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 Enough news, reviews, interviews from throughout the South West to shake a stick at. . Now that the dust has settled on 2009, we thought we’d remind you of some of the most popular news, interviews and reviews from the South West that peppered the People’s Republic of South Devon during 2008. As you posted by Cptn The Torbay Acting Factory is on the look-out for some budding new talent from the Bay and will be holding open auditions on Saturday, January 10 for young people aged between six and 18 to join the factory. posted by Cptn Why not start the new year by helping inspire communities through theatre and participatory arts work by becoming a volunteer on the board of trustees for The Common Players? posted by Cptn While we eagerly await the latest funding news from the Arts Council about the Exeter Northcott, we thought we’d idle away the hours ’til the embargo is lifted by telling you about a new job at the theatre that lives on the Exeter University campus. This year’s BritDocs Audience award winner, Heavy Load, is being shown at Newton Abbot’s Alexandra Theatre tonight (December 4) as part of the View From Here festival. posted by Cptn Star of stage and screen and a citizen of the People’s Republic of South Devon, Peter Richardson has scaled the greasy pole of comedy through the Comic Strip, Stella Street and blockbusters like The Pope Must Die and Churchill: the Hollywood Years. You’d expect he’d have plenty of stories to posted by Cptn Scenes from a young person’s film at the Carlton Theatre, tonight . The View From Here film festival kicks off with the Young People’s screening at 7pm at the Carlton Theatre, Teignmouth, from 7pm. Review of Sarah Kane’s Crave at the Exeter Northcott, November 21. by Natasha Kuler-von-der-Luhe Crave is the penultimate play of Sarah Kane, the troubled and contraversial playwright who wrote consistently throughout terrifying episodes of severe depression, culminating in her suicide by hanging herself in a bathroom at London’s King’s College Hospital in 1999. posted by Cptn [flash medium=2] The View From Here film festival, that South Devon celebration of moving image, is kicking into action on Monday, December 1, but it has been carrying out a dizzying number of filmmaking workshops throughout the region in the run-up to its week-long series of events. posted by Cptn To celebrate International Human Rights Day and the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, Drum Theatre, Plymouth, will present the winning play of the 2008 Protect the Human playwriting competition. 1 comment - ()posted by Cptn When the blurb for Cupola Bobber’s performance at the Exeter Phoenix on Tuesday November 18 at 8pm, mentioned vaudeville and the night sky, I had an odd vision of Patrick Moore in some kind of Christmas special. Which was made even more ominous by the show’s rejoinder: “If I die, my posted by Cptn Those creative burghers of Teignmouth are limbering up to launch the the Cultural Olympiad with a weekend of free fun, funky, arty, informative events throughout the seaside town from Friday September 26 to Sunday September 28. - Far From The Madding Crowd – English Touring Theatre. Exeter Northcott Theatre, until September 27. posted by Natasha Kuler-von-der-Luhe of shetribes.com [display_podcast] - To be honest, I never finished Thomas Hardy’s celebrated fourth novel, Far From the Madding Crowd. I, like many an inexperienced ‘classics’ reader, lost my footing in the shallows 1 comment - ()Dan Thompson, the man behind Plymouth’s theatrical watering hole, the B-Bar at The Barbican shared a few words with the republic |
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