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Current Productions:
"Snap,Catch,Slam" by Emma Jowett
Following a successful run in Edinburgh 2011, the show will tour the UK in 2013.Information below.
Aslan Productions and Fraser Cannon Productions present
Snap. Catch. Slam is an exciting new piece by an award winning writer. It consists of three short plays inspired by real life events. The stories are devastating accounts of a minute in one day that changed everything. Through intimate, raw story-telling, the characters reveal how one moment of action, or inaction, can dramatically change our lives or the lives of others forever. In a sense, we are all victims or heroes of our own impulses.
TOURING SPRING 2013
Nominated for BEST ACTRESS (Shian Denovan) at the Stage Awards 2011
Top Ten Theatre Shows to see at Edinburgh - Spoonfed
***** Three Weeks
***** The Public Reviews "absolutely capitvating"
**** Exeunt
**** Metro
As featured on Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe
Something snaps. I think catch, catch it. The door slams.
Three exciting short plays by award-winning writer, Emma Jowett (co-writer of Analogue's Beachy Head and Mile End).
Inspired by real life events, the stories are devastating accounts of how a minute in one day can change our lives forever; how one split second of action, or inaction, can make us the victim or hero of our impulses.
This is intimate, raw story-telling that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Directed by Ben Caplan
Written by Emma Jowett
Designed by Kate Unwin
Lit by Sherry Coenen
Sound by Simon Slater
Cast:
Shian Denovan
Harry Lobek
Teresa Jennings
Jacek Wytrzymaly
Sophie Spreadbury
Thursday 25 April, 7.45pm
Stahl Theatre, Oundle School
West Street
Peterborough PE8 4EJ
www.oundleschool.org.uk/arts/theatre
Box office: 01832 273930
Friday 3 May
Carriageworks Theatre
3 Millennium Square
Leeds LS2 3AD
www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk
Box office: (0113) 224 3801
Sunday 6 May, 8pm
Greenwich Theatre
Croom's Hill
London SE10 8ES
Tickets: £10 / £15
www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk
Box office: 020 8858 7755
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 8pm
Harrow Arts Centre
171 Uxbridge Road
Hatch End HA5 4EA
Tickets: £12 / £10
www.harrowarts.com
Box office: 020 8416 8989
Friday, 10 May, 8pm
Dugdale Centre
Thomas Hardy House
39 London Road, Enfield Town
Enfield, EN2 6DS
Tickets: £11.00 / £12.00
www.dugdalecentre.co.uk
Box office: 020 8379 1000
Saturday, 11 May, 7.30pm
YMCA Theatre
7 East Street, Leicester
www.leicesterymca.co.uk/y-theatre
0116 255 7066
Tuesday, 21 May, 8pm
Plough Arts Centre
9-11 Fore St, Devon EX38 8HQ
www.theploughartscentre.org.uk
01805 624624
Premiered August 2011, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
1.50pm Pleasance Beneath,Edinburgh 5-29th August 2011
Alice Jones, Independent
"…This is an hour of intense of storytelling which builds to a devastating emotional climax."
Metro - 4 stars
"…For Caplan and Jowett, this harrowing hour is a triumph."
Exeunt – 4 stars
"…impressive performances throughout and captivating writing… it’s consistently exciting and engaging and the production benefits from its simple direct-to-the-audience style of performance, which allows the production to live up to its percussive title."
Three Weeks review – 5 stars
"…The cast of five tell a story, each one circling around one of the verbs in the title, each shocking and utterly compelling, so that even with the minimalist set, one becomes immersed in the world of the storyteller. This is due to the fantastic writing, which builds to a point of pure human emotion in each story: several times I found myself on the edge of my seat as the events of each tale unfolded before my eyes. I only wish the title had more verbs so that I could have watched it for longer."
The Public Reviews, Melissa Rynn – 5 stars
"..absolutely captivating and emotionally compelling…."
" the very strength of the writing and intensity of performances makes this piece vital and satisfying viewing."
Fest Magazine
"The show benefits from its ballsy, pared back, direct-to-the-audience style which, with a little light to occasionally illuminate the dark, might just unleash the full force residing in this fizzing little firecracker lurking beneath the Pleasance Courtyard."
Stage nomination for best actress – Shian Denovan
Mervyn Stutter's Pick of The Fringe
As seen on Edinburgh Tonight
Spoonfed Top Ten Show to see at the Festival
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