Archive for the 'Old Red Lion' Category
November 23rd, 2006
October 19th, 2006
PRESS RELEASE: Oct 2006
After the success of the Festival’s opening shows joinedupwriters, a company committed to the development of new and innovative writing, is proud to announce their November bill. “Smart writing with a deft comic touch that [David] Whitney has the charisma to sustain” - The Stage “Deborah Espect demonstrates a good ear for laughs and delivers a dark comedy with a killer twist. A well-worked end-piece to a promising ...
September 20th, 2006
Fringe Festival - Oct - Dec 2006
PRESS RELEASE: Sept 2006 Following the success of its Spring Festival, which resulted in a BBC commission and a three week critically acclaimed run of their first full production, joinedupwriters, a company committed to the development of new and innovative writing, returns with its latest festival. It will open on Sunday 8th October and run to Monday 4th December and will see nine new pieces of work staged ...
July 13th, 2006
Reviews of Perfection by Mark Lindow
Reviews of Perfection currently on at the Old Red Lion: Camden New Journal Whats on Stage user review
June 7th, 2006
Spring Festival April – June 2006
joinedupwriters is proud to announce its SPRING FESTIVAL OF NEW THEATRE at the OLD RED LION THEATRE, ST JOHN STREET, ISLINGTON, N1 Saturday 17th June at 3.00pm and Monday 19th June at 7.30pm: The Man by Marie Tournay Hale Desire for a stranger haunts the owner of a holiday camp. Will a brief encounter change his life forever? Marie is a founder member of joinedupwriters. She writes plays and monologues ...
June 7th, 2006
Talented new writer makes fringe debut with controversial play about seeking perfection
“You squander life like there’s no tomorrow and you’ve squandered it on someone with no tomorrow.” When your best friend’s dying there’s not a lot of time to look for the perfect man. Or is that just an excuse? Mark Lindow, a bright young writer from Hackney and two-times winner of the London Writers Competition, makes his full-length debut with Perfection which opens at the Old Red Lion in Islington on 4th ...
June 6th, 2006
Photos from Becoming Daughters in May
Becoming Daughters by Alex Viac Most girls never have to worry about losing their status as daughters. But for fostered children like Imogen and Jemma, the challenge is to become a daughter in the first place, and then to remain one. When the girls find out that a real daughter is coming to stay, this may be their biggest challenge yet. Writer, Alex Viac is a founder member of joinedupwriters. He ...
June 6th, 2006
Photos from Quan Shih Yin Hesitates in April
Quan Shih Yin Hesitates by Alan McNaboe Over one critical day in a disintegrating marriage, Re and Dal dissect their life together with increasingly brutal honesty. An intimate rollercoaster of cruelty, boredom, panic and mercy. Photos by Chris Caswell (from left): in rehearsals, director Toria Banks, Lucia McAnespie and Carl Prekopp...
June 6th, 2006
Photos from Fuck Art in April
Photos by Chris Caswell (from left): In rehearsal; Helen Oakleigh (also director), Matt Prendergast, Sarah Fortune and Dave Blood (from left) Matt Prendergast as Frank and Dave Blood as Eric...
March 28th, 2006