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SPRING PERFORMANCES 2020
W H AT’S ON Birmingham City University
T H E AT R E
WELCOME TO ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE THEATRE COMPANY’S SPRING ‘20 SEASON
ABOUT ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is a multi-disciplinary institution of music and acting offering an even greater range of performances from world-class professionals and emerging talent.
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.
Comprised of final year students from our acting courses, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company has established a reputation as one of the city’s most exciting outfits. The Company’s composition changes every year, so our seasons are highly eclectic, presenting a wide range of works – some challenging, some moving, some witty, but all with a freshness that comes from working with emerging professional actors. The Company is supported by an energetic and creative production department consisting of a professional Stage Management Team, Property Master, Set Designer and Wardrobe Mistress. Each year, the Theatre Company is directed by professionals who present work nationally and internationally, ranging from productions in the West End to those for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
We also train the associated disciplines of Stage Management and Applied Performance, which provides the perfect learning environment to launch your career as a performance industry professional. For more information on Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and its courses, come to an Open Day or visit www.bcu.ac.uk/bsa/opendays To find out what’s on visit www.bcu.ac.uk/events
We look forward to welcoming you to our performances. Julian Lloyd Webber Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
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Stephen Simms Vice Principal (Acting)
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The Tempest at The Crescent Studio, October 2019 by Charlie Kirkpatrick
The Good Soul of Szechuan at The Patrick Studio, December 2019 by Greg Milner
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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents…
TRELAWNY OF THE WELLS Event
Venue
Dates and Times
Trelawny of the Wells
The Old Rep Theatre
Wed 11 Mar: 7.30pm Thu 12 Mar: 7.30pm Fri 13 Mar: 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sat 14 Mar: 5pm
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Directed by Sean Aita
Wed 18 Mar: 7pm Thu 19 Mar: 2.30pm & 7pm Fri 20 Mar: 7pm Sat 21 Mar: 5pm
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Written in 1898, Arthur Wing Pinero’s celebrated comedy charts the fortunes of Miss Rose Trelawny, a Victorian actress who falls in love with a wealthy young man, and has to undergo the critical scrutiny of his upper class family.
Wed 18 Mar: 7.30pm Thu 19 Mar: 7.30pm Fri 20 Mar: 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sat 21 Mar: 5pm
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Wed 4 Mar: 7pm Thu 5 Mar: 7pm Fri 6 Mar: 7pm Sat 7 Mar: 7pm
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born bad
Nosferatu
Spring Opera: The Enchanted Island
Patrick Studio @ Birmingham Hippodrome
The Old Rep Theatre
The Engine Room, Birmingham
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Written by Arthur Wing Pinero
Featuring an ensemble of almost Dickensian characters representing the theatrical types of the period, from the bombastic leading actor to the low comedian, Trelawny of the Wells invites the audience to reflect on the quite radical change from Melodrama to Naturalism which took place in the British theatre in the mid nineteenth century. The play’s themes of class, the inevitability of change, and the transformative power of performance remain as pertinent now as they were when it was written.
The Old Rep Theatre Wed 11 Mar: 7.30pm Thu 12 Mar: 7.30pm Fri 13 Mar: 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sat 14 Mar: 5pm 4
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born bad
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents…
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents…
born bad
NOSFERATU
Written by debbie tucker green
A new adaptation for stage based on F. W. Murnau’s 1922 silent film
Directed by Corey Campbell Hear no evil, see no evil, SPEAK! debbie tucker green’s Olivier Award-winning born bad is an urgent battle cry for answers, where a mum, dad, daughter, two sisters and brother collide; some keeping deathly silent, some shouting voraciously, all uncovering hidden skeletons in long-closed closets. In a world full of secrets and lies, will you speak out? Licensed by arrangement with The Agency, 24 Pottery Lane, Holland Park, London, W11 4LZ info@theagency.co.uk
Directed by Stephen Simms Choreography by Maria Blundell-Palethorpe A new theatre production. Thomas Hutter awakes alone, imprisoned in a deserted castle in Eastern Europe, to find strange bite marks on his neck, and a host – Count Orlok – who has suddenly disappeared, taking with him several huge coffin-like boxes filled with earth. Back home in England, Thomas’s home town suffers a bizarre horrific plague, and his young wife falls ill, and unexpectedly and passionately longs to join the creatures of the night. Based on the 1922 German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau, this brand new theatre production is a highly physical and poetic re-imagining of the gothic Dracula myth, exploring its themes of identity, sanity, and the dark corners of sexual desire. At times disturbing, oddly funny, and visually beautiful, this new production knocks at the window of your mind and asks you to invite us in… all you have to do is say yes.
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Patrick Studio @ Birmingham Hippodrome
The Old Rep Theatre
Wed 18 Mar: 7pm
Wed 18 Mar: 7.30pm
Thu 19 Mar: 2.30pm & 7pm
Thu 19 Mar: 7.30pm
Fri 20 Mar: 7pm
Fri 20 Mar: 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Sat 21 Mar: 5pm
Sat 21 Mar: 5pm
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T: 0121 331 5901
E: info@bsa.bcu.ac.uk
To book, please visit www.bcu.ac.uk/bsa
BOOKINGS
Hurst Street, Birmingham, B5 4TB T: 0844 338 5000 www.birminghamhippodrome.com
The Patrick Centre @ Birmingham Hippodrome
Wed 4 Mar: 7pm Thu 5 Mar: 7pm Fri 6 Mar: 7pm Sat 7 Mar: 7pm
The Engine Room
The Enchanted Island is a colourful musical patchwork of arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and many more. For the first time vocal students from RBC will be performing in The Engine Room, an old button factory in the Jewellery Quarter.
Musicians from RBC’s Vocal and Operatic Department
Conductor Paul Wingfield Director Jamie Hayes
www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire T: 0121 331 5901 BirminghamSchoolofActing @BirmConsActing
200 Jennens Road, Birmingham, B4 7XR
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Station Street, Birmingham, B5 4DY T: 0121 359 9444 www.oldreptheatre.co.uk
The Old Rep Theatre
19 Harford Street, Birmingham B19 3EB T: 07882594371 www.engineroomspace.co.uk
The Engine Room
VENUES
SPRING OPERA: THE ENCHANTED ISLAND
SPRING OPERA: THE ENCHANTED ISLAND