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Oleanna

John Marwick directed David Mamet's hard-hitting two-person play Oleanna.  Publicity 2011 A controversial American adult drama about a university lecturer and one of his young woman students. It’s about how a teacher who misuses his power can seriously damage a vulnerable student. Or maybe it’s about how political correctness can be carried to extremes and damage the lives of well-meaning people. It’s about sexual harassment – or maybe it’s about extreme feminism. 80 minutes – no interval – latecomers not admitted. 8 pm start – bar open from 7.30 pm. Contains some coarse language and adult themes – not suitable for children. Presented in an intimate stage

Measure for Measure

Bard in the Yard 2010 was Shakespeare's 'problem' play Measure for Measure directed by John Marwick. Watch YouTube extracts of this production Extracts on YouTube of scenes from this production Act II Scene 4 Act III Scene 1 Act IV Scene 3 Act V Publicity 2010 Corruption, Comedy and Confusion in Full Measure Do you enjoy a good laugh? Like to see theatre that makes you think, that’s full of tension and surprise?  Fancy a night out where after a good meal you can sit back with a glass of wine and be entertained under the stars by a troupe of talented actors? This summer you

Ten Times Table

A joint directing effort between John Marwick, Florence McFarlane and Will Clannachan brought Alan Ayckbourn's comedy Ten Times Table to the Muritai stage in November 2008. Publicity 2008 Take an English village committee planning a pageant, add a committee of directors from Eastbourne village creating a play about it, and you have Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe’s hilarious next production of “Ten Times Table” by Alan Ayckbourn. The village committee has been brought together to organise a supposedly uplifting pageant based on an incongruous piece of local history in which the ruling classes crushed an uprising of rebellious workers. Ayckbourn has great fun with the classic

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