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INDIE FILM NIGHT

UK Film Network and Raindance have teamed up to bring you the best in independent film.

The opening night will be 2nd September at a venue which is near London Bridge/Tower Bridge, so easy to get to if you are London based.

I’m also delighted to confirm that the opening night will be screening “ZEBRA CROSSINGS”, by Sam Holland who recently won a Raindance Award for the film and is likely to get snapped up by a distributor. This is your chance to see the film before it starts it’s journey around the world.

 

Host: UK Film Network

Date: Wednesday, 02 September 2009
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Location: Shortwave Cinema
10 Bermondsey Square, London, SE1 3UN

Entrance fee: £5

You can book for this event and others by clicking on the special Facebook paypal link:-

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OR click on this paypal link:

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Hurry though, this is likely to sell out fast. Use the link to book for next month's Indie Film Night on 7th October.

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JERUSALEM by Jez Butterworth, Royal Court Theatre - extended until Aug 22 2009

Published by: Nicola Hollinshead on Friday 24th July 2009 06:07pm

JERUSALEM by Jez Butterworth

A show that runs for 3 hrs & 10 minutes with 2 intervals may seem like a daunting prospect these days to any potential theatre-goer, but a visit to The Royal Court for a viewing of Jez Butterworth's JERUSALEM is an epic that defies time & is simply not to be missed. With a wonderful woodland setting by Ultz & under the superb direction of Ian Rickson, once again working with Butterworth; this is a show that will surely run and transfer.

http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine/read/jerusalem-by-jez-butterworth-royal-court-theatre---extended-until-aug-22-2009_259.html

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LOL
Published by: Amanda McGregor on Friday 24th July 2009 12:07pm

Lots of love, or patience, control or manipulation?

Rosalind Adler takes us on an emotional rollercoaster, all too inevitable whilst ‘combating’ the use of online dating sites.

http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine/read/lol_256.html

 

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You Can't Go Swimming with your Ex-Husband
Published by: Amanda McGregor on Friday 24th July 2009 12:07pm

A performance about a chance encounter in a lift, said to change destiny forever by Zoe Alyssa Cooper.

For me seeing a performance, is about seeing a different perspective, exploring life in a different framework or thought. My inspiration from this performance, to take home to my personal life was, ‘ we need to be able to communicate’ to have a life together and one has to be careful not to get in the firing line if you are involved with a couple that is dysfunctional in communication but ‘going swimming with an ex can be pleasant, as long as you trust yourself and each other’!

http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine/read/you-canand39;t-go-swimming-with-your-ex-husband_255.html

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24:7 Theatre Festival, Manchester - Tuesday
Published by: Caroline May on Wednesday 22nd July 2009 01:07am

Freshers - New Century 1
Blinded by the Light - Pure/Funktion

Dancing to the Sound of Crunch of Snails - Pure/Funktion

This evening kicked off at New Century 1 with Freshers by Steve Pearce, author of 2007’s popular Rose Cottage.  The premise promises comedy mayhem: Scarlett arrives in halls on her first day at university, only to find that her dad Miles has also enrolled as a student and is living on the floor below - with hilarious consequences! (I assumed).  In fact my expectations were thoroughly subverted because the encounters between dad and daughter are dark and emotionally charged due to heavy family stuff from a few years before.  The funny, sexy, studenty bits are flashbacks to the same room 20 years earlier, when earnest ecologist Hephzibah unwittingly bursts in on the sleeping Miles.

http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine/read/247-theatre-festival-manchester---tuesday_254.html

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24:7 Theatre Festival, Manchester - Monday
Published by: Caroline May on Tuesday 21st July 2009 12:07pm

The Coffee Hour - New Century 1

Phys Ed - New Century 1

Opening day of the 24:7 Theatre Festival brings blue skies and excited audiences for early performances of the 21 new shows on offer.  Follow the link to the 24:7 website (below) for video trailers, show times and further information.

http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine/read/247-theatre-festival-manchester---monday_253.html

 

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THE WRONG SLEEP COCK TAVERN THEATRE
Published by: OLIVER VALENTINE on Monday 20th July 2009 04:07pm

THE WRONG SLEEP                 COCK TAVERN THEATRE

The Cock Tavern Theatre, Kilburn, under the artistic direction of Adam Speadbury –Maher continues with The Wrong Sleep, to offer some of London’s finest and most innovative fringe work.

Ruthsdale, a desolate town is rocked by an explosion that leaves many dead and injured. A priest offers the community God as comfort, despite beginning to doubt his own faith, and a deeply disturbed Muslim woman suffering from extreme insomnia, comes to him seeking answers. She is torn between Islam, Christianity and secularism, and as it becomes increasingly clear that she is willing to use violence to vent her frustrations, she also uses the place to confess.

http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine/read/the-wrong-sleep-----cock-tavern-theatre_252.html

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24:7 Theatre Festival, Manchester - previews
Published by: Caroline May on Monday 20th July 2009 04:07pm

The Last Chair - New Century 2 
Temp/Casual - New Century 2
Working Title - Pure/Funktion
Detaining Mr K - New Century 1
Donal Fleet: A Confessional - New Century 2

We’re only into the second half of July and Manchester is already holding its third major theatrical event of the month.  But forget the Manchester International Festival and Not Part Of, because the 24:7 Theatre Festival is by comparison the great-granddaddy of the city’s new writing festivals, 2009 being its sixth consecutive year.

http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine/read/247-theatre-festival-manchester---previews_251.html

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West Side Story
Published by: Louise Winter on Monday 20th July 2009 09:00am

West Side Story reviewed Tuesday 14th July 2009

As soon as the first bars of the music are heard we are transported to New York’s Upper West Side. This musical, based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, explores the rivalry between two teenage gangs; one white, the other Puerto Rican. It is chillingly apt, dealing as it does with the social issues of gang culture and racism. Tony, a reformed member of the Jets falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the rival gang the Sharks. The feud between the gangs escalates and violence and hatred eventually overshadow love and devotion. There is no happy ending here.

Originally created in the 50’s by the combined genius of Leonard Bernstein’s musical score, Stephen Sondheim’s magnificent storytelling lyrics, and Jerome Robbins’s groundbreaking choreography this musical is regarded as the pinnacle of its genre.

Milton Keynes Theatre

http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine/read/west-side-story_250.html

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WEST END TICKET OFFERS

HAIRSPRAY

Hairspray welcomes Brian Conley as larger-than-life Edna Turnblad in the hit musical, currently running at London's Shaftesbury Theatre. Brian is joined by Chloe Hart taking over as big-haired, big-hearted Tracy Turnblad and Liam Tamne as heartthrob Link Larkin.

KIDS GO FREE - Buy 1 adult ticket for £62.50* and get 1 child ticket free

Mon-Thu from 27 Jul-13 Aug.

TO BOOK CALL 020 7907 7000

 http://www.lovetheatre.com/uktheatrenet/whats_on/london/hairspray

 

STOMP

Stomp is now fresher, faster and funnier than ever before, with new routines, new choreography and new music. Eight performers use everything from Zippo lighters, plastic bags, bin lids and even the kitchen sink to hammer out an explosively feel good rhythm.

SPECIAL OFFER AT £25*

All performances, excep Sat evenings, until 30 Aug.

http://www.lovetheatre.com/uktheatrenet/whats_on/london/stomp

 

CALENDAR GIRLS

The smash-hit show continues with its new Calendar Girls – it’s now Gemma Atkinson, Jill Halfpenny, June Brown (aka Dot Cotton), Anita Dobson, Sara Crowe, Jill Baker and Jerry Hall. The story of ordinary women who do something extraordinary and spark a global phenomenon by persuading one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference). SPECIAL OFFER AT £29.50*

All performances, except Sat evenings, until 19 Sep.

http://www.lovetheatre.com/uktheatrenet/whats_on/london/calendar_girls

 

COLLABORATION

Collaboration and Taking Sides, two subtly linked plays written by award-winning playwright Ronald Harwood explore the fine line between collaboration and betrayal during the Second World War. Collaboration opens in 1931 in a spirit of optimism as the composer Richard Strauss and writer Stefan Zweig embark on an invigorating artistic partnership. However, Zweig is a Jew and the Nazis are on the march.

SPECIAL OFFER AT £19.50*

All performances until 22 Aug.

  http://www.lovetheatre.com/uktheatrenet/whats_on/london/collaboration

 

TAKING SIDES

Taking Sides deals with an investigation into the great conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler, who remained conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic during the Third Reich. Furtwangler, played by Michael Pennington, was prized by Hitler and became the cultural jewel in his crown. After the war he became the target for vigorous interrogation by the crude, apparently uncultured Major Steve Arnold, who had witnessed the horrors of Belsen.

SPECIAL OFFER AT £19.50*

All performances until 22 Aug.

http://www.lovetheatre.com/uktheatrenet/whats_on/london/taking_sides

 

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

Based on the short novel 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption' by Stephen King, this iconic story also inspired the ever popular film. The Shawshank Redemption is an unforgettable tale of courage, friendship and daring to hope. It stars Kevin Anderson (Sleeping with the Enemy) and Reg E. Cathey (The Wire). Don't miss this uplifting story full of drama, humour and salvation.

FULL PRICE TICKETS AT £49.50* (£35* DURING PREVIEWS)

Booking from 4 Sep-14 Feb .

http://www.lovetheatre.com/uktheatrenet/whats_on/london/shawshank_redemption_the