A short piece from Eleanor Rodda:
"Oh yes rain, rain of course there is rain – I will stand here and be loudly dissatisfied, such is the nature of things – and it will rain. Of course I smoke. Notice the hacking cough and I’ll be coarse throughout as I should be, as I should be in this: too well fitted jacket, having lost the effect of effortlessness that it once had; that I once had."
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Footage From Patience is on YouTube.
A performance of 'Patience' is now available to watch on YouTube.
This performance is the opening ten minutes of an original thirty minute script, written by Eleanor Rodda in 2010. This is the recording of the performance from Battersea Barge as part of Encompass Productions' Bare Essentials event on 1st August 2012. Performed by Clare Langford and Ellie Morris, directed by Amy Gunn and assisted by Ben Mills for the Bare Essentials event.
A big thank you to Encompass Productions for filming and uploading footage to YouTube, and for having us for the event!
You can watch the footage here.
This performance is the opening ten minutes of an original thirty minute script, written by Eleanor Rodda in 2010. This is the recording of the performance from Battersea Barge as part of Encompass Productions' Bare Essentials event on 1st August 2012. Performed by Clare Langford and Ellie Morris, directed by Amy Gunn and assisted by Ben Mills for the Bare Essentials event.
A big thank you to Encompass Productions for filming and uploading footage to YouTube, and for having us for the event!
You can watch the footage here.
Friday, 19 October 2012
Fragments of an Artist
New show for December 2012.
A collection of work by Eleanor Rodda.
'Tales of love, truth and loss celebrating some of the most fragile amongst us; the artist.'
Directed by Amy Gunn.
9th December, The Harrison Pub, Kings Cross.
From 7:30pm, tickets £5.
A collection of work by Eleanor Rodda.
'Tales of love, truth and loss celebrating some of the most fragile amongst us; the artist.'
Directed by Amy Gunn.
9th December, The Harrison Pub, Kings Cross.
From 7:30pm, tickets £5.
Friday, 12 October 2012
Photos from Lost/Faith/Art
A sneak peek at some of the photos from September's Lost/Faith/Art at The Harrison Pub, King's Cross.
It was fantastic to re-visit the piece, and very interesting to do so with three separate pairings over three nights. We clocked up a total of nine hours on an endless performance - and we're still not done with it!
A thank you to all our performers, including John Fricker who stepped in at very short notice to participate in the show on the 21st.
Thank you to The Harrison Pub, who were fantastically helpful in the run up to and excution of the production.
And a sincere thank you to all who attended, some of whom sat through until the very end. We hope you enjoyed our performance and we hope to see you at another Absent Theatre event very soon.
Amy and Eleanor
Absent Theatre.
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| 19th September: Ryan Wichert and Ana Luderowski |
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| 19th September: Ana Luderowski and Ryan Wichert |
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| 20th September: JP Lord and Evelyn Campbell |
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| 20th September: JP Lord and Evelyn Campbell |
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| 21st September: John Fricker and Danielle McNally |
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| 21st September: John Fricker and Danielle McNally |
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Tonight: Lost/Faith/Art
The t-shirts are packed, tickets printed, ambient playlist compiled (involving much discussion of our collective music tastes) and we are on our way to The Harrison Pub in Kings Cross.
We're very excited about the relaunch of Lost/Faith/Art - we thoroughly enjoyed it's premiere in January and are thrilled to welcome a new cast of six talented performers for this extended run.
Join us for any length of time this week. Just seeing ten minutes you can appreciate the performance - but we have had people witnessing the whole three hours before. We are also offering repeat entrance for the whole run. So if you enjoy what you see tonight you can come back on Thursday or Friday for no extra cost. Just £3 for up to nine hours of performance art.
We sincerely hope you can join us for our sixth performance this year - another evening of Absent oddness!
Cheers then!
Amy and Eleanor
Absent Theatre
We're very excited about the relaunch of Lost/Faith/Art - we thoroughly enjoyed it's premiere in January and are thrilled to welcome a new cast of six talented performers for this extended run.
Join us for any length of time this week. Just seeing ten minutes you can appreciate the performance - but we have had people witnessing the whole three hours before. We are also offering repeat entrance for the whole run. So if you enjoy what you see tonight you can come back on Thursday or Friday for no extra cost. Just £3 for up to nine hours of performance art.
We sincerely hope you can join us for our sixth performance this year - another evening of Absent oddness!
Cheers then!
Amy and Eleanor
Absent Theatre
Monday, 17 September 2012
Trailer: Lost/Faith/Art
As we draw closer to our re-launch of Lost/Faith/Art, opening this Wednesday, please check out our first trailer:
Lost/Faith/Art is performing THIS Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Join us at The Harrison Pub in Kings Cross from 7:30pm for the admission price of just £3 - one ticket for all three nights - return as much as you like!
Amy and Eleanor.
Monday, 10 September 2012
Lost/Faith/Art - Meet The Cast
In only nine days' time, Absent Theatre will be relaunching endurance performance art installation Lost/Faith/Art.
After its premiere (and Absent's launch performance) at The Parlour Studio and Project Space in Kentish Town, London, we've always wanted to revisit the work. The four hour session we spent on the work threw open the doors to so much that we didn't feel we had begun our exploration of it. To return to it after eight months feels like another fresh approach but one we are attacking with renewed enthusiasm and purpose. We know what we want to do with the piece and that it works in this format.
The biggest alteration to the production is the extension of the three night run at The Harrison Pub, Kings Cross. As such, we have triple-cast the piece, featuring a brand new exploration every night. Each performance is unique.
On Wednesday 19th September, the performance features Ana Luderowski opposite Ryan Wichert. Luderowski has worked with director Amy Gunn (as stage manager) on 'Spring Awakening' (Brockley Jack Studio Theatre).
After playing Greek in 'Old Rabbis in the Sky' (Tristan Bates Theatre), we are thrilled to welcome Wichert back to Absent Theatre. Since Old Rabbis he has also performed in Edinburgh as part of director Amy Gunn's independent production company, Plain Sight.
On Thursday 20th September we have Evelyn Campbell opposite JP Lord. Both Campbell and Lord have worked together on 'Spring Awakening' and are new to Absent Theatre. We welcome these two exciting emerging actors to the company and are thrilled to work with them on this piece.
On Friday 21st September our final performance will feature Danielle McNally and Oliver Malam. A graduate of Goldsmiths College, while McNally is new to Absent Theatre, she saw the original performance of Lost/Faith/Art in January - so she may have more of an idea of what lies ahead!
Malam has performed with Absent before in a preview of 'Patience' this July. This is his second production with the company and we are delighted to work with him again.
Welcome all actors, returning and new alike!
After its premiere (and Absent's launch performance) at The Parlour Studio and Project Space in Kentish Town, London, we've always wanted to revisit the work. The four hour session we spent on the work threw open the doors to so much that we didn't feel we had begun our exploration of it. To return to it after eight months feels like another fresh approach but one we are attacking with renewed enthusiasm and purpose. We know what we want to do with the piece and that it works in this format.
The biggest alteration to the production is the extension of the three night run at The Harrison Pub, Kings Cross. As such, we have triple-cast the piece, featuring a brand new exploration every night. Each performance is unique.
On Wednesday 19th September, the performance features Ana Luderowski opposite Ryan Wichert. Luderowski has worked with director Amy Gunn (as stage manager) on 'Spring Awakening' (Brockley Jack Studio Theatre).
After playing Greek in 'Old Rabbis in the Sky' (Tristan Bates Theatre), we are thrilled to welcome Wichert back to Absent Theatre. Since Old Rabbis he has also performed in Edinburgh as part of director Amy Gunn's independent production company, Plain Sight.
On Thursday 20th September we have Evelyn Campbell opposite JP Lord. Both Campbell and Lord have worked together on 'Spring Awakening' and are new to Absent Theatre. We welcome these two exciting emerging actors to the company and are thrilled to work with them on this piece.
On Friday 21st September our final performance will feature Danielle McNally and Oliver Malam. A graduate of Goldsmiths College, while McNally is new to Absent Theatre, she saw the original performance of Lost/Faith/Art in January - so she may have more of an idea of what lies ahead!
Malam has performed with Absent before in a preview of 'Patience' this July. This is his second production with the company and we are delighted to work with him again.
Welcome all actors, returning and new alike!
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