“Destroy me if you like. I deserve it. I’m shameful. I disgust myself.
But please, please help me get away.”
Northern England. 1951.
The Festival of Britain is in full swing.
Post-war austerity is losing its bite and things are starting to change.
But for Miss Julie, they aren't changing fast enough
A teaser of a way to give you advance notice of the first play in our 2013 / 2014 Bite Size Theatre Productions.
In September,you can see the premiere of Rob Johnston's new play at Smiths. Rob's become a bit of a fixture at our theatre nights and we're always excited when he has a new play for us. This time it's his adaptation of ' Miss Julie' Strinberg's play about love, passion and class, transposed by Rob from 19th century Sweden to England in the 1950s during the Festival of Britain.
It promises to be an exciting start to the new season - I'll post details of dates / times here in a day or two.
The rest of the season is currently being planned - and one definite fixture will be a second 'New Writing' week in January 2014. 'Acts of Charity', this year's event proved very popular with audiences, writers, actors and directors alike .... and we can't wait to do it again ! I'll let you know the dates as soon as we have them.
AND ...... we're in the middle of trying to arrange a Sunday teatime Halloween Theatre for families - watch this space !
FINALLY: I found this quote by Sarah Bernhardt ... and wondered how on earth she'd have got on in that tiny space that's Bite Size Theatre at Smiths !
" For the theatre, one needs long arms ..... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture "
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