Autumn/Winter Season 14

AUTUMN/WINTER SEASON 2014

Welcome to Mountview’s autumn/winter season.

Founded in 1945, Mountview is one of the UK’s leading drama schools with 400 students studying on foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Our vocational training covers all aspects of theatre arts including acting, musical theatre, actor musicianship, theatre direction, creative producing, musical direction, stage and production management, lighting sound and digital production and design and applied arts. Courses are validated by University of East Anglia and accredited by Drama UK. Each week around 300 young people from our home borough of Haringey

and across north London take part in ENGAGE, our thriving Saturday and evening creative performance programme. Half of these receive bursaries for free or reduced-price places. For more info see page 14.

We produce around 28 public productions in theatres across London and the south east each year, performing to a total audience of over 12,500 people. We couldn’t do this without your ongoing help as audience members and supporters. To find out more about how you can help us continue to provide the finest theatre arts training please see page 11.

I look forward to welcoming you.

Stephen Jameson Principal and Artistic Director

President Dame Judi Dench

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Principal & Artistic Director Stephen Jameson

Chairman Vikki Heywood CBE Executive Director Sarah Preece

Board of Directors Tony Ageh · Sir Brendan Barber · Ibinabo Jack · Andrew Parker · Paul Roberts OBE · Patrick Spottiswoode · Hamble Wallace · Vincent Wang Artistic Associates Maria Aberg · Annabel Arden · Neil Austin · Alecky Blythe · Brian Cox CBE · Howard Goodall CBE · Douglas Henshall · Amanda Holden · Stephen Jeffreys · Terry Johnson · Kwame Kwei-Armah Twiggy Lawson · Eddie Marsan · Elaine Paige OBE · Roy Williams OBE

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Contents 4 · WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE 5 · VERNON GOD LITTLE 6 · CURTAINS 7 · RUTHLESS! 8 · HER NAKED SKIN 9 · THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST 10 · CHRISTMAS CONCERT 11 · SUPPORT US 12 · VENUES 14 · SHORT COURSES 16 · DIARY

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WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE Written by Peter Hedges | A new adaptation, directed by Alex Howarth

Venue BRIDEWELL THEATRE

Performances THU 2 OCT · 7.30PM SAT 4 OCT · 7.30PM TUE 7 OCT · 7.30PM FRI 10 OCT · 2PM FRI 10 OCT · 7.30PM SAT 11 OCT · 12PM

Tickets £10 (£7.50 concs)

To Book 020 8826 9216

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 marketing@mountview.org.uk

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WORLD STAGE PREMIERE Gilbert Grape is stuck in his tiny hometown with his obese mother, disabled brother, hateful sisters, a married lover and a dead-end job. In other words, everything is eating Gilbert Grape. Alex Howarth has been given special permission from the author to adapt this acclaimed and much-loved novel for the stage for the first time for Mountview.

Alex Howarth graduated from Mountview’s Theatre Directing course last year, and has had huge critical success with his company Patch of Blue, with Edinburgh shows, Beans on Toast and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

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#GilbertGrapeMV This new adaptation of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is performed by special arrangement with Peter Hedges.

VERNON GOD LITTLE

By DBC Pierre | Adapted by Tanya Ronder | Directed by Max Key

Venue BRIDEWELL THEATRE

Performances FRI 3 OCT · 7.30PM SAT 4 OCT · 2PM WED 8 OCT · 2PM WED 8 OCT · 7.30PM THU 9 OCT · 7.30PM SAT 11 OCT · 4PM

Tickets £10 (£7.50 concs)

To Book 020 8826 9216

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 marketing@mountview.org.uk

© Jef Thompson / Shutterstock

#VernonMV An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

In small-town Texas, Vernon Little stands accused of a mass shooting at his school. He didn’t do it, but his fingerprints are on a gun. And his alibi stinks. And his best friend Jesus, who did do it, is dead. Vernon wants to escape, but in a town thriving on the media circus that’s arrived, it’s proving difficult.

Tanya Ronder’s adaptation of DBC Pierre’s Booker Prize-winning novel lays bare the effects of a rolling-news, reality-TV-obsessed vulture culture.

Max Key has directed at the Arcola, Royal Opera House, Lyric Hammersmith and NT Connections. His recent work for Mountview includes Jerusalem and This Child.

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CURTAINS Book by Rupert Holmes | Music by John Kander | Lyrics by Fred Ebb Original book & concept by Peter Stone | Additional Lyrics by John Kander & Rupert Holmes | Directed by Stephen Jameson

Venue BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

Performances THU 9 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 1 FRI 10 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 2 SAT 11 OCT · 2PM · CAST 2 SAT 11 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 1 TUE 14 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 2 WED 15 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 1 THU 16 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 2 FRI 17 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 1 SAT 18 OCT · 2PM · CAST 1 SAT 18 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 2

Tickets £10 (£7.50 concs)

To Book 020 8365 5450 berniegrantcentre.co.uk

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 marketing@mountview.org.uk © Comstock / Thinkstock

A leading lady is dead at the curtain call and her killer is on the loose – must the show go on? From two masters of musical theatre Kander and Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago) comes Curtains, an all singing, all dancing murder mystery that mercilessly sends up whodunnits in an affectionate pastiche of musical theatre folk.

Stephen Jameson is the Artistic Director and Principal of Mountview, and last year directed Dreaming America and The Producers. Before joining Mountview he was Associate Director at LAMDA where he directed over 70 productions.

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#CurtainsMV Curtains is presented through special arrangement with and all authorised performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW), 570 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2100, New York, NY 10018. (886) 37-9758 www.theatricalrights.com

RUTHLESS! Book & Lyrics by Joel Paley | Music by Marvin Laird Directed by Philip Engleheart

Venue KARAMEL CLUB

Performances THU 20 NOV · 7.30PM · CAST 1 FRI 21 NOV · 7.30PM · CAST 2 SAT 22 NOV · 2PM · CAST 2 SAT 22 NOV · 7.30PM · CAST 1 TUE 25 NOV · 7.30PM · CAST 2 WED 26 NOV · 7.30PM · CAST 1 THU 27 NOV · 7.30PM · CAST 2 FRI 28 NOV · 7.30PM · CAST 1 SAT 29 NOV · 2PM · CAST 1 SAT 29 NOV · 7.30PM · CAST 2

Tickets £10 (£7.50 concs)

To Book 020 8826 9216

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 marketing@mountview.org.uk

#RuthlessMV An amateur production by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd.

Perfect housewife Judy Denmark’s daughter Tina was born to entertain. At least Tina thinks so: she’ll go to any lengths to become a star. Watch your backs! A hilarious black comedy of stage-addicts, narcissists and psychopaths.

Philip Engleheart is a director, designer and dramaturg. He has worked and taught extensively at theatres and drama schools across the UK.

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HER NAKED SKIN

By Rebecca Lenkiewicz | Directed by Katie Henry

Venue BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

Performances THU 20 NOV · 7.30PM SAT 22 NOV · 7.30PM TUE 25 NOV · 7.30PM FRI 28 NOV · 2PM FRI 28 NOV · 7.30PM SAT 29 NOV · 12PM

Tickets £10 (£7.50 concs)

To Book 020 8365 5450 berniegrantcentre.co.uk

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 marketing@mountview.org.uk

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In 1913, women of all ages and all classes unite in the fight to gain the vote. Lady Clara Cain meets young seamstress Eve Douglas. As tension builds towards World War I and the suffrage movement faces violent opposition the personal and political become passionately entwined. In 2008 Her Naked Skin was the first original play by a female playwright to be performed on the National Theatre’s Olivier stage, 44 years after the theatre opened.

Katie Henry trained at the National Theatre Studio and at the Orange Tree Theatre. She is currently Associate Director on the UK & Ireland Tour of War Horse and most recently directed Grandpa Joe's Giant Storytelling Bed at the Southbank Centre.

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#NakedSkinMV Her Naked Skin is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

By Oscar Wilde | Directed by Rebecca Frecknall

Venue BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

Performances FRI 21 NOV · 7.30PM SAT 22 NOV · 2PM WED 26 NOV · 2PM WED 26 NOV · 7.30PM THU 27 NOV · 7.30PM SAT 26 NOV · 4PM

Tickets £10 (£7.50 concs)

To Book 020 8365 5450 berniegrantcentre.co.uk

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 marketing@mountview.org.uk

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#EarnestMV

This academic year marks Mountview’s 70th birthday, and this season we return to the first show we produced in our Crouch End home. The Importance of Being Earnest is a classic British farce, mocking Victorian ideas about marriage and the pursuit of love as two friends attempt to woo their women. This production of Oscar Wilde’s best-loved play, ripe with cut-glass wit, is a satirical look at a contemporary upper crust.

Rebecca Frecknall was the 2013 Resident Director at the National Theatre Studio and has just directed the Parallel Production of A Streetcar Named Desire for the Young Vic. This year she has worked as Assistant Director with the RSC and Staff Director at the National Theatre.

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CHRISTMAS CONCERT Musical Direction by Chris Nolan | Directed by Sally Ann Gritton

Venue ST JAMES'S PADDINGTON

Performances FRI 12 DEC · 4.30PM FRI 12 DEC · 7.30PM

Tickets £10 (£7.50 concs)

To Book BOOKINGS OPEN 3 NOV

© Lilyana Vynogradova / Shutterstock

Begin the holiday season with a selection of festive readings and songs – some familiar, some unexpected – and an opportunity to see all of Mountview’s students perform together. Our annual Christmas concert is always a very special event and this year we return to the beautiful St James’s Church Paddington - the perfect yuletide setting.

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Support Us If you are thinking about making a charitable donation this Christmas time, please consider Mountview.

Š Bridget Jones

We not only provide world-class vocational training for the actors, musical theatre performers, directors and technical theatre specialists but also work with 300 local children every weekend, half of whom receive bursaries to enable them to attend. As an educational performing arts charity, only 30% of our income is supported by public funding though the DaDA scheme. To continue to

offer high quality training to our students as well as deliver meaningful and creative opportunities to young people in and around our local borough of Haringey we need your support.

Find out more: MOUNTVIEW.ORG.UK/SUPPORT-US

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Venues Bridewell Theatre | Bernie Grant Arts Centre | Karamel Club | St James's Paddington

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TOTTENHAM GREEN

THE COLLEGE OF HARINGEY, ENFIELD & NORTH EAST LONDON

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Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Green, N15 4RX TUBE

Seven Sisters (Victoria Line) SEVEN SISTERS STATION SEVEN SISTERS RAIL

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41 · 123 · 149 · 230 · 243 · 259 · 341 · 476 CAR

Pay and display parking available

SOUTH TOTTENHAM STATION

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MARKFIELD RECREATION GROUND

Karamel Club WOOD GREEN STATION

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Coburg Road, Wood Green, N22 6UJ TUBE

Wood Green (Piccadilly Line)

WOOD GREEN COMMON

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29 · 67 · 121 · 123 · 141 · 144 · 184 · 221 · 230 · 232 · 243 · 329 · W3 · W4

KARAMEL CLUB

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Free on-street parking after 6.30pm

PADDINGTON STATION

PADDINGTON STATION PADDINGTON RAIL STATION

THE MALL WOOD GREEN

St James’s Paddington ADDRESS

St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens, W2 3UD TUBE

Lancaster Gate (District Line) · Paddington (Bakerloo, Circle, District Lines) BUS

46 · 94 · 148 · 274 · 390

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

LANCASTER GATE STATION

CAR

Free on-street parking after 6.30pm

ITALIAN GARDENS

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SHORT COURSES ENGAGE: SATURDAY AND EVENING CLASSES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE If you are aged 24 or under, have a creative curiosity and a passion to perform, the Mountview ENGAGE programme is for you. Regular weekend and evening classes offer the opportunity to work with professional directors, actors and choreographers in energetic workshops and performances.

Acting and Song & Dance classes for 6 to 11-year-olds on Saturday mornings are fun and interactive sessions which explore early creativity.

For 12 to 18-year-olds developing their creative skills there are Acting classes on Saturday mornings which explore text, physical theatre, digital media and devised work and the chance for some hands-on theatre experience.

On Saturday afternoons Street Dance workshops explore the different styles and influences of urban and contemporary dance whilst Performance Mix combines song writing, singing, dance and musical theatre.

The Young Performers’ Company is the flagship of the ENGAGE programme. Taking place on Monday evenings, the YPC is the place to be for the next generation of performers.

Working with a range of professional theatre practitioners the Young Performers' Company provides a platform for honing skills, exploring ideas and creating and developing innovative theatre alongside likeminded people.

MOUNTVIEW.ORG.UK/SHORTCOURSES

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I love Saturday school...I feel like a professional actor! The staff supporting me and giving me advice for my future is great.�

Jude, aged 12

DIARY THU 2 OCT

7.30PM

WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE

BRIDEWELL THEATRE

FRI 3 OCT

7.30PM

VERNON GOD LITTLE

BRIDEWELL THEATRE

SAT 4 OCT

2PM

VERNON GOD LITTLE

BRIDEWELL THEATRE

SAT 4 OCT

7.30PM

WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE

BRIDEWELL THEATRE

TUE 7 OCT

7.30PM

WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE

BRIDEWELL THEATRE

WED 8 OCT

2PM · 7.30PM

VERNON GOD LITTLE

BRIDEWELL THEATRE

THU 9 OCT

7.30PM

VERNON GOD LITTLE

BRIDEWELL THEATRE

THU 9 OCT

7.30PM

CURTAINS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 10 OCT

2PM · 7.30PM

WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE

BRIDEWELL THEATRE

FRI 10 OCT

7.30PM

CURTAINS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 11 OCT

12PM

WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE

BRIDEWELL THEATRE

SAT 11 OCT

4PM

VERNON GOD LITTLE

BRIDEWELL THEATRE

SAT 11 OCT

2PM · 7.30PM

CURTAINS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TUE 14 OCT

7.30PM

CURTAINS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 15 OCT

7.30PM

CURTAINS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

THU 16 OCT

7.30PM

CURTAINS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 17 OCT

7.30PM

CURTAINS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 18 OCT

2PM · 7.30PM

CURTAINS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

THU 20 NOV

7.30PM

RUTHLESS!

KARAMEL CLUB

THU 20 NOV

7.30PM

HER NAKED SKIN

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 21 NOV

7.30PM

RUTHLESS!

KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 21 NOV

7.30PM

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 22 NOV

2PM

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 22 NOV

2PM · 7.30PM

RUTHLESS!

KARAMEL CLUB

SAT 22 NOV

7.30PM

HER NAKED SKIN

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TUE 25 NOV

7.30PM

RUTHLESS!

KARAMEL CLUB

TUE 25 NOV

7.30PM

HER NAKED SKIN

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 26 NOV

2PM · 7.30PM

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 26 NOV

7.30PM

RUTHLESS!

KARAMEL CLUB

THU 27 NOV

7.30PM

RUTHLESS!

KARAMEL CLUB

THU 27 NOV

7.30PM

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 28 NOV

7.30PM

RUTHLESS!

KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 28 NOV

2PM · 7.30PM

HER NAKED SKIN

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 29 NOV

12PM

HER NAKED SKIN

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 29 NOV

2PM · 7.30PM

RUTHLESS!

KARAMEL CLUB

SAT 29 NOV

4PM

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 12 DEC

4.30PM · 7.30PM

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

ST JAMES'S PADDINGTON

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