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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240613
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SUMMARY:It Could Be Any One Of Us
DESCRIPTION:2024 It Could Be Anyone of Us12 photos\n	\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n	 \n	\n\n\nPublicity 2024 \nAlan Ayckbourn’s “It Could Be Anyone of Us” is a comedy murder mystery written in the 1980s. The play follows the Chalke siblings: three artists living out faded dreams amidst the faded grandeur of the once beautiful family estate. There are layers and depth to each of the characters that makes this play more than a traditional murder mystery\, and true to its title it has the possibility of a different murderer each night! \nBefore the show\, the audience will be invited to vote for who they want the murderer to be. This concept has created a unique challenge for the Director and cast but will provide an immersive experience for the audience: letting them pick their poison\, so to speak\, or return to see an alternative outcome. \n \nListen to David Cox interviewed about the play on Hutt City radio.
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/itcould-be-any-one-of-us/
CATEGORIES:Alan Ayckbourn,It Could Be Any One Of Us,Laurence Ward,Lian Butcher,Philip Rossiter
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170305
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SUMMARY:The Merchant of Venice
DESCRIPTION:The Troupe’s Bard in the Yard production in 2017 was The Merchant of Venice directed by Peter Baldock. John Marwick won an excellence in acting Antoinnette award for his part as Antonio. \nView on YouTube \n\n2017 Merchant of Venice27 photos\n	\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n	 \n	\n\n\nView on YouTube
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/the-merchant-of-venice/
CATEGORIES:Alan Ayckbourn,Colin Orchiston,Florence McFarlane,John Marwick,Laurence Ward,Lian Butcher,Merryn Plowman,Nick Edwards,Peter Baldock,Peter Hughson,Phil Saxby,Renee Christie,Rhiannon Bartaud-Gandar,Sandra Gillespie,Shakespeare,Theo Nettleton,Tony Plowman
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121018
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121028
DTSTAMP:20260502T224704
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SUMMARY:Communicating Doors
DESCRIPTION:John Marwick directed Alan Ayckbourn’s Communicating Doors on an elaborate set in October 2012. ” \nTime for a giggle\, a laugh\, a shock and a bit of suspense. \n\n2012 Communicating Doors – Alan Ayckbourn23 photos\n	\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n	 \n	\n\n\nPublicity 2012\nHave you ever wondered what is behind those locked doors in your hotel room? Playwright Alan Ayckbourn wondered enough to write a play with the mysterious doors as its central theme. He had gazed at the secret doors which always lead to other rooms and which are always locked\, giving him what he called a “Tardis feeling” as if you could go through into a different time zone. \nThe result was his riotous time-travelling comedy-thriller Communicating Doors\, Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe’s next 25th anniversary production\, opening mid-October. \nDirector John Marwick describes the play as one of the funniest he has ever directed and full of surprises. “It is a winner for a fun night out and it’s right in your own backyard”\, he says. “It is not without its directorial challenges though. Not only does it lurch through three different time zones across 40 years\, but the set requires a working bathroom\, a revolving door and a balcony on a high rise hotel.” \nThis is the setting for a series of Dr Who-like scenarios with the added extra of Ayckbourn’s wonderful wit and humour. It will get audiences laughing and puzzling while genuinely delivering suspense and the odd shock. English actress Julia McKenzie who starred in one of the early productions said “if Hitchcock had written a farce\, this would be it.” Ayckbourn himself admitted he had drawn on elements of Psycho and Back to the Future\, genres that had always intrigued him.
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/communicating-doors/
CATEGORIES:Alan Ayckbourn,Alex Cooper,John Marwick,Laurence Ward,Patch Lambert
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SUMMARY:Ten Times Table
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n2008 Ten Times Table10 photos\n	\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n	 \n	\n\n\nPublicity 2008\nTake 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. \nThe 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 committee stereotypes. Anyone who has ever been on a committee will enjoy – the member who always has points of order\, the one obsessed with finding spelling mistakes in the minutes. This committee becomes ideologically divided. In one corner we have the left wing side wanting to turn the pageant into a political rally\, and in the other corner\, the right wing side that will do anything to prevent them. Mayhem results. \nThis is the first time in recent memory where a BCTT production has been directed by a committee – John Marwick\, Barry Mawer\, Florence McFarlane and Will Clannachan\, with help from Laurie Atkinson. ” We decided to do it this way because most of us wanted to be in the play and we all know we can work together”\, says Coordinator Barry Mawer. “We also enjoyed the irony of a play about a committee being directed by a committee\,” he said. \nThe play opened on November 5th and had a break to allow the Muritai School Hall to be used for the general election. “We hesitate to draw any connections between the play and the election – but it’s tempting!” Barry said. \nReview by Ewen Coleman\nAlthough written during the 1970’s when Alan Ayckbourn was at the zenith of his playwrighting career\, Ten Times Table is a much gentler comedy than many of his plays written during the same period. And although the end of the play goes from comedy to farce it nevertheless still bears many of Ayckbourn’s hallmarks\, namely the astute observation of human nature and the foibles and eccentricities of everyday\, ordinary people. And there could be no better place to observe all this than a committee meeting\, in this instance a group of locals from a small English village called Pendon who have been brought together by Roy\, a local shopkeeper\, with the assistance of his wife Helen\, to put on a pageant tor the local community. Its never really clear why there is a need tor such an occasion other than to bring the community together and celebrate a little known tact about Pendon — the Massacre of the Pendon Twelve – a group of rebellious workers who were set upon by the Earl of Dorset and his militia. Roy has brought together an eclectic group of people to help him organize the pageant and his efforts in trying to run the committee and get the event off the ground is what drives the play. It soon becomes apparent however\, aner watching the progress of the meetings\, that cohesion and harmony are not going be the order of the day as the right and lett elements of the committee decide to take the original conflict tor real and use it tor their own ends. \nThe leader of the team is Marxist schoolteacher Eric and his new-found female companion Sophie along with his mousey\, insignificant wife Phillipa. The leader of the right is Helen who is on her own tor the most part till Councillor Evans\, a stickler for formality\, and Lawrence\, an alcoholic business man whose marriage is on the rocks comes onto Helen’s side\, along with Roy himself. \nThey do though need extra help and Tim\, Sophie’s brother\, an ex army man\, comes to assist\, but in a rather more militaristic way than expected. In amongst all this is Councillor Evans aged and deaf mother who acts as Secretary and provides musical interludes. Ten Times Table is a relatively static play in that the first four scenes are set around the committee table\, requiring careful direction and subtle playing trom the actors\, who need to create lots of by-play between the characters and develop underlying tensions in order to make the dialogue visually interesting. While tor the most part this was achieved with this production under the direction of John Marwick\, Florence McFarlane and Will Clannacnan it was still a little even at times and more involvement from the non-speaking characters\, without being distracting\, would have helped to give the overall scenes more colour and depth. The tensions between the two sides however was very well realised and became real and genuine. The final scene of the actual pageant is nothing but pure farce and in this production a lot more could have been done to create the required amount of mayhem and confusion. For all that however this was an entertaining production of a play that had characters with traits and lines that many in the audience could identity with. \n  \n\n 
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/ten-times-table/
CATEGORIES:Alan Ayckbourn,Alex Cooper,Barry Mawer,Damien Reid,David Gledhill,Florence McFarlane,Florence McFarlane,John Marwick,John Marwick,Pip Weston,Rob Cope,Sue Jones,Will Clannachan
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SUMMARY:Man of the Moment
DESCRIPTION:In November 2006 Barry Mawer directed Man of the Moment by Alan Ayckbourn. The set included a swimming pool! The play was well received by reviewers. \nDirected by Barry Mawer\nVic Parks – Michael McDonald\nTrudy – Anne Manchester\nCindy – Tessa/Molly McFarlane\nSharon – Sarah-Rose Burke\nRuy – Peter Hughson\nMarta – Janis Caddy\nKenny Collins – Will Clanachan\nJill Rillington – Holly Robinson\nDouglas Beechey – Don Quiring\nAshley Barnes – Barry Mawer \nShadow Cast:\nAshley Bloomfield\nDavid Gledhill\nBev Barclay\nElspeth Harris\nIan Freeguard\nEd Hickey\nCarol Thompson \n\n2006 Man of the Moment  – Alan Ayckbourn50 photos\n	\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n	 \n	\n\n\nReviews\n\n2006 Man of the Moment Reviews2 photos
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/man-of-the-moment/
CATEGORIES:Alan Ayckbourn,Anne Manchester,Ashley Bloomfield,Barry Mawer,Barry Mawer,Bev Barclay,Carol Thompson,David Gledhill,Don Quiring,Ed Hickey,Elpeth Cotsilinis,Holly Robinson,Ian Freeguard,Michael McDonald,Molly McFarlane,Sarah-Rose Burke,Will Clannachan
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