{"id":457,"date":"2013-05-20T20:39:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T20:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catswhiskersfilms.co.uk\/?page_id=457"},"modified":"2019-07-25T13:28:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T13:28:06","slug":"cats-whiskers-theatre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catswhiskersfilms.co.uk\/?page_id=457","title":{"rendered":"CAT’S WHISKERS THEATRE"},"content":{"rendered":"

2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Horizons Presents<\/strong><\/p>\n

The newly formed charity Cat’s Whiskers Community Arts Projects and the New Horizons group will be presenting a show under the title\u00a0New Horizons Presents<\/strong>\u00a0at the Bush Theatre Studio on Friday 16th August at 7.30 pm.<\/p>\n

The show is\u00a0a double bill of new work, comprising a rehearsed reading of scenes from Dangerous Women<\/em>, a play about Wallis Simpson and Diana Mosley written by company member Chrissie Fraser, which is currently in development and The Waiting Room<\/em>\u00a0a disturbing drama devised by the group through improvisation. The programme also includes the premiere screening of the group\u2019s film A Vintage Selection.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Recording music sequences in the audio studio for A Vintage Selection<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tickets for the show on 16th August can be booked via\u00a0Eventbrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Philoxenia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Some members of the New Horizons group took part in the Bush Theatre community theater project\u00a0Philoxenia\u00a0<\/strong>in January.<\/p>\n

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Philoxenia means “to love strangers;\u00a0 hospitality”,\u00a0 The theme of the show was “home” in all its many meanings and connotations.<\/p>\n

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2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

In September some members of the New Horizons group appeared in Ben Okri’s adaptation of Camus’ The Outsider<\/strong> at the Print Room, Notting Hill.\u00a0 Directed by Abbey Wright.<\/p>\n

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2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A Vintage Selection.<\/strong> As part of the centre’s 10th Anniversary celebrations, the New Horizons Drama Group performed a mixed programme of devised and scripted work under the direction of Carol Allen. We have since filmed the show and the film will premier as part of New Horizons Presents at the Bush Theatre Studio on Friday 16th August.\u00a0\u00a0 See also our Films page.
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Members of the group are also took part in Carnival Journeys,<\/strong> a joint production by the Victoria and Albert museum and Complicite Theatre, which was performed in the Notting Hill festival and in the grounds of the V & A in June 2016<\/p>\n

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2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

War Babies<\/strong>, a new play written and directed by Carol Allen, was performed in July 2016 as part of the “Women and War” festival season produced by the So and So Arts Club at 6 Frederick’s Place, London EC2R 8AB.<\/p>\n

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War Babies – <\/strong>the story<\/p>\n

Kate and Louise meet for coffee. Kate is a former war correspondent and Louise a French born grandmother and widow of her English husband. Both were born in World War Two. Kate\u2019s mother was Grace, a London ambulance driver in the blitz, Louise\u2019s was Marguerite, a French wartime resistance worker. Neither woman knew her father. Their stories are revealed in a tale of war and peace, life and death, love \u2013 and theatre.<\/p>\n

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War Babies – the cast and crew<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kate\/Grace\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Annete Knowles<\/p>\n

Louise\/Marguerite\/Young Kate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Linnie Reedman<\/p>\n

Martin\/Jean Pierre\/Henry\/Waiter Simon Pothecary<\/p>\n

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Director\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carol Allen<\/p>\n

Assistant Director\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ellen Gould<\/p>\n

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War Babies photographs by Ellen Gould<\/p>\n

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2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gloria aka Glee<\/strong>, a monologue by Carol Allen about a\u00a0 bi-polar woman was performed in a a programme of new writing in August 2015 on the theme of “The Interview” at the Leicester Square Theatre. A further monologue Do You Speak Cat?<\/strong>, a comic piece told from the point of view of a hungry feline, was part of\u00a0 “Make the Cut”\u00a0 at the St James\u2019s Theatre in May 2016.\u00a0 Both pieces were produced by Directors Cut\u00a0 https:\/\/www.stjamestheatre.co.uk\/studio\/make-the-cut-3\/ <\/a><\/p>\n

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Miou Miou, the inspiration for “Do You Speak Cat?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

In June 2015 the New Horizons group performed The Glorious Georges<\/strong> at Kensington Palace. This was a site specific piece written and directed by Carol Allen about the history of the palace in the 18th century.<\/p>\n

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News website YNUKTV carried a report of the event.<\/p>\n