Autumn season 2013

MOUNTVIEW AUTUMN SEASON 2013

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Our autumn season introduces a new year of graduating talent from Mountview.

Acting

Musical Theatre

Mountview’s third year actors present a series of plays looking at "this sceptred isle". St James’s Church Paddington provides a magisterial backdrop for Richard II, Shakespeare’s exploration of Britain and kingship which opens the season. A very different nation at war is seen in Imogen Stubbs' We Happy Few in which a group of touring actresses keep a stiff upper lip amidst the chaos of World War II, whilst Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth looks at how far the pastoral idyll of England has fallen.

We Happy Few and Jerusalem are presented in rep at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith and the Karamel Club in Wood Green.

Money is at the root of the season’s musicals. The Producers is a big, brash, Broadway take on how to make a fortune whilst Half A Sixpence is a warm-hearted British classic. Presented at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre both shows are double cast and showcase our full company of third year musical theatre students.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Contents 4 · RICHARD II 5 · JERUSALEM 6 · WE HAPPY FEW 7 · THE PRODUCERS 8 · HALF A SIXPENCE 9 · CHRISTMAS CONCERT 10 · VENUES 12 · DIARY

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RICHARD II

jerusalem

By William Shakespeare | Directed by Deborah Paige

By Jez Butterworth | Directed by Max Key

Venue

Venue

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS (R)

Performances WED 2 OCT · 7.30PM THU 3 OCT · 7.30PM FRI 4 OCT · 7.30PM SAT 5 OCT · 7.30PM MON 7 OCT · 7.30PM TUE 8 OCT · 7.30PM WED 9 OCT · 7.30PM THU 10 OCT · 7.30PM

Tickets £7.50

To Book 020 8829 0036

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036

KARAMEL CLUB (K)

Performances MON 25 NOV · 7.30PM · (R) TUE 26 NOV · 7.30PM · (R) WED 27 NOV · 7.30PM · (R) THU 28 NOV · 3PM · (R) WED 4 DEC · 7.30PM · (K) THU 5 DEC · 7.30PM · (K) FRI 6 DEC · 7.30PM · (K) SAT 7 DEC · 5PM · (K)

Tickets £7.50

To Book Riverside Studios 020 8237 1111 RIVERSIDESTUDIOS.CO.UK Karamel Club 020 8829 0036

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 Anna Baburkina

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A monarchy in crisis. The Hundred Years War is bankrupting Britain and Richard II is accused of unjustly seizing and squandering his nobles’ wealth. Disinherited and discontent, Henry Bolingbroke returns from exile and proclaims himself king, imprisoning Richard and unleashing a series of events that lead to Richard’s death and his own coronation as Henry IV.

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Deborah Paige is former Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres and Salisbury Playhouse and has taught and directed at LAMDA, RADA and Mountview.

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

Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron is cock of the walk. Drug dealer, rabble-rouser, errant father and scourge of local authorities he is king of the castle in his own corner of England’s green and pleasant land. Jerusalem is a provocative, barnstorming play that looks at how far we’ve fallen from John of Gaunt’s vision of “England’s royal throne of kings”.

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

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WE HAPPY FEW

By Imogen Stubbs | Directed by Richard Vincent

THE PRODUCERS Book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan | Music & lyrics by Mel Brooks Original direction & choreography by Susan Stroman | By special arrangement with StudioCanal | Directed by Stephen Jameson

Venue

Venue

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS (R)

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

KARAMEL CLUB (K)

Performances WED 20 NOV · 7.30PM · (R) THU 21 NOV · 7.30PM · (R) FRI 22 NOV · 3PM · (R) FRI 22 NOV · 7.30PM · (R) WED 27 NOV · 7.30PM · (K) THU 28 NOV · 7.30PM · (K) FRI 29 NOV · 7.30PM · (K) SAT 30 NOV · 5PM · (K)

Tickets £7.50

Performances THU 10 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 1 FRI 11 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 2 SAT 12 OCT · 12.30PM · CAST 2 SAT 12 OCT · 4.30PM · CAST 1 TUE 15 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 2 WED 16 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 1 THU 17 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 2 FRI 18 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 1 SAT 19 OCT · 12.30PM · CAST 1 SAT 19 OCT · 4.30PM · CAST 2

Tickets £7.50

To Book Riverside Studios 020 8237 1111 RIVERSIDESTUDIOS.CO.UK Karamel Club 020 8829 0036

Industry Bookings

To Book 020 8365 5450 BERNIEGRANTCENTRE.CO.UK

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036

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Based on a true story, We Happy Few sees a troupe of female actors, the Artemis Players, tour the United Kingdom “from Weston-Super-Mare to Balleymalloy”. With four shows a day and a repertoire of 35 plays they keep home spirits up, but not without personal cost. Actress and writer Imogen Stubbs has reworked her 2004 play especially for a cast of Mountview’s final year actors.

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

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Richard Vincent is an actor, writer and director with a career spanning TV, film radio and the stage. He recently directed Days of Significance for Mountview.

Stephen Jameson is Mountview’s Director of Performance. Before joining Mountview he was Associate Director at LAMDA where he directed over 70 productions.

How do you make a fortune in the theatre? Create a sure-fire flop and flee to Rio with the investment money. Hyperactive impresario Max Bialystock, hypersensitive accountant Leo Bloom, Swedish sex-bomb secretary Ulla Swanson, tapdancing little old ladies and high-kicking Nazi stormtroopers create the greatest show ever written about the worst show ever conceived.

An amateur production by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of Musical Theatre international of New York

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HALF A SIXPENCE A musical based on the novel Kipps by H G Wells | Book by Beverley Cross |

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

Music & lyrics by David Heneker | New version by Warner Brown | Directed by James Powell

Venue

Venue

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

Performances

Performances

THU 28 NOV · 7.30PM · CAST 1 FRI 29 NOV · 7.30PM · CAST 2 SAT 30 NOV · 12.30PM · CAST 2 SAT 30 NOV · 4.30PM · CAST 1 TUE 3 DEC · 7.30PM · CAST 2 WED 4 DEC · 7.30PM · CAST 1 THU 5 DEC · 7.30PM · CAST 2 FRI 6 DEC · 7.30PM · CAST 1 SAT 7 DEC · 12.30PM · CAST 1 SAT 7 DEC · 4.30PM · CAST 2

FRI 13 DEC · 4.30PM FRI 13 DEC · 7.30PM

Tickets £10.00

To Book 020 8829 0036 BOOKING OPENS 4 NOV

Tickets £7.50

To Book 020 8365 5450 BERNIEGRANTCENTRE.CO.UK

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036

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Lilyana Vynogradova

Childhood sweethearts Kipps and Ann grow apart when Kipps inherits a fortune and develops a taste for the finer things. But he soon realises high society (including new-found fiancée Helen Walsingham and her domineering matriarch) are not for him and he yearns for his old life back. He wins Ann’s heart but loses his fortune, proving that money can’t buy you happiness.

An amateur production by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd

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James Powell graduated from Mountview in 1983 and has since directed shows in the West End and internationally including Dirty Dancing, Mary Poppins and Les Misérables.

The year ends with our annual Christmas celebration at St James’s Paddington. The concert of festive readings and songs – some familiar, some unexpected – is the only opportunity to see all Mountview’s students perform together.

This year is special as for the first time undergraduate and postgraduate acting and musical theatre students are joined by their colleagues from our newest course: BA (Hons) in Performance – Actor Musician.

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Venues St James’s Paddington | Riverside Studios | Karamel Club | Bernie Grant Arts Centre

St James’s Paddington

PADDINGTON STATION

ADDRESS

Karamel Club WOOD GREEN STATION

ADDRESS

Coburg Road, Wood Green, N22 6UJ

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

PADDINGTON STATION

TUBE

PADDINGTON RAIL STATION

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

TUBE

Wood Green (Piccadilly Line)

WOOD GREEN COMMON

BUS

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

BUS

46 · 94 · 148 · 274 · 390

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

CAR

LANCASTER GATE STATION

Free on-street parking after 6.30pm

KARAMEL CLUB

CAR

Free on-street parking after 6.30pm

THE MALL WOOD GREEN

ITALIAN GARDENS

Riverside Studios ST. PAUL’S GREEN

HAMMERSMITH STATION

ADDRESS

Crisp Road, W6 9RL TUBE

Hammersmith (Piccadilly, District, Hammersmith & City Lines) BUS

9 · 10 · 27 · 33 · 72 · 190 · 209 · 210 · 220 · 266 · 267 · 283 · 295 · 391 · 419 · H91 RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

Bernie Grant Arts Centre BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TOTTENHAM GREEN

Limited free parking in residents’ bays after 6.30pm · NCP car park on Hammersmith Grove

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Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Green, N15 4RX

THE COLLEGE OF HARINGEY, ENFIELD & NORTH EAST LONDON

TUBE

Seven Sisters (Victoria Line) BUS

SEVEN SISTERS STATION

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

SEVEN SISTERS RAIL

CAR

Pay and display parking available

CAR

FRANK BANFIELD PARK

ADDRESS

SOUTH TOTTENHAM STATION

MARKFIELD RECREATION GROUND

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diary WED 2 OCT

7.30PM

RICHARD II

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

THU 3 OCT

7.30PM

RICHARD II

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

FRI 4 OCT

7.30PM

RICHARD II

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

SAT 5 OCT

7.30PM

RICHARD II

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

MON 7 OCT

7.30PM

RICHARD II

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

TUE 8 OCT

7.30PM

RICHARD II

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

WED 9 OCT

7.30PM

RICHARD II

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

THU 10 OCT

7.30PM

RICHARD II

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

THU 10 OCT

7.30PM

THE PRODUCERS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 11 OCT

7.30PM

THE PRODUCERS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 12 OCT

12.30PM · 4.30PM

THE PRODUCERS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TUE 15 OCT

7.30PM

THE PRODUCERS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 16 OCT

7.30PM

THE PRODUCERS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

THU 17 OCT

7.30PM

THE PRODUCERS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 18 OCT

7.30PM

THE PRODUCERS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 19 OCT

12.30PM · 4.30PM

THE PRODUCERS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 20 NOV

7.30PM

WE HAPPY FEW

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

THU 21 NOV

7.30PM

WE HAPPY FEW

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

FRI 22 NOV

3PM · 7.30PM

WE HAPPY FEW

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

MON 25 NOV

7.30PM

JERUSALEM

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

TUE 26 NOV

7.30PM

JERUSALEM

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

WED 27 NOV

7.30PM

JERUSALEM

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

WED 27 NOV

7.30PM

WE HAPPY FEW

KARAMEL CLUB

THU 28 NOV

3PM

JERUSALEM

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

THU 28 NOV

7.30PM

WE HAPPY FEW

KARAMEL CLUB

THU 28 NOV

7.30PM

HALF A SIXPENCE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 29 NOV

7.30PM

WE HAPPY FEW

KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 29 NOV

7.30PM

HALF A SIXPENCE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 30 NOV

12.30PM · 4.30PM

HALF A SIXPENCE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 30 NOV

5PM

WE HAPPY FEW

KARAMEL CLUB

TUE 3 DEC

7.30PM

HALF A SIXPENCE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 4 DEC

7.30PM

HALF A SIXPENCE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 4 DEC

7.30PM

JERUSALEM

KARAMEL CLUB

THU 5 DEC

7.30PM

HALF A SIXPENCE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

THU 5 DEC

7.30PM

JERUSALEM

KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 6 DEC

7.30PM

HALF A SIXPENCE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 6 DEC

7.30PM

JERUSALEM

KARAMEL CLUB

SAT 7 DEC

12.30PM · 4.30PM

HALF A SIXPENCE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 7 DEC

5PM

JERUSALEM

KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 13 DEC

4.30PM · 7.30PM

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

ST JAMES'S PADDINGTON