Madame Ida – 2011

Originally developed over two periods, at the Playground, as a theatre piece,
Madame Ida finally came to life as a short film. Featuring two Playground artists,
Lisa Forrell – the director, and Naomi Sorkin (Madame Ida) it also stars, Celia Imrie,
Maryam D’Abo and Angelique Rivoux. The film was produced by Cecilia Frugiuele for Parkville Films. It  was previewed at the V&A and the Hay Festival and premiered at the Capri International Arts Festival in September 2011. In  January 2012 it was shown at the London Short Film Festival, at a special screening in Paris and in March 2012 will be seen at the Female Eye film festival in Toronto, Canada.

www.madameida.com

Splendid Isolation – 2011

Written by Nick Ward and directed by Simon Usher.
Adapted from Heart of Darkness and Outpost of Progress by Joseph Conrad.
This is a world premiere.

A grotesquely dark comedy about slavery, opium addiction, cartography,
madness and abandonment.

Performing at The Queen Dome Pleasance Edinburgh
3-29 August 2011 14.05pm

Production image by Che’naye Farrugia

Reviews:
www.fringereport.com
www.whatsonstage.com
www.one4review.com

Odd Man Out – 2011

Written, Directed and Performed by Peter Tate

A desperately lonely man,suddenly experiences companionship and is able to express himself again but says the wrong thing and his moment of joy passes,perhaps forever.Previewed worldwide including the Actors Studio in New York,the performance has won grand jury prizes in Poland and Lithuania.

Performing at The Den, Zoo Venues Edinburgh
8-29 August 2011 10.45am

Mash UP – 2010

2010 saw the Playground involved in a very exciting project instigated by Caitriona McLaughlin,an associate director for a number of years.Caitriona has always admired the work of The Labryrinth Theatre company from New York,ever since seeing their production of Jesus Hopped the A train in London a number of years ago.She created links to the company and suggested a collaboration between Laryrinth artists and those from the Playground.And in the summer of 2010 ,at Bard College,upstate New York,at the annual Labryrinth summer intensive,the 2 groups met.There was a mixture of actors,directors and playwrights from both groups.Caitriona led the group,actors improvised on a given theme and the writers took this work and created scenes.It was a fascinating week and we are working now to bring the Lab artists to The Playground for a 3 week period to continue this process and hopefully produce as many scripts as there are writers in the room.

Motherhood – 2009

Helen Tennison,lead artist.

Ducktails – 2009

Caitriona McLaughlin,lead artist

The London Odyssey (site specific piece) – 2008

Kamaal Hussain, lead artist.

Bellboy at Hotel from Hell – 2008

Albie Gravener, Lead Artist. Musical.

Invitation to an Execution – 2007

Ian Harris, Lead Artist, (Old Vic New Voices interested in developing it further).

Corporate Witches – 2007

Lisa Forrell, lead artist.