Autumn/Winter Season 15

AUTUMN/WINTER SEASON 2015

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 training covers acting, musical theatre, actor musicianship, theatre direction, creative producing, musical direction, writing musicals and theatre production arts. Courses are validated by University of East Anglia and accredited by Drama UK.

We produce around 28 public productions in theatres across London and the south east each year.

On top of this, each week 300 young people attend Saturday and weekday evening classes, half receiving bursaries. We couldn’t do this work 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 13.

STEPHEN JAMESON Principal and Artistic Director

President Judi Dench CH DBE · Chairman Vikki Heywood CBE · Principal & Artistic Director Stephen Jameson · Executive Director Sarah Preece · Board of Directors Tony Ageh OBE · Sir Brendan Barber · Ibinabo Jack · Andrew Parker · Paul Roberts OBE · Indhu Rubasingham · Patrick Spottiswoode · Hamble Wallace · Vincent Wang · Artistic Associates Maria Aberg · Annabel Arden · Paul Arditti · Neil Austin · Alecky Blythe · Paul Clay · Lindsey Coulson · Brian Cox CBE · Howard Goodall OBE

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CBE

· Douglas Henshall · Amanda Holden · Stephen Jeffreys · Terry Johnson · Kwame Kwei-Armah ·

Twiggy Lawson · Eddie Marsan · Elaine Paige OBE · Michael Pennington · Roy Williams OBE · Anton Woodward

OBE

Contents 4. Singer 5. Touched 6. First Lady Suite 7. Hoods 8. The Grandfathers 9. Prince of Denmark 10. Jacques Brel is Alive and

Well and Living in Paris

11. Christmas Concert 12. Venues 13. Support Us 14. Short Courses 16. Diary

MOUNTVIEW.ORG.UK Registered office: Kingfisher Place, Clarendon Road, London N22 6XF Registered charity No: 274166 路 Incorporated in England No: 01019858

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Singer

By Peter Flannery · Directed by Max Key

Venue Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Performances Thu 1 Oct · 7.30pm Sat 3 Oct · 2pm Sat 3 Oct · 7.30pm Wed 7 Oct · 7.30pm Fri 9 Oct · 7.30pm

Tickets £12 (£8 concessions)

To book 020 8365 5450 berniegrantcentre.co.uk Booking fees may apply

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

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Auschwitz survivor Peter Singer is ready to make his mark.

In this epic fable he transforms from destitute refugee to slum landlord to saviour of the capital’s homeless against the pulsating backdrop of post-war London. Loosely based on the real life story of notorious racketeer Peter Rachman, Singer is about remembrance, reinvention and resurrection.

Max Key trained on the National Theatre Directors’ Course and works in theatre, film and opera. Max has directed at the Arcola, Royal Opera House, Lyric Hammersmith and the National Theatre. His recent work for Mountview includes Vernon God Little and Jerusalem.

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#SingerMV An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.

Touched

By Stephen Lowe · Directed by Paul-Ryan Carberry

Venue Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Performances Fri 2 Oct · 7.30pm Tue 6 Oct · 7.30pm Thu 8 Oct · 7.30pm Sat 10 Oct · 2pm Sat 10 Oct · 7.30pm

Tickets £12 (£8 concessions)

To book 020 8365 5450 berniegrantcentre.co.uk Booking fees may apply

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

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#TouchedMV An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.

In the hundred days between VE day and VJ day, a group of women in Nottingham try and pick up the pieces of a life touched by war. They are haunted by the past and by the future. Touched is presented by our first ever cohort of Actor Musicians.

Paul-Ryan Carberry is an actor and director and graduated from Mountview in 2008.

Recent directing credits include: Healing Wounds (Luton/Hat Factory), The Outback Games (Edinburgh Fringe, Nominated for MTN Award for Best New Musical), Star Jumps Are Not Essential (Lost Theatre) and Into The Woods (Mountview).

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First Lady Suite

By Michael John LaChiusa · Directed by Matt Ryan Musical Direction Nigel Lilley · Choreography Steven Harris

Venue Karamel Club

Performances Thu 8 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 1) Fri 9 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 2) Sat 10 Oct · 2pm (Cast 2) Sat 10 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 1) Tue 13 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 2) Wed 14 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 1) Thu 15 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 2) Fri 16 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 1) Sat 17 Oct · 2pm (Cast 1) Sat 17 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 2)

Tickets £12 (£8 concessions)

To book 020 8881 2201

Industry bookings 020 8829 0036 marketing@mountview.org.uk @ Danita Delimont / Alamy

A chamber musical in four parts, First Lady Suite sheds light onto the oft-forgotten lives of the wives of America’s Presidents.

Focussing on important real-life private turning points for these very public women, this is a poignant and soaring musical from acclaimed composer and lyricist Michael John LaChiusa (Hello Again, The Wild Party).

Matt Ryan’s recent productions include Dogfight (Southwark Playhouse), A Catered Affair (Royal Academy of Music), Violet (LSMT), La Cage Aux Folles (Aarhus Theatre, Denmark) and for Mountview: Pal Joey, A Winter’s Tale, The York Realist, and The Rink.

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#FirstLadyMV An amateur production by arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe.

Hoods From a screenplay by David R Schwartz · Adapted for the stage by Chris Blackwood, Shirley Jameson and Drew Jaymson · Book by Chris Blackwood · Original songs; music by Kevan Frost and Drew Jaymson lyrics and additional songs by John Hogg · Directed by Stephen Jameson · Musical Direction Simon Lambert Choreography Sam McAvoy

Venue Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Performances Thu 22 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 1) Fri 23 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 2) Sat 24 Oct · 2pm (Cast 2) Sat 24 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 1) Tue 27 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 2) Wed 28 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 1) Thu 29 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 2) Fri 30 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 1) Sat 31 Oct · 2pm (Cast 1) Sat 31 Oct · 7.30pm (Cast 2)

Tickets £12 (£8 concessions)

To book 020 8365 5450 berniegrantcentre.co.uk Booking fees may apply

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

#HoodsMV A development production, presented

by Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in association with Lasso the Moon Productions Ltd. By kind permission of The Schwartz Family Trust.

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Welcome to 1930s gangland Chicago and Hoods, an all-singing, all-dancing brand new musical. Mixing classic Rat Pack standards such as That Ol’ Black Magic, You Make Me Feel So Young and That’s Life with original songs, this show is a reworking of the Robin Hood legend and tells the tale of gangster Robbo Cappelli and his merry band of hoodlums. It’s a city under mob rule, where you put one foot wrong and you’re looking down the barrel of a gun. But if you’ve got the brains, you can make a real killing…

Stephen Jameson is the Artistic Director and Principal of Mountview where he has directed Love’s Labour’s Lost (which toured to the Globe Theater Germany), Curtains, Dreaming America and The Producers. Before joining Mountview he was Associate Director at LAMDA where he directed over 70 productions.

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The Grandfathers

By Rory Mullarkey · Directed by Katie Henry

Venue Karamel Club

Performances Thu 19 Nov · 7.30pm Sat 21 Nov · 7.30pm Wed 25 Nov · 7.30pm Fri 27 Nov · 7.30pm Sat 28 Nov · 2pm

Tickets £12 (£8 concessions)

To book 020 8881 2201

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

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Eight teenagers are conscripted to the army. They endure gruelling training and are sent to fight an unknown war.

Comradeship and conflict, bravery and brotherhood are explored in this powerful drama by Rory Mullarkey, winner of the 2014 George Devine Award.

Katie Henry trained at the National Theatre Studio and the Orange Tree Theatre.

She was recently Associate Director on the UK & Ireland tour of War Horse and directed Grandpa Joe’s Giant Storytelling Bed at the Southbank Centre. At Mountview she has directed Her Naked Skin.

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#GrandfathersMV An amateur production by arrangement with Casarotto Ramsay & Associates Ltd.

Prince of Denmark

By Michael Lesslie · Directed by Audrey Sheffield

Venue Karamel Club

Performances Fri 20 Nov · 7.30pm Sat 21 Nov · 2pm Tue 24 Nov · 7.30pm Thu 26 Nov · 7.30pm Sat 28 Nov · 7.30pm

Tickets £12 (£8 concessions)

To book 020 8881 2201

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

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#PrinceMV An amateur production presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd.

At Elsinore the young prince Hamlet is a restless teen wracked with loathing for his unscrupulous father who is determined to send him away. Ophelia is grief-stricken and Laertes is hungry for power. Is everything rotten in the state of Denmark?

Audrey Sheffield was a 2015 Connections Director for the National Theatre Connections Festival 2015, and is co-facilitator for the NT New Views London hub 2015–2016 at the National Theatre. She recently directed a new play in response to Oresteia at the Almeida, and is currently developing The Scar Test for Untold Theatre and Grey Man by Lulu Raczka for this year’s Shakespeare in Shoreditch Festival.

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Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Production conception, English lyrics and additional material by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman based on Jacques Brel’s lyrics and commentary · Music by Jacques Brel · Directed by Chris Larner · Musical Direction Richard Bates

Venue Karamel Club

Performances Tue 8 Dec · 7.30pm Wed 9 Dec · 7.30pm Thu 10 Dec · 7.30pm Fri 11 Dec · 7.30pm Sat 12 Dec · 2pm

Tickets £12 (£8 concessions)

To book 020 8881 2201

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

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Mountview’s first ever cohort of Actor Musicians presents this musical revue of the songs of master chanteur Jacques Brel. Evoking the smoky cabarets and candlelit jazz clubs of Paris, romance, humour and morality are all explored in this enchanting show.

Chris Larner is an actor, writer and director. He has written two musicals, The Translucent Frogs of Quuup and On the Island of Aars, and one-man show An Instinct for Kindness, which won a Fringe First at the Edinburgh Festival, transferred to Trafalgar Studios and has toured extensively both nationally and internationally. At this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, he wrote and directed The Frida Kahlo of Penge West and co-wrote and directed Vagabonds, My Phil Lynnot Odyssey.

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#JacquesMV An amateur production by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd.

Christmas Concert Directed by Sally Ann Gritton · Musical Direction Lyndall Dawson

Venue St James’s, Paddington

Performances Fri 11 Dec – 4.30pm Fri 11 Dec – 7.30pm

Tickets £12

To book BOOKING OPENS 2 NOV DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED

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Begin your Christmas with a selection of festive readings and songs and a chance to see all of Mountview’s students perform together. We return to the beautiful St James’s Church, Paddington, the perfect setting for this very special event.

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Venues Karamel Club · Bernie Grant Arts Centre · St James’s, Paddington

KARAMEL CLUB

WOOD GREEN STATION

ADDRESS Coburg Road, Wood Green, N22 6UJ TUBE Wood Green (Piccadilly Line)

WOOD GREEN COMMON

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

CAR Free on-street parking after 6.30pm

THE MALL WOOD GREEN

To book pre-theatre dinner and interval drinks, visit karamelrestaurant.com

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TOTTENHAM GREEN

THE COLLEGE OF HARINGEY, ENFIELD & NORTH EAST LONDON

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE ADDRESS Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Green, N15 4RX TUBE Seven Sisters (Victoria Line) BUS 41 · 123 · 149 · 230 · 243 · 259 · 341 · 476

SEVEN SISTERS STATION SEVEN SISTERS RAIL

SOUTH TOTTENHAM STATION

CAR Pay and display parking available MARKFIELD RECREATION GROUND

ST JAMES’S, PADDINGTON

PADDINGTON STATION

ADDRESS St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens, W2 3UD PADDINGTON STATION

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

PADDINGTON RAIL STATION

BUS 46 · 94 · 148 · 274 · 390 CAR Free on-street parking after 6.30pm

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

LANCASTER GATE STATION ITALIAN GARDENS

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Support us We not only provide world-class vocational training for actors, directors, producers and technical theatre specialists but also work with 300 local children every weekend, half of whom receive bursaries for free or reduced-price places.

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.

  mountview.org.uk/supportus

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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 are a chance for 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 Performer’s 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.

visit: For more details

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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

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DIARY Thu 1 Oct

7.30pm

Singer

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Fri 2 Oct

7.30pm

Touched

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Sat 3 Oct

2pm · 7.30pm

Singer

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Tue 6 Oct

7.30pm

Touched

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Wed 7 Oct

7.30pm

Singer

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Thu 8 Oct

7.30pm

Touched

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Thu 8 Oct

7.30pm

First Lady Suite

Karamel Club

Fri 9 Oct

7.30pm

Singer

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Fri 9 Oct

7.30pm

First Lady Suite

Karamel Club

Sat 10 OCT

2pm · 7.30pm

Touched

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Sat 10 Oct

2pm · 7.30pm

First Lady Suite

Karamel Club

Tue 13 Oct

7.30pm

First Lady Suite

Karamel Club

Wed 14 Oct

7.30pm

First Lady Suite

Karamel Club

Thu 15 Oct

7.30pm

First Lady Suite

Karamel Club

Fri 16 Oct

7.30pm

First Lady Suite

Karamel Club

Sat 17 Oct

2pm · 7.30pm

First Lady Suite

Karamel Club

Thu 22 Oct

7.30pm

Hoods

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Fri 23 Oct

7.30pm

Hoods

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Sat 24 Oct

2pm · 7.30pm

Hoods

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Tue 27 Oct

7.30pm

Hoods

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Wed 28 Oct

7.30pm

Hoods

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Thu 29 Oct

7.30pm

Hoods

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Fri 30 Oct

7.30pm

Hoods

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Sat 31 Oct

2pm · 7.30pm

Hoods

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Thu 19 Nov

7.30pm

The Grandfathers

Karamel Club

Fri 20 Nov

7.30pm

Prince of Denmark

Karamel Club

Sat 21 Nov

2pm

Prince of Denmark

Karamel Club

Sat 21 Nov

7.30pm

The Grandfathers

Karamel Club

Tue 24 Nov

7.30pm

Prince of Denmark

Karamel Club

Wed 25 Nov

7.30pm

The Grandfathers

Karamel Club

Thu 26 Nov

7.30pm

Prince of Denmark

Karamel Club

Fri 27 Nov

7.30pm

The Grandfathers

Karamel Club

Sat 28 Nov

2pm

The Grandfathers

Karamel Club

Sat 28 Nov

7.30pm

Prince of Denmark

Karamel Club

Tue 8 Dec

7.30pm

Jacques Brel

Karamel Club

Wed 9 Dec

7.30pm

Jacques Brel

Karamel Club

Thu 10 Dec

7.30pm

Jacques Brel

Karamel Club

Fri 11 Dec

7.30pm

Jacques Brel

Karamel Club

Fri 11 Dec

4.30pm · 7.30pm

Christmas Concert

St James’s Paddington

Sat 12 Dec

2pm

Jacques Brel

Karamel Club

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