STEVEN BERKOFF: RELIGION & ANARCHY Set for Jermyn Street Theatre, Sept 24-Oct 26
By: BWW News Desk Jul. 26, 2013
Sarah Brocklehurst Productions in association with Jermyn Street Theatre presents Steven Berkoff: RELIGION & ANARCHY, An evening of Steven Berkoff shorts Co-Directors - Steven Berkoff & Max Barton, 24th September - 26th October Jermyn Street Theatre. Press Night 26th September 7.30pm.
Artistic director, Anthony Biggs' first full season at Jermyn Street Theatre starts with a bang with a celebration of one of the most consistently surprising and challenging theatrical figures of the past forty years. Continuing and building on the recent past, that has seen the studio space in the heart of the West End gain a reputation for punching above its weight by presenting works performed and directed by some of the biggest names on the British stage, the theatre will stage a season of short plays by Steven Berkoff. Five weeks, five actors and five world premieres. Steven Berkoff: Religion And Anarchy will be co-directed by Berkoff himself and Jermyn Street Theatre Associate Director Max Barton.Guilt
Two middle-aged East-End Jews eulogise about good nosh and the old days as they prepare for the Sabbath. They anticipate the arrival of a prodigal son.
Roast
A mother tells a saccharine bedtime story dripping with anti-Semitic sentiment to her little boy. He laps it up readily.
Line-Up
Two men are in the arrivals queue at a concentration camp. Will they be saved for the work camps or be straight in the chamber?
How To Train an Anti-Semite
Dot is a dyed-in-the-wool bigot. Sid is well on his way. In this feast of filth the two wax lyrical and espouse a monstrous belief system. A pantomime of prejudice.
Gas
Three men are forced to face the worst as the fatal gas flows in.
In addition to the main production of premieres, there will be a festival of readings and platform events, as well as performances from Steven Berkoff himself on select evenings. Max Barton is the Associate Director at Jermyn Street Theatre where he recently directed a critically acclaimed production of Lee Hall's Spoonface Steinberg in association with Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. Max directed the first ever promenade production of Hamlet at Kronborg, Elsinore and was assistant director to Trevor Nunn on A Chorus of Disapproval at the Harold Pinter Theatre.Steven Berkoff: Religion And Anarchy is part of the Jermyn Street Theatre autumn season. Other works in the season include a rare revival of the 1974 David Pinner comedy The Potsdam Quartet which Biggs will direct (29th October to 23rd November) and The Little Beasts (What Happens To Naughty Children) a World premiere Christmas musical for all the family (26th November - 19th December) Biggs' previous productions at the theatre include the UK premiere of Ibsen's St John's Night, Charles Morgan's The River Line, Ibsen's Little Eyolf and a revival of the Frederick Lonsdale's On Approval. The autumn season builds on these and Jermyn Street Theatre's other recent successes, including Trevor Nunn's acclaimed production of Samuel Beckett's All That Fall starring Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon, the musical Boy Meets Boy and a revival of Charles Dyer's Mother Adam.The show runs 24th September - 26th October at Jermyn Street Theatre. Press Night 26th September 7.30pm. Schedule: Eves Mon - Sat 19.30; Mats Thurs & Sats 15.30 (exc 26th Sept). Ticket prices: £35 / £25 / £15. Box office 0207 287 2875 and online at www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk.
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