Spring Season 2015

SPRING SEASON 2015

Welcome to Mountview's Spring 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 performance, direction and theatre production. 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 receiving bursaries for free or reduced-price places. For more information see page 9.

Each year we produce 28 public productions in theatres across London and the south east.

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.

Stephen Jameson Principal and Artistic Director

President Dame Judi Dench

Chairman Vikki Heywood CBE

CH DBE

Principal & Artistic Director Stephen Jameson

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 · Paul Arditti · Neil Austin · Alecky Blythe · Paul Clay · Brian Cox CBE · David Edelstein · Howard Goodall

Kwame Kwei-Armah

OBE

CBE

· Douglas Henshall · Amanda Holden · Stephen Jeffreys · Terry Johnson ·

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

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PAL JOEY

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BONNIE & CLYDE

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DAISY PULLS IT OFF

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A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

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THE 25 TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

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SHORT COURSES

10. VENUES 11.

SUPPORT US

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DIARY

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PAL JOEY Music by Richard Rodgers · Lyrics by Lorenz Hart · Book by John O’Hara Directed by Matt Ryan Venue KARAMEL CLUB

Performances THU 12 FEB · 7.30PM · CAST 1 FRI 13 FEB · 7.30PM · CAST 2 SAT 14 FEB · 2PM · CAST 2 SAT 14 FEB · 7.30PM · CAST 1 TUE 17 FEB · 7.30PM · CAST 2 WED 18 FEB · 7.30PM · CAST 1 THU 19 FEB · 7.30PM · CAST 2 FRI 20 FEB · 7.30PM · CAST 1 SAT 21 FEB · 2PM · CAST 1 SAT 21 FEB · 7.30PM · CAST 2

Tickets £10 (£7.50 concs)

To Book 020 8826 9219

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 marketing@mountview.org.uk © Eugene Ivanov/Shutterstock

Joey Evans is a man with a plan: he wants his own nightclub, and he’ll try anything - and woo anyone - to get it. With a score including some of Rodgers and Hart’s best loved songs (‘I Could Write a Book’, ‘Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered’), Pal Joey is an American classic.

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: A Winter’s Tale, The York Realist, The Rink and Hello Again.

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

BONNIE & CLYDE Book by Ivan Menchell · Lyrics by Don Black · Music by Frank Wildhorn Directed by Tim Luscombe Venue BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

Performances THU 5 MAR · 7.30PM · CAST 1 FRI 6 MAR · 7.30PM · CAST 2 SAT 7 MAR · 2PM · CAST 2 SAT 7 MAR · 7.30PM · CAST 1 TUE 10 MAR · 7.30PM · CAST 2 WED 11 MAR · 7.30PM · CAST 1 THU 12 MAR · 7.30PM · CAST 2 FRI 13 MAR · 7.30PM · CAST 1 SAT 14 MAR · 2PM · CAST 1 SAT 14 MAR · 7.30PM · CAST 2

Tickets £10 (£7.50 concs)

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

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 marketing@mountview.org.uk © mturhanlar/Shutterstock

#BonnieClydeMV This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York.

In depression-era Texas, wannabe actress Bonnie meets fugitive Clyde. So begins one of the most dramatic love stories ever to unfold. This Tony Award nominated musical charts the rise and fall of America’s most wanted criminal couple.

Tim Luscombe is a writer and director. Most recently Tim has directed his play Hungry Ghosts at the Orange Tree Theatre, Mordaunt Shairp's The Green Bay Tree at Jermyn Street Theatre and six of the eight plays in Ayckbourn’s Intimate Exchanges series for the Stephen Joseph Theatre and 59E59 in New York. In 2013 Tim wrote Kimalia for Mountview's Made at Mountview programme of new writing.

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DAISY PULLS IT OFF

By Denise Deegan · Directed by Abbey Wright Venue SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

Performances WED 25 MAR · 7PM FRI 27 MAR · 7PM SAT 28 MAR · 1PM TUE 31 MAR · 7PM THU 2 APR · 1PM

Tickets £10 (£7.50 concs)

To Book shoreditchtownhall.com Booking fees may apply

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

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At the exclusive Grangewood School for Young Ladies, fortunes are dwindling. Scholarship girl Daisy Meredith vows to save the day and win some friends in this jolly comedy of hockey sticks and treasure hunts. Wizard!

Abbey Wright’s theatre credits include Five Finger Exercise (Chichester), The Glass Supper (Hampstead Theatre) and Mrs Lowry and Son (Trafalgar Studios). Abbey is the artistic director of tackroom theatre and was previously resident assistant director at the Donmar Warehouse.

Previously at Mountview: The Compleat Female Stage Beauty.

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

A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD An unpublished play by Jonathan Lewis · Directed by Harry Burton Venue SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

Performances THU 26 MAR · 7PM SAT 28 MAR · 7PM MON 30 MAR · 7PM WED 1 APR · 7PM

Tickets £10 (£7.50 concs)

To Book shoreditchtownhall.com Booking fees may apply

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

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An unpublished play produced with kind permission from the author.

A group of privileged A Level students are about to finish school. Forever. But before they can take their final exam they must endure two hours of isolation. A Level Playing Field is an unpublished new play by acclaimed playwright, Jonathan Lewis (Our Boys), previewed exclusively at Mountview as a work-inprogress before its professional debut this year.

On 16 April this production will be touring to the University of East Anglia, Mountview's degree-awarding partner. For more info visit mountview.org.uk

Harry Burton’s most recent directing credits include Barking in Essex (Wyndham's Theatre), I Found My Horn (Trafalgar Studios), God of Carnage (Copenhagen) and Parzival (Sharpham House). Harry teaches performance in acting schools and universities around the world. This is the first show he has directed for Mountview.

#PlayingFieldMV

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THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE Music & Lyrics by William Finn · Book by Rachel Sheinkin · Conceived by Rebecca Feldman Additional Material by Jay Reiss · Original Directed by on Broadway by James Lapine · Originally produced on Broadway by David Stone, James L Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Barrington Stage Company, Second Stage Theatre · Directed by Darren Lawrence

Venue BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

Performances THU 16 APR · 7.30PM · CAST 1 FRI 17 APR · 7.30PM · CAST 2 SAT 18 APR · 2PM · CAST 1 SAT 18 APR · 7.30PM · CAST 2 MON 20 APR · 7.30PM · CAST 1 TUE 21 APR · 7.30PM · CAST 2 WED 22 APR · 7.30PM · CAST 1 THU 23 APR · 7.30PM · CAST 2 FRI 24 APR · 7.30PM · CAST 1 SAT 25 APR · 2PM · CAST 2

Tickets £10 (£7.50 concs)

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

Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 marketing@mountview.org.uk © Tatiana Popova/Shutterstock

A Tony Award winning smash hit, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee collects a group of very bright but very awkward kids together in a tense and challenging contest to find the best orthographer in Putnam County. Presented by our final year actors, this musical is heart-warming, hilarious and F-U-N. Darren Lawrence is an accomplished actor and director whose recent acting credits include The Day We Sang (Manchester Royal Exchange).

He has worked extensively in some of the UK's leading drama schools and has enjoyed a creative relationship with Mountview for over ten years, most recently directing Spend Spend Spend.

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#SpellingBeeMV This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York.

SHORT S E S R U CO !

E G A G N E

ing courses n e v e & y a d r Satu OPLE FOR YOUNG PE

If you are aged 6 to 24, have a creative curiosity and a passion to perform, the Mountview ENGAGE programme is for you.

Regular weekend, evening and holiday classes offer the opportunity to work with professional directors, actors and choreographers in energetic workshops and performances.

free and BURSARIES for e places Are Reduced pric haringey available for residents visit: For more details

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VENUES Karamel Club · Bernie Grant Arts Centre · Shoreditch Town Hall

KARAMEL CLUB WOOD GREEN STATION

ADDRESS

Coburg Road, Wood Green, N22 6UJ WOOD GREEN COMMON

TUBE

Wood Green (Piccadilly Line) 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 BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TOTTENHAM GREEN

THE COLLEGE OF HARINGEY, ENFIELD & NORTH EAST LONDON

ADDRESS

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

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

BUS

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

Pay and display parking available

SOUTH TOTTENHAM STATION

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MARKFIELD RECREATION GROUND

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL HOXTON STATION

ADDRESS

380 Old Street, EC1V 9LT TUBE

Old Street (Northern Line) – Exit 2 Shoreditch High Street (Overground)

HOXTON SQUARE

OLD STREET STATION

BUS

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

26 · 35 · 47 · 48 · 55 · 67 · 78 · 135 · 141 · 149 · 205 · 214 · 242 · 243 CAR

SHOREDITCH HIGH STREET STATION

Pay and display parking on Hoxton Square

New Rd

HOXTON SQUARE

SUPPORT US Mountview is committed to significantly widening access to the best theatre arts training for highly talented but economically disadvantaged young people.

Our hardship fund helps students with severe financial difficulties pay for vital costs related to their training. If you would like to support this fund please visit:

MOUNTVIEW.ORG.UK/SUPPORTUS

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DIARY THU 12 FEB

7.30PM

PAL JOEY

KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 13 FEB

7.30PM

PAL JOEY

KARAMEL CLUB

SAT 14 FEB

2PM · 7.30PM

PAL JOEY

KARAMEL CLUB

TUE 17 FEB

7.30PM

PAL JOEY

KARAMEL CLUB

WED 18 FEB

7.30PM

PAL JOEY

KARAMEL CLUB

THU 19 FEB

7.30PM

PAL JOEY

KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 20 FEB

7.30PM

PAL JOEY

KARAMEL CLUB

SAT 21 FEB

2PM · 7.30PM

PAL JOEY

KARAMEL CLUB

THU 5 MAR

7.30PM

BONNIE & CLYDE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 6 MAR

7.30PM

BONNIE & CLYDE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 7 MAR

2PM · 7.30PM

BONNIE & CLYDE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TUE 10 MAR

7.30PM

BONNIE & CLYDE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 11 MAR

7.30PM

BONNIE & CLYDE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

THU 12 MAR

7.30PM

BONNIE & CLYDE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 13 MAR

7.30PM

BONNIE & CLYDE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 14 MAR

2PM · 7.30PM

BONNIE & CLYDE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 25 MAR

7PM

DAISY PULLS IT OFF

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

THU 26 MAR

7PM

A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

FRI 27 MAR

7PM

DAISY PULLS IT OFF

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

SAT 28 MAR

1PM

DAISY PULLS IT OFF

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

SAT 28 MAR

7PM

A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

MON 30 MAR

7PM

A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

TUE 31 MAR

7PM

DAISY PULLS IT OFF

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

WED 1 APR

7PM

A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

THU 2 APR

1PM

DAISY PULLS IT OFF

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

THU 16 APR

7PM

A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

THU 16 APR

7.30PM

SPELLING BEE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 17 APR

7.30PM

SPELLING BEE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 18 APR

2PM · 7.30PM

SPELLING BEE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

MON 20 APR

7.30PM

SPELLING BEE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TUE 21 APR

7.30PM

SPELLING BEE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 22 APR

7.30PM

SPELLING BEE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

THU 23 APR

7.30PM

SPELLING BEE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 24 APR

7.30PM

SPELLING BEE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 25 APR

2PM

SPELLING BEE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

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