Blackeyed Theatre, in association with South Hill Park presents
Not About Heroes
By Stephen MacDonald
24 October Middlesbrough Theatre
25 October The Maltings Theatre, Berwick-upon-Tweed
26 October Alnwick Playhouse
3 November Gala, Durham
4 November Pocklington Arts Centre
4 December Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, Hexham
5 December Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
In Autumn 2014 Blackeyed Theatre Company tours Stephen MacDonald’s Not About Heroes to over forty theatres across the UK. Marking the centenary of the beginning of The First World War, this major revival of MacDonald’s play, about the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, performs from 10 September until 6 December 2014.
 |
| Photo: Alex Harvey-Brown |
Stephen MacDonald's beautifully written play chronicles the unique and deepening friendship that developed between Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, from their first meeting in 1917 at the Craiglockhart War hospital where both were being treated for 'war neurosis', to their final meeting in August 1918, shortly before Owen's return to active duty.
 |
| Photo: Alex Harvey-Brown |
Seen through the eyes of the older Sassoon - who is remembering events from fourteen years previously - the play interweaves extracts from their real diaries, letters and poems and suggests that their intensefriendship was key to unlocking Owen's genius as a poet and liberating him as a man. The playwright Stephen MacDonald wanted to understand how this relationship, "could leave such an indelible mark on the literature of their war and so on our understanding of war itself', and hoped that the play "might refresh the memory of who these men were and what it was they had to tell us".
 |
| Photo: Alex Harvey-Brown |
One hundred years on from the beginning of the First World War, Not About Heroes is both exhilarating and uncompromising in its exploration of love, war and a friendship that changed the face of British poetry. Eliot Giuralarocca directs James Howard, whose credits include the Donmar Warehouse and Royal Shakespeare Company, and Ben Ashton, who has recently worked with the Watermill in Newbury as well as the RSC, in a production that features music composed by Tom Neill, set design by Victoria
Spearing, costume design by Jenny Little and lighting design by Charlotte McClelland.
Director, Eliot Giuralarocca, said “The friendship between Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon was forged 100 years ago, in the unique circumstances of the First World War and left us poetry that still burns brightly today. I hope my production of Not About Heroes will give the audience a visceral and sensual theatrical experience that brings their moving story to life”.
On The Web:
Website: www.blackeyedtheatre.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/blackeyedtheatr
Director Eliot Giuralarocca
Composer Tom Neill
Designer Victoria Spearing
Cast: James Howard, Ben Ashton
On Tour:
October
6 Roxburgh Theatre, Stowe - 7.30pm 01280 818012
7 Forum Theatre, Malvern - 7pm 01684 892277
8-9 Courtyard Theatre, Hereford - 7.30pm 01432 340555
10-11 Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple - 7.30pm 01271 324242
14 - 15 Layard Theatre, Wimborne - 7.30pm 01202 847525
16 Octagon Theatre, Yeovil - 7.30pm 01935 422884
17 - 18 ConnaughtTheatre, Worthing - 7.30pm (+2pm Sat) 01903 206206
20 Theatre Royal, Margate - 7.30pm 01843 292795
21 - 22 Playhouse, Norwich - 7.30pm (Tue), 1pm (Wed) 01603 598598
24 Middlesbrough Theatre - 7.30pm 01642 815181
25 The Maltings Theatre, Berwick-upon-Tweed - 7.30pm 01289 330999
26 Alnwick Playhouse - 7.30pm 01665 510785
28 Gaiety Theatre, Ayr - 7.30pm 01292 288235
29 Macrobert, Stirling - 7.30pm 01786 466666
30 - 31 Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy - 7.30pm (+10am Fri) 01592 583302
November
1 Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh - 7.30pm 0131 665 2240
3 Gala, Durham - 7.30pm 03000 266600
4 Pocklington Arts Centre - 7.30pm 01759 301547
7-8 The Atkinson, Southport - 7.30pm (+2pm Fri) 01704 533 333
10-11 Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton - 7.30pm (+1.30pm Tue) 01902 321321
12 Cornerstone, Didcot - 7.30pm 01235 515144
13 - 14 Arlington Arts, Newbury - 7.30pm (+1.30pm Fri) 01635 244246
17 Stahl Theatre, Oundle - 7.45pm 01832 273930
18 Buxton Opera House - 7.30pm 0845 127 2190
19 Stantonbury Theatre, Milton Keynes - 7.30pm 01908 324466
20 Mansfield Palace Theatre - 7.30pm 01623 633133
21 The Civic, Barnsley - 7.30pm 01226 327000
25 - 27 DevonshirePark, Eastbourne - 7.45pm (+2.30pm Wed) 01323 412000
28 Harrow Arts Centre - 7.30pm 020 8416 8989
29 Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells - 8pm 01892 678678
December
1-2 Mumford Theatre, Cambridge - 7.30pm 0845 1962320
4 Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, Hexham - 7.30pm 01434 652477
5 Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal - 8pm 01539 725133
6 Stafford Gatehouse Theatre - 7.30pm 01785 254653
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.