Featuring Brendan O’Rourke as a bank robber here is the all-new advert for Virgin Media.
As part of the ‘Because I am a Girl’ campaign Plan International have released a number of adverts showing women determined to stand up and join the fight against female genital mutilation. Check out Lindon Alexander as a father in these two versions of the same advert.
Performing at the Finborough Theatre until the 22nd April ‘Incident at Vichy’ is a 1964 play by the legendary Arthur Miller and deals with 8 individuals in 1942 France who are pulled in for questioning at Vichy police station. Unaware of why they are there the stakes rise as they are individually taken away for interrogation.
Alpha’s Brendan O’Rourke stars in this brilliant production that has received excellent reviews and has sold so well the theatre has already announced extra shows.
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In March Abi McLoughlin performed in the one-woman show ‘The Principle of Uncertainty’ at new London fringe venue Draper Hall.
In a tour de force performance Abi led the audience through a scientific lecture that resulted in an emotional breakdown for her character.
The production received great reviews and there are already plans to remount the production at the Edinburgh Festival this Summer.
Check out some of the reviews:
It was one hell of a month in March with Alpha losing 3 of its female members. It’s with great sadness we say goodbye to Louisa Tee, Judith Quin and one of our longest serving members Elizabeth Ross. We wish them all the best for the future.
Patsy Prince plays plays Dr Sabine Redmond in Living the Drama’s play ‘Swallows’ this March. Set in the near future where the Government has legalised euthanasia Patsy’s Sabine faces a moral dilemma when a patient demands the right to die. The production plays at the Old Fire Station in Oxford on the 23rd and 24th March and tickets are available here.
Appearing in a collection of monologue short stories this month is Alpha’s Adam Seigel. Theatre 76’s production of ‘Save’ is an evening of 5 stories dealing with 5 people arriving at a pivotal moment in their lives. The show runs from the 21st – 23rd February at the Hen and Chickens Theatre and tickets are available here.
Our Angus Kennedy has had a busy couple of years working in Hollywood films and you can catch up with a couple from the comfort of your own home this month.
‘Allied’ starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard is released on DVD and Blu-ray at the end of the month and features Angus as party guest Geoffrey.
‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ is now available to view on Netflix and finds Angus meeting a grizzly end at the hands of Sam Riley’s Mr Darcy.
After successful runs in Edinburgh, New York and London Patch of Blue are taking their production of ‘We Live by the Sea’ to the Adelaide Festival in Australia with new member Lizzie Grace returning to the cast. The show runs from the 16th February – 19th March. Check out their website here.
New member Nic Lamont is currently at the Fringe World Festival in Australia appearing in the ‘Game of Thrones’ parody show ‘Graeme of Thrones’. The show has been touring now for almost two years and features 3 actors playing and parodying all of your favourite characters from the popular worldwide hit. Check out the website and the trailer below.
