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Twas the Season
posted by Tom Crawshaw on Tuesday, 26 January 2010
The
snow's thawing and the world's returning to work. And so ends
Three's Company's first London Season from the wintry heart of London's
West End.
Our three-week residency at the
Tristan Bates Theatre ended
last Saturday and
a big thank-you to all of you who came along to make it such a success. Here's how it all went.
- After four years of work, our flagship production of Play On Words had it's first full London run. We were featured in the print editions of The Times ("both smart and funny... an ingenious little box of tricks") and Time Out ("light-footed and adept at scrambling the act of theatre") as well as in The Stage ("versatile, confident talent... just about the perfect format") and on Remote Goat ("entertaining and stimulating theatre craftsmanship"). And some pretty great crowds over the three weeks as well.
- We hosted three Interactivity Symposiums which brought together critics from The Guardian, The Financial Times and The Stage as well as companies such as Coney and Non Zero One and practitioners such as Stuart Nolan and Steve Marmion (former associate director of the RSC) - all to discuss the place and the future of interactivity in theatre.
- We produced three staged readings of plays by Tom: Later Showers and the newly written Still Life and Reverie. Each with guest directors and a great cast of new 3C artists.
- We brought together a host of companies exploring interactivity in various art-forms - including a 'one-robot-show', an interactive library and dragon magic.
- We performed all four of the currently existing episodes of our critically-acclaimed interactive radio comedy Adventure Time, starring our alter-egos and a wide variety of audience participants.
All in all, 43 performances of 18 different events over 20 days, all in the heart of the West End.
Based on this success, we hope this will be the start of many productions in London (as well as our visits to
Buxton and
Edinburgh). Watch this space for news of our next project.
So thank-you first to all of you who came along. Thanks to all
our supporters who made the whole season possible. And here's a list of everyone else who was involved - huge thanks to you all!
Laura and the staff of the Tristan Bates Theatre, The Actors Centre and The Pleasance Theatre.
Bekki Coward, Natalie Eskinazi, Neil Keating Jacob Mason-Dixon, Amy Penrose and Meriel Rosenkranz for their various roles in creating Play On Words.
Bekki Coward and Natalie Eskinazi for co-managing the Interactivity Symposium.
Steve Marmion, Roger Foss, Stuart Nolan, Ian Shuttleworth, Annette & Tassos from Coney, Karl Rouse, Matt Trueman, Richard Stamp, Holly Gramazio, Neil Keating, Alex and John from Non Zero One, Esther Smith and David Byrne for taking part in the Interactivity Symposium.
Piff The Magic Dragon, Dan Somerville, Alan Fielden, Teak Show, Imprology, The Story Exchange and Bineural Performance for appearing in the Interplay Sessions.
Kyle McPhail for his help on Later Showers.
James Farrell with his cast Mariam Bell, John Cass, Stephen Connery-Brown, David Eadie, Jo Price, Gabriella Schmidt and Daniel Wiltshire for performing Still Life.
John Kay Steel with his cast Chris Porter, Joanne Cummins, Nick Ash, Sarah Thomas-Lane and Jennifer Jackson for performing Reverie.
Maram Bell, Jo Reekie, Rosie Stancliffe, Kyle McPhail (and several audience members) for performing in Adventure Time.
Labels: interactivity, play on words, reactivity season, tristan bates
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The Times on POW (and all the others)
posted by Tom Crawshaw on Monday, 11 January 2010
Anyone opening
The Times today may have noticed a review of our very own
Play On Words.
They called it "both smart and funny" as well as "an ingenious little box of tricks" - which was nice.
It's wonderful to see good reviews for the show coming out so soon in our first London season. We're expecting several more reviews over the next few days and we'll update this post as they come in with quotes and links to the full articles.
And if you want to see what they're all talking about,
Play On Words plays at the
Tristan Bates Theatre, Covent Garden until the 23rd January.
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"I'm still won over by the simple chutzpah of throwing so many concepts into the blender. It could easily get out of hand, but it doesn't; it's a tight and finely-engineered work, where details of dialogue which at first seem off-the-wall later prove perfectly-formed and crucial."
"One of the most stunning things about the piece is how it moves from clever jocularity to genuine emotion. You won't feel existential despair, you'll feel cheered. Play on Words is not conventional, but nor is it hard work: it's witty, thoughtful stuff that's consistently entertaining and full of delicious surprises."
"Keeps you on your toes for most of its 70 minutes... light-footed and adept at scrambling the act of theatre. Worth a look"
"To their great credit, Michael Grady-Hall and Yaz Al-Shaater build an intense, ultimately fractured relationship that maintains the interest throughout.There’s certainly no doubting their enthusiasm for the project, Al-Shaater is a versatile, confident talent and Grady-Hall is in serious danger of busting a blood vessel in a terrifying, but impressive tirade near the show’s close."
"Tom Crawshaw’s text offers a metatheatrical game of dramatic forensics.
Both smart and funny... an ingenious little box of tricks"
Labels: london, play on words, reviews
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Three's Company Need You!
posted by Michael Grady-Hall on Monday, 28 December 2009
During January
Three's Company are taking over the
Tristan Bates Theatre in
Covent Garden.
From the 4
th-23rd the award-winning
Play On Words will be playing everyday at 7.30pm (4pm on Sundays), and from 8
th-23rd 3C will be hosting
The Reactivity Season.
But
we need your help! We have yet to cast some pivotal roles - which anyone can take, without any prior experience. So why not take up one of the following fantastic opportunities to be a part of it all. We are looking for:
- A Female Special Guest for one episode of the interactive, pun-dimensional comedy A Live Transmission of 'Adventure Time'. It's a cheeky two-minute cameo part, in which the star of Comedy Trio's spoof-tacular radio show turns up late and interrupts the recording- with "hilarious"* results... (Performed one night in January.)
- Fern and Basil (our plants in the audience) who antagonise the protagonist at the dramatic pinnacle of Tom Crawshaw's Play On Words. Very, very important (but fear not, you only have to say one line). We need a different person each night - so get in touch before they all go.
It's all in the good cause of theatre - so if you'd like to join in, drop us a line at
fun@threescompany.co.ukOh yes - and happy new year. All the best for the
Tens /
Decimos /
Teenies!
* The Troglodyte - and also my nan
Labels: adventure time, casting, interactivity, play on words, reactivity season
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Merry Christmas from Three's Company
posted by Tom Crawshaw on Sunday, 20 December 2009
With snow falling in London - and rather more in Buxton - it's time for 3C to head off for a mini Christmas break. Even more snow for Michael however who is off to some unnamed French mountain to ski (or rather drink hot chocolate, learn his lines and avoid any pre-show injuries).
Of course it's only a mini break as our first London season starts on Monday 4th January at the Tristan Bates Theatre.
We're performing Play On Words - with a fantastic new design by Amy Penrose - every evening.
Our interactive comedy show Adventure Time will be mixing things up on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights (if the audience can save the day)
Each Saturday sees a day-long Interactivity Symposium - complete with experimental performances in the Interplay Sessions afterwards.
And Back & Forth sees two new plays by Tom Crawshaw - Still Life and Reverie - given staged readings, as well as the London premiere of Later Showers (in scratch form).
Find out more at www.play-on-words.net
and www.reactivity.org.uk (for everything else)
Keep up to date by following Three's Company or The Reactivity Season on Twitter.
And, as a special Christmas present to all our Blog followers, we'd like to offer a half-price deal to see Play On Words, which can be used any time in the first week (4th - 11th Jan). Just quote "3C Blog Deal" when booking in person or by phone (from the 4th Jan).
So from all of us at Three's Company, have a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, a pudding-and-stocking-filled and carbon-free holiday and we hope to see you all in January 2010!
Labels: adventure time, christmas, later showers, london, play on words, reactivity season, reverie, still life, tristan bates
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Three's Company's First London Season
posted by Tom Crawshaw on Sunday, 15 November 2009
Exciting news theatre fans!
Hot on the heels of another wonderful
Edinburgh Fringe, Three's Company have just been offered a
three-week slot at top London theatre the
Tristan Bates (near
Leicester Square)
this January.
We're still putting the finishing touches to our exact plans for this season but here's what we've got so far:
Play On Words makes its London transfer (after a
critically-acclaimed sell-out run at the
Pleasance Dome) from
January 4th-23rd. Bigger and better than ever before and (hopefully) ready to take London by storm.
Alongside this flagship production we'll be hosting the
Reactivity Season. This is
a festival of new work celebrating and exploring audience intereaction in theatre.
Featuring:
An
Interactivity Symposium on the three Saturdays (9th, 16th, 23rd). Talks and debates with an invited panel and performances from guest theatre companies. Bringing together everyone currently working in - or interested in -
interactivity in theatre. A chance to take stock, share ideas, learn from others experiences and plan the future for this exciting, new and emerging genre.
Adventure Time: after trials
around the country, we bring our anarchic, interactive, spoof radio series back to the Tristan Bates where we'll be staging the full series of pun-dimensional episodes. Can the audience save the on-air broadcast that will make
Comedy Trio's name? Come along and find out / decide.
Play readings of two new works (and one in need of refreshment) by
Tom Crawshaw.
Still Life which explores the place of religion in modern urban life and
Reverie which follows a young man on a journey to harness the power of dreams. Joined by
Later Showers which makes its London premiere after
wowing critics in Buxton and Edinburgh in 2005 (starring
Michael Grady-Hall and directed by
Yaz Al-Shaater). All readings welcome feedback to help the development of the works afterwards.
So it's all happening at the
Tristan Bates theatre, 4th-23rd January. There'll be plenty more information to follow but feel free to email
fun@threescompany.co.uk if you'd like to know any more. We hope to see everyone there at some point, whether you like watching, interacting or joining discussions.
Labels: adventure time, comedy trio, later showers, play on words, reactivity season, reverie, still life, tristan bates
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2009 Summer Tour complete (So long and thanks for the fish)
posted by Tom Crawshaw on Saturday, 5 September 2009
Having to pay extortionate amounts to be ignored on public transport, people being thrown into confusion at the sight of Scottish banknotes, and... some days without rain...
It can only mean one thing: yes,
it's the end of our Summer Tour for another year, and our return to London.
This year,
Play On Words and
Adventure Time visited the Buxton and Edinburgh Fringe - the fourth year now that we've 'done the double' (as we like to refer to it*). The award-winning, pun-tastic tragi-comic
Play On Words had five performances in Buxton (at
Underground Venues) and 27 in Edinburgh - where we were pleased to get a slot at
the Pleasance (the undisputed home of new theatre talent in Edinburgh). After a warm-up in Buxton, we
let the audience choose which of us played which part for the whole run.
Adventure Time (episodes 3 & 4) also
played for six nights in Buxton and was the invited to perform a
special charity gig at the Pleasance to close the Fringe.
So how did it all go? Let's have a look:
- Play On Words nominated twice for Best Actor (Michael Grady-Hall & Meriel Rosenkranz) at the Buxton Fringe Awards
- Three's Company awarded the 'Fringe 30' award for their contribution to the Buxton Fringe
- Play On Words called "undeniably unmissable" and Adventure Time "a hugely entertaining show" by Buxton Fringe Review
- Critics in Edinburgh also had lots of lovely things to say about our flagship production Play On Words: "Outstanding" All The Festivals, "Wonderfully witty" Three Weeks, "Fresh and alive" Remote Goat, "Sophisticated and extremely funny" The Spectator
- In Edinburgh we got our largest total audience yet, with over 1200 people coming along to join in the fun
- Adventure Time saw seven audience members take to the stage to play the part of Miss Claret in our 'live' recording
- 6 roles of gaffer tape, 4 spare legs, 1 tube of wood glue and 3 heavy-duty clamps were employed to provide rolling support to our battered desks
- We were pleased to welcome our first animal co-star - Chris the fish - who made an impromtu appearence in Adventure Time (ah well... cod move in mysterious ways)
Our thanks go to our wonderful
co-stars Meriel Rosenkranz and Kayleigh MacDonald; our
production team including Neil Keating, Bekki Coward, Ben Cooper;
the staff of
Underground Venues and
Pleasance Edinburgh; all the members of our
Support Scheme who made the whole tour possible; Beth, Derek, Colin and Caroline for their
hospitality and, of course,
the people of Buxton and Edinburgh without whom it would have been a bit of a waste of time...
Here's to 2010!
*Okay, only I like to refer to it as that. TLabels: 2009 tour, adventure time, play on words, support
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Tell us about Play On Words...
posted by Yaz Al-Shaater on Friday, 21 August 2009
Seen Play On Words? Got an opinion?
As you know, we really like to hear what you think of the shows we do. Your feedback keeps our shows alive: criticisms mean we're able to keep improving and praise means we're able to keep happy!
So if you want to help us out, leave us some feedback on Play On Words. You can do so in the following ways:
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts...
Labels: 2009 tour, edinburgh, play on words, reviews
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Critical Acclaim for Play On Words 2009
posted by Tom Crawshaw on Thursday, 13 August 2009
Well we're a week into our Edinburgh Fringe run of Play On Words at the Pleasance Dome and have our first reviews out. Great to see the show going down so well already.
Extracts below and links to the full thing. (We'll update as they come in)
"A script that
crackles with vitality and exuberance showing a great command of the language that is used throughout - whether through clever punning or the artillery of quick-barbed remarks that they have at their disposal - the result
highly innovative and enthralling.
Energy and originality compete with each other right through to the conclusion.
Outstanding"
AllTheFestivals.com -
read it here"Sizziling with intellectual jokes and
wonderfully witty puns. The shift in tempo from funny to serious was
remarkably well-handled. Three's Company are
absolutely aware of what they're doing and are all the better for it!"
Three Weeks - read it here"
Finely constructed and intriguingly woven...
fresh and alive throughout. A
graceful waltz through words and how they are used."
Remote Goat -
read it here"
Sophisitcated and extremely funny... It makes great use of puns - luckily
they're excellent. Crawshaw is the
master of his materials."
The Spectator- read it here"
Fine word play... well-judged and dark. I can tell you that all is explained, and the explanation hurts. Words aren't
just to be played with, it turns out; words can lead to tragedy, too."
Fringe Guru -
read it hereLabels: edinburgh, play on words, reviews
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A nice start to the festival...
posted by Yaz Al-Shaater on Sunday, 9 August 2009
Just a quick one - happy to announce* that second day out of previews and we've had our first full house!
And if that's not enough, we've also got our first review - and it's five stars.
In other news, we're having a great time: the Pleasance is excellent, venue staff are lovely, our house is very nice (though leaky), and we've already seen some top shows. So all is looking pretty rosey for the month ahead...
Hmmm... I hope we don't use up our full allocation of good luck in the first week...
We'll keep you posted. Follow @ThreesCompany on twitter for more regular updates.
PS: Ticket sales for the days ahead are looking pretty good too, so book in advance if you're planning to come along.
*read: 'show off'
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Latest Award
posted by Tom Crawshaw on Monday, 27 July 2009
The Buxton Fringe held their Awards Ceremony for the 30th Fringe Festival yesterday with all the best shows from the last few weeks getting a recognition.
We were very pleased to receive two award nominations for our current production,
Play On Words. Michael and Meriel were both nominated for Best Actor, Meriel for the part of Jen and Michael presumably for the three parts of Fred, Eddie and Jonnie (as we play all three this year!)
More special than this however, was an extra award made to Three's Company for Special Contribution to the Buxton Fringe - aka the Fringe 30 Award. This was in recognition of our many productions (as well as venue services) over the last seven years. Having grown up in Buxton, having seen many of our first shows and having learnt much of what we know from working on the Buxton Fringe, this award means an awful lot to us.
We're already planning Buxton Fringe 2010 but for now it's off up to Edinburgh for the Fringe there! ("Oh you take the high road...")
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EXTRA PLAY ON WORDS DATE!
posted by Michael Grady-Hall on Monday, 20 July 2009
Due to popular demand and high bookings,
Three's Company will be presenting an extra performance of their award-winning
Play On Words at the
Buxton Fringe.
If you still haven't booked tickets don't fret, the extra date is this Friday (24
th) at 2:30.
*Come and catch
Yaz as Eddie and Tom as Fred. Don't miss this
'hugely enjoyable' (
Buxton Fringe Review 2009) production.
*If this is the same time as your
dentist appointment cancel it!
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Combination One of Play On Words Opens
posted by Michael Grady-Hall on Thursday, 16 July 2009
Play On Words opened last night in
Buxton with Michael as Fred, Tom as Eddie,
Yaz as
Jonnie and of course Meriel
Rosenkranz as Jen.
Usually 3C would relax a bit, but not with this production!As you know the three lead male roles will switch each night, this means last nights performance was only the first of six first nights.
Over the next week (before the next performance on Tuesday 21st) 3C and Meriel will be re-rehearsing the other 5 combinations.
To let you know the combinations in
Buxton will be:
Tuesday 21st - Fred: Tom
Crawshaw, Eddie: Michael Grady-Hall and
Jonnie:
Yaz Al-
ShaaterWednesday 22
nd - Fred:
Yaz Al-
Shaater, Eddie: Michael Grady-Hall and
Jonnie: Tom
CrawshawSaturday 25
th - Fred: Michael Grady-Hall, Eddie:
Yaz Al-
Shaater and
Jonnie: Tom
CrawshawThe Official Buxton Fringe Review said of the first night of
Play On Words:
'Michael Grady-Hall and Tom Crawshaw were hugely entertaining in the lead roles last night and Meriel Rosenkranz supported with equal assurance as Jen.'
'The set is the best I've seen at this year's Fringe.'
'Put simply, if you've not seen Three's Company's Play On Words before, it's undoubtedly unmissable. If you have seen it before, well, you don't need me to tell you then...'Labels: buxton fringe, play on words, reviews
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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.
Labels: 2009 tour, announcements, buxton fringe, edinburgh, play on words
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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!
-3CLabels: other companies, play on words, tom
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Congratulations to Tom, whose
Play On Words has been chosen to be performed in a High School theatre festival in
Austin,
Texas. Following
Three's Company's successful Edinburgh Fringe production of the play (as part of its first ever UK tour) it attracted a number of offers from directors from around the globe.
Play On Words will hopefully be seen closer to home in the not-too-distant future, with plans for a Three's Company revival on the cards...
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Farewell to 2007 Summer Tour
posted by Tom Crawshaw on Friday, 19 October 2007
The leaves are falling outside and the wind has a sudden chill to it. It can only mean that Summer is officially at and end - and with it, the end of Three's Company's Summer Tour of 'Play On Words'. After visiting the Canal Cafe at Maida Vale, Underground Venues at the Buxton Fringe, C Venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Etcetera in Camden, the production's last 3 (out of 43) performanes will be staged this weekend! - Fri, Sat & Sun, 9:30pm, The Etcetera Theatre, Camden.
And with the tour over we are announcing a new Facebook group which represents the whole of Three's Company. Join
here to show your support and for up-to-date info on all our up-coming production. We already have plans for a new Spring show in Oxford and an exciting newly developed ensemble work for the next Summer Tour!
So join the Facebook group and watch this blog for how you can see our shows - and be involved in them as well...
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'Play On Words' transfers to London
posted by Tom Crawshaw on Tuesday, 4 September 2007
Yes that's right! - after it's sell-out success in Edinburgh, the fast-punning tragi-comedy will be making a transfer to the Etcetera theatre in London next month.
This is your
last chance to see this production as it comes to the end of its 43 performances across the UK. Performance dates are confirmed as:
- Tuesday 9th October, 9:30pm
- Wedneasday 10th October, 9:30pm
- Thursday 11th October, 9:30pm
- Thursday 18th October, 9:30pm
- Friday 19th October, 9:30pm
- Saturday 20th October, 9:30pm
- Sunday 21st October, 8:30pm
The Etcetera Theatre is a fantastic studio found above The Oxford Arms on Camden High Street. It's a minute down the road from Camden Town tube and just opposite Camden market.
Whether you missed it in Edinburgh or fancy seeing it again why not pop along one night and join us all for an exciting night's entertainment and a drink in the pub after. Do
drop us a line or join our
facebook event if you're coming so we can look out for you. And if you still need convincing - check out our
reviews and
awards or
audience feedback.
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End of the Summer Tour
posted by Yaz Al-Shaater on Tuesday, 28 August 2007
Well, it's over. Our last night was... well, last night, and that concluded our 46-date-tour.
Thanks to all of you that came to see us! We've yet to receive exact audience figures, but we know we had roughly one-and-a-half thousand audience through our doors between Crash Course and Play On Words, in London, Buxton and Edinburgh. The tour was a great success - we got some great reviews and feedback, and just about covered our costs - and has opened up some exciting possibilities for the future... but you'll have to come back later to find out what they are!
To keep up to date with what we're up to next, you can keep checking back to this blog (or subscribe by atom or rss) or join our mailing list.
Finally - congratulation to Tom - 21 today!
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Not many people have noticed, but we have a crossword on our site... click on the title of this post to check it out!
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Great new reviews
posted by Tom Crawshaw
Fest and OnstageScotland have both now published their reviews - and they both loved the show!
Fest: "
entertaining and surprisingly powerful theatre... has the audience erupting with laughter from the start"
OnstageScotland: "
I've rarely been so wrong-footed... a very good play indeed"
Check out the full reviews (as well as all the others) by clicking
here.
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Boys in the hoodies...
posted by Yaz Al-Shaater on Wednesday, 22 August 2007
Boys in the hoodies...Well our hoodies are finally here... With less than a week to go. Here we are posing.
Don't forget, we're VERY close to selling out so don't forget to book if you wanna come!
Labels: edinburgh, moblog, photos, play on words
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"Fringe Blogger" has published a review for us, check out
this post to read the review. Be wary if you've not seen the play yet... it does give a fair bit away! Her blog is a great place to check out more indepth and interesting reviews of other things going on in the Fringe...
take a look.
Also, check out these links for more press on
Play On Words:
We'll keep this post updated with the latest reviews.
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Four Stars in Three Weeks
posted by Michael Grady-Hall on Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Three's Company recieved four stars for Play on Words in Edinburgh this week. Three Weeks (the daily review sheet for the Fringe) called the show 'excellent'. Praising it's 'talented young cast', and Crawshaw's 'philosophical musings and witty wordplay'. Congratulations to Ian, Yaz, Victoria, Rose, Ben, Bekki and Tom.
Make sure you get to see Play on Words before it's to late. Don't miss 'Stoppard for the [Michael] Gondry Generation.'
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Getting high on the mile
posted by Yaz Al-Shaater on Friday, 10 August 2007
Getting high on the mileTom an I have just discovered an ingenious new way to get our posters up without a ladder. My shoulder are now hurting pretty bad though...
Labels: edinburgh, moblog, photos, play on words
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We really value your feedback on our shows. Criticisms help us improve, and positive comments help attract further audiences (and stop us wanting to give up!) so if you have seen
Play On Words please let us know what you think.
You can do this in the following ways:
Thanks!
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Flyering on the Mile
posted by Yaz Al-Shaater on Tuesday, 7 August 2007
Becky Coward with our sign
Hello Three's Company readers...
This entry is coming live from my phone - we're experimenting with the technology. Right now we're flyering on the mile and it's going pretty well... See the attached photo!
Labels: edinburgh, moblog, photos, play on words
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'Play On Words' selling out
posted by Tom Crawshaw on Monday, 6 August 2007
That's right folks - three days into our run in Edinburgh and we had our first sell-out show last night!
We're used to having to turn people away from shows in Buxton but in Edinburgh this was a big surprise to us all. The tragi-comedy of quick-witted punning, over-shaken drinks bottles and overflowing swear jars seems to be going down a storm north of the border.
We now await the publication of our first review which we expect from Three Weeks any day soon...
Watch this space - if the show continues to sell-out you may need to book in advance for tickets.
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Ian Keir Attard & Victoria Ross
Fred 'n' Eddie share an apricotMore to follow soon...
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Dress Rehearsal Tonight!
posted by Yaz Al-Shaater on Thursday, 2 August 2007
Well, we're in Edinburgh - been here for nearly a week - and our dress rehearsal is tonight.
It's brilliant to be back in the festival, especially performing at a venue like C SoCo - the atmosphere here is amazing!
Our flyers and posters are here, the cast and crew are ready and we're all set to open tomorrow...
Check back soon to see how it went!
Also, look out for posts in the next few days from the other two members of our cast:
Ian Attard and
Victoria Ross, who'll offer their take on being in Edinburgh and working with Three's Company.
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Three's Company Need An Actor - and a different one each night!
posted by Tom Crawshaw on Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Auditions for the part of 'Reporter' in Play On Words will be taking place at the following times and places. All are welcome to come along and have a go. The best / most interesting auditionee each day will appear with the cast of Play On Words that very night at 9pm in C soco. See you all there!
3rd - 4pm, Royal Mile, outside Fringe Office
4th - 4pm, Royal Mile, outside Fringe Office
5th - 5:10pm, 'Upper Stage' Royal Mile
6th - 1:30pm, during 'Packed Lunch', C Baraka
7th - 1:30pm, during 'Packed Lunch', C Baraka
8th - 11:30am, 'Upper Stage' Royal Mile
9th - 1:30pm, during 'Packed Lunch', C Baraka
10th - 1:10pm, 'Upper Stage' Royal Mile
11th - 4pm, Royal Mile, outside Fringe Office
12th - 1:50pm, 'Upper Stage' Royal Mile
13th - 1:30pm, during 'Packed Lunch', C Baraka
14th - 11:50, 'Upper Stage' Royal Mile
15th - 1:30pm, during 'Packed Lunch', C Baraka
16th - 1:30pm, during 'Packed Lunch', C Baraka; 5:50pm, 'Upper Stage' Royal Mile (for 17th's performance)
17th - see above
18th - 4pm, Royal Mile, outside Fringe Office
19th - 2:50pm, 'Upper Stage' Royal Mile
20th - 1:30pm, during 'Packed Lunch', C Baraka
21st - 1:50pm, 'Upper Stage' Royal Mile
22nd - 1:30pm, during 'Packed Lunch', C Baraka
23rd - 1:30pm, during 'Packed Lunch', C Baraka
24th - 1:50pm, 'Upper Stage' Royal Mile
25th - 4pm, Royal Mile, outside Fringe Office
26th - 1:50pm, 'Upper Stage' Royal Mile
27th - 1:30pm, during 'Packed Lunch', C Baraka
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'Play On Words' Crew Complete!
posted by Yaz Al-Shaater on Sunday, 10 June 2007
Finally, with less than a fortnight before the first performance(!), we have a complete crew for
Play On Words - and it's a good one...
Ben Copper and
Bekki Coward, both first years on the Performance Arts course at Central School of Speech & Drama, will be joining us on our tour at our technical operator ('
Jonnie') and our stage manager ('
Claire'). We're really pleased - not ponly to have found people to fill these roles, but to have found a pair that couldn't be more perfect.
Just as well, because Tom was on the verge of a heart attack!
These guys join
Rose Lewenstein,
Sam Bailey,
Jack Knowles,
Sarah Margulewicz,
Ian Attard and
Victoria Ross as well as Tom and to complete the team for our 36 date tour of London, Buxton and Edinburgh.
Don't forget, the show opens in London's Canal Cafe Theatre on the 21st!
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'Play On Words' Cast Confirmed
posted by Yaz Al-Shaater on Sunday, 6 May 2007
We can offically announce the cast of our new
Play On Words tour!
After a weekend of auditioning, Michael, Tom, Rose and myself have asked
Ian Keir Attard and
Victoria Ross to play the parts of
Fred and
Jen respectively. They will be joining me (as
Eddie) this Summer as we embark on our 36 date tour of London, Buxton and Edinburgh.
Congratulations guys!
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Cameron Mackintosh Award
posted by Michael Grady-Hall on Saturday, 3 March 2007
Play On Words has won the Cameron Mackintosh Award for New Writing in the Oxford New Writing Festival. Along with Tom's award, the Oxford Production recieved both the Best Actor and Best Actress awards. Congratulations all!
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Play on Words Tour 2007
posted by Michael Grady-Hall on Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Today we can offically confirm our next project. Following its huge success in the Buxton Fringe, we are now planning a UK tour of
Play on Words. Starting in London this spring, the show will return to Buxton in July and then continue to Edinburgh for the fringe there. Rose Lewenstein will be directing a fresh cast in this brand new production, with Sam Bailey attached to deisgn the piece and Tom Hackley to take control of the sound. Watch this space for further details...
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Congratulations Tom!
posted by Yaz Al-Shaater on Tuesday, 21 November 2006
Good news: Play On Words has won a place in Oxford University's New Writing Festival! It is one of four plays chosen from amongst a large number of plays submitted by Oxford Students, andas a result will be presented in the BurtonTaylor Theatre, in February '07.
Interestingly,
Income Taxi which some will remember from Buxton Fringe 2004 also made it into the final eight!
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Fire Regulations... sorry!
posted by Yaz Al-Shaater on Thursday, 13 July 2006
Apologies to those who were not able to make it into
Play On Words over the last few days. Due to fire regulations we were not able to fit any more in. Our final performance on Saturday has also sold out... but we can confirm that we will be adding another on
Sunday at 1:30pm:
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Play On Words - Sold Out!
posted by Michael Grady-Hall on Friday, 7 July 2006
The Fringe got off to a great start last night with the launch party at Underground Venues. Good and bad news is that Play On Words has sold its last tickets and is not able to take any more bookings. However, watch this space as there may be an extras performance planned…
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Award Winner
posted by Michael Grady-Hall on Tuesday, 4 July 2006
Play On Words won 'Best Production By A Young Company' at the Fringe Awards yesterday: and was also nominated for Best Comedy. Special congratulations to Yaz who also picked up a nomination for 'Best Young Actor' for his performance as Eddie in the play.
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Just to let everyone know - tickets are selling fast for
Play On Words and we advise you to book soon at
the Underground Venues website. Oh yes… and the show is going fairly well!
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Casting Confirmed
posted by Michael Grady-Hall on Tuesday, 21 March 2006
We can now confirm that Ronia Salman-Lord will be appearing in the role of Jen in Play On Words. Haroun Al-Shaater will also join us in the role of Jonny - the technical operator who also takes a fair role in the action.
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What's Next?
posted by Michael Grady-Hall on Wednesday, 15 February 2006
We can now confirm that Play On Words will be this year's offering at the Buxton Fringe: July 7th: 23rd. The script is currently being finished by Tom and looks like being some form of tragic-comedy. Tom and Yaz will be headlining as the two leads: Fred and Eddie: and we will be auditioning for the part of Jen, their long-lost friend
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Brilliant! Nice one team 3. Can't wait to see what else you have in store for us in 2010.
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