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A busy Christmas season
It’s set to be a busy Autumn/Winter here at Actors Direct. With clients already on the road for Blunderbus (Emily Rae), RiotAct (Lewis Gadsdon) and AlterEgo Theatre Companies (Lucy Farrington-Smith & Orlagh Rose), we’ve got Justine Elizabeth Bailey in rehearsals at Oldham Coliseum for ‘Aladdin’. Client Michael Justice is on the road for TNT Theatre again overseas in ‘Hamlet’ and Darren John Langford will spend Christmas with PMA Productions again in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’. Check back regularly for further updates and links to all shows!
Pack Up Morphs into a new revival.
Charting Salford life on the home front during WWII, this musical that engages with young people from across Salford with no or little training is back after a critical and commercial success in 2011. Playing at the Royal Northern College of Music, the production is produced by MORPHIC, formally CRIS, who’s aims is to raise young people’s aspirations through creative learning with theatre professionals. This year’s show also has extensive support from AD with Justine Bailey, Darren Langford, and Frances Tither all dusting off those gas masks for another moving production. Follow link for details and tickets.
THRASHER revives with further support from AD and ACE!
As part of the writer “In Response” Scheme Conor Mckee (Writer) and Wyllie Longmore (Dramaturg/Director) bring back their highly acclaimed production of “Thrasher” for spring 2013. The “In Response” Scheme engages new local writers in each venue with the creative team of Thrasher, and is now supported by Arts Council England. In addition, this previously sold out production will now star AD’s Darren John Langford and Justine Bailey as Colin & Vic respectively.
Show tours Salford, Hull, Preston, Sheffield, Bury, Leeds, and RADA’s studio Theatre, London. Click on area for links.
A well timed “Dream” for AD Actors
Once again, several of our actors are touring the North West, and Staffordshire with Page2Stage Productions.
This year finds Darren, Justine, and Michael returning, and welcoming AD newcomer James Austin Harvey as they perform Shakespeare’s most loved comedy,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
We wish them the best of success for another smash-hit production