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5 June 2007

Auditions for Camden Fringe Festival Performance

Sexual Ironing, Michelle Golder's explicit and comic exploration of sex and relationships through a group of seven sketches, will be performed at Camden's Etcetera Theatre, 12-17 August, 10.30 pm. Directed by Holly Race, who directed Absurdities for the BackDoor and Brighton Fringe productions and The Icarus Girl for the Arcola Theatre, the production features Holly Spice and Kimberly Hollands. We are looking for one or two male actors for this production.  Rehearsals will take place Thursday and Friday evenings, as well as some Saturdays, throughout July and early August. There will be at least one Cambridge production as well. We plan to travel up and back by car most nights, though there may be the opportunity to stay over some nights as well. Some commitment to arriving early to distribute flyers on some days is expected. Men need to be able to play under 35 years old, and need to be fearless, flexible and funny.  Primary audition date will be 15 June. [Out-of-date links and contact info removed]

Duologues II
10 June 2007, 7 pm

The duologue festival kicked off with a bang on the 3rd with a big audience and five very well received duologues. The bar has been set very high, but it's another smashing programme on June 10th -

An Ambulance Stuck in Traffic
by Paul Richards
Directed by Carla Moore and performed by Juliette Burton and Stefan Haselwimmer.

Le Recknynge
by Matt Brown
Directed by Matt Brown and performed by Matt Brown and Ed Butler.

My Name Escapes Me
Written and directed by Angela Howard
Performed by David Monksfield and Trevor Osbourne

The Two Witches, or Waiting for Hecate
by Anne French
Directed by Francesca Brown and performed by Annette Farrant and Heather Yeadon.

Pulse Fringe Festival and Escalator Open Afternoon
28th May - 17th June

The Pulse Fringe Festival is an Arts Council sponsored festival based in Ipswich and covering a wide range of theatre and arts activities. See www.pulsefringe.com for more information. As part of the festival, they are holding a free open afternoon on 9 June at 4 pm on the subject of Escalator Funding - Arts Council funding which is available for artists from the region. This takes place at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ispwich. See www.artscouncil.org.uk/escalator for more information. Escalator grants are often used by local groups looking to take new productions on tour or to Fringe events.

Lecture and Discussion on New Writing in English Theatre
Tonight, 5th June, 5-7pm 
GR03, English Faulty,
9 West Rd. Cambridge
Wine Included

Mischa Twitchin - Theatre Practitioner with the London-based SHUNT collective and lecturer at Goldsmiths College, will present his paper: Literary Management - the Hollow Men of English Theatre:

Exploring the seemingly missed encounter with abstraction amongst the managers of 'new writing' in English theatre, this paper will unpick what might be called their 'three-dimensional prejudice'. With consideration of the work of Martin Crimp, the paper will reflect on Michael Fried's 'untimely' contention that "the success, or even the survival, of the arts has come increasingly to depend on their ability to defeat theatre.

Discussion follows lecture.

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