EVERYONE WE’VE EVER WORKED WITH EVER PLAYWRIGHTS: Bola Agbaje, Michael Andrews, Van Badham, Mike Bartlett, Helen Blakeman, Oleg Bogaev, Justin Butcher, Glyn Cannon, James Cawood, In-Sook Chappell, Marcus Condron, Sam Crane, Sarah Daggar-Nickson, April De Angelis, Joan Didion, David Dipper, John Donnelly, Katie Douglas, Dave Florez, Robin French, James Graham, Stacey Gregg, Jamie Harper, Matt Hartley, James Holmes, Joel Horwood, Guy Jones, Colette Kane, Fin Kennedy, Steve Keyworth, Dawn King, Lucy Kirkwood, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Duncan Macmillan, Patrick Marber, Michael McLean, Rhys McClelland, DC Moore, Tom Morton-Smith, Chloë Moss, Pip Nixon, Lois Norman, Lizzie Nunnery, Ben Ockrent, Gary Owen, Drew Pautz, Phil Porter, Tim Price, Leo Richardson, Adriano Shaplin, Al Smith, Gavin Stevenson, Tena Stivicic, Jack Thorne, Jennifer Tuckett, Rachel Wagstaff, Ché Walker, Jess Walters, David Watson, Edmund White, Joy Wilkinson, Laurence Wilson, James Wilton, Alexandra Wood, Nicholas Wright, Jeff Young DIRECTORS: Phoebe Barran, Charlotte Bennett, Hannah Berrigan, Noah Birkstead-Breen, Gemma Bodinetz, Nathan Curry, Ed Curtis, Matthew Dunster, Jennie Fellows, Polly Findlay, Lucy Foster, Elizabeth Freestone, Nic Fryer, Jamie Harper, Tamara Harvey, Kirsty Houseley, Vicky Jones, Naomi Jones, Oliver Jones, Lucy Kerbel, Michael Longhurst, Will Mortimer, Nick Moss, Hamish Pirie, Mahlon Prince, Josie Rourke, Lisa Spirling, Psyche Stott, Sarah Tipple, Zoe Waterman, Tiffany Watt-Smith, Tara Wilkinson PRODUCERS: Emma Brunjes, Suzanne Carter, Sally Christopher, Imogen Kinchin, Kate Mackonochie, Davina Shah, Tara Wilkinson DESIGNERS: Paul Burgess, Hannah Clark, Simon Daw, Lucy Osborne, Bec Rainsford, takis LIGHTING DESIGNERS: Tim Deiling, Matthew Eagland, Philip Gladwell, Hartley TA Kemp POETS: Aisle16, Tim Clare, Nathan Clough, Dockers MC, Joe Dunthorne, Inua Elams, Kat Francois, Chris Hicks, Jamie Huxley, Nathan Jones, Murray Lachlan Young, John Osborne, Scroobius Pip, Polarbear, Mahlon Prince, Sh’maya, Joel Stickley, Ross Sutherland, [verb]swish, Curtis Watts, Luke Wright FILM-MAKERS: Tim Brunsden, Sam Leech, John Lloyd Fillingham, Sue Luciani, Eddie Marshall, Bettina McNeil, Lucy Purdon, Azhur Saleem, Ruth Schocken-Katz, Charlie Tweed, Sacha Yevtushenko COMPOSERS/MUSICIANS/BANDS/DJs: David Abeles, Bridgette Amofah, Bill Chikain & Eddie B, The Brains and Virgin, Jack Cheshire, Guy Connelly, The Correspondents, Arthur Darvill, Heather Fenoughty, Liam Gerner, Phil Grieve, Jim Hutchinson, Invisible A, The Irrepressibles, Jack Ladenburg, Melody Laffy, Emma Laxton, Left With Pictures, Joel Lindsey, Little Blind Timothy, DJ Living Room, Dave Neale, Gavin Osborn, Hannah Peel, Peter and The Wolf, DJ Rattus Rattus, Scott Rimington, Satore, Seal Cub Clubbing Club, Silver Bob, Phil Smith, Jason Soudah, Sound of Rum, Catherine Taylor-Dawson, nabokov The Toy Hearts, Isobel Waller-Bridge : Simon Brodkin, Tom Deacon, Dave Florez, Hold Your Horses, Helen Keen, Tim Key, Josie Long, Isy Suttie, Tom Sutton, Mark Thomas, THEATRE. EVENTS. FESTIVALS. Richard Warburton, Danielle Ward OTHERS: Aline David (Choreographer), 04 SEP - 27 NOV 2009 Leander Deeny (Author), Sarah Fitzpatrick (Puppeteer), Georgina Lamb (Choreographer), Maria Malone (Choreographer), Kevin McMahon (Magician), Sam Ratcliffe (Illustrator), what/where/who/when Chris Rodenhurst (Illustrator), Rachel Rose Reid (Storyteller), Dan Strange (Illustrator). about nabokov

We also run events. PRESENT : TENSE

Photo: Latitude 2009 challenges cross-disciplinary artists to create work in response to the most important story on the news agenda in just one week. The NABOKOV ARTS CLUB is a warehouse party featuring theatre, performance poetry, films, comedy, live bands and DJs. And we curate, produce and host work at festivals including LATITUDE, CAMP BESTIVAL and THE INNOCENT nabokov is a new writing theatre VILLAGE FETE. company. We produce what we call ‘backlash theatre’ - new work that To date nabokov has premiered offers an antagonistic response to work by 62 playwrights, 33 directors, contemporary agendas, trends and 10 designers, over 70 additional events – which we tour nationally practitioners and several hundred and internationally. actors. Our work has been seen in 14 UK cities, 8 UK counties and 4 This is us: Since 2001, we have produced critically countries; in the West End, in a toilet in artistic directors james grieve & george perrin acclaimed productions in , Sheffield, off-Broadway and in a field executive director ric mountjoy Edinburgh and on tour including in Suffolk. In 2008, over 10,000 people associate producers emma brunjes & imogen kinchin KITCHEN, BEDTIME FOR BASTARDS, saw a piece of work by nabokov. producer (2nd may 1997) kate Mackonochie CAMARILLA and NIKOLINA. Our producer (is everyone ok?) suzanne carter recent World Premiere productions of We’re friends with lots of theatres, producer (every brilliant thing) davina shah ARTEFACTS by Mike Bartlett and festivals, venues and companies but in Office & Project Assistants anningwaa boakye-yiadom & hannah scott TERRE HAUTE by Edmund White both particular with Village Underground Literary Assistant georgia gatti transferred to New York after London and Watford Palace Theatre, where we Playwright-In-Residence joel horwood runs and UK tours. are a Creative Associate company. 2009 SO FAR AND COMING UP

Welcome to our first ever brochure. We’ve finally got

organised enough to make one. This year has already This Autumn sees our busiest and most exciting season of Photo: nabokov Arts Club 3 been a hugely exciting one for us. It started in work yet. We’re delighted to be back at The Bush with our new New York, where TERRE HAUTE played for five weeks production, 2nd may 1997, which we’re also touring to Watford, at 59E59 Theaters. PRESENT : TENSE returned to Colchester and Manchester. IS EVERYONE OK? continues to Southwark Playhouse in a new guise, and we ran the tour, taking in dates in Watford, Scarborough and Plymouth with event in Liverpool for the second year running as part more dates still to be announced. of the Everyword festival. There are two more PRESENT : TENSE events at Southwark The third nabokov ARTS CLUB packed 500 people Playhouse and we’re very excited to be collaborating with the into Village Underground’s breathtaking Victorian brilliant Mayhem Theatre Company on a PRESENT : TENSE for warehouse to watch a thrilling array of artists and young artists at The Royal Festival Hall. dance the night away. The Arts Club hosted the premiere of our new touring show IS EVERYONE OK? The nabokov ARTS CLUB is back at Village Underground on by our Playwright-in-residence Joel Horwood, which Saturday 24 October with another unmissable line-up of has since played a host of festivals including Latitude theatre, music, comedy and more. and Camp Bestival. We’re also developing two brand new pieces of work with Also at Latitude we premiered two brand new short Theatre for their third Daring Pairings festival plays – CRUNCH by Duncan Macmillan and WHEN in November, and we’ll be lauching everybrilliantthing.com CHERYL WAS BRASSIC by Leo Richardson – and this autumn too. mounted the incredible EVERY BRILLIANT THING installation in its own tent, within which a host of So it’s all go. We hope you like the brochure. See you on performers including Frank Skinner and the Arts Club dancefloor, if not before. performed Duncan Macmillan’s exquisite monologue. nabokov nabokov & THE BUSH THEATRE directed by george perrin IN ASSOCIATION WITH WATFORD PALACE THEATRE & Designed by hannah clark MERCURY THEATRE COLCHESTER present Lighting Design by philip gladwell Sound Design by emma laxton 2nd may 1997 Movement Direction by kate sagovsky by jack thorne ASSISTANT DIRECTOR joe murphy Cast james barrett, geoffrey beevers, linda broughton, jamie samuel, hugh skinner, phoebe waller-bridge

“ What the electorate gives, the electorate can take away.” Tony Blair

2nd May 1997. An historic victory. The Tories, 18 years in power, are defeated as New Labour sweeps into government. From the euphoria and despair, three deeply personal stories emerge.

8 Sep – 10 Oct Bush Theatre, London 20 – 21 Oct watford Palace Theatre, Watford 22 – 24 Oct Mercury Theatre, Colchester 27 – 31 Oct Royal Exchange, Manchester

Booking and more info: nabokov-online.com nabokov presents “ I wasn’t always like this, I swear, I wasn’t like this. I used to have friends, I used to like them, I even used to like the job. In principle I loved it, helping IS EVERYONE OK? organise air-freight. It’s – it could be amazing…” by joel horwood

A dazzling tour-de-force blurring the boundaries between theatre and stand-up, IS EVERYONE OK? is a sixty-minute joyride for the lost and directed by george perrin bewildered. developed with lucy kerbel music by arthur darvill 4 – 5 Sep Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough choreography by georgina lamb 11 Sep Watford Palace Theatre, Watford Associate Directors Mel Hillyard & Laura Keefe 16 – 20 Nov Drum Theatre, Plymouth cast alex beckett, lachlan chapman, sian clifford, jenni maitland, rebecca oldfield, alex price, daniel rigby & phoebe waller-bridge Booking and more info: nabokov-online.com nabokov presents nabokov presents in association with Village Underground

PRESENT : TENSE THE nabokov ARTS CLUB

The toughest creative challenge in town is Jump up and down it’s the nabokov back – the UK’s top artistic talent tackle the Arts Club – the undisputed heavyweight hottest topic of the moment in just seven champion of artistic happenings anywhere, days in a multi-genre mash-up. ever! Expect explosive new plays, side- splitting comics, stunning cinematography, Find out full line-ups and follow the artists’ high-voltage poetics, rabble-rousing live progress on the PRESENT : TENSE blog at bands, superstar DJs and lashings of nabokov-online.com/ptblog atmosphere. Plus booze, food, dancing and general tomfoolery till 2am.

27 Sep PRESENT : TENSE / 12 Southwark Playhouse, London 31 Oct PRESENT : TENSE / MAYHEM Royal Festival Hall, London 22 Nov PRESENT : TENSE / 13 Southwark Playhouse, London The full line-up will be announced over the coming weeks Booking and more info: nabokov-online.com exclusively on our newsblog at: nabokov.typepad.com/

24 Oct Village Underground, London

Booking and more info: nabokov-online.com Hampstead Theatre’s New Writing Festival nabokov presents daring pairings 3 every brilliant Thing By paul burgess, simon daw, duncan macmillan & george perrin We’ve been invited by Hampstead Theatre to present two brand new pieces of work at its Daring Pairings Festival. We’ve decided to pair playwrights with bands and poets, so expect some rock ‘n’ roll, slam theatre.

Keep checking the newsblog for updates on what we’ve cooked up: nabokov.typepad.com/

“ I believed that my mum was surrounded by things that would make her really happy but that she’d stopped noticing them. I began to write down everything that was wonderful about the world.”

A breathtaking interactive installation surrounding a heartbreaking monologue about a child who makes a list of everything in the world that is brilliant.

EVERY BRILLIANT THING has appeared at the nabokov Arts Club, 02 Nov Hampstead Theatre, London The innocent Village Fete and The Latitude Festival. Keep checking our website for news of new dates, and meanwhile, you can Booking and more info: nabokov-online.com add to the ever-growing list of brilliant things at everybrilliantthing.com. calendar thank you Get in touch 2009 So far nabokov does not receive any ongoing funding and is [email protected] run by its staff on a voluntary basis. Sometimes we [email protected] do get support from funding bodies and generous nabokov-online.com 13 Jan – 15 Feb TERRE HAUTE 59East59 Theaters, New York individuals for our productions and projects, and 08 Feb PRESENT : TENSE / 10 Southwark Playhouse, London we’d like to say a huge thanks to them. You can also find us on Facebook, and YouTube by searching for ‘nabokov theatre’ 19 Apr PRESENT : TENSE / 11 Southwark Playhouse, London Arts Council has supported our 30 May NABOKOV ARTS CLUB Village Underground, London organisation development this year and heavily 30 May IS EVERYONE OK? nabokov Arts Club, London backed 2ND MAY 1997. We’d like to thank 11 Jun IS EVERYONE OK? Pulse Festival, Ipswich Roger McCann and all at Arts Council England, East for their ongoing support. Huge thanks also to 27 JUNE PRESENT : TENSE / EVERYWORD Everyword Festival, Liverpool Karl Sydow who enabled us to take TERRE HAUTE to 04 Jul IS EVERYONE OK? North Wall Festival, Oxford New York, and to Albert Fuss who also supported 16 Jul IS EVERYONE OK? Latitude Festival, Suffolk that production. 16 – 20 Jul EVERY BRILLIANT THING Latitude Festival, Suffolk If you would like to support our work we would be 17 – 18 Jul CRUNCH Latitude Festival, Suffolk delighted to hear from you. 17 – 18 Jul wHEN CHERYL WAS BRASSIC Latitude Festival, Suffolk 23 – 24 Jul IS EVERYONE OK? Camp Bestival, Dorset 04 Aug IS EVERYONE OK? Holt Festival, Norfolk

2009 COMING UP

04 – 05 Sep IS EVERYONE OK? Stephen Joseph, Scarborough 09 Sep – 10 Oct 2ND MAY 1997 Bush Theatre, London 11 Sep IS EVERYONE OK? Watford Palace Theatre, Watford 27 Sep PRESENT : TENSE / 12 Southwark Playhouse, London 20 – 21 Oct 2ND MAY 1997 Watford Palace Theatre, Watford 22 – 24 Oct 2ND MAY 1997 Mercury Theatre, Colchester 24 Oct NABOKOV ARTS CLUB Village Underground, London 27 - 31 OCT 2ND MAY 1997 Royal Exchange, Manchester 31 Oct PRESENT : TENSE / MAYHEM Royal Festival Hall, London Brochure design by Hypotype.com 02 Nov DARING PAIRINGS FESTIVAL Hampstead Theatre, London Photography by Ludovic Des Cognets (ldescognets.com) 27 Nov PRESENT : TENSE / 13 Southwark Playhouse, London With additional photography by Kanatip Soonthornrak. Photo: nabokov Arts Club 3