RBC Theatre Company presents Immaculate

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents...

IMMACULATE

Written by Oliver Lansley Directed by John Adams Fri 11 - Sat 12 June 2021 Warning: This play contains adult themes and use of language which some audience members might find offensive.

Birmingham City University

About Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Formerly known as Birmingham School of Acting, we are now part of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. With roots as a drama school going back to 1936, we retain the professional outlook and commitment to contemporary training that has seen our acting courses consistently rated amongst the best in the UK. We also train the associated disciplines of Stage Management and Applied Performance,

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which provides the perfect learning environment to launch your career as a performance industry professional.

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Director’s Note Immaculate was originally written for a smallscale production on the Edinburgh Fringe, where minimalism reigns.

Our show has been produced under the restrictions of a COVID protocol, but we see this challenge as an opportunity.

Our technical students are learning many skills by producing a very complex production in the Old Rep, with the additional learning process of preparing and filming a high quality live-streaming event. The acting students have learned how to work in a large professional theatre venue, exploiting the two metre distancing requirement to present

a performance at an epic scale. They have also enjoyed an occasional excursion into the television world occupied by Fleabag and Miranda.

As is usual with my ambitious productions here, none of this would have been possible without the complete dedication of the highly skilled professionals who run the Technical Theatre Course at the Conservatoire, and the collaboration of Mark Pritchard and David Tinson. As ever, I admire them, and remain in their debt.

Immaculate is licensed bt Nick Hern Books.

John Adams John has directed productions at all three incarnations of this fine Drama School - the BSSD, the BSA and now Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Favourite productions for BSA include Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Shoreditch Madonna, Terry Johnson’s Piano/Forte, and Nicholas Nickleby.

He was co-founder, with the writer David

Pownall, of Paines Plough, Britain’s leading independent new writing company.

He has been Artistic Director of three regional theatres, the Octagon Bolton, the Birmingham Rep, and the Haymarket Basingstoke.

He has also taught in many of our major drama schools.

Mia Katherine Alpen Gabriel

Harry Murdoch

Michael

Joseph Creaser

Lucifer

Ralph Toppin

Rebecca

Amy Leigh Sandford

Gary Goodman

Theodore Butler

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Production Department Production Manager

Jacqui Findlay

Scenic Designer Rob Dicks

Lighting Designer Mark Pritchard Sound Designer David Tinson Head of Wardrobe Jacki Cottom Props Dan Raven

Production Technician Jonathan Pearce Staff Stage Manager

Louise Turner

Stage Manager Angus Chow***

Deputy Stage Manager Ryker Young** Assistant Stage Managers Technical ASM Lighting Technical ASM Sound Camera Operators

Ellie Bashford* Jazmyne Evans* Georgia Sherratt* Ocean Davis-Haswell*, Zoe Matthews*

Production Assistant Claire D’Angelo, Melissa Peet Wardrobe Assistants Julie Pountney, Sunita Nar Scenic Assistant Richard Constable

Lighting Assistant Olly Boot** Sound Assistant Georgia Thornton** Sound Engineer Deepali Mistry Vision Mixer Georgia Thornton** Carpenter Matt Willets, Steve Willets - The Woodshop Joinery Ltd Voice Support Simon Ratcliffe

* 1st Year Stage Management Students **2nd Year Stage Management Students ***3rd Year Stage Management Students