Stuff happening
14/11/13 22:11
forthcoming performances / new work in development
Live Literature (directing)
Zones of Avoidance
by Maggie Sawkins
Written and performed by Maggie Sawkins and directed by Mark C. Hewitt with video sequences by Abigail Norris, Zones of Avoidance was previewed at the Menuhin Room, Portsmouth Central Library, on 30 October. The production is an examination of the strangeness and tragedy of serious addiction refracted through a mother’s experience of her daughter’s habit. Maggie Sawkins is founder of Portsmouth’s Tongues & Grooves poetry and music club and has published two full collections of poetry, most recently The Zig Zag Woman (Two Ravens Press, 2007).
See one of the video poems from the production
Act »
A Visual Exploration of Fetish »
Maggie Sawkins. Video image © Abigail Norris, 2013
NEXT PERFORMANCES
WINCHESTER
Date: Weds 27 November, 7.30pm
Venue: Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry St. Winchester SO23 8SB
Tickets: £5.00
Box Office: 01962 873603
or online from WDC »
HAVANT
Date: Thurs 16 January, 7.30pm
With aftershow Q&A
Venue: The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre, East Street,
Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1BS
Tickets: £6.00 (£5.40 students)
Box Office: 023 9224 9067 www.thespring.co.uk
Or online from The Spring »
SOUTHSEA
Date: Weds 22 January (2014), 8pm
Venue: The Cellars at Eastney,
56 Cromwell Rd, Southsea PO4 9PN
Tickets: £6.00
Box Office: advance tickets online only »
Literary theatre (directing)
PUFF
by John Agard
Written in verse, Puff is set in the Elizabethan period at a time when Sir Walter Raleigh makes 'taking tobacco' fashionable among the nobility, the Queen herself developing the puffing habit.
A whimsical two-hander exploring Elizabethan England’s enchantment with the wonders of the New World, whilst at home there is already a growing uneasiness about a black presence in the land, as shown by the famous edict to the Lord Mayor of London from the Queen herself, stating that there were 'too many Blackamoors in the realm.'
This is a playful satire, fun but with an insight into empire and cultural history. Only four performances in 2013. Directed by Mark C. Hewitt.
LEWES
Saturday 14 December, 8.00pm
Sunday 15 December, 4.00pm
Venue: All Saints Centre, Friars Walk, Lewes BN7 2LE
Tickets: £10.00 advance / £12.00 door
Advance tickets from Skylark Books, Needlemaker’s, West Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2NZ
Phone Slylark on 01273 479418
or online from Lewes Live Literature »
LONDON
Thursday 19 December, 7.15pm
Friday 20 December, 7.15pm
Venue: National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, London WC2H 0HE
Free ticket required
Available in the gallery from 6.00pm on the day
Visit the website or call 020 7306 0055
Queen Elizabeth I, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery
Theatre writing / making
New work in progress
Research & Development
A grant from the Artists' International Development Fund allowed Mark C. Hewitt to travel to Norway in early 2013 to visit composer and sampling percussionist, Thomas Strønen, with a view to collaborating on a new work for theatre. Blank Productions has since received funding from Det Norske Komponistfond to commission new music from Thomas Strønen and a grant from Arts Council England that will create the time for Mark to write a new work for theatre, assemble a team of practitioners and explore production ideas.
Sketch © Lindsey McGown
"The life imposed on us is too hard to bear: it brings too much pain, too many disappointments, too many insoluble problems. If we are to endure it, we cannot do so without palliative measures ..."
- Sigmund Freud ('Das Unbehagen in der Kultur')
Live Literature (directing)
Zones of Avoidance
by Maggie Sawkins
Written and performed by Maggie Sawkins and directed by Mark C. Hewitt with video sequences by Abigail Norris, Zones of Avoidance was previewed at the Menuhin Room, Portsmouth Central Library, on 30 October. The production is an examination of the strangeness and tragedy of serious addiction refracted through a mother’s experience of her daughter’s habit. Maggie Sawkins is founder of Portsmouth’s Tongues & Grooves poetry and music club and has published two full collections of poetry, most recently The Zig Zag Woman (Two Ravens Press, 2007).
See one of the video poems from the production
Act »
A Visual Exploration of Fetish »
Maggie Sawkins. Video image © Abigail Norris, 2013
NEXT PERFORMANCES
WINCHESTER
Date: Weds 27 November, 7.30pm
Venue: Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry St. Winchester SO23 8SB
Tickets: £5.00
Box Office: 01962 873603
or online from WDC »
HAVANT
Date: Thurs 16 January, 7.30pm
With aftershow Q&A
Venue: The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre, East Street,
Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1BS
Tickets: £6.00 (£5.40 students)
Box Office: 023 9224 9067 www.thespring.co.uk
Or online from The Spring »
SOUTHSEA
Date: Weds 22 January (2014), 8pm
Venue: The Cellars at Eastney,
56 Cromwell Rd, Southsea PO4 9PN
Tickets: £6.00
Box Office: advance tickets online only »
Literary theatre (directing)
PUFF
by John Agard
Written in verse, Puff is set in the Elizabethan period at a time when Sir Walter Raleigh makes 'taking tobacco' fashionable among the nobility, the Queen herself developing the puffing habit.
A whimsical two-hander exploring Elizabethan England’s enchantment with the wonders of the New World, whilst at home there is already a growing uneasiness about a black presence in the land, as shown by the famous edict to the Lord Mayor of London from the Queen herself, stating that there were 'too many Blackamoors in the realm.'
This is a playful satire, fun but with an insight into empire and cultural history. Only four performances in 2013. Directed by Mark C. Hewitt.
LEWES
Saturday 14 December, 8.00pm
Sunday 15 December, 4.00pm
Venue: All Saints Centre, Friars Walk, Lewes BN7 2LE
Tickets: £10.00 advance / £12.00 door
Advance tickets from Skylark Books, Needlemaker’s, West Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2NZ
Phone Slylark on 01273 479418
or online from Lewes Live Literature »
LONDON
Thursday 19 December, 7.15pm
Friday 20 December, 7.15pm
Venue: National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, London WC2H 0HE
Free ticket required
Available in the gallery from 6.00pm on the day
Visit the website or call 020 7306 0055
Queen Elizabeth I, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery
Theatre writing / making
New work in progress
Research & Development
A grant from the Artists' International Development Fund allowed Mark C. Hewitt to travel to Norway in early 2013 to visit composer and sampling percussionist, Thomas Strønen, with a view to collaborating on a new work for theatre. Blank Productions has since received funding from Det Norske Komponistfond to commission new music from Thomas Strønen and a grant from Arts Council England that will create the time for Mark to write a new work for theatre, assemble a team of practitioners and explore production ideas.
Sketch © Lindsey McGown
"The life imposed on us is too hard to bear: it brings too much pain, too many disappointments, too many insoluble problems. If we are to endure it, we cannot do so without palliative measures ..."
- Sigmund Freud ('Das Unbehagen in der Kultur')