Watch this space
Tricolore Theatre Company is proud to announce its new show coming to Theatro Technis Theatre London 4th – 10th June 2012. La Catena d’Oro (The Golden Chain) Watch this space for updates on the show and background information on the cast and crew. Ciao for now!
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First Night
Warden Pie opened tonight and was sold out! Well done to everyone – a terrific show!
Tickets selling fast!
We would love you to come and see the performances next week, but tickets are selling fast! Please ring 07812 752395 to reserve your ticket, which can be collected on the door. Tickets are £10 or £8 concessions. Please pay by cash or cheque only, as I don’t have the facilities for credit or debit cards.
We look forward to seeing you!
Kenneth Michaels – Director
Kenneth Michaels
He recently directed Aladdin at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley.
Ellen Bean (Nell Cook) – Nadia Ostacchini
Nadia trained at The Academy Drama School. Credits include Julia Simmons ‘A Murder is Announced’ (Nottingham Theatre Royal); Amanda in ‘The Apple Cart’ (Shaw’s Corner); Hermia in an open air production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’; Helena in a Slovenian tour of ‘Look Back in Anger’, bilingual Italian tours of ‘Hansel & Gretel’ and ‘The Gingerbread Man’; No.1 tours of ‘Caught in the Net’, ‘Table Manners’ and ‘Living Together’; lead roles in new plays: ‘Either Way’ (Hackney Empire), ‘The Rupert Drop’ (Hampstead Theatre), ‘The Condor & The Maiden’ (King’s Head), ‘A Consumer’s Dream’, given a special mention by Jeremy Kingston (Drama Critic – The Times) at The Lost Theatre’s One Act Festival last May and ‘Paradise Lost’ at the Leicester Square theatre in October last year.
Nadia set up Tricolore Theatre company in 2007. Please see www.tricolore.org.uk for further details.
Canon John – Lloyd Morris
Lloyd trained at the London Centre for Theatre Studies . Theatre
credits include; Steve in Paradise Lost at Leicester Square , Corporal
in Bent at the Landor, Engstrand in Ghosts at Barons Court, Banquo in
Mac Beth Uk tour, Bobby in Bobby & Johnny Uk tour, Ernest in Pier
Pressure at Theatre Royal , Plymouth. Tv credits include BBC
Crimewatch, Derren Brown Show for Channel 4, Mystery files for History
Channel, Football Commentator in a Mastercard commercial. He will be
seen in a new British feature film – Ghost- later this year .
Jane – Jenny Harrold
Jenny trained at East 15 Acting School. Her recent credits include her one woman show ‘That Moment’ at The Underbelly in Edinburgh, ‘More Light’ at The Arcola, ‘That Moment’ at The Kings Head, ‘Macbeth’ at The Bridewell, ‘Calling’ at The Old Red Lion. TV and radio credits include CBBC’s ‘The Slammer’, ‘Stalker’ and ‘Schubert and Me’ and ‘Zauberjackl’ for BBC radio 4.
Troy – Drew McKenzie
Drew’s acting ability and professionalism is reflected in the fact that he is consistently re-hired by directors and theatre companies. At ease with both dramatic and comedic characters, in Barbados, Drew received excellent reviews for his portrayal of David Lashley, a white homosexual businessman in love with a black dancer: “The character called for a measure of sensitivity, sensuality and playfulness and McKenzie delivered with excellent timing” and “McKenzie’s eloquent body language and subtle sense of timing contribute significantly to a portrayal which is truly outstanding”. In the Christopher Biggins production of The Taming of the Shrew for the Holders Shakespeare Festival, Drew “nearly stole the show with a Bajan accent which brought the text vividly to life” while performing as Gremio.
In the United Kingdon, Drew has worked for small theatre companies playing a variety of roles including Herod in Salome and both Fagin and Mister Bumble in Oliver! Drew worked for four Christmases performing shows for children and in 2008 wrote and starred as The Sorcerer in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Drew has also worked for both the Royal Opera House and the Royal Ballet in several of their productions as a member of the acting ensemble.
Book Your Tickets for Warden Pie and Other Stories
Tickets for all three of the venues are very limited so book early! Prices are £10 full price and £8 Concessions which includes young people under 16 (the show is not suitable for young children but 12+ are welcome) students, those receiving benefits, OAPs and AWL and NLA members. Please ask when you book.
For tickets, please ring on 07812 752395 or email me at penny.culliford(at symbol)talktalk.net, (you know what I mean about the @ symbol!) or contact me via facebook.
We would appreciate your attendance so much at this exciting new production!
Purbeck – Richard Ward
Richard trained professionally at Drama Studio London. Theatre credits include “We The People” (Shakespeare’s
Globe), “The Tempest” (Rose Theatre, Bankside), “The Revenger’s Tragedy” (Bridewell Theatre), “The Importance Of Being Earnest” (Barons Court Theatre) and a variety of roles in stage versions of classic BBC television comedy series. TV and film includes “Midsomer Murders“, a short film for “Blue Peter” and “Tortoise In Love” (scheduled for cinema release in 2011). Richard also specialises in rehearsed play readings, reads audio books and undertakes corporate role play. Spotlight no. 9376-9059-3054.
Gideon – Lee Peck
Lee Peck trained for 4 years at East 15 Acting School. His recent theatre credits include: ROMEO in ROMEO AND JULIET with The Young Shakespeare Company, DENNIS in LOOT with OSO ARTS, Young Frank in FORGET ME NOT LANE at Theatro Technis and Ben in PINEAPPLES PARROTS & POLLY at the New Comedy Scene and Barons Court Theatre.
Lee also played Sebastian in the award winning film PIER PRESSURE – SOME DAYS ARE BAD and JACK in the feature-length film LEGEND OF THE ALLEYMAN, soon to be available in your local HMV.
The Ingoldsby Legends
The Ingoldsby Legends are a collection of Victorian stories and poems written by the Reverend Richard H Barham, in the persona of Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor.
Barham was a contemporary of Charles Dickens, and his tales were first published in 1837 in Bentley’s Miscellany when Dickens was editor.
In equal parts funny, gruesome, moral and haunting, these tales are the perfect antidote to the winter cold. Pull a chair up to the fireside, pour a glass of port and prepare to be entertained.
You can read the legends here.
Welcome to Warden Pie – the story of a play.
- an associate producer
- a fabulous cast
- three dates – 27th, 28th and 29th January
- some fabulous designs for sets and costumes
- a great yarn to spin, a story to weave and a spell to cast
I’d love it if you could join me on this journey and I’d love it even more if you would come and see the play.
Penny xx
Thanks OWG!
Just time to thank OWG Centre and particularly Richard Gregg for our production design. As ever, thoughtful, adventurous and on a shoestring budget.
The centre runs the fantastic Stretch Youth Theatre, which has given many children the opportunity to be part of a group and to perform infront of an audience. Their aim is not to get youngsters into showbiz careers (although some have gone on to study theatre arts subjects) but to encourage teamwork, creativity confidence and excellence, whatever they do in later life.
Views of set designs, posters and costume designs to follow. Watch this space!
Ghostly figures in Dark Entry
Venues News
We have now confirmed dates and venues for the production of Warden Pie.
Thursday 27th January – Bar Lenuccia 148 Camberwell
New Rd, SE5 0RR
Friday 28th January – Eastgate House High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1ER
Saturday 29th January – Clocktower Pavilion St Mary‘s Road, Swanley, Kent BR8 7BU
Please come and support us at one of these venues.
Would you like to support this production?
If you are someone who loves the Arts and would like to be more involved, here’s a fantastic opportunity – and you don’t need to be Cameron Mackintosh! There are many ways you can support this production.
- Firstly, by coming to see it on 27th, 28th or 29th January. We have tried to make sure there will be a performance in your area, if you are in London or North Kent. Without an audience, there would be no play and you would make such a lovely audience member!
- Secondly, by sponsoring. If you felt you could donate some money towards our production costs, that would be fantastic! We would love you forever and give you a special mention in our programme. Even small amounts would be warmly welcomed, but we wouldn’t turn down large amounts!
- If you run a business and could donate money, materials, services, or items we could use for the production or for a fundraising raffle, again you would get a special mention in our programmes and on our publicity materials, as well as our undying gratitude.
Thank you for your support!
Associate Producers
I’m delighted to announce that Nadia Ostacchini’s Tricolore Theatre Company, a professional theatre company based in London and dedicated to the promotion of international culture, literature and language, has agreed to assist with this production of Warden Pie. Tricolore is best known for its Italian and bilingual productions. Click for the website http://www.tricolore.org.uk/
What is Warden Pie?
the Rev.
WARDEN PIE
A haunting tale to warm the cockles on a cold winter night.
One-Act Play by Penny Culliford based on Dark Entry, The Legend of Nell Cook from the Ingoldsby Legends by Rev Richard H Barham
In a dark passage near the cloisters of Canterbury Cathedral, a secret lies buried for a hundred years. Three stonemasons arrive to work on a loose paving stone and the secret is released. A place where evil masquerades as good, and the good are driven to evil deeds but everyone gets their just “desserts”.
‘For soups, and stews, and choice ragouts, Nell Cook was famous still!
She’d make them even of old shoes, she had such wond’rous skill:
Her manchets fine were quite divine, her cakes were nicely brown’d,
Her boil’d and roast, they were the boast of all the ‘Precinct’ round;
From The Ingoldsby Legends, by the Rev. Richard H. Barham
Richard H. Barham
Warden Pie
A blog about producing the play “Warden Pie”.
Hello world!
This is my new blog where I hope to chart the journey of producing my first play. It’s exciting and daunting at the same time. At the moment, I have a script, a possible director and several phone numbers for venues. I have a sheet of A4 lined paper with a draft budget, some dates for late January in my diary and lots and lots of friends who I hope will follow the journey and give advice, suggestions, support, (even money if they have any spare and would like to invest!) and most important of all, come and see the play!
I hope to update this blog regularly. At the moment, it all seems very scary and a huge daunting task, but I am ready to eat the elephant (even though I’m vegetarian) one bite at a time.
Thanks so much for joining me and following the progress of this play.
Penny Culliford xx
Warden Pie - the story of a play 