programme for
january 2005 to april 2005

Sat 22nd - Sat 29th January 2005

Webster's sublime tragedy has enchanted audiences world-wide since 1614. The ultimate Jacobean tragedy, it encapsulates all the accepted forms of the revenge play, taking its audience on an exciting journey crammed with deceit and murder. The widowed Duchess attempts to reclaim control over her destiny, by not only defying the wishes of her brothers that she not re-marry, but by marrying in secret for love a man of inferior rank. (Thus she sets in motion a series of tragic and shocking events that culminate in a horrifying climax.)

This visually spellbinding production presents the play in a way suitable for a 21st century audience. The 17-strong cast, with the support of original music composed by Eleanor Gamper, creates a brooding atmosphere heavy with thrilling menace.

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Sat 19th - Sat 26th February 2005

"I am not going to the zoo. I've been there every day for a month. When I walk by, the monkeys nudge each other and say, "He's here again...."

A devoted middle-aged couple find themselves trapped in an increasingly fast-paced, corporate-led, New York City in the 1970's, where slowly they begin to crack under the strain of urban life. Mel thought his job and life were secure until, in one week, he lost his job and his apartment was robbed. Despite the love and care of his wife Edna, Mel's loss of dignity and sense of humiliation is more than he can bear, sending him (hilariously) into a nervous breakdown. Will Mel and Edna sink beneath the strain of modern life or will they rise above it? Neil Simon's hit comedy has all his trademark wit, hilarious one-liners and wry observations about the changing values of society.

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Thu 10th - Sun 13th March 2005

The Youth Theatre is proud to be involved in the Royal National Theatre's Shell Connections programme for the first time. This new work by Michael Gow will give them the opportunity to stretch their creative wings.

Ella is turning 17. She remembers the fun she's had on her birthdays in the past. The only thing she finds odd is that she's never had any relatives at her celebrations. A few days before her birthday, a strange group of people appears in her street, then at her door. At first they pretend to be looking at her house, but it turns out they are her relatives.They've come to prepare her for her birthday. What have Ella's parents kept from her for so long? Why have her relatives moved heaven and earth to track her down? What can Ella do to prevent the inevitable?

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Fri 18th - Sat 19th March 2005

Another bumper crop of brand new, short plays from NVT's own Hotbed writers, performed by actors from NVT's acting classes.

The plays may be short, but the plots are hot, hot, HOT! Come along and help us keep the flame burning...

Tue 5th - Sat 9th April 2005

A woman is forced to move from her nice detached house in Brighton's Fiveways to a bedsit above a pub in Kemp Town. The bed has three legs and there is nowhere to sit down. She has to share the bathroom with a complete stranger. Then, as if things aren't bad enough, the noises start. She finds herself drawn into the paranoid, hallucinatory world of the woman living on the other side of her wall. Rear Window meets The Yellow Wallpaper in a powerful audio-visual drama -- from the creative team that brought you Freakshow.

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