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NICOLE VARDON
Writer and director | Written by Nicole Vardon and Tony Gardner
Trained at London Metropolitan University. Nicole has a colourful background in dance and theatre, having performed at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall and Sadlers Wells.
She has recently been working as a stage manager on productions of 'The Bald Prima Donna' with Catfish Theatre, 'Rest Upon The Wind' by Nadim Sawalha and 'A Thousand Miles of History' by Harold Finely.
She made her debut as a writer in 2009 at the Holloway Arts Festival, where Shonagon was first performed to an enthusiastic audience. Since then the script has seen may new drafts and is now ready once again for audiences. influenced by the work of Howard Barker, Complicite, Robert LePage, Frantic Assembly, etc.
Written by Nicole Vardon and Tony Gardner-
Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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CHRISTIAN BEAUMONT - RAPHAEL
Cristian Beaumont trained at the Actors' Temple and gained distinctions in LAMDA examinations. Since finishing drama school in November 2011 he was worked on a number of productions including: Good Black Men and Good Black Women at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Family Secrets which toured to Birmingham and Manchester, Quills at the White Rabbit Theatre and most recently References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot! at the Courtyard Theatre in which he played the Moon.
Cristian is also a freelance translator and this year has translated three Russian short plays for international theatre festivals in Russia.
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Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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SIMON BAMFORTH
Fight director/choreographer
Trained at Arts Ed in London in musical theatre. He has performed in productions of The Producers and We Will Rock You. He has trained and is at a professional level/has competed in:- jujitsu, mixed martial arts, tae kwon do, muay thai, laido and weaponry. This will be his first choreography work.
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Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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GEMMA TUBBS
Production assistant
Trained at London Metropolitan University, she is an all round theatre maker. Her credits include The Wonderful World of Dissocia at LMU's Boilerhouse (actor, set design and construction), The Tide (actor and assistant director), and The Secret Listeners (actor and assistant director).
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Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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ANTONIA HESLOP
Film maker/animator
Having graduated from Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design in London with a BA in Graphic Design, Antonia looks to use her passion and creativity to develop her career in Moving Image and VFX. At a young age, she developed a fascination for comics, movies and video games, and have since used these as inspiration for her work. Antonia is currently working for Molinare TV & Film Ltd and produces her own animations and films. www.AntoniaHeslop.com
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Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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GREGORY CATHCART
- SHRIVER
BA in Theatre and Film Studies from the University of Roehamption. In 12 years, Gregory broadened and developed his credits and acting versatility in both the US and UK in wide range of productions from short-films, live-sitcoms, The Fringe, musicals, and Shakespeare productions. Recently, Gregory wrapped on Marvel comics feature film sequel: Thor: The Dark World and is currently engaging and developing his caliber working in commercials and short-films. Nevertheless, Gregory always maintains a close eye on the world of theatre and the stage.
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Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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NINA LACELLE
- AISHA PINKERTON
Nina trained at The Oxford School of Drama, then under Tom Radcliffe in Meisner at The Actors Temple. Theatre includes: Virulent Experience (Foolish People), Top Brass (director Rebecca Atkinson-Lord, 503), Witch & Porter in Macbeth, Lucetta/First Outlaw in Two Gentlemen of Verona (For C Company), Jade in Strippers & Gentlemen (Blue Bud –ICA), Barbara in A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden (Actors Temple Productions), Amelia in Dirty Butterfly (Cockpit Theatre), Femmi/Juana in The Pearl (Theatre Cap-A-Pie). Film includes: Bunch of Guys (Bright Ray Films), A Life in the Day of Jimmy (PNE Productions) and Aisha, The American (Pureland Pictures).
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Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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JOSEFINE BERGSTROM
- SUE CAMERON
Josefine trained in classical acting at Cygnet Training Theatre. She has also been trained in stage combat via RC-Annie Ltd.
Recent credits include:
Waiting for Space as Wife (Trafalgar Studios), Brokenville as Bruise (Calder Bookshop Theatre/ National Theatre Studio), Women of Troy as Cassandra/ Helen of Troy (Tristan Bates Theatre), Blithe Spirit as Ruth (New Theatre, Exeter), Macbeth as Lady Macbeth (Katrineberg Theatre, Sweden).
Charlotte Holmes (Feature film, Wilson P Y Lau).
Performed at Shakespeare’s Globe as part of the Wannamaker festival 2010.
She is the co-founder of Hurlstrom productions, supported in 2012 by the Jerwood Foundation.-
Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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PARIS THOMAS ROBINSON
- SARAH
Paris Robinson trained at the Unicorn Young Company. Her credits include supporting Lead In sold out Theatre Show “Meet The Adebanjo’s” at the Hackney Empire in November 2012.
Paris is also no stranger to TV securing the supporting Lead in Film4 Short Film, “September 11th” and the Lead in Centre point’s first TV Commercial.
In 2010, Paris collected a Black Youth Achievement for her achievements inside the arts and out.
She then went on to win an Audience Choice award after her performance in Play “The Real Call of Duty” in 2012, which used the video game; Call of Duty to voice a strong message to disengaged youth.
Most recently, Paris has just finished performing in Theatre Production “Bag Ladies” which was shown at the Pentland Theatre on 9th February 2013 and is keeping busy with future productions in TV and Film under her belt.-
Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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NIHAARIKA NEGI
- NURSE
She has trained under the renowned theatre practitioner/pedagogue Phillip Zarrilli at the University of Exeter, in the psychophysical acting methodology whilst completing her MA in Physical Performance and Actor-Training (2011).
Nihaarika has gained valuable experience by working with distinguished theatre-makers like Howard Barker & The Wrestling School in ‘Blok/Echo’ (2011); with the critically-acclaimed Artist/Director Mark Storor on ARTSADMIN’s ‘Skin Of My Teeth’ (2012); with the LOTOS Collective, during a residency at the BARBICAN (2012); and with the award-winning Artist Rosanna Cade in ‘Walking:Holding’ at Paccitti Company’s SPILL Festival(2012). She is a part-of the ‘Spoken Word Ensemble,’ led by Jerwood Award Winning theatre director Yael Shavit and Spoken Word Artist Polarbear at the ROUNDHOUSE and is performing with Needless Alley in ‘Cabaret Voltaire’ at the famous KING’S HEAD theatre. She has recently completed playing the lead in her first feature – Big Boy Productions & NMK Media’s ‘The Anglistanis.’
Nihaarika is also an award winning actress and has worked internationally. You can find out more about her via her Spotlight and Casting Call Pro.
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Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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TINA HAMBOCK
- SHONAGON
Studied acting at Arts Educational Schools London and at University for Performing Arts and Music for four years.
Trained in the Stanislavsky technique and Alexander Method and also in the Estill Voice Model at the Royal Academy for Music in London.
Performed in music videos for Sony and through the Tina Mali project and released two singles and the album Roots in a Torrent.
Also works as a voice over artist for Radio, TV and film (The Debt, Disney Cars II) for over ten years. Previously signed to Sony as singer in a pop group and won the Amadeus Award in 2002 and toured through Europe.
Recent plays: Live In Colour directed by Norma Atallah (Les Miserables, ABBA) and Wah Wah Girls, a Bollywood Promo Video directed by Emma Rice.
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Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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MILES FISHER
- LIGHTING
Miles Fisher is a Freelance Lighting Designer based in London. He is currently studying at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Miles used to do a lot of lighting while he was at St Edward’s School in Oxford. Upon finishing in July 2011, he took a year out to work freelance. Miles is a member of the National Youth Theatre (NYT) after completing the sound and light course in 2010. During the summer of 2011, he worked on both Ghost Office in Glasgow and Orpheus and Eurydice in the Old Vic Tunnels, which were put on by NYT.
Miles carried on working through his gap year. He has worked for: E Minor, Skyers Productions, Strip Theatre, Sheer Drop Theatre, 1215 Productions, Sky or the Bird, Rell Magick Productions, Kenmac Productions and Café de Paris Girls. Miles was also asked several times to return to St Edward’s to help out with a couple of shows and also their large scale musical. After doing lighting for Sheer Drop Theatre’s run at the Tristan Bates Theatre (TBT), the Tristan Bates asked Miles to work as a venue technician there. Since then, Miles has done a lot of work as their technician including the whole of the Camden Fringe.
Whilst busy at Central, Miles has kept working where possible. Most recently, he worked as a venue technician at the Canal Café Theatre.
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Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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CERI ASHE
- PATRICIA MACBURNEY
Ceri Ashe is a recent graduate from 'The Poor School', and she also holds a Drama degree from the University of Manchester. Her credits whilst training include Varya in 'The Cherry Orchard', Olivia in 'Twelfth Night', Blanche in 'A Streetcar named Desire' and Hedda in 'Hedda Gabler.'
Other credits include Beckett's 'Not I' (University of Manchester Directors Showcase), Paula in 'A girl in a car with a man' (Contact Theatre), Toby Belch in 'Twelfth Night' (Edinburgh Fringe), Nell in 'Endgame' (The Unholy Mess Theatre Company), and Servant in 'Blood Wedding' (Year Out Drama Company).
She has also recently played the leading role in the film 'Gentleman Burglar', in association with the London Film Academy, which is due to be released this summer in film festivals in the UK.
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Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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JOSHUA TREPTE
- SOUND ENGINEER
Joshua studied BTEC production arts in sixth form and has worked two years as a general technician for the John Henry Newman School, Stevenage. Josh has also done freelance work, theatre training and worked on charity festival last july. He has skills in sound, lighting, carpentry, rigging and soldering.
Joshua is currently studying BA Theatre Practice Sound Design at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. He has decided to specialise in sound and go back into education after working to learn the skills to become a great sound designer. He has a passion for the production and theatre industry and is currently looking for freelance or part time work to fit around his studies.
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Ticket Details
7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)Also limited number of tickets sold on the door
1 hour prior to performance
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Shonagon - The Play
The statue Fudo Myo-o is stolen from auction at Bonham's. Or was it stolen from Japan?
The British Museum are up in arms and Patricia MacBurney is sent to Japan to smooth over the cracks. Reporter, Aisha Pinkerton is thrust into the middle of this whirlwind political episode to cover the statue's travels, furthering her own career whilst neglecting her own fatherless children, who search for him behind her back. Tomoko Hara is determined to get the sacred statue back to its rightful owner.
But who is the Fudo Myo-o's rightful owner? Will all truth be revealed? Will there be enlightenment?
Written by Nicole Vardon and Tony Gardner
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7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
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1 hour prior to performance
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The Cast and Crew
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NICOLE VARDON
- writer and director
- Written by Nicole Vardon and Tony GardnerTrained at London Metropolitan University. Nicole has a colourful background in dance and theatre, having performed at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall and Sadlers Wells...
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SIMON BAMFORTH -
fight director/choreographerTrained at Arts Ed in London in musical theatre. He has performed in productions of The Producers and We Will Rock You..
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GEMMA TUBBS - production assistant
Trained at London Metropolitan University, she is an all round theatre maker. Her credits include The Wonderful World of Dissocia at LMU's Boilerhouse..
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ANTONIA HESLOP - film maker/animator
Having graduated from Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design in London with a BA in Graphic Design, Antonia looks to use her passion and creativity to develop her career in Moving Image and VFX...
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CHRISTIAN BEAUMONT - RAPHAEL
Cristian Beaumont trained at the Actors' Temple and gained distinctions in LAMDA examinations. Since finishing drama school in November 2011 he was worked on a number of productions...
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GREGORY CATHCART - SHRIVER
BA in Theatre and Film Studies from the University of Roehamption. In 12 years, Gregory broadened and developed his credits and acting versatility in both the US and UK ...
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NINA LACELLE - AISHA PINKERTON
Nina trained at The Oxford School of Drama, then under Tom Radcliffe in Meisner at The Actors Temple...
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JOSEFINE BERGSTROM - SUE CAMERON
Josefine trained in classical acting at Cygnet Training Theatre. She has also been trained in stage combat via RC-Annie Ltd. Recent credits include: Waiting for Space as Wife (Trafalgar Studios)...
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PARIS THOMAS ROBINSON - SARAH
Paris Robinson trained at the Unicorn Young Company. Her credits include supporting Lead In sold out Theatre Show “Meet The Adebanjo’s” at the Hackney Empire in November 2012...
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NIHAARIKA NEGI - NURSE
She has trained under the renowned theatre practitioner/pedagogue Phillip Zarrilli at the University of Exeter, in the psychophysical acting methodology...
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TINA HAMBOCK - SHONAGON
Studied acting at Arts Educational Schools London and at University for Performing Arts and Music for four years. Trained in the Stanislavsky technique and Alexander Method and also in the Estill Voice Model at the Royal Academy for Music in London ...
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MILES FISHER - LIGHTING
Miles Fisher is a Freelance Lighting Designer based in London. He is currently studying at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama ...
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CERI ASHE - PATRICIA MACBURNEY
Ceri Ashe is a recent graduate from 'The Poor School', and she also holds a Drama degree from the University of Manchester. Her credits whilst training include Varya in 'The Cherry Orchard', Olivia in 'Twelfth Night', Blanche in 'A Streetcar named Desire' and Hedda in 'Hedda Gabler.' ...
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JOSHUA TREPTE - SOUND ENGINEER
Joshua studied BTEC production arts in sixth form and has worked two years as a general technician for the John Henry Newman School, Stevenage ...
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About Shōnagon
The statue Fudo Myo-o is stolen from auction at Sotheby's. Or was it stolen from Japan?
The British Museum are up in arms and Patricia MacBurney is sent to Japan to smooth over the cracks. Reporter, Aisha Pinkerton is thrust into the middle of this whirlwind political episode to cover the statue's travels, furthering her own career whilst neglecting her own fatherless children, who search for him behind her back. Tomoko Hara is determined to get the sacred statue back to its rightful owner.
But who is the Fudo Myo-o's rightful owner? Will all truth be revealed? Will there be enlightenment?Shonagon - The Play
Shōnagon is based on the Japanese gentle woman Sei Shōnagon and her writings in her pillow book. A pillow book is a form of diary that the gentle women would write their daily accounts in, as well as poetry and other things.
Sei Shōnagon wrote her Pillow book about the year 1002 CE - coincidentally the year that is usually ascribed to the first complete manuscript of Beowulf. Synchronicity, that series of coincidences that we are usually too unaware of to acknowledge, has shaped our production. The contemporary story that we have weaved into the fabric of Shōnagon's own work has been formed by world events and by the direct personal experiences of company members. Now in 2013, it is up to the new cast to bring to life all of Shōnagon's words as well as those who have contributed to make this modern pillow book.
Over the research and rehearsal period, patterns have emerged out of the sometimes startling collision of our ideas with the authentic incidents. The meaning of these patterns, like the koans or riddles of Zazen Buddhism are still emerging and consequently this is very much an evolving performance piece.
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Showings: 10th-27th April, 7.30pm performances (no Sunday shows)
£10 tickets available via Ticketsource (no booking fee)
Also limited number of tickets sold on the door 1 hour prior to performance
Venue website: http://www.clfartcafe.org
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Buy your tickets: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/32123
