_REP SEASON 2015
ROMEO & JULIET
BY SHAKESPEARE
THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY
BY PATRICIA HIGHSMITH IN A NEW ADAPTATION BY MARK LEIPACHER
JOAN OF ARC
BY SCHILLER IN A NEW VERSION BY DANIEL MILLAR AND MARK LEIPACHER
NEW DIORAMA THEATRE 4 JAN - 28 FEB 2015
Our fourth award nominated annual repertory season at New Diorama as an associate ensemble was connected by the theme of identity. ROME & JULIET and THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY transferred to Greenwich Theatre in September 2015
THE COMPANY
Thomas Brownlee Adam Howden Christopher Hughes Clare Latham Jude Owusu (At Greenwich) Natasha Rickman Kate Sawyer Christopher Tester Francis Woolf (At New Diorama) Christopher York
Director Rachel Valentine Smith (Romeo & Juliet and Joan of Arc)
Director Mark Leipacher (The Talented Mr. Ripley and Joan of Arc)
Lighting Designer Chris Withers
Sound Designer Max Pappenheim
Company Stage Manager Suzie Foster
Press Anne Mayer
Photography Richard Davenport
Nominee Offwestend Award – Best Actor (Christopher Hughes)
Nominee Offwestend Award – Best Supporting Actor (Adam Howden)
Nominee Offwestend Award – Best Supporting Actress (Natasha Rickman)
Nominee Offwestend Award – Best Lighting Design (Chris Withers)
Made possible and supported by the New Diorama Theatre
A REAL SIGNATURE IN IMAGINATIVE, CONTEMPORARY, VISCERAL VERSIONS OF THE CLASSICS. THEY ARE DOING US ALL A SERVICE.”
THE STAGE ★★★★
A HIP ROMEO AND JULIET... IMPOSSIBLY COOL... YOU CAN FEEL THE TERRIBLE, IMPETUOUS FLUSHES OF FIRST LOVE AND YOU WANT IT WORK OUT FOR THEM.
THE STAGE ★★★★
SUPERB. ANOTHER BOLD ACHIEVEMENT FROM A VERY TALENTED ENSEMBLE
TIME OUT ★★★★
QUITE A TRIUMPH
WHATSONSTAGE ★★★★
HAS MANY OF THE TRADEMARK ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTFIT....SPINETINGLING
THE INDEPENDENT ★★★★
THE FACTION DASH A KNOWLEDGEABLE AUDIENCE’S PRECONCEPTIONS AND MAKE THEM FEEL THE WHOLE THING, WHOLE-HEARTEDLY, ALL OVER AGAIN
A YOUNGER THEATRE
A HIP ROMEO AND JULIET... IMPOSSIBLY COOL... YOU CAN FEEL THE TERRIBLE, IMPETUOUS FLUSHES OF FIRST LOVE AND YOU WANT IT WORK OUT FOR THEM.
THE STAGE ★★★★
“EXCELLENT ADAPTATION OF PATRICIA HIGHSMITH’S 1955 THRILLER NOVEL. IT’S A DARK, EXCITING JOURNEY THROUGH ONE MAN’S MURDEROUS MIND. THE TENSE, OFTEN ABSTRACT STAGING RUNS AT A HIGH PACE'
TIMEOUT ★★★★
“THE FACTION TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO JOAN OF ARC IN THIS COMPELLING, STARKLY STRIPPED-BACK, MODERN DRESS PRODUCTION... FINDING THE MORDANT HUMOUR IN THE EGO-DRIVEN POWER POLITICS AND A FRESH VISUAL SHORTHAND, THE PRODUCTION NEVER RELAXES ITS GRIP.”
THE INDEPENDENT
ALL THINGS MUST END THIS PLAY TELLS US AND SADLY THAT IS TRUE OF THE FACTION’S REPERTORY SEASON, BUT AS WITH JOAN HERSELF, THIS PRODUCTION WILL SEND THEM OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY.
REVIEWSHUB ★★★★
THIS INNOVATIVE SHOW ABOUT A WARRIOR INSPIRED BY RELIGION FEELS HAUNTINGLY TOPICAL
ONCE A WEEK THEATRE
THE ENSEMBLE FEELS THREADED THROUGH THE VERY SKIN OF THE PRODUCTION
OUGHT TO BE CLOWNS
