Some Stories at the Temple Works
PRESS RELEASE - SOME STORIES AT THE TEMPLE WORKS, LEEDS (May 2010) - One of the most historic buildings in Leeds will be brought to life by site-specific theatre when critically-acclaimed theatre company Cheap Seats bring their new production, Some Stories, to the Temple Works in Holbeck. Some Stories is a series of four interconnected stories that focus on childhood, the hold it has over our adult lives, and the power of storytelling. Based in the culturally innovative Temple Works, Cheap Seats has unearthed unknown spaces within the building and will lead the audience on an immersive journey, inhabiting spaces and breathing new life and meaning into them. The combination of the spaces’ atmosphere and the gothic content of the stories will come together to create a special, highly memorable arts evening leaving the audience with a feeling of attending a clandestine event. Each piece has been written by Alistair McDowall, the award-winning young playwright whose previous work includes 5:30 (Arts Council Award for Best Performance, Best New Play and Best Fringe Production nominations at the MEN Theatre Awards) and eighteen stupid reasons why i love you lots and lots (Best New Writing award, Buxton Fringe Festival) which both garnered awards and five star reviews during performances around the UK. The stories will be directed by four young directors including Clive Judd (Director’s Guild Award for Most Promising Director at NSDF 2009, assistant director on the multi-award-winning Punk Rock) and Ned Bennett (Apprentice Director to Sean Matthias on Breakfast at Tiffany’s at the Haymarket and Edmond, Theatre Royal, Haymarket). ENDS SELECTED PRESS FOR CHEAP SEATS ‘Intense production’ – The Guardian ‘Powerful, graphic and poetic’ (Five Stars) - CityLife ‘Radical…disturbing’ - Manchester Evening News Where: Temple Works Marshall Street off Water Lane, Holbeck Leeds, LS11 When: 10th, 11th and 12th June at 7.30pm Tickets: £5 – see cheapseatstheatre.com for more information ABOUT CHEAP SEATS – Cheap Seats was founded by Alistair McDowall and Lucy Oliver-Harrison in 2004, and Some Stories is a new development for the company, stepping away from conventional theatre spaces and embarking on a collaborative process which immerses the audience. Cheap Seats has previously worked with The Lowry, Contact Theatre, The Royal Exchange Theatre, The Bolton Octagon, The Young Vic, The English Theatre of Bruges and Halifax Square Chapel for the. Previous shows include: eighteen stupid reasons why i love you lots and lots, Daises, Dogs and 5:30. For further information and images please contact Will Wood of Multitude Media on will.wood@multitudemedia.co.uk / +44 (0) 161 408 8221
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