The following review is from the Edinburgh Reporter; the original can be found here. Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – W.R.E.N.S August 4, 2011 by John Kennedy Without a doubt one of the hot-ticket certainties for this year’s Fringe has to be the quaintly named Tiny Teapot Theatre’s production of Edinburgh born, ex-Wren, Anne V. McGravie’s W.R.E.N.S....
Last chance to see the MA production of The Maids is this evening (Wednesday 8th December) at 7pm in Studio 1 of the Workshop Theatre. Jean Genet’s The Maids caused a scandal when it opened in Paris in 1947 for its stark portrayal of seething working class discontent. This dark and brooding play depicts two...
Cloud 9 comes to the Workshop Theatre this week. The production runs for three nights, starting tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7pm. Cloud 9 is a landmark play about sexual politics in colonial Africa and modern-day Britain, in which all our assumptions about sex and gender are stunningly exploded. ‘Sharp comedy and a serious purpose are splendidly...
For various reasons (largely down to timing) the three proposals received for this year’s Student Production have been withdrawn. This means there is a vacancy if anyone would like to fill it. We are offering: space, technical support, a staff mentor and funding for a performance in week 5 of next term (week commencing 25th...
Audience members of the final product of the ‘Performing the Past’ (a core module for all 2nd year WT students) don’t tend to get it easy. Inspired by French Surrealism, the WT class of 2007 crawled over their audience. In the name of The Medieval Mystery Play, the class of 2008 enticed their audience outside...
From Leeds Student Online By Hannah Astill Using Steven Berkoff’s adaptation of Frank Kafka’s original novel, the Workshop Theatre delves into the mysterious, dark and fascinating world of The Trial. It tells the story of Josef K, who, on the day of his 30th birthday is suddenly arrested by a remote and unexplained authority for...
Following on from a very successful run of ‘the trial’… we thought we’d do it again. If you are interested in proposing something for next year please get in touch with the technical office. For the time being, all that’s required from you is a printed sheet of A4 with the following details: Your Name...
Just to let you all know that Ravenrock’s The Grimm Tales tickets are available in the union from 12 – 3 today. This is a Theatre Group Production with students from the Workshop Theatre. Performances are: 4TH 5TH 6TH & 7TH NOVEMBER – 7.30PM and 2.30pm Matinee Sat 7th November STAGE@LEEDS £6.50 concession £8.50 full price “In...
Just to let you know that you’ll be able to buy your tickets for ‘The Trial’ on ‘Leeds Tickets’ http://www.facebook.com/l/f1a75;leedstickets.com from tomorrow morning OR from a table in the union on Thursday and Friday 10 – 4pm. If you buy them direct from us then you won’t have to pay the 50p booking fee but...
Miller’s classic, which is being directed by final year Workshop Theatre students Eloise Colin and Laura Nagel, will be performed at Stage@Leeds next Wed-Sat (28th-31st). Would be great to see you there. Below is a preview that will be published this Friday in Leeds Student Arts section. What is the play about? One man’s struggle...
It’s time to blog ‘The Trial’… As most of you will (hopefully!) have heard, the WT is venturing out into student productions with a production of the trial this year. We are officially two weeks into our rehearsal process, with two weeks remaining… it’s having to be a fairly speedy process… In terms of what’s...
Written and Directed by Max Dorey Amy Marchant Rebekah Ricketts Nick Coupe Ed Attrill Share on Facebook
The curtain has gone up on this year’s light night and the Workshop Theatre is turning people away at the door. Seems the early threat of rain hasn’t dampened spirits and audiences are turning out in force. Steve Bottom’s is on next at 9pm – it’s not too late to get here, but it might...
