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SUMMARY:Comedy of Errors
DESCRIPTION:Bard in the Yard for 2012 was Comedy of Errors directed by Florence McFarlane. \nWatch on YouTube \n\n2012 Comedy of Errors12 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\nPublicity 2012\nSet in Brisbane with the rancour of World Rugby Cup loss still ringing in the ears of the locals. Rivalry\, mistaken identity\, lost family\, a shipwreck\, and lots more take you through this hilarious action filled comedy at breakneck speed. \nPerformed on the Muritai School Yard stage\, Muritai Road\, Eastbourne (in the Hall if wet) 7:30pm.\n\nWatch this production on YouTube
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/comedy-of-errors/
CATEGORIES:David Gledhill,Florence McFarlane,John Marwick,Laurence Ward,Peter Hughson,Pip Weston,Sandra Gillespie,Shakespeare,Will Clannachan
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SUMMARY:Measure for Measure
DESCRIPTION:Bard in the Yard 2010 was Shakespeare’s ‘problem’ play Measure for Measure directed by John Marwick. \nWatch YouTube extracts of this production \n\n2010 Measure for Measure – William Shakespeare6 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\nExtracts on YouTube of scenes from this production\nAct II Scene 4\n \nAct III Scene 1 \n \nAct IV Scene 3 \n \nAct V \n\nPublicity 2010 \nCorruption\, Comedy and Confusion in Full Measure\nDo 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? \nThis summer you can catch a show that gives you all that – and lots more.  It’s all in a play written by the world’s greatest playwright.  But chances are you have never seen it before. \nEastbourne’s Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe has been making a name for itself over the last 14 years with successful staging of some of Shakespeare’s less familiar plays.  This summer the Troupe’s outdoor Bard in the Yard production is Measure for Measure. \nRoyalty mixes with religion and harsh laws struggle against loose morals in old Vienna.  The Duke announces he is leaving and puts his strict deputy\, Angelo\, in charge to clean up the city.  Using an old law\, Angelo condemns young Claudio to death for getting his fiancée pregnant.  Claudio’s sister Isabella\, just about to become a nun\, pleads with Angelo to show her brother mercy. But Isabella faces a religious and moral dilemma when Angelo offers Claudio’s life in exchange for her virginity.  How the disguised Duke contrives to trick and then confront an increasingly corrupt Angelo is the central story of the play. But Shakespeare also populates his city with wonderfully eccentric and funny characters and seasons the bleak and serious side of the story with comedy and love. \nIn his eleventh Eastbourne Shakespeare\, director John Marwick has pulled together a large and experienced cast of actors from across the region for a night to remember.  Music\, costumes and sets will transport you from Muritai School’s specially built outdoor stage to Toulouse Lautrec’s art nouveau world of the Moulin Rouge.  There you will mingle with whores\, pimps\, princes\, friars and a collection of some of the Bard’s most fantastic characters. \nWhy not make a night of it?  Take the ferry from town\, have a pre-show picnic on the beach\, a meal in Day’s Bay or at the Eastbourne pub\, then get a glass of wine at the venue’s bar and sit back to enjoy the night. \nJust in case Wellington’s summer doesn’t quite provide the balmy evening you should dress warmly.  But don’t worry about the rain because when the weather doesn’t come to the party the show just moves onto the floor of the adjoining school hall. \nSo – what are you waiting for?  Book your tickets online now. \n 
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/measure-for-measure/
CATEGORIES:Damien Reid,Elpeth Cotsilinis,John Marwick,Lee Dowsett,Peter Baldock,Phil Saxby,Shakespeare,Will Clannachan
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SUMMARY:The Taming of the Shrew
DESCRIPTION:From 17 – 21 February 2009 we put on a highly successful outdoor Summer Shakespeare production of The Taming of the Shrew as part of 2009 FringeNZ with an all-female cast. This was the Troupe’s 13th annual Shakespeare production. \nJohn Marwick\, who had then directed 10 of these productions\, was intrigued by the challenge of putting on a contemporary version of a comedy that\, on the face of it\, is about a man who ‘tames’ an unruly wife by starving her and depriving her of sleep. He had originally toyed with the idea of gender-reversal as a way of bringing a new perspective: perhaps if Kate was played by a man while Petruchio was played by a woman the audience response would change. In the event\, the available cast better suited an all-female production – a complete reversal of the original Elizabethan all-male casting. \nThe play was set in a more or less contemporary and largely New Zealand world and didn’t take itself too seriously. \n\n2009 Taming of the Shrew – William Shakespeare15 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\nCast In order of speaking\n\n\nLucentio\, of Pisa\, son to Vincentio\nSuzanne Levy\n\n\nTranio\, Lucentio´s servant\nPip Weston\n\n\nBaptista Minola\, a rich gentleman of Padua\nSandra Gillespie\n\n\nGremio\, of Padua\nFlorence McFarlane\n\n\nKatherina\, Baptista´s elder daughter\nRowan Macrae\n\n\nHortensio\, of Padua\nKat Angus\n\n\nBianca\, Baptista´s younger daughter\nElspeth Harris\n\n\nBiondello\, servant to Lucentio\nTamsin Bertaud-Gandar\n\n\nPetruchio\, of Verona\nLiz Sugrue\n\n\nGrumio\, Petruchio´s servant\nSarah-Rose Burke\n\n\nA Maid\nSue Jones\n\n\nCurtis\, servant in Petruchio´s house\nSue Jones\n\n\nNathaniel\, servant in Petruchio´s house\nPip Weston\n\n\nPhilip\, servant in Petruchio´s house\nTamsin Bertaud-Gandar\n\n\nJoseph\, servant in Petruchio´s house\nSandra Gillespie\n\n\nNicholas\, servant in Petruchio´s house\nSuzanne Levy\n\n\nMerchant\nCarol Thompson\n\n\nHaberdasher\nFlorence McFarlane\n\n\nTailor\nElspeth Harris\n\n\nVincentio\, a rich gentleman of Pisa\nSue Jones\n\n\nWidow\nCarol Thompson\n\n\nProduction\n\n\nDirector\nJohn Marwick\n\n\nProducer\nJulia Stuart\n\n\nStage Manager\nTheo Nettleton\n\n\nCostumes\nCarol Thompson\n\n\nProperties\nJulia Stuart\n\n\nSound\nRay Dickinson\n\n\nLighting\nChris Jones\n\n\nSignage\nSteve Wilson\n\n\nRehearsal assistant\nSue Lennox\n\n\nFront of House\nPatricia and Ed Hickey\n\n\nPhotography\nKen George Photography Ltd\n\n\n\nWhat the Critics Said\n-Top- \nReviewed by John Smythe\nIn his review on Theatreview John described the production as “Footrot Flats meets Outrageous Fortune”. In place of Shakespeare’s play-within-a-play induction\, in this production the actors\, dressed in tights and T-shirts\, danced on to the stage to girl-band music and proceeded to don their costumes and their characters on stage. The whole cast remained in view throughout the play commenting on the action and adding live sound effects. \nAs well as very strong performances from Liz Sugrue as Petruchio and Rowan Macrae as Kate\, the production brought out a lot of the humour in the Bianca sub-plot (played by Elspeth Harris). \nThe show enjoyed good weather (only one night was moved into the school hall because of rain) and the large houses were very appreciative.
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/the-taming-of-the-shrew/
CATEGORIES:Carol Thompson,Elpeth Cotsilinis,Florence McFarlane,John Marwick,Kat Angus,Liz Sugrue,Pip Weston,Rowan McRae,Sandra Gillespie,Sarah-Rose Burke,Shakespeare,Sue Jones,Suzanne Levy,Tamsin Bertaud-Gandar
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SUMMARY:Macbeth 2008
DESCRIPTION:The Troupe’s second fully-staged\, indoor Shakespeare production directed by Peter Baldock with John Marwick as Macbeth and Fran Baldock as Lady Macbeth. In the Wellington District Theatre Federation full length play competition for 2008 the play won best the award for best sound (Rae Dickinson) and lighting (Peter Baldock). \n\n2008 Macbeth – William Shakespeare28 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\nCAST\n\n\n\nWeird sister\nFlorence McFarlane\n\n\nWeird sister\nSandra Gillespie\n\n\nWeird sister\nSue Jones\n\n\nDuncan\nLaurie Atkinson\n\n\nMalcolm\nTheo Nettleton\n\n\nDonalbain\nMike McJorrow\n\n\nA Soldier\nDan Milward\n\n\nRosse\nChris O’Grady\n\n\nMacbeth\nJohn Marwick\n\n\nBanquo\nDamian Reid\n\n\nLady Macbeth\nFran Baldock\n\n\nServant\nBilly Miskimmin\n\n\nFleance\nCharlie McFarlane\n\n\nPorter\nEd Hickey\n\n\nMacduff\nWill Clannachan\n\n\nGentlewoman\nCarol Thompson\n\n\nOld Man\nSteve Wilson\n\n\nSeyton\nPeter Hughson\n\n\nMurderer\nDan Milward\n\n\nMurderer\nLeo Lugtu\n\n\nDoctor\nDavid Gledhill\n\n\nNobleman\nSteve Wilson\n\n\nLady Macduff\nAmber Baldock\n\n\nMacduff’s daughter\nIsabel Stewart\n\n\nSiward\nSteve Wilson\n\n\nYoung Siward\nJames Baldock\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRODUCTION CREW\n\n\nDirector\nPeter Baldock\n\n\nComposer & Sound\nRay Dickinson\n\n\nSet construction\nBruce Caddy\n\n\nCostumes\nCarol Thompson\n\n\nProperties\nJulia Stuart\n\n\nLighting\nPeter Baldock\n\n\nLighting\nMark Jones\n\n\nLighting\nMike McJorrow\n\n\nSignage\nSteve Wilson\n\n\nAsst director\nJerry Duckor\n\n\nRehearsal asst\nJulie Duckor\n\n\nStage manager\nKate Booth\n\n\nLighting operator\nScott Rogers\n\n\nSound operator\nRay Dickinson\n\n\nFront of House\nAnne Manager\n\n\n\nFOCUSED PRODUCTION OF MACBETH\nReviewed by Ewen Coleman\nAs a play\, Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth has it all: the supernatural\, treachery\, murder\, sword fights\, which – coupled with fts many short\, succinct scenes and a relatively unencumbered story line makes it one of the more engrossing of his plays. And Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe’s production\, under the direction of Peter Baldock\, does much to enhance the bard’s writing with its simple setting that focuses on the actors and their interpretation of the piece. It’s a big ask\, which this group pulls off exceptionally well with a fluid and focused production that is gripping\, engaging\, highly dramatic and very atmospheric in its presentation. \nUsing the whole of the cavernous school hail with nothing but black roster for a set\, Macbeth’s tragedy is played out. It is prophesied by three witches (Florence Macfarlane\, Sandra Gillespie\, Sue Jones) that one day Macbeth (John Marwick) a faithful servant of King Duncan (Laurie Atkinson) will wear the crown. Egged on by his wife\, Lady Macbeth (Fran Baldock)\, he decides to speed up the process by having the king murdered. \nHe then becomes heady with ambition\, and like many in power – Mugabe in Zimbabwe a modern-day example – reason flies out the window in the process. This in turn makes him paranoid that his life will also be short-lived. So to achieve his goal he begins a reign of terror\, killing friends and foe alike\, including his friend Banquo (Damian Reid). Eventually Malcolm (Theo Nettleton)\, the dead king’s son\, and Macduff (Will Clannachan) raise an army from England against Macbeth\, who is eventually defeated and killed\, along with others\, including Macbeth’s wife. \nAvoiding sentimentality and melodrama\, this production – aided by excellent lighting and sound effects brings out the humanity of the play. The Witches\, who are often played as hysterically screaming youths\, are mature women with power arid authority. \nMacbeth’s transformation works well\, his indecisions and superstition coupled with the love of his wife making his down-fall all the more heartfelt. Lady Macbeth also plays out her part with conviction\, her famous sleepwalking scene: “Out\, dammed spot! Out\, I say!” finely judged and portrayed\, making this production of one of the bard’s better-known plays compelling theatre.
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/macbeth-2008/
CATEGORIES:Amber Baldock,Billy Miskimmin,Carol Thompson,Charlie McFarlane,Chris O'Grady,Damien Reid,Dan Milward,David Gledhill,Florence McFarlane,Fran Baldock,James Baldock,John Marwick,Laurie Atkinson,Leo Lugtu,Mike McJorrow,Peter Baldock,Peter Hughson,Sandra Gillespie,Shakespeare,Steve Wilson,Sue Jones,Theo Nettleton
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SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream 2007
DESCRIPTION:Florence McFarlane set our first Bard in the Yard Midsummer Night’s Dream in an old folk’s home so the four ‘young’ lovers were aged from 60s to 80s. \n\n2007 Midsummer Night's Dream14 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\nThe play was part of the Wellington Fringe Festival and received this positive review from Ewen Coleman in the Dominion Post: \n\nSheer delight\n\nReview by Ewen Coleman 06th Mar 2007 \n\nThe two plays of Shakespeare that are most associated with youth are Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and so to have the latter set in a rest home where the majority of the characters are in their dotage\, as they are in Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupes current Bard-In-The-Yard production seems a most unusual approach.  Yet surprisingly this works exceptionally well showing that elderly folk regressing into second child hood can be as fanciful and romantic as adolescents. \nIn this instance Theseus (David Geldhill)\, the owner of the Athena Villas Retirement Centre\, is about to be betrothed to the Head Nurse Hippolyta (Kat Angus).  However before the nuptials can begin and much to the annoyance of Egeus\, the chief Social Worker (Sandra Gillespie) four of the residence elope to the native bush behind the rest home. First Hermia (Sue Jones) trots off in her zimmer frame with Lysander (Jerry Duckor) on his walking stick in hot pursuit. Then Demetrius (Peter Baldock)\, a little more sprightly\, chases after these two with Helena (Fran Baldock)\, having done her early morning palates\, chasing him. \nAt the same time a group of workmen are putting together a play for Theseus’s wedding – Pyramus And Thisbe – while nearby Dr Oberon (Will Clannachan) is dispensing happy pills to his young intern Puck (Theo Nettleton) as a way of persuading him to help the doctor in his advances on the Occupational Therapist Titania (Alex Cooper). \nFrom here the play follows very much Shakespeare’s original\, although in a rather pared down version\, with lots of mayhem and confusion until all the lovers are finally reconciled and attend the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta and the entertaining but highly exaggerated performances of the workers play. \nBy having the central characters as geriatrics director Florence McFarlane has given the play a highly entertaining but very plausible twist\, the many lines that have a youthful ring\, coming across in this production as not only real but very funny.  The four actors in the roles of the lovers vying for each others affections are a sheer delight as they clamber over their Zimmer frames trying to quell their ardour. \nOther performances of note are that of Theo Nettleton as a very energetic Puck\, his sinewy elastic body never still for a minute as he bounds about the stage and John Marwick’s consummate performance as Bottom\, eloquently mastering Shakespeare’s language to make this unusual rendition  of one of the Bard’s most popular and famous plays highly entertaining. \nCopyright © in the review belongs to the reviewer
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/a-midsummer-nights-dream-2007/
CATEGORIES:Alex Cooper,Charlie McFarlane,David Gledhill,Ed Hickey,Emily McFarlane,Florence McFarlane,Fran Baldock,Jack Crawford,James Baldock,Jerry Duckor,John Marwick,Kat Angus,Kate Bielby,Mike McJorrow,Pearl Tuohy,Peter Baldock,Peter Hughson,Sandra Gillespie,Sarah-Rose Burke,Shakespeare,Sue Jones,Theo Nettleton,Will Clannachan
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SUMMARY:The Merchant of Venice
DESCRIPTION:After failing to cast a full-scale performance of this play for Bard in the Yard the Troupe agreed to John Marwick’s proposal to present a two-night run of a staged reading in early April inside the school hall.  Unusually\, the performance was presented in cabaret style using raised rostra on the floor of the hall while the audience sat at tables.  Florence Mcfarlane and Fran Baldock\, as Salanio and Salarino (or was it the other way round!) sang brief jazz classics between scenes to Bill Wollerman’s piano accompaniment. \nThe production was very well-received. Jerry Duckor was outstanding as Shylock. \n\n2006 Merchant of Venice13 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\nCAST\n\n\n\nSalanio\nFran Baldock\n\n\nJessica\nAmber Baldock\n\n\nBassanio\nAshley Bloomfield\n\n\nGratiano\nWill Clannachan\n\n\nShylock\nJerry Duckor\n\n\nDuchess\nSandra Gillespie\n\n\nMorocco & Tubal\nMichael  McDonald\n\n\nNerissa\nAnne Manchester\n\n\nAntonio\nJohn Marwick\n\n\nSalarino\nFlorence McFarlane\n\n\nLorenzo\nDan  Milward\n\n\nPortia\nHolly Robinson\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCREW\n\n\n\nDirector\nJohn Marwick\n\n\nStage manager\nKate Booth\n\n\nCostumes\nCarol Thompson\n\n\nAssistant\nJulie  Duckor\n\n\nTechnical help\nPeter Baldock\n\n\nLights\nTrevor  Rose\n\n\nFOH\nYvonne Gray\n\n\nFOH\nJanis Caddy\n\n\nSet\nBruce  Caddy\n\n\nProps\nJulia Stuart\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/the-merchant-of-venice-2/
CATEGORIES:Amber Baldock,Anne Manchester,Ashley Bloomfield,Dan Milward,Florence McFarlane,Fran Baldock,Holly Robinson,Jerry Duckor,John Marwick,John Marwick,Michael McDonald,Shakespeare
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SUMMARY:Two Gentlemen of Verona
DESCRIPTION:Our Bard in the Yard production was Two Gentlemen of Verona directed by Trevor Rose. We toured this production for one performance at Emerald Glen Homestead (Raumati South) and to Stratford (in Taranaki). \n\n2005 Two Gentlemen of Verona22 photos
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/two-gentlemen-of-verona/
CATEGORIES:Amber Baldock,Ashley Bloomfield,Ben Cain,Dan Milward,Ed Hickey,Elpeth Cotsilinis,Jerry Duckor,John Marwick,Julia Stuart,Laurie Atkinson,Peter Baldock,Sarah-Rose Burke,Shakespeare,Tom Marwick,Trevor Rose
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SUMMARY:All's Well That Ends Well
DESCRIPTION:Bard in the Yard in 2004 was Shakespeare’s lesser-known comedy All’s well That Ends Well directed by John Marwick. Part of the Fringe Festival. In April the director and cast took the play to Stratford (on Patea not Avon) and presented an afternoon performance in an outdoor setting. \n\n2004 All's Well That Ends Well35 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\nPublicity 2004\nEastbourne’s Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe has chosen All’s Well that Ends Well for this year’s popular outdoor Bard in the Yard Fringe presentation. \nThis is the third year the Troupe has brought the Bard to Fringe audiences – though it will be the eighth year of Bard in the Yard for Eastbourne. They’re getting a name for strong performances often of lesser-seen Shakespeare. \nThe Dominion Post said last year’s show about women from the History plays was “an insightful look at a different aspect of Shakespeare.” \nThe group’s earlier production of The Winter’s Tale was said to show “great understanding and depth of knowledge about not only the play but also the subtleties of playing Shakespeare.” Another reviewer called it an “accessible and compelling production”. \nWellington hasn’t seen a recent performance of All’s Well. It hasn’t been done professionally and the university’s only remembered show was more than 30 years ago. \nFor many years the play was branded a ‘problem play’ and received only rare stagings around the world. But John Marwick\, who will direct the play in Eastbourne\, believes it deserves a much better name and a wider audience. \n“It’s an overlooked gem” Marwick says – and he seems to be in good company. Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company’s production opened at Stratford-on-Avon in December starring Dame Judi Dench in what the Guardian’s theatre critic called an “exquisite production of this infinitely fascinating play”. \nMarwick\, creator and usual director of the Bard in the Yard series\, sees the play as an intriguing mix of reality and romance. Shakespeare he says has written characters with very real human frailties and set them in a fairy tale story. In the past that combination was thought to be unclear\, unworkable and too difficult\, so\, when it was produced\, directors tended to emphasise either reality or romance. \nBut modern theatre audiences are much more comfortable with ambiguity and shades of meaning. “We’re used to anti-heroes and black comedy\,” Marwick says “and we don’t always expect that everything will work out perfectly.” \nMarwick thinks that in this play Shakespeare deliberately pushes the boundaries of ambiguity. To underline this and the play’s uncertain ending Marwick has added a question mark to the title: All’s Well that Ends Well? \nAn intensive rehearsal period is just starting for the 12 strong cast most of whom are locals and have appeared in previous Bard in the Yard shows – though two are making the journey from Wellington. Parts are keenly sought after and actors keep coming back for more. This despite the difficulties of Shakespeare’s language\, learning lines in only six weeks\, and presenting ‘in the round’ and outdoors (though they move inside if the weather turns bad). \nAs in previous years the format for the shows is to strip the plays down to bare essentials. The venue is literally a yard – in this case the Muritai School Yard. Audience are seated around the acting area with only simple lighting and minimal set. Even costume is minimised so that the whole attention focuses on Shakespeare’s language\, his story and the people in it. \nMarwick says that when he follows this format and trusts to Shakespeare’s genius and understanding of human nature “we always find the magic of the plays.” \nThe play\, as one of the characters says\, is about life as a mingled yarn of good and ill together. There will be moments to smile and laugh and times to cry and wonder at our fellow man. \nAs usual the world’s greatest playwright “holds the mirror up to nature.” \nThe Cast \nRowan McRae is playing the heroine\, Helena. She has previously played a\nnumber of Shakespeare’s leading comedy parts – Rosalind in As You Like It\,\nBeatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. Helen will be a particular challenge\nbecause she is such an interesting mix of the reticent and the forthright.\nShe’s a pretty modern woman in many ways – when she knows what she wants she\ngoes after it big time. \nFran Baldock plays the Countess – a gracious part that has never failed\nany of the long line of distinguished Shakespearean actresses who have\nplayed it – Edith Evans\, Fay Compton\, Peggy Ashcroft and Dame Judi Dench who\nis playing the part at Stratford-on-Avon at present. \nPeter Baldock is the main comic character\, Parolles\, a braggart\, coward\,\nliar and fop who nevertheless shows a very human side in the end.  Peter\nplayed the jealous king in Troupe’s millennium production of The Winter’s\nTale and was an hilarious Pistol in last year’s Bard in the Yard. \nThe king is played by Michael McDonald who has been persuaded to return\nto the Eastbourne stage after a considerable absence. Michael has a great\nknowledge of Shakespeare and the Troupe is pleased to welcome him back. \nJerry Duckor is yet again taking a part and\, along with his wife Julie\,\nhelping with the production and direction side. Jerry and Julie are New\nYorkers who spend four months of every year in Eastbourne. \nOther local in the cast are Reuben Hardie\, Will Clannachan\, Sandra\nGillespie\, Anne Manchester\, and Cam Packer.  They are joined by Ben Cain and\nMarie Hodson who are coming out from Wellington to take part. \n 
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/alls-well-that-ends-well/
CATEGORIES:Anne Manchester,Ben Cain,Fran Baldock,Jerry Duckor,John Marwick,Michael McDonald,Peter Baldock,Rowan McRae,Sandra Gillespie,Shakespeare,Will Clannachan
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SUMMARY:Beauties\, Barmaids and Battleaxes
DESCRIPTION:For Bard in the Yard for 2003 John Marwick and Jerry Duckor devised a production featuring a collection of scenes chosen for the way they portray Shakespeare’s women. \n\n2003 Beauties Barmaids & Battleaxes29 photos
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/beauties-barmaids-and-battleaxes/
CATEGORIES:Anne Manchester,Ashley Bloomfield,Barry Mawer,Florence McFarlane,Jerry Duckor,Jerry Duckor,Joanna Hulme,John Marwick,John Marwick,Peter Baldock,Rowan McRae,Sandra Gillespie,Shakespeare,Trevor Rose,Will Clannachan
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20020221T170000
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SUMMARY:Much Ado About Nothing
DESCRIPTION:In February 2002 John Marwick directed the first Shakespeare production to be held in Muritai School yard. Much Ado About Nothing was presented with a little bit of a ‘tango twist’. The play was part of the Wellington Fringe Festival that year. \nThe Cast\nDON PEDRO Laurie Atkinson\nDON JOHN Chris Morey\nCLAUDIO Dan Caddy\nBENEDICK Ashley Bloomfield\nLEONATA Sandra Gillespie\nANTONIO Jerry Duckor\nCONRADE John Marwick\nBORACHIO Reuben Hardie\nFRIAR FRANCIS Trevor Rose\nDOGBERRY Trevor Rose\nVERGES Jerry Duckor\nHERO Holly Robinson\nBEATRICE Rowan Macrae\nMARGARET Yvonne Bishop\nURSULA Anne Manchester \n\n2002 Much Ado About Nothing24 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\nPublicity 2002\nTeasing\, Treachery and the Tango\nFor the first time Eastbourne will host a Fringe Festival play this week when Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe stages Much Ado About Nothing – one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies. \n“It’s got love and deception\, laughter and drama\,” says John Marwick the director. But this production has got a little extra as well. “Tango\,” says John “the passionate and sensual dance of Buenos Aires\, fits this play beautifully.” \nThe play has a masked ball in one scene and ends with another dance. So\, instead of the usual formal dance steps\, the cast have been learning the Tango. \n“I learnt the dance only last year myself” says the director\, “but I’m really hooked.” He says that\, though the play has only had a short summer rehearsal period\, cast members have taken to the Tango enthusiastically. \nThis will be the fifth time that Marwick has directed Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe members in summer Shakespeare. The shows have previously been semi-private productions mounted in Troupe members’ gardens and called Bard in the Yard.  \nThis year will be the Troupe’s first time as part of the Fringe Festival and\, with the prospect of bigger crowds\, they have moved to a larger venue. But\, the production is still outdoors – and still Bard in the Yard since it is in the Muritai schoolyard. \nThe production will be staged completely ‘in the round’ – audience on all sides of the action to give everyone an excellent view. If the weather is unkind the whole production moves inside to the floor of the school hall. \nMany of the cast of 13 have been in previous Bard in the Yard productions or took part in Marwick’s full-scale millennial production of The Winter’s Tale – winner of best play in the 2000 Wellington Theatre Federation Awards. They are joined on this occasion by two musicians who\, with violin and guitar\, will provide the tango music. \nThe play starts at 7.30 pm and runs for about two hours (including one interval) from Sunday 17th to Thursday 21st February at the Muritai Schoolyard\, Muritai Road\, just past the village in Eastbourne \nTickets at $12\, $10 (senior citizens and students)\, and $8 (children) include a complimentary glass of wine and are available from Ticketek\, Eastbourne Hammer Hardware\, and at the door. \n  \nIf you’re planning to go remember to wrap up well – unfortunately\, balmy summer evenings cannot be guaranteed this year !
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/much-ado-about-nothing-2/
CATEGORIES:Anne Manchester,Ashley Bloomfield,Chris Morey,Dan Caddy,Holly Robinson,Jerry Duckor,John Marwick,Reuben Hardie,Rowan McRae,Sandra Gillespie,Shakespeare,Trevor Rose,Yvonne Bishop
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