The Love of The Nightingale 2011

by Rough Fiction

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)

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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Cast List and Biographies

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The Last of the Lake

by Rough Fiction

In Association with The Point Eastleigh, Newbury Corn Exchange, Co-commisioned by Brighton Dome.

The Last of The Lake

Touring Spring 2012 – Watch This Space…

Last Performed: 7.30pm Monday 28th February, 2011 | The Point Eastleigh

The Last of The Lake is an intimate love story that follows a woman’s epic journey from insular salt-lake town to the sea. Her home destroyed and burnt in front of her eyes, she runs. And runs. All she wants to do is dive into the endless water and find her husband again.

Seamlessly blending text and movement within an immersive audio-visual design this is a new play by acclaimed young company Rough Fiction. It is a poetic and atmospheric voyage that questions our relationship with water and interrogates the way in which climate and landscape shape our lives.

**** Highly recommended. The deconstructive flair of The Wooster Group playing Pirandello (Metro on Hospitals and Other Buildings That Catch Fire)

**** Wonderfully atmospheric … boldly original (British Theatre Guide on Killing Alan)

Available for Touring the UK Spring 2012 funding pending.