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Teaser Trailer

Check out our teaser trailer for Joe Harbot's "The Boy on the Swing":

Book now at http://arcolatheatre.com/?action=showtemplate&sid=460 or on 020 7503 1646

Cartwright Productions presents

THE BOY ON THE SWING

By Joe Harbot

Directed by Joe Murphy
Set Designed by Hannah Clark
Costumes Designed by Ruth Sutcliffe
Lighting Designed by Jack Knowles

Performed by Will Barton, Nick Blood, Peter Bourke, Fred Pearson, Michael Shelford

Studio 2, Arcola Theatre
9 March - 9 April 2011 at 8pm
£15 (£11 concessions)
Tuesdays - 'PAY WHAT YOU CAN' (subject to availability)

Introducing... the Set Designer

Set design for "The Boy on the Swing" will be done by the fantastic Hannah Clark. Hannah is a London based set and costume designer working in theatre, dance, opera and film. She trained in theatre design at Nottingham Trent University and Central School of Speech and Drama. She was a winner of the 2005 Linbury Biennial Prize for stage design.

Designs include: THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY and UNDER MILK WOOD (Northampton Theatre Royal); BUNNY (Nabokov - Edinburgh Fringe First 2010); BEHUD and GAMBLING (Soho Theatre); EIGENGRAU and 2nd MAY 1997 (The Bush); A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM (The Globe); PEQUENAS DELICIAS (Requardt & Company); LIGHT SHINING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, KNIVES IN HENS, THYESTES and TORN (Arcola); BILLY WONDERFUL (Liverpool Everyman);NOCTURNAL and BIG LOVE (The Gate); COMPANY and HORTENSIA AND THE MUSEUM OF DREAMS (RADA / Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre); THE SNOW QUEEN (West Yorkshire Playhouse); PROPER CLEVER (Liverpool Playhouse); ROADKILL CAFÉ (Requardt & Company, Centro Coreográfico de Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal / Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, Venice / The Place); HOUSE OF AGNES (Paines Plough); BREAKFAST WITH MUGABE(Theatre Royal Bath); THE CRACKS IN MY SKIN and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?(Manchester Royal Exchange); OTHELLO (Salisbury Playhouse); AS YOU LIKE IT and WE THAT ARE LEFT (Watford Palace Theatre); TERRE HAUTE (Nabokov, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh / Trafalgar Studios / UK Tour / 59E59, New York); THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Bristol Old Vic); JAMMY DODGERS (Requardt & Company, The Place / Royal Opera House 2 / INT Tour); DEATH OF A SALESMAN, WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, BLUE/ORANGE, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, I JUST STOPPED BY TO SEE THE MAN, and TWO (Bolton Octagon).

We're thrilled to have Hannah on board - pictures of the designs coming soon!

In the meantime, make sure you book your tickets on 020 7503 1646 or http://www.arcolatheatre.com/?action=showtemplate&sid=460.

Introducing... the Director

Over the next few days I'll be introducing the different members of the creative team for The Boy on the Swing. If you're interested in more updates check out the facebook event where all the latest casting news can be found.

Today, I'm thrilled to introduce Joe Murphy, Artistic Director of nabokov, who'll be taking the directorial helm. As we found out during our exciting casting session yesterday (more news soon), that means he is definitely in charge.

Joe most recently directed the Fringe First winning Bunny (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, then touring).


Directing credits include: Service, Building Site (Arcola/Miniaturists); After, Come On Over (Tristan Bates); The Things That Never Grew in the Garden (Hampstead Start Night); Normal (Cockpit); Julius Caesar, Esme-Tales (Edinburgh Fringe); South Pacific (Northcott).

As Assistant Director his credits include: The Priory (The Royal Court); 2nd May 1997 (The Bush); Fixer (High Tide Festival); Purgatory (Arcola); Girls and Dolls (Old Red Lion); He Said... (The Bush).

You'll be hearing a lot more from Joe over the next few weeks as we move from casting into rehearsals, but in the meantime, book your tickets to see Joe's work in action here or call the Arcola box office on 02075031646.

The Boy on the Swing

Tickets today go on sale for The Boy on the Swing by Joe Harbot. We're currently casting this week, with some news hopefully by the end of the week about who's actually going to be involved. In the meantime, check out the facebook group or have a look at our page on the Arcola website.

The Boy on the Swing

I'm pleased to announce that I am now actually producing a play. Keep coming back for more news and info on how the production process is going.


In the meantime, check out the facebook group or see below for more details:



"Hello? 


Hello? 


Is this God?"


Earl is a regular guy. He's got a job, he's got friends, he's not alone. He is, however, lost. Not geographically; spiritually. So when a bizarre business card seems to offer answers, he's going to grab them. But is a phone call really all it takes?


A searing new comedy that questions our need for religion in the 21st century.


The world premiere of "The Boy on the Swing" is directed by Fringe First 2010 winner Joe Murphy (Artistic Director of nabokov).

Check out our YouTube trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPVRQXjLZZk


Cartwright Productions presents


THE BOY ON THE SWING


By Joe Harbot


Directed by Joe Murphy
Set Designed by Hannah Clark
Costumes Designed by Ruth Sutcliffe
Lighting Designed by Jack Knowles
Assistant Director: Kirsty Patrick Ward


Performed by Will Barton, Nick Blood, Peter Bourke, Fred Pearson, Michael Shelford


Studio 2, Arcola Theatre
9 March - 9 April 2011 at 8pm 
£15 (£11 concessions) 
Tuesdays - 'PAY WHAT YOU CAN' (subject to availability) 
www.arcolatheatre.com | 020 7503 1646

A Year in Numbers

So, it’s the end of the year. Apparently what you have to do is summarise everything with a load of numbers. So here goes. As is also traditional, these may be made up.

13 Months trying to be a theatre producer.

8 Months spent actually producing.

54 Shows I’ve read.

45 Shows I’ve seen.

1 Shows I’ve pretended to see (not including Shakespeare).

14 Shakespeare plays I’ve pretended to see.

14 Shakespeare plays I’ve pretended to see and subsequently discussed.

2 Performances left during the interval.

16 Performances where I regretted not leaving during the interval.

4 Number of projects I’ve produced.

1 Number of plays I’m producing that are definitely opening next year.

Now normally after listing all the numbers you draw fancy charts or make sparkly graphics, but there’s only one number that matters much when you’re trying to be a producer, and that’s the last one. How many plays are you actually producing. And, after many months, I do actually have one. It’s called The Boy on the Swing, by Joe Harbot, and it’ll open at the Arcola Theatre Studio 2 on 9 March 2011.