photocall has been carefully controlled and meticulously orchestrated, all leading up to this big night.

 

At the same time controversial photos of John Jnr are gathering momentum on the internet. Whilst his father's advisors work against the clock on damage limitation, it's up to father and son to try and reach an agreement.

 

Christopher Shinn's searching new play examines religion, freedom of expression and personal responsibility. His previous plays include Dying City, Four, Where Do We Live and Other People.

 

Director Dominic Cooke

Designer Hildegard Bechtler

Lighting Charles Balfour

Sound Ian Dickinson

 

Cast includes Nancy Crane, Domhnall Gleeson, Adam James, Matthew Marsh, Pamela Nomvete, Eddie Redmayne

 

Direct download: Now_or_Later_Pod_Mastered_v1.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:03 AM
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