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What’s on in October

  By Steve | 1 October, 2010 - 10:45 | Misc, Play Readings, Productions
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*THIS EVENT HAS CHANGED DATE AND TIME!*

Sunday 10: The Pinter Project

 

All those interested in exploring the work of Harold Pinter further are invited to an informal meeting on Sunday November 7, between 2 pm and 5 pm at the FINNBRIT premises (Fredrikinkatu 20 A 9). The time of the meeting has changed due to scheduling difficulties – sorry for any inconvenience.

 

Please come with ideas great and small on how to continue the Pinter project into the autumn and beyond (readings, social evenings, improvisations, public performance). If you have a favourite piece of Pinter, bring it along to the discussion. If you have nothing specific in mind but lots of enthusiasm, you’ll also be more than welcome.

 

Apologies for the date change and still hope to see you there!

Joan Nordlund.

 

Friday 15: Play reading – TBC

 

This play reading session is open to proposals. If you have a play in mind that you would like to lead a reading of, please contact the committee (fbp@finnbritplayers.com).

 

Free entrance. Bring a bottle and a friend. Remember that play readings are not performances!

 

At FINNBRIT (Fredrikinkatu 20 A 9), from 7 pm.

 

23, 24, 26, 27, 29 and 30: Autumn production – Darwin in Malibu

 

The Finn-Brit Players present Darwin in Malibu by Crispin Whittell
Directed by Jack Leo; produced by Stina Halmetoja, Johanna Kylänen and Kikka Myllys

Charles Darwin, founder of the theory of Evolution by Natural Selection, is living a quiet afterlife in Malibu. His relaxed existence is shattered by the arrival of two of his old chums, and old disputes are resumed as the three men argue about science, religion, horoscopes and the sex life of barnacles.

 

Whittell’s comedy will be a guest performance at the Puoli-Q stage of Q-teatteri (Tunturikatu 16, Etu-Töölö, Helsinki) on October 23, 24, 26, 27, 29 and 30 at 7 pm.

Tickets €11 for advanced payment, €12 on the door.

 

For bookings and more information, see www.finnbritplayers.com.

 

Sunday 31: Proposal deadline for the 2011 spring production

 

Do you have a play in mind you wish to see staged? We are open to suggestions for a main performance in the spring, so please fill in a proposal and submit it to the committee by the end of October. A theatre is booked between 3 and 17 April 2011. See the following webpage for more details: www.finnbritplayers.com/proposals

 

You can submit a proposal for a small production, event, workshop, anytime, simply by dropping us an email at fbp@finnbritplayers.com.

 

Proposals or draft proposals for smaller or later productions are welcome as well any time! The Players’ 30th anniversary is coming up next year ;o)

September with the Players

  By Steve | 6 September, 2010 - 12:10 | Misc, Play Readings, Poetry & Jazz
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Poetry & Jazz

WHAT: Poetry & Jazz – ‘Miscoloured’
WHEN: Tuesdays 14, 21, 28 @ 7 pm
WHERE: Arkadia International Bookshop (Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 9)

Free entrance. Fresh tea will be available.

We feel blue, see red and shop green. But sometimes, either by accident or through deception, life gets tinted with unfamiliar shades.

Join us for more poetry and monologues on the colours and discolourations of life, with music by Saara Markkanen on reeds and guitar.

And, by popular demand, Madam Luminita returns to give more readings from her 21st Century Tarot.

Play reading

WHAT: Play reading – Jerusalem
WHEN: Friday 24 @ 7 p.m.
WHERE: FINNBRIT (Fredrikinkatu 20 A 9)

Joan Nordlund leads this month’s play reading.

Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2009, ‘Jerusalem’ by Jez Butterworth is a comic, contemporary vision of England’s green and pleasant land. It’s St George’s Day, and the day of the local country fair. Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron is a wanted man: council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son wants to be taken to the fair, a father wants to give him a serious kicking and a motley crew of mates wants a share in his ample supply of substances.

There’s a cast of 15, action ranging from Morris dancing to ‘doing lines’, and a major role for whoever reads the stage directions.

Free entrance. Bring a bottle and a friend. Remember that play readings are not performances!

August with the Players

  By Steve | 10 August, 2010 - 11:27 | Auditions, Misc, Play Readings
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Autumn Production

WHAT: Auditions for the autumn production: Darwin in Malibu
WHERE: FINNBRIT, Fredrikinkatu 20a
WHEN: Sunday August 15, 2 p.m.

Darwin in Malibu by Crispin Whittell

Directed by Jack Leo; produced by Stina Halmetoja, Johanna Kylänen and Kikka Myllys
Charles Darwin, founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection and author of On the Origin of Species, is living a quiet afterlife in Malibu. His relaxed existence is shattered by the arrival of two of Darwin’s contemporaries: Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce, who take up their old debate on evolution vs. creationism. But what has 100 years of being dead taught the three men about science, religion and respecting other views?

Whittell’s play takes a light and humorous approach to these heavy and very topical issues. The cast of four consists of Darwin, Huxley, Wilberforce and Sarah, who is in her twenties or early thirties. As the play is a fantasy, the men can be played by actors of all ages.

No preparation is needed, just turn up on the day. If you can’t make it but would like to be considered for an acting role, or if you are interested in any of the essential backstage roles (lights, sound, costumes etc.) please contact the committee (fbp@finnbritplayers.com). The play will be performed in late October at the Puoli-Q stage of Q-teatteri.

Everyone is welcome!

August Play reading

WHAT: August Play reading
WHERE: FINNBRIT, Fredrikinkatu 20a
WHEN: Friday August 27, 7 p.m.


At play readings we read a play out loud. One person leads the reading and assigns roles. Everybody gets a chance to read. Fionna O’Sullivan will be leading this first reading of the season.

‘Politics is about the reconciliation of the irreconcilable’ says Nadia Blye. Her political views come from her experiences as a war correspondent in the Balkans and later in Iraq. Oliver Lucas’ political views are built on principles, and there is no reconciliation possible between them.

David Hare’s 2006 play The Vertical Hour pits not only practicalities versus principles, but the US versus the UK, love versus lust, and danger versus stability.

Free entrance. Bring a bottle and a friend. Remember that play readings are not performances!