December 7-9 & 13 -15, 2018 (includes matinees on 8, 9 and 15) Running time: TBC This year SLT traditional annual Christmas show is The Snow Queen, a magical tale for all the family, full of wonder, music and festive cheer. Director: Simon Gleisner Cast: Hans Christian Anderson – Tom Melly Gerda – Nancy Ackland Kay – Chinedu Felix Igu The Snow Queen – Jenny Mclaughin Gerald – Daniel Wicksteed Raven – Louie Chapman Tame Raven – Khalida Moore […]
Simon Gleisner announces the cast of our Christmas show The Snow Queen, written by Matthew Davies: “I was over the moon with how many wonderfully talented people came to audition for me. The standard was so high it made for some wickedly funny auditions – plus some very difficult decisions. So, here is the fabulous cast I’ve assembled. It’s not everyone – as I’m still working with our brilliant youth groups to get as many of them involved as I can. […]
Andy Webb tells us about Skylight, our next show and his directorial debut for SLT David Hare is quite a theatrical heavyweight – what draws you to his work and this play in particular? It’s a commonplace to talk about David Hare as our foremost political playwright and to mention how he interweaves the personal with the political. Nowhere it this truer than with Skylight. This play unfolds in a single room in little more than real time, and explores […]
Director Dave Hollander talks to us about BU21, our next production and the second play by Stuart Slade this current SLT season. What drew you to directing this play? When I saw the original production at Theatre503, I was struck by the way Stuart Slade uses humour to discuss traumatising subject matter. While some of the characters remain haunted by flashbacks, others pepper their accounts with black humour. I remember coming out of the theatre thinking: “I can’t believe I’ve […]
From Charlotte Benstead, on behalf of the Building Preservation Trust This is a quick update about some of the work the BPT has been doing over the summer towards the continuing development of our theatre project. As well as the opening events, the BPT had its AGM and all the trustees have stayed in post; they are Bob Callender, Geoff Lill, Lisa Thomas, Philip Spedding, Charlotte Benstead, Chris Stooke, Carole Coyne, Chaz Doyle and Fiona Daffern. We’re also delighted to […]
Last Friday in the SLT bar Simon Gleisner and Jess Osorio, on behalf of Theatre Committee, announced that 15 plays would make up the 2019 Spring/Summer Season, including the SLT Youth Theatre show which is yet to be confirmed. In attendance at the event were several of the directors (and one playwright) who were on hand to talk about their play choice and to drop a few hints about how they might be staging their productions. In true SLT style […]
8pm November 20-24, 2018 Running time: TBC Don is still carrying a torch for Diana. Don unexpectedly drops in on Howard and Diana, having not seen them for 15 years. They now have a daughter, Hermia, who is the image of Diana when Don first fell for her. Old longings bubble dangerously to the surface. Director: Chaz Doyle Cast: Don – Benjamin Hooper Diana – Rhian Marston-Jones Howard – Mat Hill Charlie – Gabriel Nicklin Danny – Nick Howard Hermia/Celia […]
Director Mark Ireson talks to us about Nell Gwynn, our lively production hitting the stage next week: What can you tell us about the historical context of the play? It’s the 1660s, a time of huge social upheaval only a few years since Charles II was restored to the throne after eleven years of Cromwell’s reign. The Puritan period is over – the theatres have reopened – but that doesn’t mean everything is calm. There’s a great deal of uncertainty […]
Director Chaz Doyle announces his cast of Kevin Elyot’s Forty Winks: “I am so excited to start working with my cast! Only a choice few auditioned, and I even had to borrow actors from another show’s rehearsal to make up numbers, but in the end I have the cast I want. Almost all new members with one current member to help things along. The show is subtle and complex with old memories being dredged up. I know these guys are going […]
8pm November 6-10, 2018 (plus 2pm Saturday Matinee) Running time: 125 minutes including 15 minute interval Based on a true story comes an uplifting and joyous musical celebrating the importance of art as seen through the gentle eyes of Sister Wendy Beckett, a nun who is about to become an unlikely, but massive celebrity. Director: Bryon Fear Musical Director: Gerard Johnson Cast: Sister Wendy – Eileen Coan Sister Anna-Maria – Lucy Spreckley Mother Ruth – Jackie Burch Daniel – Mitchell Labiak […]