Summer Season 2014

SUMMER 2014

Welcome

to Mountview’s summer season.

Mountview is one of the UK’s leading drama schools, with a long-standing and international reputation for providing the highest quality training to actors, musical theatre performers, directors and theatre production artists. Each year we stage over 25 productions a year in venues across London.

Running alongside our full-time programme, regular weekend and summer schools offer the chance for young people to unleash their creativity. Every Saturday 240 young people from Haringey and our neighbouring boroughs attend weekend classes, half of whom receive free or reduced-price places.

In the summer week-long courses for amateur actors and a directors’ weekend offer adults the chance to experience training in a professional drama academy.

These final productions from our graduating third years are all modern reworking of classic tales – tales that audiences have been responding to decades, centuries even. Included in this season our musical theatre students perfom a play, Anna Karenina, and our actors present a musical, Howard Goodall's A Winter's Tale. It is great to be working with Howard, one of Mountview's Artistic Associates and Honorary Doctorates once again.

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 Sir Brendan Barber · Ann Fossey · Ibinabo Jack · Andrew Parker · Paul Roberts OBE · Patrick Spottiswoode · Vincent Wang Artistic Associates Maria Aberg · Annabel Arden · Alecky Blythe · Brian Cox CBE · Howard Goodall CBE · Douglas Henshall · Amanda Holden · Stephen Jeffreys · Terry Johnson · Kwame Kwei-Armah Lawson · Eddie Marsan · Elaine Paige OBE · Roy Williams OBE

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Contents 4 · THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN 5 · A WINTER'S TALE 6 · WOMEN OF TROY 7 · ANNA KARENINA 8 · YUSUPOV 9 · SHORT COURSES 10 · VENUES 11· SUPPORT US 12 · DIARY

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THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN Written by Tennessee Williams | Directed by Rebecca Frecknall

Venue THE COCKPIT

Performances TUE 3 JUN · 7.30PM THU 5 JUN · 7.30PM SAT 7 JUN · 7.30PM WED 11 JUN · 7.30PM FRI 13 JUN · 7.30PM SAT 14 JUN · 12.30PM

Tickets £7.50

To Book 020 7258 2925 THECOCKPIT.ORG.UK

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

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Art and love fall apart for a famous writer, a fading actress and a love-sick playwright. In 1981 Tennessee Williams was commissioned to write a play by the Vancouver Playhouse.

He chose to create a version of Chekhov’s The Seagull which opened just 14 months before his death.

#TrigorinMV

Rebecca Frecknall is Staff Director at the National Theatre where she has recently worked on From Morning to Midnight with Melly Still. In 2013 she directed Bassett by James Graham for Mountview.

An amateur production by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd.

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A WINTER'S TALE Music & lyrics by Howard Goodall | Book by William Shakespeare, Howard Goodall & Nick Stimson | Directed by Matt Ryan

Venue BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

Performances WED 4 JUN · 7.30PM THU 5 JUN · 2PM · 7.30PM FRI 6 JUN · 7.30PM SAT 7 JUN · 2PM · 7.30PM

Tickets £7.50

To Book 020 8365 5450 BERNIEGRANTCENTRE.CO.UK

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

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#WintersTaleMV

A family is torn apart by jealousy. Shakespeare’s tale is retold in Howard Goodall and Nick Stimson’s musical version by Mountview’s acting students.

An amateur production by arrangement with Faber Music Limited. Originally commissioned

by The Sage Gateshead.

Matt Ryan's recent productions include A Catered Affair (Royal Academy Of Music), Violet (LSMT at the Bridewell), La Cage Aux Folles (Aarhus Theatre, Denmark) and for Mountview: The York Realist, The Rink and Hello Again.

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WOMEN OF TROY Written by Jamie Wilkes | Directed by Cathal Cleary

Venue THE COCKPIT

Performances WED 4 JUN · 7.30PM FRI 6 JUN · 7.30PM SAT 7 JUN · 2PM TUE 10 JUN · 7.30PM THU 12 JUN · 7.30PM SAT 14 JUN · 5.30PM

Tickets £7.50

To Book 020 7258 2925 THECOCKPIT.ORG.UK

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

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In a city racked by war the women are left to pick up the pieces.

Euripides’ tragedy of grief and retribution amidst the spoils of the Trojan War is retold in a new version by Jamie Wilkes.

Cathal Cleary recently directed Arthur Miller’s The Last Yankee at The Print Room Theatre and was Associate Director on Michael Grandage’s production of Privates on Parade at Noel Coward Theatre.

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#WomenOfTroyMV

ANNA KARENINA

By Leo Tolstoy | Adapted by Helen Edmundson | Directed by Sally Ann Gritton

Venue KARAMEL CLUB

Performances TUE 10 JUN · 7.30PM · CAST 1 WED 11 JUN · 7.30PM · CAST 2 THU 12 JUN · 7.30PM · CAST 1 FRI 13 JUN · 1.30PM · CAST 1 FRI 13 JUN · 7.30PM · CAST 2

SAT 14 JUN · 1.30PM · CAST 2

Tickets £7.50

To Book 020 8826 9216

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

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#AnnaKareninaMV

A tale of love and betrayal amidst the glitter of Russian aristocracy. Tolstoy’s epic novel has been reimagined in film and on stage countless times. Helen Edmundson’s play was originally written for Shared Experience and is here presented

by Mountview’s musical theatre students.

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.

Sally Ann Gritton is Head of Undergraduate Acting and Musical Theatre at Mountview. Other directing credits include The Great Theatre of the World (Royal Festival Hall) and The War is Dead, Long Live the War in collaboration with James Dean Bradfield (ICA & tour).

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yusupov Music & Lyrics by Kit Hesketh-Harvey & James McConnel Directed by Michael Fentiman

Venue BERNIE GRANT CENTRE

Performances THU 26 JUN · 7.30PM · CAST 1 FRI 27 JUN · 7.30PM · CAST 1 SAT 28 JUN · 1.30PM · CAST 1 SAT 28 JUN · 7.30PM · CAST 1 MON 30 JUN · 7.30PM · CAST 1 TUE 1 JUL · 7.30PM · CAST 2 WED 2 JUL · 7.30PM · CAST 2 THU 3 JUL · 7.30PM · CAST 2 FRI 4 JUL · 7.30PM · CAST 2 SAT 5 JUL · 1.30PM · CAST 2

Tickets £7.50

To Book 020 8365 5450 BERNIEGRANTCENTRE.CO.UK

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St Petersburg 1915 and the Romanovs are ruling Russia in glorious splendour when a mysterious holy man called Rasputin arrives at their palace… Kit Hesketh-Harvey and James McConnel have been working with Mountview students on this musical which was orginally written under the tutelage of Stephen Sondheim.

Michael Fentiman originally trained on Mountview’s Postgraduate Director’s course. His recent work includes The Taming of the Shrew and Titus Andronicus for the RSC.

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Short Courses Mountview’s evening, weekend and holiday courses offer adults and young people alike the opportunity to experience professional training in one of the UK’ g drama schools.

Summer Experience for Amateur Actors & Directors

Foundation in Acting | Musical Theatre

Intensive six-day courses for amateur actors and musical theatre performers aged 21+ provide a concentrated experience of professional coaching, whilst a weekend of workshops for directors introduce new theatre skills and techniques.

One-year courses designed to equip students with a solid base of skills, discipline and experience. Taught by Mountview’s core creative staff the part-time acting and full-time musical theatre foundations provide rigorous training and a stepping stone to further study.

Introduction to Drama School

Young People’s Classes

Two-week summer courses in acting and musical theatre for young people aged 17+ who are planning on applying to drama school. Skills classes, rehearsals and a final performance are combined with useful audition tips and practice.

If you are 24 or under and have a passion to perform, Mountview offers the opportunity to work with professional directors, actors and choreographers alongside other young people in creative workshops and performances.

Saturday, evening and summer classes cover acting, street dance and musical theatre.

Find out more: MOUNTVIEW.ORG.UK/SHORTCOURSES · 020 8881 2201

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Venues Bernie Grant Arts Centre | The Cockpit | Karamel Club

Bernie Grant Arts Centre ADDRESS

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Green, N15 4RX

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THE COLLEGE OF HARINGEY, ENFIELD & NORTH EAST LONDON

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Free parking generally available along Church Street and locally after 6.30pm. Pay and display along Church Street at other times.

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Karamel Club WOOD GREEN STATION

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Coburg Road, Wood Green, N22 6UJ TUBE

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KARAMEL CLUB

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Free on-street parking after 6.30pm

THE MALL WOOD GREEN

Support Us Mountview not only provides world-class vocational training for the actors, musical theatre performers, directors and technical theatre specialists but also works with 240 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 (for a limited number of student bursaries). In order 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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diary TUE 3 JUN

7.30PM

THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN

THE COCKPIT

WED 4 JUN

7.30PM

A WINTER'S TALE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 4 JUN

7.30PM

WOMEN OF TROY

THE COCKPIT

THU 5 JUN

2PM 路 7.30PM

A WINTER'S TALE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

THU 5 JUN

7.30PM

THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN

THE COCKPIT

FRI 6 JUN

7.30PM

A WINTER'S TALE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 6 JUN

7.30PM

WOMEN OF TROY

THE COCKPIT

SAT 7 JUN

2PM

WOMEN OF TROY

THE COCKPIT

SAT 7 JUN

7.30PM

THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN

THE COCKPIT

SAT 7 JUN

2PM 路 7.30PM

A WINTER'S TALE

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TUE 10 JUN

7.30PM

ANNA KARENINA

KARAMEL CLUB

TUE 10 JUN

7.30PM

WOMEN OF TROY

THE COCKPIT

WED 11 JUN

7.30PM

THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN

THE COCKPIT

WED 11 JUN

7.30PM

ANNA KARENINA

KARAMEL CLUB

THU 12 JUN

7.30PM

WOMEN OF TROY

THE COCKPIT

THU 12 JUN

7.30PM

ANNA KARENINA

KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 13 JUN

7.30PM

THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN

THE COCKPIT

FRI 13 JUN

1.30PM 路 7.30PM

ANNA KARENINA

KARAMEL CLUB

SAT 14 JUN

1.30PM

ANNA KARENINA

KARAMEL CLUB

SAT 14 JUN

12.30PM

THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN

THE COCKPIT

SAT 14 JUN

5.30PM

WOMEN OF TROY

THE COCKPIT

THU 26 JUN

7.30PM

YUSUPOV

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 27 JUN

7.30PM

YUSUPOV

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 28 JUN

1.30PM 路 7.30PM

YUSUPOV

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

MON 30 JUN

7.30PM

YUSUPOV

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TUE 1 JUL

7.30PM

YUSUPOV

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 2 JUL

7.30PM

YUSUPOV

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

THU 3 JUL

7.30PM

YUSUPOV

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 4 JUL

7.30PM

YUSUPOV

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 5 JUL

1.30PM

YUSUPOV

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

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