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EDGEY NEW YORKSHIRE PLAY
SPIKE, proved very popular to Yorkshire audiences.
Based around the characters, Kirsty Ryan (Edit Petersen) and Natalie Bebo (Anastasia Ampatzoglou) who, as the UK woman's beach volley ball team, unexpectedly progress to the Semi-Finals in the 2012 Olympic games. The excited pair is then surprisingly told by their coach, Amanda (Victoria Delaney), to lose their next match which triggers a dramatic chain of events and consequences.
Written and directed by the David Jones, SPIKE is a gritty hard edge drama that keeps audiences guessing right until the last minute. The play draws inspiration from the symbolic clash of Georgia vs Russia during the Olympic women's beach volleyball competition at the Beijing games, where a simple match took on political world significance.
Plans are now being made to take our stage production of SPIKE to London. Having toured the play around venues in Yorkshire we are very keen to showcase northern talent to the country’s capital audiences.
Two athletes drive to participate in the games of their dream despite all odds is the best way of summing up the plays true message and with what will be an historic event in 2012 makes the conclusion of the play a very poignant must see piece of work.
Full English Written by Gracie Brand
Eileen is back in the mental institute undergoing treatment, where she reluctantly befriends a fellow inmate Rochelle. The sometimes volatile, sometimes amusing and sometimes amorous relationship that develops between them comes to a sad and poignant end as Eileen discovers who Rochelle really is.
Gracie Brand has once again interleaved poetry and comedic theatre to tell a thought provoking story that exposes the issues surrounding the treatment of schizophrenia in the health system.
Full English previewed at Thomas Danby Studio Theatre on 19th, 20th & 21st April 2006 and sold out at The Carriageworks Studio Theatre Leeds 27th, 28th and 29th April 2006.
Directed by Edit Petersen with the original cast of Stephanie Jones (played Eileen), sarah Anne fawcett (played Rochelle), David Jones (played Karl) and Lucy Meredith (played Sharon).
‘‘Things are not always what they seem’
The Cleaner Written by David Jones
She picked up his dirty socks, she cleared away the half-eaten take outs, she even hid his porn the day his mother surprised him with a visit. Sid became the cleaner’s obsession and he thought she was his guardian angel until his past got in the way…
‘The Cleaner’ tells the story of Carla who cleans for Sid and her unwanted interference into his private world after reading his counselling journals – An interference that leads to disturbing consequences… Exploring themes of trust, identity and abuse, this play asks the questions, ‘How much can we trust our memories of the past and how much can others trust what they think they know about us?’
The Cleaner previewed at Thomas Danby Studio Theatre on 6th, 7th & 8th Sept 2006 and at The Carriageworks Studio Theatre Leeds 26th, 27th and 28th April 2006.
Directed by Denise Gilfoyle with the original cast of Edit Petersen (played Carla),Tyron Maynard (played Joe), Paula Henstock (played Nina), Peter Bridges (played Sid), Keith Bailey (played Yuley), Jemma Drake (played Trisha) and Victoria Kemp (played Estelle)
‘We can’t always hide from the truth’
Pimlico Written by Gracie Brand
Immigration policy is contributing to the growth of crime and a growing number of unprotected victims. Many of the people coming to this country illegally are at the mercy of criminal gangs. There is now a network of human traffickers and gangmasters, living like parasites off human misery. Society fears continue to force political parties and the Government towards exasperating policies that tolerates a state of affairs in which entire communities live in the shadows.
Pimlico is 2b Acting’s controversial play about forbidden love, exploitation, abuse and the need to be free.
Pimlico previewed at Thomas Danby studio Theatre on 12th and 13th August 2005.
Directed by Denise Gilfoyle with the original cast of Hay Kelly (played Rossiter), Claire Bowler (played Lucinda), David Jones (played Jonathan), Katie Matthews (played Titiania), Paddy J Forde (played Carleton) and Maneerat Ellis (played Romana).
‘They can’t always just go home!’
Arts Council England Funded
"Two plays, one a drama the other a comedy - The same words, the same actors and the same stage yet totally different performances. Intrigued? Our new play hits the stage in 2011."
We’ve once again recruited David Jones to work his magic on creating this exciting new play and you can map the journey from idea to stage by following the writers Blog.
The working title is ‘Body Language’ - Feedback please.
Plays to make you think.
We are so pleased to be able to produce work that is different
In “Pimlico” we made a modern day verse play that involved the unique used of dry ice smoke and stage lighting.
In “Full English” we combined physical theatre, verse and then threw in a story twist that had to be seen to be believed.
In “The Cleaner” we used time-shifting as you see in the movies to challenge the audience perception
In “Spike” we mixed stage with multi media to expand the world on stage and give the audience a new experience.
Our next play will once again stretch imaginations and build on our production value of “Great innovative theatre”.