Independent Prod And Southwark Playhouse Presents Black Fights with Dogs

Independent Productions in association with Southwark Playhouse will present Black Fights with Dogs by Bernard-Marie Koltès.

Translated by David Bradby and Maria M.Delgado
Directed by Alexander Zeldin
Designed by Chloe Lamford and Katie Bellman

11 April to 5 May 2012
PRESS NIGHT: FRIDAY, 13TH APRIL 2012 AT 7.30PM

The first London revival in over 20 years of Bernard-Marie Koltès play opens at The Vault, Southwark Playhouse for a four week run on Friday, 13 April with previews from 11 April 2012

About the show: "Three Europeans are isolated on the construction site of a western company in the heart of Africa, surrounded by barbed wire fences. High up on the watchtowers above, African security guards call out in the night to one another in throat songs to keep awake. As evening falls, a mysterious man, Alboury, penetrates the camp. When it emerges that he has come to demand the body of his brother who died that day in unknown circumstances, the ensuing action leads to a disturbing twist of events…"

"Black Fights with Dogs takes place in a world where people are trapped and alone and where racism, fear and envy take hold of each character in turn. This production at Southwark Playhouse marks the play's first London revival in over 20 years."

Writer Bernard-Marie Koltès is France's most performed playwright abroad and is considered one of the most important voices in modern theatrical writing. Plays include Bitterness, (1970), La Marche (1970), Heritage (1972), Récits morts (1973), Sallinger (1977), The Night Just Before the Forests (1977), Quay West (1985), In the Solitude of Cotton Fields (1985), Tabataba (1986), Return to the Desert (1988) and Roberto Zucco. Black Fights With Dogs is his first major play.

Director Alex Zeldin’s theatre credits include The Constant Prince (Arcola Theatre, Oxford Playhouse and tour of Egypt) Macbeth (Miryang International Festival, South Korea), Romeo and Juliet (Napoli Teatro Festival Italy), The Storm (National Theatre Studio). Opera includes Gianni Shicchi, Spanish Hour and Powder her Face (Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg). In 2011, Alexander co-founded the Idiots Company with Marcin Rudy and an ensemble of young actors from the East 15 School of Acting. Recent projects include Doing the Idiots and Touch Me (a co-production between Rustaveli National Theatre, Tbilisi and National Theatre Studio with British Council). In 2011-12 Alexander was nominated for the Rolex Mentor Protege Award for young theatre artists.

Co-Designer Chloe Lamford trained at the Wimbledon School of Art. She won Best Design at the 2007 TMA awards for her design for Small Miracle by Neil D’Souza. Theatre credits include Knives in Hens (National Theatre Scotland), Salt, Root and Roe (Donmar/Trafalgar Season), Disco Pigs (Young Vic), On The Record (Arcola Theatre), Rhetoric (Greyscale at the Almeida), Ghost Story (Sky Arts Live Drama season), My Romantic History (Sheffield Crucible, Bush Theatre), Joseph K. (Gate Theatre), Songs From A Hotel Bedroom (Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, and Tour), Sus (Young Vic), It Felt Empty… (Clean Break, installation at Arcola’s Studio K), The Kreutzer Sonata (Gate Theatre), Everything Must Go! (Soho Theatre), This Wide Night (Soho Theatre and Tour), The Mother Ship, How To Tell The Monsters From The Misfits (Birmingham Rep), The Country (Salisbury Playhouse), Desire Lines, The Snow Queen (Sherman Cymru), Blithe Spirit (Watermill Theatre), Antigone at Hell’s Mouth (Kneehigh Theatre, National Youth Theatre), Silence (Wilton’s Music Hall), Lola (Trestle Theatre Company), Small Miracle (Tricycle Theatre and Mercury Theatre, Colchester), The Wild Party (Rosie Kay Dance Company) and The Shy Gas Man (Southwark Playhouse).

Co-Designer Katie Bellman trained at the Motley Theatre Design School. Credits include Quartet (Coming Up Later Festival, Old Vic Tunnels), The Coronation of Poppea (King’s Head Theatre), A Woman of No Importance (Greenwich Playhouse), Palace Balls (Jermyn Street Theatre), I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Edinburgh Festival). As Assistant Designer, credits include Britannicus (Wilton’s Music Hall), On the Record (Arcola), Hayfever (Rose Theatre, Kingston) and Suffocation (Oval House Theatre).

Casting and further creative details are to be announced.

Producer
Independent Productions, in association with Southwark Playhouse

Production
BLACK FIGHTS WITH DOGS
By Bernard-Marie Koltès
Translated by David Bradby and Maria M.Delgado
Directed by Alexander Zeldin
Venue
The Vault, Southwark Playhouse
Shipwright Yard
Corner of Bermondsey St. and Tooley St.
London SE1 2TF

Nearest Tube: London Bridge
Performances
11 April – 5 May 2012
Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm
Saturday matinees at 3.00pm
Box Office
Online
www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
24 HOURS/NO BOOKING FEES

By Telephone
020 7407 0234/NO BOOKING FEES
Ticket Prices
£9, £13, £17
‘Airline Style’ pricing. The earlier you book, the cheaper the tickets!
Concessions
Disabled people can bring one companion free of charge.
There are no other concessions

Access
Please inform Southwark Playhouse of your access requirements at least 48 hours before you attend the performance by phoning 020 7407 0234.

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