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Vampirella by Angela Carter Vampirella By Angela Carter 26, 27 & 28th October 7.30pm George IV Theatre Space The Southside Bar 114 Brixton Hill SW2 Produced by The Curious Room www.thecuriousroom.com The Curious Room We are an Arts Co-operative based in London U.K. Established in January 2007 the prime aim of The Curious Room is to produce theatre. To produce innovative, exciting theatre. This requires the creative skills of actors, artists, directors, producers, designers, promotions operatives, technicians, administrators, musicians and writers. In the full knowledge that all of these industries are hard to break into (even with the formal training!) and gain experience in, The Curious Room has formed. We hope to provide a network of ‘artists’ of all disciplines. A forum within which to expand, experiment and create. The Cause The Author Kids Company is a London are sometimes inaccessible to methods. How to run your own Angela Carter was born in the James Tait Black Memorial collections of fairy folk tales based charity, which was our client group and lack the home Cooking and cleaning, 1940. She read English at Bristol Prize) and Wise Children (1991). as well as Wayward Girls And founded in 1996. We currently resources required to deliver budgeting and bills, basic University, spent two years Angela also published three Wicked Women:an Anthology support some 5000 vulnerable individual tailor-made tutoring. plumbing, carpentry. Social living in Japan and from 1976–8 collection of short stories — Of Subversive Stories (1986) children in twenty-five inner Failure to succeed leaves these Affairs International politics was Arts Council of Great Fireworks, Black Venus and The and also wrote for the theatre, city schools and the children’s young people with decreased and economics, free trade, Britain Fellow in Creative Bloody Chamber, the latter of TV, film and radio. centre at street-level (Arches II). levels of motivation and a reduced global poverty, civil rights. Writing at Sheffield University. which won the Cheltenham Angela Carter died in February belief in their ability to achieve. Working with children & She was visiting professor in the Festival of Literature Award. The Kids Company’s Urban 1992. Her work has been young people Child protection, Writing Programme at Brown Academy is a post-14 educational The Urban Academy hopes to Angela wrote the screenplay of collected in three volumes how children think and feel. University, Providence, Rhode and life skills academy based reverse this trend. We aim to A Company Of Wolves adapted Burning Your Boats (1995) Organisation Presentation Island, 1980–81 and writer in at Sherborne House, SE1. It is provide a crucial step in giving from her own short story, which (Collected Short Stories), and telephone skills, legal residence at the University of specifically designed to meet these young people a real chance was produced by Palace Pictures The Curious Room (1996) issues, career workshops, Adelaide, South Australia, 1984. the needs of young people who to move on successfully into and directed by Neil Jordon. (Collected Drama) and Shaking job hunting skills. reject or have been rejected further education or employment. Her first novel Shadow Dance She also wrote the screenplay A Leg (Collected Journalism from other educational facilities. was published in 1965, to be for the film of A Magic Toyshop and Writings). Shaking A Leg The Syllabus includes courses We are committed to providing followed by The Magic Toyshop starring Tom Bell, produced (Collected Journalism and such as: Fine Art Digital media, a balance of courses to help (which won the John Llewellyn by Steve Morrison and directed Writings) was published in painting, portfolio preparation, with their life management. Rhys Prize) in 1967, Several by David Wheatley for Granada 1997 by Chatto & Windus. fashion, drawing. Performing These include getting their Perceptions (which won the Television. Arts & Music Singing and A number of her works have driving licence, passport Somerset Maugham Award) MC skills, DJ workshops, She was the author of The been adapted and performed application and registering in 1968, Heroes And Villains songwriting, studio recording. Sadeian Woman:An Exercise on stageincluding a very with a G.P. along with study in 1969, Love in 1971, The Psychology Emotions and in Cultural History (1979) and successful, UK production and business skills, maths Infernal Desire Machines how they work, body language, two collections of journalism, by the prestigious Shared and English, drama, film Of Dr Hoffman in 1972, how the brain works, addiction. Nothing Sacred (1982) And Experience company of production, fashion studies The Passion Of New Eve in The Human Body First aid, Expletives Deleted (1992). Bryony Lavery’s dramatisation and more. Our philosophy… 1977, Nights At The Circus advanced nutrition, fitness She translated the fairy tales of The Magic Toyshop. Present educational facilities published in 1984 (winning and exercise, alternative health of Charles Perrault, and edited The Cast The Hero The Countess The Gatekeeper Mrs Beane The Count The Voice of Sawney Beane Morgan Thrift Melissa Miners Ryan Spencer-Wilson Elizabeth Graham Frederick Roll Graeme Winchester Morgan trained at The Bristol Melissa has recently graduated Ryan trained at City Lit. Elizabeth was born in Edinburgh, Gruesome, gory bedtime stories Graeme trained at Webber Old Vic Theatre School. Credits from The Academy drama Credits include Valmont in where she trained as a teacher told by his parents and regular, Douglas where his roles include Oberon/Theseus in school. Before drama school Dangerous Liaisons; Ken of classical and modern dance. illicit attendance with them at included Jaques in As You A Midsummer Night’s Dream, she was involved in several Harrison in Who’s Life is the local fleapit cinema’s ‘fright Like It and Jeremy Bertrand Stage includes: Loneliness... Potential Officer Menzies in projects with HTV. Recent it Anyway? Horner in The night’ screenings may account in Three Birds Alighting Loneliness (Actors & Writers Our Boys, Robert in Push Up, roles include Electra in Electra, Country Wife and Hamlet. for Frederick’s abiding love of On A Field. Since graduating London), Still Life (Bridewell), and 2nd Voice in Under Milk Olivia in Twelfth Night and He has also worked extensively all things dark and dreadful. he has performed in four new Candide (Barbican), Death Wood. Other credits include Jo in Two Lips Indifferent Red. with Naked Theatre both at Now, playing one of the undead works for First Draft Theatre of a Salesman (Birmingham the short film Inside You, and Melissa is a big fan of Angela The White Bear and at the in a like-minded new company’s (all Kings Head Islington), Rep), Hamlet (Finborough), a commercial for Ikea! Carter and is really looking Edinburgh Festival. production of an Angela Carter, gave an acclaimed performance Bitter Sweet (Exeter Northcott), forward to playing the role of he believes he has found his as Feste in ‘Twelfth Night’ The Man Who Came to Dinner The Countess in Vampirella. dream role and teammates. (Edinburgh Fringe), and (Cheltenham Everyman), Salad He trained at the Speech and toured Italy twice in ‘Chicago’ Days (Sheffield Crucible), Drama Department of the as Billy Flynn and in ‘Much Irene (Adelphi) and Cabaret University of Natal, South Ado About Nothing’. (Liverpool Playhouse). Africa, and, when not frightening Film, television and radio: himself and others with horror The Oxford Murders (Oxford stories, he works as an actor, Crimes Ltd), Shooting Stars voiceover artist, writer, in August (FFP Media GmbH), researcher, videomaker, The Children of Dynmouth location manager and volunteer (BBC), Rainbow (Thames), for a befriending organisation A Place of Her Own (STV) and for the elderly. He earnestly Excess Baggage (Write 4 Radio). hopes that his brief scene as The Barman in ‘His Dark Elizabeth sings with the London Materials: The Golden Symphony Chorus, and in Compass’ will not end up November performs in Verdi’s on the cutting room floor. Requiem with the Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Mark Elder. The Creatives Director/ Producer Film Creatives Set design Advisor/ Construction Kate Sawyer Tom Whitelaw Kate Hughes Kate trained in Acting at The Tom studied Art History at Set Construction Webber Douglas Academy of Kingston University. He has Jamie Brookes Dramatic Art. Recent roles she continued his study of film since has enjoyed playing include Helena graduating and has written Associate Creative Advisors in A Midsummer Nights Dream, extentensively on the subject of Zoë Sawyer Narrator in Gunpowder Treason Russian cinema — A montage of Zoë graduated with a degree in My Black Swan And Plot, Camille in Rings True, attractions to sculpting in time. Fine Art from Leeds University. Elizabeth in Absolute Hell and [email protected] She runs The Art Market in Leeds. Molly Malloy in The Front Page. Russell John Stage Management Kate established The Curious Russell graduated from Fine Art James Sullivan Room with the help of all her at Kingston University. Tom Whitelaw creative and talented friends Joel Stephens Production Assistants in January 2007. Vampirella Joel is currently studying at Morgan Thrift by Angela Carter is Kate’s Camberwell College of Art. Laura Freeman directorial debut. His work is focusing on video Laura trained in Acting at Kate would like to thank Knight and film work. The Webber Douglas Academy Mantell for his kind advice of Dramatic Art. She is currently Artistic Photography and guidance. performing in York Theatre Royal’s Lucy Riseley [email protected] children’s theatre production of Lucy Riseley attended the London Handmade jewellery for the Silly Billy. Costume Design College of Communication where post-atomic plastic loving i-generation! Mette Kristiansen she gained her BA in Graphic Thank you www.myblackswan.co.uk Mette studied fashion at Kingston & Media Design Illustration to all of the cast and creatives University.
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