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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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by Simon Armitage
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A funny, frightening, fast-paced re-telling of the classic English tale.
When, one New Year’s Eve, festivities at the court of King Arthur are interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious Green Knight and thrown into confusion by the extraordinary challenge he lays down, nobody, least of all the fearless Gawain, is prepared for the terrifying consequences of taking the supernatural stranger at his word.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight tells the haunting human story of a young knight’s epic journey through the changing seasons to find the Green Chapel and keep his appointment with fate.
Now, in a powerful new translation by Simon Armitage, this traditional tale of temptation, romance and chivalry, shot through with swashbuckling action and irreverent humour, is brought bang up-to-date by our multi-talented company of four storytellers, with a little help from a supporting cast of puppets, music and special effects – a theatrical treat for adults and older children from critically-acclaimed New Perspectives Theatre Company.
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'A gutsy, no-frills production - spare, down to earth and thrilling.'
DAILY TELEGRAPH'An unexpectedly surreal and atmospheric event - the human scale and intimacy of voices raised in a hushed gathering - allowed the poem to breathe.'
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'This adaptation, ideal for family audiences, has an appealing sense of adventure, a teasing wit and a marked respect for the original medieval writer.'
THE STAGE
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Touring 23 October 2008 - 21 March 2009
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Running Time: c.90 mins + Interval
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Suitable for: Family Audiences (Adults & Children Aged 8+ Years)
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THE CAST |
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| Vera Chok - Ensemble |
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| Karl Haynes - Ensemble |
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| Leigh Kelly - Ensemble |
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| Freddie Machin - Ensemble |
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THE PRODUCTION TEAM |
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| Simon Armitage - Writer |
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| Daniel Buckroyd - Director |
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| Juliet Shillingford - Designer |
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| Mark Dymock - Lighting Designer |
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Mark trained at Croydon College and is a member of the Association of Lighting Designers.
Mark regularly collaborates with New Perspectives and has previously lit The Hired Man, Saturday Night Sunday Morning, The Evidence, The Ghost Downstairs, Long way Home and Last Train To Nibroc.
His recent credits include: Comedy of Errors (Ludlow Castle), St George and the Dragon (Warwick Arts and National Tour), Mistaken...Annie Besant in India (Vayu Naidu Company), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (Nuffield Theatre), Broadway in the Shadows (Grand Theatre de Luxembourg).
Previous credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Ludlow Castle), Educating Rita and Breezeblock Park (Liverpool Playhouse), The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband (Queen’s Theatre) The Portrait of Dorian Gray (Vienna’s English Theatre) – all directed by Glen Walford. Scent, Holes, Shoah, The Weir, The Entertainer and Macbeth (Nuffield Theatre), Appetite (Windsor Theatre Royal for Bill Kenwright Ltd, directed by Guy Retallack), Jason And The Argonauts (Warwick Arts and National Tour), World Cup Final 1966 (BAC and National Tour), Virgins and Ballroom (both written, directed by John Retallack – National Tour), Beauty Sleeps (The Young Vic Company), Dido and Queen of Carthage (Chapel of the House of Barnabas – Soho) The Firebird, Under Milk Wood, Big Baby (OTTC), Shamlet, Huge, Danny’s Wake (Kings Head), Playing Sinatra (New End Theatre - Hampstead) Blind Summit, The Life of Galileo, Incarcerator (BAC), The Chair Women, Love And Other Fairytales, The Wedding, Sisters and Others, Seagulls, Stranded and Princess Sharon (Scarlet Theatre), Best Men And Between Women, Red On Black (Hen And Chickens), Albert’s Boy (with Victor Spinetti), The End Of The Sentence, Monument (Finborough Theatre). |
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| Matt Marks - Composer |
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| Mandy Ivory-Castile - Production Manager |
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| Jack Robson - Stage Manager |
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New Perspectives Theatre Company
Park Lane Business Centre, Park Lane, Basford, Nottingham, NG6 0DW
Tel: 0115 927 2334 Fax: 0115 927 1612 E-mail: info@newperspectives.co.uk
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