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Current productions
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AKT Youth Theatre Journey To X A group of friends have formed a new band. Now all they have to do is raise the money to get to London to audition for the world's biggest talent contest. Journey To X appears as part of The National Theatre New Connections 2011 - the UK's most exciting festival of Youth Theatre. NT Connections 2012
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ACT Diploma in Acting Cranford In the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip; and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.
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Past Productions
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ACT Diploma in Acting How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found "What makes you who you are, Charlie? A name? An address? A random collection of experiences, a few memories? You are who you can prove you are. You are what people think. And that's the easiest thing in the world to change." 8th December - 12th December SOLD OUT Venue: The Nightingale Theatre, 29-30 Surrey Street, BN1 3PA |
See Showcase 2011 page for details and to book tickets |
ACT Two Year Diploma Graduate Showcase 2011
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AKT Youth Theatre - Fright Night AKT Youth Theatre presents scenes from 'Scary Play' by Judith Johnson and 'A Vampire Story' by Moira Buffini as well as other devised pieces. |
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ACT Foundation in Acting Alarms & Excursions Michael Frayn's (Donkeys Years, Noises Off) Alarms & Excursions is a set of eight plays including 24 characters, one dinner party and an unusual flight announcement. Venue: The Nightingale Theatre, 29-30 Surrey Street, BN1 3PA |
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ACT Two Year Diploma Dying For It
by Moira Buffini Directed by Julian Kerridge A brilliant and penetrating comedy about a man in the depths of despair Semyon Semyonovich is going to shoot himself. As the news filters through the coffee shops and drinking dens of Soviet Russia, Semyon's poverty driven demise is suddenly interrupted by flocks of admirers desperate for a piece of the action. Idolized equally by everyone from aristocrats, artists, priests, the peasants and the downright horny, Semyon has become everything to all men. Now that he has finally made it, all he has to do is die. This fast paced satirical comedy, originally banned by Stalin before a single performance, was freely adapted by Moira Buffini and premiered at the Almeida Theatre in March 2007 to rave reviews. "A gloriously frenzied evening" ***** (5 stars) Time Out Venue: The Sallis Benney Theatre, 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton BN2 0JY To book tickets on line please go to brightonticketshop.com or call the Dome Box Office on 01273 709709. |
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AKT Youth Theatre Bassett
by James Graham Directed by Janette Eddisford & Daniel Finlay Citizenship class at Wootton Bassett School and the supply teacher has gone a bit nuts, doing a runner and locking the pupils in. That's bad enough, but tensions are higher today than normal, a day when only yards from their confinement a repatriation of fallen British soldiers is happening along the high street - as it has over a hundred times before through this quiet Wiltshire town. And this one is more personal than most ... Dean needs the toilet, Aimee needs a coffee, Amid needs to pray, and Leo ... well, Leo really, really wants to be at the repat, and is determined to escape. As factions form and secrets are revealed, maybe he's not the only one who'll want to get away.
Bassett is a pacy, funny and exhausting look at young people who have inherited a world at war; who, as they grow older, are starting to ask questions about these conflicts, their country, and themselves. Bassett appears as part of The National Theatre New Connections 2011 - the UK's most exciting festival of Youth Theatre. NT Connections 2011 Venue: Chichester Festival Theatre To book tickets on line please go to www.cft.org.uk or call the Box Office on 01243 781312. |
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ACT Two Year Diploma Public Show Friday 10th & Saturday 11th December SOLD OUT Don Juan In Soho
by Patrick Marber (after Moliere) Directed by Philip Ayckbourn The Academy Of Creative Training Productions are proud to present Patrick Marber's awfully hilarious, shamelessly outrageous and disturbingly dark 2006 hit 'Don Juan in Soho'. Inspired by Moliere's 1665 classic, Marber throws us 400 years ahead to meet Don Juan, the infamous, amoral hedonist in a society entranced by sensation. The World Premiere was commissioned by and first presented at the Donmar Warehouse in 2006 and won rav...e reviews: "Savagely funny and disgracefully sexy. Absolute cracker" DAILY TELEGRAPH. "Thoroughly modern make-over for the worst sex-addict in theatrical history" EVENING STANDARD. Unashamedly proud of his sexual conquests, Don Juan barely ends one liaison when he is in pursuit of the next. From Croatian supermodels to saintly virgins, the 5000 numbers in his Blackberry are constantly juggled by his minder Stan. He is a lovable rogue who given the chance would shag a hole in the ozone layer. Venue: The Nightingale Theatre, 29-30 Surrey Street, BN1 3PA To book tickets on line please go to brightonticketshop.com or call the Dome Box Office on 01273 709709. |
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ACT Creative Playground Public Show Lysistrata
by Aristophanes Translation by Patric Dickinson Directed by Elaine Heath It's Lysistrata - but not as you know it! Best friends Lysis and Strata are fed up with their men being constantly away from home, fighting, whoring and spending money recklessly. So they call a meeting with their friends, Lampito, an Aussie Rock chick, Kalonike, Italian wag and fashion goddess and Myrrhinne a newly married sexpot behind the Acropolis Nightclub to propose a solution to all their problems. Venue: The Nightingale Theatre, 29-30 Surrey Street, BN1 3PA To book tickets on line please go to our Lysistrata Booking Page or call 01273 818266 (we are unable to take credit cards over the phone). |
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ACT Foundation Public Show - THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT - Waiting list on door from 7pm La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler Directed by Ralf Higgins A gripping, deliciously dark, sexy, production of Arthur Schnitzler's classic play La Ronde brought to life and thrust into the modern day; presenting glimpses of life behind closed doors. Highlighting the shocking truth of society's seedy underbelly, dangerous liaisons, and happenings in a world divided by class. A 'through the keyhole' view of the intertwining lives of ten couples, this production will surprise and thrill, as they embark on a journey of deceit and betrayal. A young wife driven into the arms of another by her loveless marriage. Her husband, wine and dines a juvenile girl. A young gentleman taking advantage of the hired help. A count waking up in a prostitute's boudoir and much much more.... Venue: The Nightingale Theatre, 29-30 Surrey Street, BN1 3PA To book tickets on line please go to our La Ronde Booking Page or call 01273 818266 (we are unable to take credit cards over the phone). |
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Graduate Showcase 2010
See Showcase 2010 page for details and to book tickets |
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Fugee
by Abi Morgan The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, BN3 1AS Directed by Elaine Heath
Fugee: Slang for refugee of political oppression or natural disaster. Kojo is 14 but no one believes him; he's just one of the unaccompanied minors arriving in London, abandoned on the streets of the UK. Ara's from Baghdad and still hears the bombs at night. Cheung can do back flips and is from village in China that is more than a thousand years old. Orphans in London, they are the only family they have now. Together they tell Kojo's story: a story of lost childhood, tall trees and a murder in motion; a murder by a child that everyone says is a man. AKT Youth Theatre are the oldest of our AKT - Act Kids Theatre groups which meet during term time on a Saturday morning. AKT Youth won 1st Place in 'Group Acted Scene' at this year's Springboard Brighton and Hove Youth Performing Arts Festival with an extract from Fugee. For more details please visit our AKT pages. Part of the Brighton Fringe Festival DATES: 2nd & 3rd May 2010 Contact Jo or Janette on 01273 818266 or info@actbrighton.org for interviews/production photos. Acting Workshops AKT are running Acting Workshops for 13-18 year olds interested in FUGEE or in becoming a member of AKT Youth Theatre on Mon 3rd May. Workshops will be lead by experienced members of the AKT staff and include members of the cast. All our AKT staff are fully CRB checked. Workshops will take place at The Old Market, Hove. Places are limited and must be booked in advance. |
