Pupperty rides again
August 10, 2008
Just when you thought you’d seen the back(side) of it PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS is back with the Res-Erection Tour at The Journal Tyne Theatre Newcastle on Sunday 28th September 2008.
It’s been 10 years – or a dickade – since audiences were first wowed by the genital origami extravaganza that is PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS. Since then it has played to over 10 million people, been performed in 5 different languages, 28 countries and in temperatures ranging from 52 degrees to –38! Such is its popularity that Simon & Friendy are still taking the penis to the people with performances this year in all Australian States & Territories, Canada, USA, the UK and South Africa.
PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS is a mind-blowing show featuring two strapping Australian men who manipulate their genitalia into various shapes, objects and landmarks. With worrying ease and an unbelievable stretch factor the Puppeteers demonstrate installations such as The Eiffel Tower, The Windsurfer and even edible delights likes their signature dish, The Hamburger. A video camera projects intimate detail of the installation onto a large screen ensuring little can be missed – even from the very back row!
This show includes male nudity
Son of Samurai
August 10, 2008
Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood , the writers of the hit comedy Dirty Dusting, have a new trour on their hands with Son of Samurai.
A young Geordie shoe salesman discovers that he’s the descendant of a legendary Samurai warrior, reasulting in an inevitable and affectionate clash of cultures, attitudes and swords.
Tour Details
September 3rd to 5th Customs House South Shields (Box Office 0191 454 1234)
September 18th to 20th The Arc Stockton (Box Office 01642 525199)
September 25th to 27th Theatre Royal Newcastle (Box Office 0844 8112121)
“The One and Only” Hawkes makes Manilow music
August 1, 2008
Pop singer Chesney Hawkes (pictured), best known for his 1991 chart-topping single “The One and Only”, will make his musical theatre debut in Barry Manilow’s Can’t Smile Without You. He co-stars with How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? finalist Siobhan Dillon in the new compilation musical, which premieres on 28 August 2008 at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre where it continues until 6 September ahead of a three-month regional tour including Newcastle and a planned West End transfer next year
Can’t Smile Without You revolves around an aspiring young band who, on a visit to New York, come across an opportunity not to be missed - auditions for the latest reality TV show to find the next pop sensation. When the TV company offers lead singer Tony (Hawkes) a chance to appear on the show, the other band members give him their blessing. But before Tony can realise his dream, he’s caught up in a tragic sequence of events which leaves him fighting for his life. Left with no memory, his dreams are all but shattered. His only hope lies in the power of the music he loves and his feelings for a girl he once knew called Mandy (Dillon).
Chesney Hawkes made his stage debut last year in the Dick Whittington pantomime at The Lowry in Salford. Following her own reality TV success on BBC One’s How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, on which she was a second runner-up, Siobhan Dillon made her West End debut last summer playing Patty Simcox in Grease (See News, 24 May 2007).
Can’t Smile Without You has a book by Tim Prager based on an original idea by Bill Kenwright, who also produces the show and co-directs it with Keith Strachan. The production is designed by Andy Walmsley with lighting by Ben Cracknel, choreography by Carole Todd and musical direction by John Maher. Read more
Sleuth! MacCorkindale faces “The Music”
July 29, 2008
Just a few weeks ago Sleuth, ended its long tour with a week at the Theatre Royal, but now one of its stars has announced he will next be headlinging at the London Palladium
Casualty TV star Simon MacCorkindale (pictured) will make his musical debut next month playing Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music at the West End’s London Palladium. From 25 August 2008, he takes over from Simon Burke starring opposite current Maria Summer Strallen.
Best known as Harry Harper in three seasons of Casualty, MacCorkindale’s other film and TV credits include Obsessive Love, Falcon’s Gold, Quartermass, Jesus of Nazareth, Dynasty, Juggernaut and Death on the Nile. On stage, credits include his one-man show The Importance of Being Oscar, Macbeth, A Doll’s House, The Unexpected Guest and Sleuth. He has also directed several productions, including The Dark Lady of the Sonnets at the National and Pygmalion in the West End. Read more
Live Theatre listings
July 29, 2008
The Live Theatre have a few exciting performances over the next few months which ends with Geoff Dead : Disco for sale, telling the story of Private Geoff Gray, who was 17 when he died at Deepcut, he was the first but not the last to do so. He was found with 2 bullet wounds to his head. The Army said it was suicide
Details for shows and performances are below
AUGUST
A Proper Bash
Thursday 14 & Friday 15 August, 7.30pm
From Home to Newcastle
A thought-provoking production about young people’s own experience of life in
Newcastle as told by Geordie’s born and bred as well as refugees and asylum seekers
who now live in Tyneside.
This is one of 10 pilot projects nationally to be supported by the Young People’s
Participatory Theatre Project at the Arts Council, and was also performed in
Liverpool as part of the European City of Culture celebrations in July.
Friday 15, Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 August, between 11am-3pm
Streets Ahead
A series of visually exciting open air performances on Newcastle’s quayside created
by member’s of Live’s Youth Theatre.
Friday 15th August, 4 & 9pm
Solo
Rib tickling stand-up by a new generation of young comedians aged 13 to 23 years
old. The five minute routines, developed in conjunction with local comic John
Scott, will be performed in Live’s intimate Studio Theatre.
Sunday 17 August, 4 & 7.30pm
Past Forward
A chance to see some of the funniest highlights from a decade of working with local
communities presented by members of Live’s Youth Theatre and the over 50’s writing
and performance group Live Wires.
Tickets: £8; £5 concessions; £3 youth theatre members; under 5s are free
Streets Ahead is free. Read more
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