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New Jens please posted by Tom Crawshaw on Wednesday, 1 July 2009

New casting developments here at our Wimbledon studio - none of them related to the sudden increase of ball games in the SW19 area.

A series of unfortunate coincidences have lead to us having to recast our leading lady for the upcoming tour of Play On Words. We are therefore very pleased to announce that one Meriel Rosenkranz will be joining us in the role of Jen this year.

More information about this exciting young actress to follow.

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Announcement: Summer Tour 2009 posted by Three's Company on Tuesday, 5 May 2009

After a hard month of negotiations, we're very proud to announce confirmed plans for Three's Company's 2009 Summer Tour.

By popular demand, 2007's award-winning, sell-out hit Play On Words will return, starring all three of Michael Grady-Hall, Tom Crawshaw and Yaz Al-Shaater. We're over the moon to be performing a full show together again for the first time since 2005! In an act of reckless hubris, we have further decided to rotate the three male roles (Fred, Eddie & Jonnie) so we each play a different part each night.

We are particularly pleased to announce that the show has been chosen to appear at the Pleasance Dome at the Edinburgh Fringe - a venue which has hosted such internationally famous acts as Cheek By Jowl, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The League Of Gentlemen, Bill Bailey, and The Mighty Boosh. We'll be there, as part of the world's biggest arts festival, every day from 5th - 31st August.

Of course we'll be bringing the show home to the Buxton Fringe in July as well - where we'll also be running a cracking line up at Underground Venues - and to London in June (venue tbc). There also plans to take the show further after Edinburgh.

We're very proud to welcome Mariam Bell (who you may have seen in our mini-play Dreams May Come) who will be taking the role of Jen for the tour.

This does not, however, mean that our other work on Adventure Time and the development of Auditorium has been put on hold. Workshops will continue over the next few months - so look for announcements soon!

Finally, our thanks to all those in our all-new Support Scheme - who have made, and continue to make, this work possible.

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He's Been Through This Before posted by Tom Crawshaw on Thursday, 16 April 2009

Tomorrow night, Michael will be performing 'I've Been Through This Before' - the patter song from 3C's Plane Of Existence - as part of a concert at the National Theatre. It's all to raise money for artists living and working in countries where they can be imprisoned for writing or saying anything which the regime doesn't like.

He will be joined by the cast of Burnt By The Sun in what should be an exciting event and hopefully raise a lot of money. Head to the National by about 10pm (when BBTS finishes) to catch Mic in action.

And while, we're here, congratulations to Michael who will then turn 22 the day after. You can now write the ages of all of 3C without using anything but a number 2.

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The Lost Work of Tom Crawshaw posted by Michael Grady-Hall on Friday, 10 April 2009

This Tuesday (14th April) at 7:30 a rehearsed reading of Tom Crawshaw's play Still Life will be performed at the Jackson Lane Theatre.Well to be honest, sections of the play will be read, so don't worry, you won't find out the full story until it is launched as a fully fledged production.

If you've been missing some of Tom's more conventional writing (and by this I mean, not directly linked to Three's Company's inter-reactive work... Tom's writing is never exactly conventional) then this is the perfect night for you.

Tom began work on Still Life in 2007 just after finishing his first draft of Play On Words, and whilst writing Auditorium and Adventure Time he has been re-shaping and honing this brilliant new play. Tuesday sees Still Life's first public outing of any kind. So come along to the Jackson Lane Theatre and see Tom's most recent play and two other new works in Artists Anonymous Theatre Network's Page to Stage. And it's only £3.50! Find out more at http:/artists-anonymous.org

(No geographical errors in this post! MGH)

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Highland Word Play posted by Michael Grady-Hall on Sunday, 29 March 2009

Tom's award winning play is to be performed again outside of Three's Company. After productions in London, Oxford, Texas and others Play On Words is to be performed by LTS Productions in Carlisle. After winning the Cameron Mackintosh New Writing Award, Tom's play has garnered interest across the globe.

After Three's Company's 2006 production, many companies have been interested in reproducing the work. If you want to see the play before it gets too expensive get along to the LTS Production!

The production runs in Carlisle on the 2nd & 3rd of April, so get along to The Green Room Theatre and see a bit of 'Stoppard for the Gondry generation'.

PS. Although I would have loved to, I have not been able to add a Macbeth joke in this blog post, I've reread the whole thing and couldn't find a thing, not even in the obvious Porter and Tomorrow speeches... but go see Play on Words.

Update 2/4/09: Michael intentionally hid a rather major geographic misconception in the above post. If you can spot it, you could win a cool prize! -3C

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Blogger Michael Grady-Hall said...

I just spotted it! Is it - Texas is spelt with two t's?

09 April 2009 14:37  
Blogger Yaz Al-Shaater said...

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09 April 2009 14:39  
Blogger Yaz Al-Shaater said...

Something like that Michael, something like that...

09 April 2009 14:40  
Blogger Tom Crawshaw said...

Your first comment was so insulting you removed it Yaz?

10 April 2009 18:57  
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11 April 2009 11:37  
Blogger Yaz Al-Shaater said...

Something like that Thomas, something like that...

11 April 2009 11:38  

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Audience To The Rescue In Sci-fi Adventure posted by Tom Crawshaw on Monday, 23 March 2009

Adventure Time Episode #2

Adventure Time: Episode #2 at the Tristan Bates

Thanks to everyone who came down to see A Live Transmission of 'Adventure Time' Episode #II: Attack of the Grabons and filled the house at the Midnight Matinees on Saturday. The show was a huge success and that's mostly thanks to the audience! For those of you that didn't, we got a video and two recordings, so you'll be able take a look and listen, and quietly sob over what you missed. A helpful chap on the front row took some photos with Yaz's camera, so you can also see photos of the show in our gallery, or check out our Adventure Time collection on flickr. Finally, we'll be blogging soon about the theory behind A Live Transmission of Adventure Time, and the experiments it's designed to show. Look out for that soon!

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Anonymous Kathleen said...

Hello there,

I can say it was a success and the audience was quite remarkable.
Yes, I was there and able to experience it first hand, when I was, in a way, "volunteered" as one of the Ex-wings. I couldn't refuse and didn't want to either since I went to see the show to grasp what you guys call immediacy or intereactive theatre.
Let me tell you I had a great time, and though I stick by my idea that theatre still has a unique identity (my answer to the post "the future of theatre") in regards to cinema and TV, there is definitely space for "mainstream" regular theatre and some new adventures. We actually need it in art.

I can now say I am hooked. You made it so easy and comfortable to be on stage, that I am sure people will want to go for it, even the most shy.

I have a question though: do you think it is a concept applicable to drama or can it only work with comedy?

Well, when is the next episode?

P.S: by the way, Yaz is quite a champion at having plenty of ex-girlfriends!

Kathleen (Ex-wing 5)

24 March 2009 09:17  
Blogger Tom Crawshaw said...

Kathleen,

So glad you enjoyed the show. Getting people, who would otherwise be nervous of the idea of interaction, to experience how fun theatre can be when you're a part of it is one of our main aims. It's certainly one we plan to take further with our Edinburgh show this year - provisionally titled 'Play The Play'.

We certainly felt this episode was a good indicator of how much people appreciate an opportunity to experience theatre in a different way. And how keen they are to be a part of it. Even if they are sceptical to begin with.

Thanks very much for helping us experiment. We don't have any other episodes planned at this precise moment (what with Edinburgh plans) but there are an intended seven in the 'Adventure Time' series!

This is an idea we are applying to comedy at the moment - as it seems to lend itself very obviously and comedy is an area our company has a lot of experience in. However, we do feel there is much potential for inter-reactive theatre that is mainly serious in tone. Possibly something for a few years down the line...

P.S. That's true - do you know Yaz then?

01 April 2009 12:52  

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Inter-reactivity posted by Yaz Al-Shaater on Thursday, 19 March 2009

We've been talking a lot about the audience, interactivity and 'inter-reactivity' recently. We've got a new section of our website on the way about that. In the meantime, this blog post will operate as a sort of index to that work.

An audience queuing for a Three's Company show.

Theory

Interactive Thoughts

A series of blog posts about the theory and ideas behind our interactivity. Comments are - as usual - encouraged.

What is Inter-Reactivity? coming soon

We've been using the term 'inter-reactivity' a lot recently. An explanantion of what we mean, and our system behind it, will follow soon.

Three's Company pretending to talk about theory.

Shows

Shows following our principals of interactivity:

Auditorium

Our first major interactive work, and the world's first interactive farce!

A Live Transmission of 'Adventure Time'

Our interactive comedy series, following the exploits of our alterego comedy troupe Comedy Trio

Alternatorium & Auditernative

Two big projects for this summer... you'll have to hang on for the announcement though!

The audience get in on the act in Auditorium from Three's Company in Edinburgh.
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