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Dateline: 25th January, 2005

The Other Place

The RSC Fringe 2005

Royal Shakespeare Company company and crew members from the Julius Caesar, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Beauty and the Beast companies will stage a week long Fringe Festival including plays, play readings, poetry, music and musical theatre between Monday 31st January and Sunday 6th February at The Other Place theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.

This year’s RSC Fringe Festival will see a collection of actors, directors, stage managers, designers and musicians collaborating to produce a programme of nine separate events.

This diverse collection will include two short plays – Paradox, a brutal comedy by award-winning Serbian playwright Nebojsa Romcevic; and Silence by Moira Buffini, who won the Writer’s Guild Award in 1992, and whose play Dinner was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2003.

There will also be the world premiere of Dr Foster, a short comedy-musical based on the Faust story, with original book and songs written especially for the festival. The Fringe is also delighted to announce that there will be a chance to see Rosebud, a one-man show about the fall and rise of Orson Welles, which won the ‘First of the Firsts’ at the Edinburgh Festival 2004.

Poetry readings, staged short stories, rehearsed readings, music and song will also feature in the Fringe line-up.

All events will be timed to take place around RSC productions and on a Sunday, so that theatre-goers will be able to enjoy Fringe performances throughout the day, and before or after shows in the RSC’s current winter repertoire.

All the productions are to be staged in The Other Place theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. The cost of all tickets for all productions will be £5. Tickets will only be available on the door before each show. Tickets are not available in advance, and not available from the RSC Box office.

On The Edge Fringe Festival 2005 – Event Details

Silence
A play by Moira Buffini, directed by Gemma Fairlie
A dark comedy about the power of words and their absence. Set in the mud of first century England six desperate characters face their fears and fantasies as they journey across England’s battered heartland. Plagued by Vikings, dreams and an irrational fear of fields they trek to meet their fate in the North. A bleak but bitterly funny play, this is one of award winning playwright Moira Buffini’s best works. Directed by Gemma Fairlie, assistant director of The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Performance dates: Monday 31 January at11pm, Friday 4 February at 3.30pm, Sunday 6 February at 2.30pm

Paradox
A Serbian play by Nebojsa Romcevic, translated by Svetlana Dimcovic, directed by Hanna Berrigan
A feud between a pop star and a pair of intellectual slobs becomes a matter of national concern in this brutal comedy about living under Milosevic’s regime. Directed by Hanna Berrigan, assistant director of Julius Caesar.

Performance dates: Monday 31st January at 2.30pm, Tuesday 1st February at 11pm, Friday 4th February at 12noon

Behind The Lines – a look beneath the surface
Poetry and prose with music, directed by Patrick Romer
With poetry, prose and music we look at conflict in love and war, and the conflict or difference between appearance and reality and what lies behind. Read by Nia Lynn, Endy McKay, Patrick Romer, Clifford Samuel, Simon Scott, Zubin Varla and Brigid Zengeni.

Performance dates: Tuesday 1st February at, 2.30pm, Thursday 3rd February at 11am

Fatso and Mythomania (double bill)
Fatso - four short stories by Etgar Keret, directed by Vanessa Ackerman. Never before presented on stage, four touching, profound and funny stories about love and loyalty, from one of Israel’s best contemporary voices. Stories told by Laurence Mitchell, Merryn Owen, Adrian Schiller and Simon Scott

Mythomania - a rehearsed reading of a short play by Jamie Huxley, directed by Hanna Berrigan. A two-handed stage poem about lies and dreams.

Performance dates: Tuesday 1st February at 3.45pm, Wednesday 2nd February at 11pm, Saturday 5th February at 11am

Rosebud
A one man show by Mark Jenkins, directed by Josh Richards, with Christian McKay as Orson Welles
The play charts the meteoric rise of a fated wunderkind, who started at the top, and worked his way down to become the greatest film director of the 20th Century. This production won a Fringe First at Edinburgh 2004, and went on to receive the ‘Carol Tambar Award’, the First of the Firsts 2004.

Performance dates: Friday 4 February at 11pm

Suppertime and Dr Foster (double bill)
Suppertime - a dramatic song of the Last Supper by Nia Lynn, directed by Miltos Yerolemou with Nia Lynn. A feast for the senses this is a dark, intense and passionate piece of song and dance.

Dr Foster or Schiller’s Faust
A musical comedy with pie. Lyrics and book by Adrian Schiller. Music by Adrian Schiller and Malcolm Newton. The world premiere of a new musical comedy. A satirical, satanic singalong. Devilishly funny, angelically sung and foolishly ambitious. Cast includes: Sergio Covino, Nia Lynn, Rachel Pickup, Zubin Varla, Miltos Yerolemou and Brigid Zengeni.

Performance dates: Wednesday 2nd February at 2.30pm, Thursday 3rd February at 11pm, Saturday 5th February at 11pm

Last Night on the Edge
A musical evening from musical director Malcolm Newton with members of the company. A heady mix of styles, instruments and voices – anything could happen.

Performance date: Sunday 6th February, 7.30pm

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