Spring Season 2018

Spring SEASON 2018

Dramatic Training A world-leading drama school A centre of creativity and opportunity for all A home for theatre arts in London's cultural heart

Mountview is Moving – find out more on reverse

President Dame Judi Dench CH DBE · Principal & Artistic Director Stephen Jameson · Executive Director Sarah Preece · Chairman Vikki Heywood CBE· Board of Directors Sir Brendan Barber · Dame Colette Bowe · Arian Mirzaali · Andrew Parker · Andre Ptaszynski · Paul Roberts OBE · Patrick Spottiswoode · Ben Sumner · Vincent Wang · Cllr Mark Williams · Artistic Associates Maria Aberg · Annabel Arden · Paul Arditti · Neil Austin · Alecky Blythe · Paul Clay · Lindsey Coulson · Brian Cox CBE · Martin Duncan · David Edelstein · Alasdair Flint · Howard Goodall CBE · Douglas Henshall · Amanda Holden · Stephen Jeffreys · Terry Johnson · Kwame Kwei-Armah

OBE

· Leigh Lawson · Twiggy Lawson · Eddie Marsan · Elaine Paige OBE ·

Michael Pennington · Tom Piper MBE · John Reis · Indhu Rubasingham mBE · Ken Stott · Sarah Travis · Roy Williams OBE · Anton Woodward OBE

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Parade Book by Alfred Uhry • Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown

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Co-Conceived by Harold Prince • Directed by Josh Seymour

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£14 (£10) This Tony Award-winning musical by acclaimed composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown dramatises the disturbing true story of Leo Frank, accused of the murder of a young woman. Parade is a sophisticated and dark drama, playing out in an America beginning to feel the impact of deep racial divisions.

Josh Seymour has recently worked on Follies for the National Theatre and the West End production of Beautiful. He won Best Director at

Parade is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe)

the 2016 Off-West End Awards for One Arm at Southwark Playhouse.

Previously for Mountview: Urinetown.

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07 – 10 February

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21 – 24 February

By William Shakespeare Directed by Stephen Jameson

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£12 (£10) Mountview’s Artistic Director Stephen Jameson transports Shakespeare’s romantic comedy to a more modern Sicily, where some American gangsters are hoping for a quieter pace of life. Performed by final year Musical Theatre students, this production is infused with Rat Pack classics.

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Stephen Jameson is Mountview's Principal and Artistic Director.

Mountview directing credits include Buster's, Hoods, Love's Labour's Lost, The Producers and The Alchemist.

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Much Ado About Nothing

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The Hostage

By Brendan Behan

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Directed by Chris Larner

An absurd mix of tragedy and comedy, prose and music, The Hostage recalls the tensions of the IRA’s Border Campaign in the late 1950s. A British soldier is held captive in a Dublin brothel while an IRA member waits to hang in a Belfast jail. The Hostage is performed by Mountview’s Actor Musicians.

Chris Larner is a Fringe First Award winning actor, writer and director whose previous credits

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£14 (£10) The Hostage is presented by special arrangement with The Society of Authors

for Mountview include Oh, What a Lovely War! and Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.

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28 February – 3 March

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Our Country's Good Bridew ell Theatr e

17 – 21 March

By Timberlake Wertenbaker • Based on the novel The Playmaker

by Thomas Keneally • Directed by Steve Grihault

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Steve Grihault is Mountview’s Head of Acting. He originally trained as an actor, and worked for over twenty years

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Our Country’s Good is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Ltd

with companies including The Young Vic, English Shakespeare Company and Theatr Clwyd.

Directing credits at Mountview:

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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2018 marks the 30th anniversary of this ground-breaking British play which follows the first group of British convicts transported to the Australian coast in the late 18th Century. Timberlake Wertenbaker explores the brutality of humanity and the transformative power of theatre, as a new British colony is formed.

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To Kill A Mockingbird 28 – 31 March

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By Harper Lee • Adapted by Chirstopher Sergel

In the Deep South, in a town fractured by prejudice, a black man stands accused of crime he didn’t commit. When Atticus Finch swears to defend him he becomes a pariah.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a timeless classic, needling the heart of a community built on morals but steeped in hypocrisy.

Anthony Lau was an associate director at the Nuffield Theatre in 2015 and has worked as a director at Southwark Playhouse, the Young Vic and the Rose Theatre Kingston.

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£14 (£10) © Harper Lee 1970 based upon the work To Kill a Mockingbird © Harper Lee 1960. Copyright agent: Alan Brodie Representation Ltd www.alanbrodie.com

He is currently in the director’s pool at the Almeida Theatre. Previously at Mountview: Dreaming America.

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Directed by Anthony Lau

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Mountview is Moving We are embarking on a bold project to create a new home for Mountview in the heart of Peckham in south London. We plan to open in the academic year 2018/19.

The world-class facilities will reflect the high standard of our training and reputation and will bring all our departments under one roof for the first time.

The new building will include a 200-seat main house and 80-seat studio theatre, dance, acting, TV and radio studios, music practice rooms, production workshops and a café bar. Professional and community groups will be able to use the facilities with special rates for charity and not-for-profit groups.

Planning permission was granted in September 2016. Mountview has a finance facility in place to cover 80% of the funds needed. And we are 64% of the way towards our fundraising target of the remaining £6.5m to ensure we can complete the project.

For more information about the project and how to support, visit mountview.org.uk/support-us or contact Liz Scase on 020 8829 1078 • lizscase@mountview.org.uk

Fundraising Campaign Ambassadors Mina Anwar · Olivia Colman · Lindsey Coulson · Judy Craymer · Stephen Daldry · Dame Judi Dench DBE · Howard Goodall CBE · Douglas Henshall · Kit Hesketh-Harvey · James McConnel · Leigh Lawson · Twiggy Lawson · Eddie Marsan · Michael Pennington · Ken Stott · Roy Williams OBE

Please note that images of the new building featured in this leaflet are for illustration purposes only and may be subject to change

Name a step Appeal Mountview's move is a momentous journey and we need your support to take the next step.

Our Name A Step Appeal offers the opportunity for individuals to step up and support our move to Peckham.

As a thank you, we are offering you the chance to have your name, or a dedication of your choice, on one of our staircases in the new building.

Why Name a Step?

Mountview at Peckham marks a step-change from the conventional kind of drama school. There is nothing else like it in the UK. The building will bring our student community closer together with professional artists and industry practitioners and promote new routes to training and employment throughout the creative industries and beyond.

Alongside this we will be extending our current outreach programmes to engage more local young people and the community in skills development, performance activity and leisure activities during the weekend, evening and school holidays.

Name a step today and help us achieve our exciting ambitions.

How does it work?

You can choose to have your dedication in two different areas of our new building in Peckham. £250 On a staircase in the atrium, the heart of our building £100 On a staircase in one of our stairways throughout the building To support the appeal visit mountview.org.uk/name-a-step-appeal For more information contact Jessie Coller 020 8829 1078 · jessiecoller@mountview.org.uk

Engage

Calling all Young People with creative curiosity and a passion to perform Saturday Classes 6 – 11 Years

Acting | Song & Dance 12 – 18 Years

Acting | Street Dance | Performance Mix Take your skills to the next level with these energetic courses Young Performers 15+ Years Monday Evenings

Work with professional writers, directors and actors, develop skills and create new theatre

Free places for

Haringey residents* Book Now mountview.org.uk/shortcourses • 020 8826 9217

*Subject to eligibility

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ADDRESS Carpenters Mews, North Road, N7 9EF

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TUBE Caledonian Road (Piccadilly Line)

To Book 020 8881 2201

To Book 020 7609 1800 • pleasance.co.uk

The box office is open Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm

Booking fees may apply

Industry Bookings 020 8829 2376 • marketing@mountview.org.uk

Diary February Wed 7

7.30pm

Parade

PLeasance Theatre, Islington

Thu 8

7.30pm

Parade

PLeasance Theatre, Islington

Fri 9

7.30pm

Parade

PLeasance Theatre, Islington

Sat 10

12pm · 5pm

Parade

PLeasance Theatre, Islington

Wed 21

7.30pm

Much Ado About Nothing

Karamel Club

Thu 22

7.30pm

Much Ado About Nothing

Karamel Club

Fri 23

7.30pm

Much Ado About Nothing

Karamel Club

Sat 24

12pm · 5pm

Much Ado About Nothing

Karamel Club

Wed 28

7.30pm

The Hostage

Jacksons Lane

March Thu 1

7.30pm

The Hostage

Jacksons Lane

Fri 2

7.30pm

The Hostage

Jacksons Lane

Sat 3

12pm · 5pm

The Hostage

Jacksons Lane

Sat 17

5pm

Our Country's Good

BrideWell Theatre

Mon 19

7.30pm

Our Country's Good

BrideWell Theatre

Tue 20

7.30pm

Our Country's Good

BrideWell Theatre

Wed 21

2pm · 7.30pm

Our Country's Good

BrideWell Theatre

Wed 28

7.30pm

To Kill a Mockingbird

BrideWell Theatre

Thu 29

2pm · 7.30pm

To Kill a Mockingbird

BrideWell Theatre

Fri 30

7.30pm

To Kill a Mockingbird

BrideWell Theatre

Sat 31

5pm

To Kill a Mockingbird

BrideWell Theatre

To book: mountview.org.uk/shows Industry Bookings: 020 8829 2376 • marketing@mountview.org.uk

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