Speaking not Speeching – Shakespeare Workshop
A Shakespeare Stripped Back Workshop Speaking not Speeching Shakespeare A Workshop for Actors who have performed Shakespeare roles and who want to explore and experience a different way of working with Shakespeare. This fresh and unique session, using exercises derived from the work of Meisner, Brook & Rodenburg, will encourage participants to find their own … Read more
Lady Windermere’s Fan at The Blue Orange Theatre, 1st-10th March
Soon at Birmingham’s Blue Orange Theatre…. Lady Windermere’s Fan explores the delicate and fickle nature of marriage and social status, where relationships can mask the dark secrets of people’s past and identity. When her marriage is tested by news of her husband’s alleged infidelity, Lady Windermere becomes enta … ngled in her own dalliance with … Read more
Teechers by John Godber , The Blue Orange Theatre, 2nd-11th Feb
Coming soon to The Blue Orange Theatre … Directed by Oliver Hume Teechers is a fast moving and entertaining play in which the vigour of life at a modern comprehensive school is portrayed. Three school leavers, Salty, Hobby and Gail perform to the audience an account of their time at the school and in particular their time with Nr Nixon, the … Read more
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge is mean, probably the meanest man in London. He is mean to his customers, his employees and even his own nephew, Fred. If that wasn’t bad enough, it’s Christmas Eve and Scrooge is even more grouchy than usual. If he had his way, he would cancel Christm…as altogether! That is, until he is … Read more
Two Way Mirror by Arthur Miller at The Blue Orange, 17th – 26th Nov, 7.45pm
Two Way Mirror by Arthur Miller Directed by Kerry Murdock and Mark WebsterTwo Way Mirror comprises of two-one act plays: Some Kind of Love Story and Elegy for a Lady. It is an incision into the psyche of the modern world; Arthur Miller skillfully tears apart our idea of perception, reality and redemption in the way … Read more
Barefaced Christmas Nights!
Welcome to an early Barefaced Christmas!! Christmas, a time of peace, harmony, and goodwill to all men . . . well, sometimes. Maybe. Join us for an enthralling evening as the BAREFACED teams of Actors pit their skills against each other to tell the story of “ONE CHRISTMAS EVE” THEATRE WITHOUT THE TRIMMINGS … Read more
Workshop in Comedy Mask Skills
MidPoint member Lee Dempsey sent us the email below: Dear Performer/ Creative talent I wish to invite you to come and play, at a Workshop in Comedy Mask skills on Saturday 5th November at Blue Orange Theatre Birmingham (from 10 till 5, £10, full details to follow) During the day we shall: Start with … Read more
Barefaced – Call for Creatives
Barefaced is now gearing up for the next round in November and they already have a bevy of Actors keen to get their teeth into the new scripts and to get started on the Workshops. This is a call for people who would like to come on board as Creatives. The day-long Workshops and Rehearsals are held on weekends … Read more
The Panto Girls by Andrew Cullum at The Blue Orange Theatre, 12th – 15th October
The Blue Orange Presents… The Panto Girls by Andrew Cullum, in Association with Birmingham Comedy Festival Directed by Marcus Fernando The Sisters are back in town… It’s pantomime season at a theatre near you. Backstage in a dressing room are two quite different actors preparing to go onstage as Ugly Sisters in a production of … Read more
Immaculate by Oliver Lansley, 6th-9th October
Fraction theatre presents Immaculate by Oliver Lansley at The Blue Orange Theatre In Association with Birmingham Comedy Festival You’re single and haven’t had sex for the last eleven and a half months, then one morning you wake up pregnant and the Angel Gabriel is on your doorstep claiming parentage. Graeme Braidwood of Fraction Theatre directs … Read more
