2013 at the Jack
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WRITE NOW 4 at the Jack
Join us in May for our annual new writing festival, Write Now 4, which brings you the best of contemporary writing from south of the river.
You can also take part by joining our workshops and post show discussions.
Following:
The Magic Hour by Martin McNamara
Directed by Mark Leipacher and
Bump by Vinay Patel
Directed by Tanith Lindon
The Jack Studio Theatre presents
No Rhyme by Melanie Pennant
Directed by Kate Bannister
REVIEWS
I would truly recommend you to go and see it. The music was spectacular, the acting was amazing, the storyline ... had the audience captured from start to finish and the Brockley Jack Studio itself was a lovely venue. Definitely make time to go and see this Remotegoat****
a powerful piece ... be prepared to leave Brockley Jack Theatre with a hell of a lot to think back on ... No Rhyme is definitely worth catching Pappzd
Pennant has a natural flair for dialogue, particularly the colloquial banter between the two clubbers, which bounces backwards and forwards with scattergun rapidity...the audience become completely absorbed in the complicated love lives of these girls...all five of the performers attack the piece with energy and commitment...The entire team of No Rhyme is to be congratulated on an excellent production A Younger Theatre
an admirable debut play British Theatre Guide
Nushka’s planning revenge, Pepper’s plans backfire and Jayde is nowhere to be seen. Katya hates her job, Lizzie can’t leave hers and a young girl hovers between life and death.
Enter a world where a disrespect can mean more than a life, where being different makes you the target. No Rhyme is a raw new play about youth on youth crime and the struggle to find answers. It’s New Year’s Eve. When tragedy strikes who will walk away?
Tuesday 14 – Saturday 25 May at 8.00pm
Tickets: £13, £10 (Perfs Tuesday - Saturday. Suitable for over 14s)
To book tickets click here
Workshops and Discussions
To find out more details of our workshops, please click here
Synopsis Surgery: Saturday 11 May 2 - 4pm
Creating Characters: Saturday 18 May 2 – 4pm
Writing for One: Saturday 25 May 2 –4pm
All workshops £10. Please book here
In Conversation
Following performances of all three plays there will be a short discussion session with members of the creative team. This is open to all and free if you have bought a ticket for that night’s performance.
Dates: Thursday 9 May, Friday 10 May, Friday 17 May.
Write Now 4 is made possible by Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts, Lewisham Arts Services, and Acorn Estates Ltd.
We are also very pleased to acknowledge support from local businesses greenteaarchitects, Sainsbury's, British Bins and Roullier White.
Mandrake by Machiavelli
Adapted by Howard Colyer
Directed by Scott Le Crass
Mandrake - Machiavelli's greatest sex farce.
Callimaco wants Lucrezia: Lucrezia is married to Sir Nicia. Sir Nicia wants children. Ligurio wants to please both Callimaco and Sir Nicia. But what happiness can Lucrezia find? And Siro, the unpaid servant, how can he turn things to his advantage?
It's about marriage, lust, adultery, corruption and deceit - all aided by the Mandrake Infusion. Machiavelli's comedy is one of the landmarks of the Italian Renaissance - it marks the break with Medieval drama and is the forerunner of Shakespeare's comedies.
It played to packed houses in the Florence of the Medici; in Venice it was so popular that the audience overwhelmed the stage and made it impossible to complete; and in the Vatican it made Leo X and his cardinals delirious with delight over the play's scenes of clerical corruption. And it has remained popular ever since.
Howard Colyer is a playwright and novelist. His previous works include Trojan Women (2013), Kafka V Kafka (2012), Finchley Road (2012), Homework (2011), Conference Call (2011) and The Overcoat (2011). His novels include Gregory Gun and Oldshaw. And he has also translated Kafka’s Letter to my Father.
Tuesday 28 May - Saturday 15 June at 7.45pm
Tickets: £13, £10 concs
To book online click here
Box office: 0844 8700 887
There is no charge for online bookings
Telephone reservations have a £1.50 booking fee
Scratch at the Jack
Join us for our regular Scratch nights of quick fire acts showcasing fresh new material.
Scratch nights contain a variety of performances - story telling, sketches, short plays, comedy and poetry.
If you wish to submit for future Scratch nights, please email Tanith at: scratch@brockleyjack.co.uk
Next Scratch: Sunday 9 June
line up to be announced
Performance at 6.00pm
Tickets: £7
To book online click here
There is no charge for online bookings
Get involved, get down to The Jack ... and scratch
Beyond Theatre at the Jack
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Andrew Cleaver
Original Music by James Edwards
It is 1912 and as the search for survivors from the ill-fated Titanic continues along the shore of Illyria, Orsino strives to win the heart of feisty suffragette, Olivia. A fresh approach to one of the Bard's most popular comedies.
Beyond Theatre will also be offering an educational workshop to schools, suitable for 14-18 year olds. To find out more and book your places, please contact Beyond Theatre directly here.
Tuesday 18th - Saturday 22nd June at 7.45pm
Saturday 22nd matinee at 3pm
Tickets: £13, £10 concs
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The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Barrie Addenbrooke
In 1950s London the debutante circuit is not what it was, so even the formidable Lady Bracknell is having to add to her list in order to marry off daughter Gwendolen. But Jack Worthing's chances are still slim, as it seems he can only trace his lineage back to - a handbag!
An old favourite gets a new look.
Tuesday 25th - Saturday 29th June at 7.45pm
Saturday 29th matinee at 3pm
Tickets: £13, £10 concs
To book online click here
Box office: 0844 8700 887
There is no charge for online bookings
Telephone reservations have a £1.50 booking fee
Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare
presented by Immersion Theatre
A city on the brink of self-destruction.
Brothels flourish, corruption is the only currency, and vice reigns in a city where incompetent leadership has handed power to the masses and is now powerless to stop the spread of immorality.
The powers that-be turn to the seemingly righteous Angelo, desperate for order to be restored. However, a danger of a very different kind is about to terrorise the city when appearances prove to be deceptive and power falls into the wrong hands.
Following their Off West End-nominated production of Julius Caesar, Immersion Theatre are thrilled to return to the Jack Studio to present one of Shakespeare's darkest comedies in their unique and gritty style.
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 20 July at 7.45pm
Tickets: £13, £10 concs (suitable for over 14s)
To book online click here
Box office: 0844 8700 887
There is no charge for online bookings
Telephone reservations have a £1.50 booking fee
Scratch at the Jack
Join us for our regular Scratch nights of quick fire acts showcasing fresh new material.
Scratch nights contain a variety of performances - story telling, sketches, short plays, comedy and poetry.
If you wish to submit for future Scratch nights, please email Tanith at: scratch@brockleyjack.co.uk
Next Scratch: Sunday 14 July
line up to be announced
Performance at 6.00pm
Tickets: £7
To book online click here
There is no charge for online bookings
Get involved, get down to The Jack ... and scratch
TWO EDINBURGH FRINGE PREVIEWS
MICHAEL FABBRI: BUFFERING
Michael Fabbri was nominated Best Club Comic at the 2012 Chortle Awards, and supported Mickey Flanagan on his Out Out tour. And now he’s bringing his all new 2013 show to the Brockley Jack.
Michael Fabbri already has the tricks of observational stand-up.. but he also has an abrasive left-field oddness that lifts him above the herd. Although he looks at first glance like a typical slacker comic, Fabbri is always an outsider. His startling mildly Marty Feldman like eyes and awkward apologetic onstage manner steer him firmly away from the alpha male mainstream... his isolation provides the ideal backdrop for his startlingly insightful, martian-like deconstructions of the most unpromising everyday things.
James Kettle, The Guardian
LIAM MULLONE: GAME OVER
Liam Mullone’s dark, clever comedy has been gaining a steady following for years, while his caustic writing talents have bolstered the sets of many better-known comedians such as Henning Wehn and Andrew Lawrence. Now, signed up for the next series of Stewart Lee’s Alternative Comedy Experience, he’ll be getting the audience he deserves.
An unheralded but hugely talented standup, this is brilliant, bitter comedy... each routine is studded with beautifully-crafted gags The Guardian
His show stays with you for hours, if not days, after it finishes. This is the mark of a true great.The Skinny
Simmering stand-up; a highly entertaining two fingers up to programmed guilt and shame. Arts Desk (Telegraph)
Mullone is an intellectual bruiser of a comedian. This is classy stuff. Chortle
Thursday 25 July at 7.45pm
Tickets: £7 (suitable for over 16s)
To book online click here
Box office: 0844 8700 887
There is no charge for online bookings
Telephone reservations have a £1.50 booking fee
Rocks & Hard Places
written by Tanja Mariadoss
directed by Amanda Hill
Tracey is a Switchboard Operator sick of working for The Man. Stella is an East End Fishmonger trying her luck on reality TV. Sarah and Sophie are estranged school friends attempting an ill-fated reunion. Mari makes peace at her mother’s grave whilst Loretta gate-crashes her childhood sweetheart’s wedding.
Separate lives. Separate stories. But what these women share is the strength of spirit and resilience to survive when the world is up against them.
Bringing together new writing with a selection of hand-picked show tunes, Rocks and Hard Places is a unique fusion of drama, comedy and music, packed in to an evening of theatre that promises to entertain.
Tuesday 30th July - Saturday 3 August at 7.45pm
Tickets: £10 (suitable for over 16s)
To book online click here
Box office: 0844 8700 887
There is no charge for online bookings
Telephone reservations have a £1.50 booking fee
AUTUMN AT THE JACK
Language Laid Bare Presents
Love Story
by Erich Segal
book and lyrics by Stephen Clark
music and additional Lyrics by Howard Goodall
When Oliver Barrett IV wanders into a library in search of a book, he discovers Jenny Cavilleri. They came from different worlds. He was a Harvard man, she was Radcliffe. He was rich, she was poor. He was sporty, she played music. But they fell in love. This is their story.
Inspired by Erich Segal’s best-selling iconic novel and one of the most romantic films of all time, this life-affirming musical is scored by the Emmy and BAFTA award winning composer Howard Goodall with lyrics by Stephen Clark.
Presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd.
Weds 23 Oct to Sat Nov 16 at 7.45pm
Matinee Sat 16 Nov at 3pm
Tickets: £14, £10 concs
To book online click here
Box office: 0844 8700 887
There is no charge for online bookings
Telephone reservations have a £1.50 booking fee