Continuing its partnership with the Orange Tree Theatre, the production forms part of the theatre’s upcoming Recovery Season, and opens on 2 September, with previews from 28 August and running until 2 October.
MGCfutures
Michael Grandage s bursary scheme to aid aspiring professionals, MGCfutures, has unveiled its fifth round of recipients.
Aiding aspiring theatre makers who are looking to progress to the next stage of their development, MGCfutures was launched in 2013 with the bursaries first distributed in 2016. Applicants are able to apply for up to £5000.
This year, in a major expansion for the scheme, there are 33 recipients: Waleed Akhtar, Tom Bellerby, Rebecca Brewer, Teresa Burns, Ghost Chan, Zhui Ning Chang, Liz Daramola, Beth Flintoff, burn/gobscure, Sam Hardie, Natalie Haslam, Kitty Hawkins, Courtenay Johnson, Eve Kann, Júlia Levai, Tom Lightbody, Rafaella Marcus, Tony Mills, Will Monks, Madelaine Moore, Laurie Motherwell, Anna Orton, Nisha Oza, Claire Rimington, Luke W. Robson, Nye Russell-Thompson, Lucía Sánchez Roldán, Amber Sinclair-Case, Freya Smith, Lexie Ward, Naomi Westerman, Christopher Worrall and Lilac Yosiphon.
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There is nothing quite like a festive haunting to see us into Christmas. Rafaella Marcusâs monologue, which features a woman who is stranded in a house alone and sees creeping shadows all around her, leaves you pleasingly chilled â due as much to the sound as the story.
It is a second, standalone play by Marcus as part of a series called Written on the Waves, and it is labelled a âyou playâ because it invites us to become active listeners. It is a moot point whether we become actively involved, though it is certainly a monologue of fear whose sobs and starts hold us in its grip as we listen.