A Little Voice – Soundtrack
Thanks to everyone who came to see “A Little Voice A Long Way From Here”, the latest show by our young actors company.
Lots of people requested the list of tracks that we played in the show so here they are:
“It’s Not Happening” – Be Good Tanyas
“Game Of Life” – Joan As Policewoman
“Good Fortune” – PJ Harvey
“My Manic and I” – Laura Marling
“Dogsong 2″ – Be Good Tanyas
“Where Do I Begin” – The Chemical Brothers
“You Said Something” – PJ Harvey
“Underneath The Stars” – Kate Rusby
“Spaceman” – Belly
New Play-Reading Dates
The dates for upcoming sessions of our popular Play-Reading Group are now all booked in and tickets for them will go on sale on Wednesday 24th April from the Theatre Box Office – (0161) 236 7110. These sessions are always very popular so advanced booking is recommended!
There is one change this term. Due to the closure of Central Library sessions will take place at The Friend’s Meeting House on Mount Street just behind the Library, and will run from 1.30pm-3.30pm instead of the normal morning session. This will only be for the summer though… When we come back in Autumn we will be based at the new temporary library in Elliott House on Deansgate and sessions will return to their normal morning slot of 10.45am – 12.45pm.
Want to keep in touch with this group? Why not join our email list? Just send a message to l.postlethwaite@manchester.gov.uk with Mailing List in the subject box and we’ll add you.
9th April
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
7th May
The Dolls House Henrik Ibsen
4th June
Salt Fiona Peek
2nd July
Disconnect Anupama Chandreskhar
Manchester Book Award 2010
Here’s a taster of the film that we created to celebrate this year’s Book Award with a group of young people at Clayton Library. And just in case you don’t know what the Manchester Book Award is – have a look here to find out more.
We’ll be there tomorrow and can’t wait to find out who wins!
The Straw, The Bean and The Coal
Great short film made by pupils at St Chad’s Primary School in Cheetham Hill inspired by “The Straw, The Bean and The Coal” written by Brothers Grimm. St Chads are a partner school who worked with us during the autumn term on a storytelling project inspired by the stories of the Brothers Grimm.
The pupils took place in ten storytelling workshops and used drama and creativity to develop their own self confidence and communication skills.
Brecht Workshop
Tomorrow we continue our programme of “Page To Stage” workshops with a session looking at the work of Bertolt Brecht. The workshop will take place at the Library Theatre and will offer the chance to look at Brecht’s text from the perspective of a theatre director and think about how you may begin to put it on its feet for performance. For those of you who can’t make it to the workshop here are some great quotes from Brecht’s plays:
- Society cannot share a common communication system as long as it is split into warring factions.
- Don’t be afraid of death so much as inadequate life.
- No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself.
- War is like love, it always finds a way.
- Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
- Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign that things are wrong.
The next “Page to Stage” workshop takes place in March and will be based around the work of Brian Friel. For more information or to book tickets please ring the theatre box office on 0161 236 7110.
Today We’re Reading
Today in our playreading group we read the wonderful play “The Pitmen Painters” by Lee Hall. The picture above is a painting by Oliver Kilbourn who was one of the characters in the play and who was also one of the miners from Ashington who became known as the Pitmen Painters in the 1930s and 1940s.
Here are some things that the group felt about the play:
- They really enjoyed the truthful and generous interpretations of all the different characters.
- They like the themes that the play investigated around art and culture and the part that it plays in society.
- They really admired the way that the play felt very accessible and easy to read but that it still investigated very complex themes and ideas.
Our playreading group takes place on the first Friday of each month and is for anyone aged 18 and upwards, who is interested in reading plays and sharing their responses and ideas with other people. For more information on this group please contact the Box Office on 0161 236 7110. The next session takes place on Friday 5th March and we will be reading “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” by Tennessee Williams.
Five Exciting Things We’re Doing This Week
Watching as many shows as we can at this year’s Re-Play Festival.- Starting a brilliant new project at Cedar Mount High School run by theatre director Chris Sudworth and visual artist Richard Ramchurn.
- Carrying on rehearsing for the latest show from our young people’s theatre company “A Little Voice a Long Way From Here”
- Starting to plan our move to our new offices at the Zion Arts Centre in Hulme.
- Thinking up loads of new and exciting projects to take us through 2010 and into 2011. Watch this space for more info!
Adopt An Actor
A big thank you to the following schools who have all been involved in our Adopt an Actor project this year:
St Peter’s RC Primary, Wythenshawe
Baguley Hall Primary, Wythenshawe
St Patrick’s RC Primary, Collyhurst
Abbot Community Primary, Collyhurst
Each school has been writing to an actor from the Grimm Tales cast, taking part in weekly workshops in their school and learning all about the Grimm Tales as part of the project. This week they came to the Library Theatre to watch a performance of Grimm Tales and meet their actor for a question and answer session.
It’s been a really brilliant project that wouldn’t have been possible without the continued support of World Duty Free at Manchester Airport.
Welcome!
Today we welcomed the cast and crew of our Christmas Show “Grimm Tales” to the Library Theatre for the first day of rehearsals.It is always really exciting to start work on a new show and this one promises to be something special with a wonderful combination of music, movement and great storytelling. To support the production we also have a wide range of opportunities for people to get involved. We are running an adopt an actor project with six primary schools in Manchester, pre-show talks from the director Rachel O’Riordan, workshop days for hearing and visually impaired children and young people and pre-show workshops in primary and secondary schools.
We’d also love to hear what you think of the show so put your comments up here once you’ve seen it. Are you a teacher? We’d love to hear what activities you are developing to support your visit to the theatre!
“If you’re not prepared to be wrong you’ll never come up with anything original.” Sir Ken Robinson
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