YOUNG ANGELS - NEW WRITING 2011

The next Young Angels production will be Sandholm (part of Programme 2) at ALRA 22-24 June 2011.

Plays:
The Woods by Jan Jesper Halle (Norway),translated by Nicholas W Morris;   
Isberg by Pascal Brullemans (Canada),translated by Maureen LaBonte;
Sandholm by Anna Bro (Denmark) translated by Mia Theil Have and Max Webster  
Directors: Ben Kidd, Brenda Murphy, Gareth Nicholls
Dates: April – June 2011 (performance dates and locations see below)
Partners: in association with Drama Centre London and the Academy of                 Recorded Arts (ALRA)
Supported by: Arts Council England

Programme 1:

The Woods by Jan Jesper Halle (Norway), translated by Nicholas W Morris; directed by Ben Kidd

Julie Nilsen has warts and nobody wantsto play with her. But one day she has sweets for everybody. Who is giving themto her and why? This beautifully imagined drama about the tragic disappearance of a ten-year-old girl is seen and told through the eyes of the very young.

The Woods won first prize in the Wilhelm Hansen Nordic Playwriting Competition in 2001. 

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Plunged into unknown territory by the sudden death of their parents, three siblings are cast adrift from all that is familiar. Bound together by tragedy, they choose to live in a junk-filled basement rather than join their new ‘other’ family in the flat above.

Can they survive down here without tearing each other apart? Is there enough space for each of them to come to terms with the situation and to find who they are now?

Design by: Stephanie Johns
Lighting Design by: Mark Dymock

Performances at Drama Centre London, 10 Back Hill, London EC1R 5LQ, on April 26th at 4pm and 27th at 1pm and 6pm .

Tickets are FREE but should be reserved - please contact Vanessa Fagan, Producer at vanessa@companyofangels.co.uk or on 020 7928 2811.

[The Woods was first performed as a rehearsed staged reading at the Unicorn Theatre as part of Theatre Cafe Festival 2010.]

Programme 2:

Sandholm by Anna Bro (Denmark), translated by Mia Theil Have and Max Webster; directed by Gareth Nicholls.

A young woman calling herself Job arrives at the gates of Sandholm, an asylum centre near Copenhagen. She won’t say where she is from, but claims to beable to speak to God. Soon people start turning to Job for salvation. But then Job’s past catches up with her…  Witty, moving and intensely thought-provoking, the play was inspired by the author’s stay at and interviews with residents at Sandholm.

[Sandholm was first performed as a rehearsed staged reading at the Unicorn Theatre as part of Theatre Cafe Festival 2008.]