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We are delighted to introduce Mountview’s autumn season 2012, the first curated by our new Director of Performance, Stephen Jameson.

The season opens with Acting students in a quartet of plays exploring the murky backstage world of Elizabethan and Restoration theatre where actors are the rock ‘n’ roll stars of the day. Featuring works by some of today’s foremost stage writers, including Nicholas Wright and April De Angelis, they are directed by four bold young talents: Simon Evans, Abbey Wright, Max Key and Jessica Swale.

Musical Theatre students present two very different productions. Firstly Reefer Madness, a rock opera pastiche of the public health warning films of conservative 1930’s America and then Lorca’s tragedy of yearning, Yerma, which is presented at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.

Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Ending the year on a high.

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Compleat Female stage Beauty p.5

the liBertine p.6

Playhouse Creatures p.7

reefer madness p.8

Yerma p.9

Christmas Concerts p.10

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short Courses p.14

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Venue Karamel Club

Performances Fri 16 Nov at 7pm Sat 17 Nov at 7pm Tue 20 Nov at 7pm Fri 23 Nov at 7pm Sat 24 Nov at 5pm

To Book See p.11

In 1661 the most famous portrayer of female roles on the London stage is Edward Kynaston. A restoration stage celebrity, Mr K is the toast of London for his interpretation of Shakespeare’s heroines. But when Margaret Hughes plays Desdemona at an illegal theatre, instead of stopping the show, the ever-game Charles II changes the law to allow women to act. By the stroke of a pen, Kynaston’s world is turned upside down.

Richard Eyre directed Billy Crudup and Claire Danes in the 2004 film adaptation, Stage Beauty.

Abbey Wright studied at Oxford University and has been resident assistant director at the Donmar Warehouse. Previous directing credits include Dublin Carol at Trafalgar Studios and Bitch Boxer at Soho Theatre.

A play by Jeffrey HatcherDirector Abbey WrightDesigner Fi Russell

Compleat Female

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Venue Karamel Club

Performances Thu 15 Nov at 7pm Mon 19 Nov at 7pm Wed 21 Nov at 3pm Thu 22 Nov at 7pm Sat 24 Nov at 1.30pm

To Book See p.11

John Shank is an actor, talent scout and trainer of boy players in the seedily glamorous world of London theatre in the 1630s. Women are not seen on the stage, their roles being taken by precocious boys. Up to his eyes in debt, Shank’s only hope of escaping destitution is an unpromising 14-year-old would-be, Stephen Hammerton. Can he train Stephen to be the new star of the London stage?

Cressida premiered at the Almeida Theatre in 2000 with Michael Gambon as Shank.

Cressida is directed by Simon Evans. Simon was the Donmar Warehouse’s resident assistant director 2011-2012, and worked on Richard II, Inadmissible Evidence, Anna Christie and Moonlight.

A play by Nicholas WrightDirector Simon Evans Designer Fi Russell

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books An amateur production by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd

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An amateur production by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd

Playhouse

CreaturesA play by April De AngelisDirector Jessica SwaleDesigner Fi Russell

Venue Karamel Club

Performances Fri 7 Dec at 7pm Mon 10 Dec at 7pm Wed 12 Dec at 7pm Fri 14 Dec at 7pm Sat 15 Dec at 5pm

To Book See p.11

By royal decree women are allowed to perform on stage for the first time. Little more than prostitutes, or at best sideshow novelties, the King and all of London society flock to witness the latest new beauty ‘act’. Playhouse Creatures explores the world of these first actresses as they claw their way from notoriety to respectability in their pursuit to become legitimate actors.

Playhouse Creatures is an early work by April De Angelis whose most recent play, Jumpy, premiered at the Royal Court with Tamsin Greig before transferring to Duke of York’s Theatre.

Jessica Swale has directed The Rivals, The Belle’s Stratagem and The Busy Body at Southwark Playhouse and has been described by Michael Billington in The Guardian as “our best young director of period comedy”.

Venue Karamel Club

Performances Thu 6 Dec at 7pm Sat 8 Dec at 7pm Tue 11 Dec at 7pm Thu 13 Dec at 7pm Sat 15 Dec at 1.30pm

To Book See p.11

The Libertine tells the story of the Earl of Rochester, John Wilmot, confidant of Charles II and the most notorious rake of his age. An anti-monarchist royalist, an atheist who converted to Christianity, poet and lover, Rochester embodies the spirit of the Restoration.

This thrilling, convincing portrait of the period centres on the moment that bad boy Rochester’s cynicism is confounded as he falls in love in earnest.

The Libertine was made into a film in 2004 starring Johnny Depp.

A graduate of the Young Vic Directors’ Programme, Max Key’s recent credits include The Turn of the Screw at Arcola Theatre, Land and Sea at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh and Jim Cartwright’s Road at Mountview earlier in 2012.

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

the libertineA play by Stephen JeffreysDirector Max Key Designer Fi Russell

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YermaA play by Federico Garcia LorcaIn a translation by Peter LukeDirector Sally-Ann GrittonDesigner Jessica Banting

Venue Riverside Studios

Performances Tue 27 Nov at 7pm Wed 28 Nov at 2pm & 7pm Thu 29 Nov at 2pm & 7pm Fri 30 Nov at 2pm & 7pm Sat 1 Dec at 5pm

To Book See p.13

Married for two years, Yerma longs for a child but her husband is cold to her desires. Gossip and superstition hang over their village.

Lorca’s beautiful and savage play is transplanted from the suffocating heat of Spain to a remote and rural Cornish landscape with the ensemble painting this physical story with music and passion through to the seemingly inevitable conclusion.

As the villagers make a pilgrimage to a site famed for fertility Yerma is driven to a final, terrible act.

Written in 1934, just two years before his death at the hands of fascist soldiers in an unknown field, Lorca described Yerma as a ‘tragic poem’. Nearly eighty years later that tragedy is undiminished.

Students go free on Monday to Friday matinees - see p15

Book by Kevin Murphy & Dan StudneyMusic by Dan StudneyLyrics by Kevin MurphyDirector Ed DickMusical Director Gareth EllisChoreographer David Lee Designer Caroline Jane Reid

Venue Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Performances Mon 19 Nov at 7.30pm Tue 20 Nov at 3pm & 7.30pm Wed 21 Nov at 7.30pm Thu 22 Nov at 3pm & 7.30pm Fri 23 Nov at 3pm & 7.30pm Sat 24 Nov at 3pm & 7.30pm

To Book See p.12

It’s America in the 1930s. J Edgar Hoover is running the newly-founded FBI and conservatism is rife. Marijuana, the demon weed, is turning the nation’s children into depraved drug fiends. Rock musical Reefer Madness pastiches the public health warnings of the day.

Wholesome couple Jimmy Harper and Mary Lane are drawn from their English studies into a heady world of sex and psychosis, through jazz joints and hallucinatory orgies with singing poppies and dancing goats. Jesus and Franklin D Roosevelt, the President of the United States, try to intervene but will this be enough?

Warning: this production is unsuitable for audiences aged under 15

reefer madness

An amateur production by arrangement with Samuel French LtdAn amateur production by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of R&H Theatricals of New York

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Christmas

Concerts2012 culminates with our annual Christmas Concerts. Join us for an enchanting programme of carols, festive songs and readings by Mountview students.

Fri 7 deC at 6pm | 8pm St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens, W2 3UD

Tickets: £10 (No concessions)To purchase, call 020 8829 0036 (available from 5 November)

sat 8 deC at 4pmHornsey Town Hall Square, Crouch End, N8 8DU

Admission is free

to bookCressida | Compleat Female stage Beautythe liBertine | Playhouse Creatures

Tickets £9 | Concessions £6

Telephone: 020 8829 0036

Opening times: Monday to Friday, from 10am to 5pm

Book 3 shows, get the 4th free!*

On performance days the Box Office opens at the Karamel Club one hour before the start of the performance

*All tickets must be purchased at the same time | Subject to availability

Venue

Karamel Club

Address: Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

Tube: Wood Green (Piccadilly line)

Rail: Alexandra Palace

Bus: 29, 67, 121, 123, 141, 144, 184, 221, 230, 232, 243, 329, W3, W4

Car: Free on-street parking after 6.30pm

reefer madness

Tickets £10 | Concessions £6.50

Telephone: 020 8365 5450 | Online: www.berniegrantcentre.co.uk

Opening times: Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm

Agents and industry professionals should call 020 8829 0036

Venue

Address: Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Green, London N15 4RX

Tube: Seven Sisters (Victoria line)

Bus: 41, 123, 149, 230, 243, 259, 341, 476

Car: Pay and display parking available

BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

THE COLLEGE OF HARINGEY, ENFIELD & NORTH EAST LONDON

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Yerma

Tickets £10 | Concessions £6.50 | Groups £9*

Telephone: 020 8237 1111 | Online: www.riversidestudios.co.uk

Opening times: Monday to Friday, from 2pm to 9pm

Agents and industry professionals should call 020 8829 0036

Students go free(Monday to Friday matinees only | Tickets must be booked in advance by calling 020 8829 0036)

*For groups 10+

Venue

Address: Crisp Road, London W6 9RL

Tube: Hammersmith (Piccadilly, District, Hammersmith & City lines)

Bus: 9, 10, 27, 33, 72, 190, 209, 211, 220, 266, 267, 283, 295, 391, 419, H91

Car: Limited free parking in residents’ bays after 6.30pm | NCP car park on Hammersmith Grove

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS FRANK

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HAMMERSMITH STATION

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adult CoursesIntroduction CoursesMountview offers a range of evening classes for adults including acting, musical theatre, performing arts and street dance. Whether you are looking to unlock your imagination and creativity or try out a new dance style, our Introduction Courses will give you an insight into Mountview’s professional training.

Monday evenings 7pm – 8.30pm.

Perform CoursesThe Perform Courses allow participants to develop their skills through one term of actor training followed by a term focusing on performance. With classes taking place two evenings a week these courses are designed for those looking to build on previous experience.

Courses can be taken in acting, TV & film and devised theatre.

YounG People’s CoursesAttended by around 240 young people each week Mountview’s ‘Engage’ programme offers classes in acting, musical theatre and street dance. The classes provide a vibrant and creative environment working with inspiring directors to explore the world of performance and the work of the professional actor.

The classes take place each week on Saturdays.

Opportunities For Young People In Haringey

Thanks to on-going support from The Tottenham Grammar School Foundation, Mountview is pleased to be able to offer the ‘Haringey Young People’s Bursary Scheme’ which provides tuition fee support to young people from Haringey, enabling them to attend any of Mountview’s part-time courses.

For more information on all these courses visit www.mountview.org.ukor call 020 8826 9217

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Mountview provides world-class vocational training for the actors, musical theatre performers, directors and technical theatre specialists of the future through a diverse range of programmes. With an international reputation for excellence and strong links with the industry, Mountview nurtures and develops its students to prepare them for a career in the creative arts. Graduates have gone on to secure high-profile roles in theatre, television and film.

As an educational performing arts charity, only 30% of our income for student fees is supported by public funding. In order to continue to offer the highest quality training to our students as well as deliver meaningful and creative opportunities to young people in and around our local borough of Haringey, we need your support.

There are a number of ways to get involved whether you are an individual, a trust, foundation or a company. From joining our Mountview membership scheme, providing a scholarship for a student or supporting our work with young people and the community, you can make a difference.

For more information, visit www.mountview.org.uk/supportus

To talk about supporting Mountview’s work, please contact:

Deborah Akroyd - Director of Developmentt 020 8826 9212 or e deborahakroyd@mountview.org.uk

Registered Charity No: 274166

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THU 15 NOV 7.00 Cressida KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 16 NOV 7.00 Compleat Female Stage Beauty KARAMEL CLUB

SAT 17 NOV 7.00 Compleat Female Stage Beauty KARAMEL CLUB

MON 19 NOV7.00 Cressida KARAMEL CLUB

7.30 Reefer Madness (Cast A) BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TUE 20 NOV

3.00 Reefer Madness (Cast A) BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

7.00 Compleat Female Stage Beauty KARAMEL CLUB

7.30 Reefer Madness (Cast A) BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 21 NOV3.00 Cressida KARAMEL CLUB

7.30 Reefer Madness (Cast B) BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

THU 22 NOV

3.00 Reefer Madness (Cast B) BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

7.00 Cressida KARAMEL CLUB

7.30 Reefer Madness (Cast B) BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 23 NOV

3.00 Reefer Madness (Cast B) BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

7.00 Compleat Female Stage Beauty KARAMEL CLUB

7.30 Reefer Madness (Cast A) BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 24 NOV

1.30 Cressida KARAMEL CLUB

3.00 Reefer Madness (Cast A) BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

5.00 Compleat Female Stage Beauty KARAMEL CLUB

7.30 Reefer Madness (Cast B) BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TUE 27 NOV 7.00 Yerma (Cast A) RIVERSIDE STUDIO

WED 28 NOV2.00 Yerma (Cast A) RIVERSIDE STUDIO

7.00 Yerma (Cast A) RIVERSIDE STUDIO

THU 29 NOV2.00 Yerma (Cast A) RIVERSIDE STUDIO

7.00 Yerma (Cast B) RIVERSIDE STUDIO

FRI 30 NOV2.00 Yerma (Cast B) RIVERSIDE STUDIO

7.00 Yerma (Cast B) RIVERSIDE STUDIO

SAT 1 DEC 5.00 Yerma (Cast B) RIVERSIDE STUDIO

THU 6 DEC 7.00 The Libertine KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 7 DEC

6.00 Christmas Concert ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

7.00 Playhouse Creatures KARAMEL CLUB

8.00 Christmas Concert ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

SAT 8 DEC4.00 Christmas Concert HORNSEY TOWN HALL SQUARE

7.00 The Libertine KARAMEL CLUB

MON 10 DEC 7.00 Playhouse Creatures KARAMEL CLUB

TUE 11 DEC 7.00 The Libertine KARAMEL CLUB

WED 12 DEC 7.00 Playhouse Creatures KARAMEL CLUB

THU 13 DEC 7.00 The Libertine KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 14 DEC 7.00 Playhouse Creatures KARAMEL CLUB

SAT 15 DEC1.30 The Libertine KARAMEL CLUB

5.00 Playhouse Creatures KARAMEL CLUB

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