The Love of The Nightingale 2011
The Rough Fiction Ensemble in association with the Actors Centre present a pop up production of
The Love of The Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Featuring live choral singing, percussion and a cast of 14-26 actors Rough Fiction’s Ensemble Laboratory, this ever-changing pop-up production appears at a new venue each week, with different staging and the actors swapping parts every performance.
Set against the backdrop of war, The Love of The Nightingale reveals two Athenian sisters caught in a triangle of desire and revenge in Wertenbaker’s witty and moving version of the ancient Philomela myth questioning the nature of power and what happens when people are silenced. Olivier Award winning playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker is perhaps best know for remarkable play Our Country’s Good.
**** ‘Rough Fiction push the boundaries of text and performance. You have the feeling something unusual is going on here from the moment you arrive’ (The Scotsman on Hospitals and Other Buildings That Catch Fire)
“If you like your theatre inventive and fun, this one’s for you. Rough Fiction is a new company which stages existing fictional works in contemporary, impromptu performances. In the case of The Love of the Nightingale - a little-known play about the Philomela myth by TimberlakeWertenbaker - that means a different venue each Sunday, and a cast which shuffles parts on a weekly basis in the name of different character interpretations. If that all sounds super-serious, fret not: the show is a hoot. It’s full of songs and sniggers in amidst some genuinely touching moments. This Sunday’s atmospheric venue is St Luke’s Church in Holloway; friend Rough Fiction on Facebook for news of subsequent performances in February”. (LECOOL)
Upcoming performances:
BOOK TICKETS: Sunday 4th December: Union Chapel, Islington, 4pm Doors / 4.30pm performance
BOOK TICKETS: Friday 9th December: St Luke’s Church, Holloway, 7.15 Doors / 7.45pm performance
BOOK TICKETS: Sunday 11th December: Cecil Sharp House, 2.30pm Doors / 2.45pm Performance
BOOK TICKETS: Saturday 17th December: 7.30pm Doors / 8pm Performance
BOOK TICKETS: Sunday 18th December: 2.00pm Doors / 2.30pm Performance Venue TBA
A cash box office will be available on the day at each venue if events don’t sell out.
Running time - approx. 1hr 40mins
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[...] 5 MALE ACTORS to join its weekly ENSEMBLE LABORATORY and take parts in its new production of THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE by Timberlake Wertenbaker – a stunning re-telling of the Philomele and Tereus myth about the [...]