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Grounded Marketing Support Pack House 2015 PlBease contact Beckie Darlingon Gate Theatre and Beckie Darlington present GROUNDED by George Brant Directed by Christopher Haydon | Performed by Lucy Ellinson | Tour presented by house Marketing Support Pack Please contact tour producer Beckie Darlington for more information: [email protected] 07793107856 Please contact tour producer Beckie Darlington for more info [email protected] PlBease contact Beckie Darlingon About Gate Theatre The Gate has been inspiring audiences and artists alike for 35 years. The Gate are a home for anarchic spirits, invigorating theatre, and restless creative ambition. They welcome anyone who wants to change the world. In their ever transformable, 70 seat space they confront and debate the biggest questions that face humanity and act as a loudspeaker for unheard voices from across the globe. They are known to springboard the most exceptional new talent into becoming the theatre leaders of tomorrow. No two visits to the Gate are ever the same. About Christopher Haydon (director) Christopher is the Artistic Director at the Gate Theatre and formerly an Associate Director at the Bush Theatre. Credits include: Grounded, Trojan Women, Purple Heart, The Prophet, Wittenburg (Gate), Twelve Angry Men (Birmingham Rep/West End), Sixty-Six Books, In the Beginning (Bush Theatre/Westminster Abbey); A Safe Harbour for Elizabeth Bishop (Southbank Centre); Grace, Pressure Drop (On Theatre); Deep Cut (Sherman Cymru/National Tour); Monsters, Notes from Underground (Arcola); A Number (Salisbury Playhouse). About Lucy Ellinson (performer) Lucy is an actor and theatre maker specialising in devised and experimental performance and international new writing. She is a member of Third Angel, a core artist with Forest Fringe, an associate artist at the Gate, and regularly collaborates with companies and artists such as Northern Stage, Unlimited Theatre, Chris Goode, Wendy Hubbard, Metis Arts, Jane Packman Co, Slung Low, Deaf & Hearing Ensemble, Mapping4d. Theatre credits include: Poprishchin in MadMan by Chris Goode (Theatre Royal Plymouth). The Pilot in Grounded by George Brant, The Chorus in Trojan Women by Caroline Bird and Julian Assange in Tenet (Greyscale) all at The Gate. Money: The Game Show (Unlimited Theatre; The Bush), Oh The Humanity! and other good intentions by Will Eno, directed by Erica Whyman (Northern Stage; Soho Theatre). Lucy also creates participatory performance: #TORYCORE (The Arches Brick Award 2012), Kaidan and One Minute Manifesto (Forest Fringe, Northern Stage BAC) and When I Was Old When I Get Young (RSC Pilot Night, Pulse Festival). About George Brant (playwright) In addition to Grounded, George’s plays include Elephant’s Graveyard, The Mourners’ Bench, Any Other Name, Salvage, Grizzly Mama, Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile, and Dark Room. A Core Writer at the Playwright’s Center, his scripts have been produced internationally by Trinity Repertory Company, the Studio Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Page 73, and the Traverse Theatre, among others. He has received a Kennedy Center National Playwriting Award, the Smith Prize, an Edinburgh Fringe First Award, a Creative Workforce Fellowship, an NNPN Rolling World Premiere, two OAC Individual Excellence Awards, and the Keene Prize for Literature. He has been awarded writing fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the McCarter Theatre Center, Blue Mountain Center, the Please contact tour producer Beckie Darlington for more info [email protected] PlBease contact Beckie Darlingon Djerassi Resident Artist’s Program, and the Michener Center for Writers. He is published by Samuel French, Oberon Books and Smith & Kraus. Beckie Darlington Beckie is an independent creative producer working across a range of art forms. She works closely with artists and organisations to conceive, develop and deliver new work, including festivals, touring theatre performances, participatory art works, installations, and one-off live events. She has worked with organisations including transmediale, Natural History Museum, Northern Stage, FutureEverything, Caper, AV Festival and Wunderbar. She is currently working on projects with the Gate Theatre, Andy Field, Deborah Pearson, Christopher Brett Bailey, Mad In China, Gillie Kleiman and Sara Lindström. A note from the Associate Director Caroline Byrne I first began working with the director, Christopher Haydon, in July 2013. Having worked with Christopher before, he invited me to come on board to work as his associate for this production. Christopher knew I loved formally exciting work, and beautifully crafted language. When I read the play I knew I had to work on it. I was really curious about its appearance on the page – it looked like a poem, so I was really excited about working on it like an epic of sorts. A contemporary epic. During rehearsals I listened to the play. I found linguistic links and ensured that the accuracy of the text was honoured and mined by the exceptional Lucy Ellison. It was always our aim to keep a tight rein on the text and enjoy the carefully crafted and seamless and sublime intelligence that weaves its way throughout the piece. Lucy and Christopher knew so much about drone warfare and weaponised drones, that I was in a very unusual position as an associate director in that they had so much research done before we got into rehearsals. I therefore concentrated on text, character and supporting Lucy’s and Chris’s work. When George Brant came into rehearsals to join us I began to understand his process too. I had once learned that Samuel Beckett was interested in the shape of ideas, in the composition of the text. George is like this too. We spoke many times about how a section might change if one word was changed – like a stack of cards – the domino effect really, on the meaning of the text. During tech I would often sit with George and say some bits of text for him to hear and consider for changes here and there…as all around us the designers were making their own brilliant contributions. So sitting in the dark with George was an insight into his process and his meticulous exactitude. That’s why this play is so engaging – everything is thought through, the words are scared and taut, the ideas have a home on a macro and micro level throughout the text. And then we opened. We all knew. We all knew this play was amazing. That in this room above the pub theatre was necessary. Please contact tour producer Beckie Darlington for more info [email protected] PlBease contact Beckie Darlingon Marketing Copy Company / (for online & all other communications:) Gate Credit Theatre and Beckie Darlington with: GROUNDED (for brochure:) Gate Theatre with: GROUNDED Show title Grounded By George Brant Directed by Christopher Haydon Performed by Lucy Ellinson Tour presented by house Long copy “My pulse quickens. (150 words) It is not a fair fight, but it quickens.” She’s a hot-rod F16 fighter pilot. She’s pregnant. Her career in the sky is over. Now, she sits in an air-conditioned trailer in Las Vegas flying remote-controlled drones over the Middle East. She struggles through surreal 12-hour shifts far from the battlefield, hunting terrorists by day and being a wife and mother by night. Grounded is a gripping, compulsive new play that flies from the heights of lyricism to the shallows of workaday existence. This extraordinary play targets our assumptions about war, family, and what it is to be a woman. George Brant - Playwright Christopher Haydon - Director Lucy Ellinson - Cast Caroline Byrne - Associate Director Oliver Townsend - Designer Mark Howland - Lighting Designer Tom Gibbons - Sound Designer Benjamin Walden - Video Design Josh Pharo - Associate Lighting Designer Beckie Darlington – Tour Producer Supported by Arts Council England and Jerwood Charitable Foundation (Jerwood Young Designers Programme). WINNER - BEST PRODUCTION AND BEST DESIGN, OFFWESTEND AWARDS. FRINGE FIRST AWARD WINNER 2013. Please contact tour producer Beckie Darlington for more info [email protected] PlBease contact Beckie Darlingon Medium copy She’s a hot-rod F16 fighter pilot. She’s pregnant. Her career in the sky (100 words) is over. Now, she sits in an air-conditioned trailer in Las Vegas flying remote-controlled drones over the Middle East. She struggles through surreal 12-hour shifts far from the battlefield, hunting terrorists by day and being a wife and mother by night. A gripping, compulsive new play that flies from the heights of lyricism to the shallows of workaday existence, and targets our assumptions about war, family, and what it is to be a woman. Supported by Arts Council England and Jerwood Charitable Foundation (Jerwood Young Designers Programme). Short copy She’s a hot-rod F16 fighter pilot. She’s pregnant. Her career in the sky (50 words) is over. Now, she sits in an air-conditioned trailer in Las Vegas flying remote-controlled drones over the Middle East. She struggles through surreal 12-hour shifts far from the battlefield, hunting terrorists by day and being a wife and mother by night. Photo credit Iona Firouzabadi Age suitability 14+ (strong language, descriptions of scenes of a sexual nature, descriptions of violence) Running time 65 minutes (no interval) Online links www.gatetheatre.co.uk (Twitter, Twitter: @GateTheatre hashtag, #Grounded website) facebook.com/gatetheatrenottinghill Audiences The Gate’s audiences are made up of a wide range of groups, including regular theatre-goers, those interested in new writing, theatre makers, local colleges and school groups. They have a high percentage of theatre industry professionals and theatre literate audience members. Target audiences for Grounded Those interested in: - new writing and drama - international writing Please contact tour producer Beckie Darlington for more info [email protected] PlBease contact Beckie Darlingon - political theatre - contemporary politics - seeing exceptional new artistic talent Also: - non-theatregoers interested in the politics and ethics of drone warfare - local drama, school or university groups Using ACE’s Arts Segmentation Report group terms, Grounded target audiences are urban arts eclectic, traditional culture vultures, fun fashion and friends, and mature explorers.
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