Kelly-Kim Cranstoun, director of our February production is proud to announce the following cast for Stephen Berkoff’s East: Sylv – Olivia James Les – Frank McHugh Mike – Elliot Warren Dad – Jenny Mclaughlin Mum – Jardine King Kelly-Kim and her cast & crew are looking forward to working with three SLT newcomers; Olivia, Frank and Elliot who we are thrilled to welcome to the SLT family. Rehearsals begin on January 3. Tickets will go on sale mid January.
No one doubts that SLT’s temporary move to the Stanley Halls is an exciting time of change. While those of us helping to run the company endeavour to offer the opportunities that the Old Fire Station gave us – not least, a varied programme of productions and social events – we appreciate that many members are keen to embrace the new. As we get used to our new home, SLT is launching an initiative to establish fertile ground for new […]
8pm, February 23-27 East is an elegy for the ‘energetic waste’ of youth. Set in the East End in the late 1960s – the London of Berkoff’s own adolescence – this verse play is at once a celebration and critique of the performance of masculinity. Les and Mike are perpetually on the hunt for a fight or a woman. Arrogant and amoral, they live for the spilling of bodily fluids. Dad simmers in a constant brew of suppressed rage and nostalgia […]
This Christmas, SLT brings Lionel Bart’s much loved musical to Stanley Halls. Dickens’ novel comes to life as we take audiences on a wild adventure through Victorian England, as Orphaned Oliver navigates London’s underworld of theft and violence, searching for a home, a family, and – most importantly – love. With spirited, timeless songs like ‘As Long as He Needs Me’, ‘Food Glorious Food’ and ‘Where is Love?’, Oliver! is a musical classic! Director: Lee Ridgeway Assistant Director: Kay George […]
