Performance

Venue	Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	27th February 2001
Opened	28th February 2001
To	24th March 2001
When	Tues-Sat 20:00, Sun Mats 16:00
Prices	From £7.00. To £12.00.
What is currently on at Upstairs at the Gatehouse (V1170)

Wordsmith's Lament

T0274593746
Three plays, three directors, three styles: one evening charting the progress of the writing of a play through to rehearsal and finally into performance. Cleverly interlinked this satirical comedy examines the deconstruction of theatre and theatrical practices in today's artistic environment.

Author

Billy Woods

Archive :: production:T0274593746, play:S1131211265, venue:V1170

Reviews

User Review: 10Mar01: A witty feast for theatrical pundits with sombre undertones and hysterical madcap antics. The first piece in the trilogy seems to miss the point and the director has made odd choices, the second and third are amazingly funny and dark in their humour. With a major reworking of the first piece I would be interested to see how this fared in a more prominent venue. Paul Henderson

User Reviews

USER: UK Theatre Web (10Mar01): A witty feast for theatrical pundits with sombre undertones and hysterical madcap antics. The first piece in the trilogy seems to miss the point and the director has made odd choices, the second and third are amazingly funny and dark in their humour. With a major reworking of the first piece I would be interested to see how this fared in a more prominent venue. Paul Henderson

Company

Producer	Alexander Holt (for [Tenth Planet])
Director	Emily Blacksell
Director	Alexander Holt
Director	Alex Scrivenor
Design	Katy Tuxford
Performer	Sam Talbot
Performer	Martin Carroll
Performer	Philip Bosworth
Performer	Victoria Burnham
Performer	Mike Burnside

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.