Exciting Live Theatre throughout Rutland.
The new season of drama productions brochure will be available soon. There are performances all over Rutland in 2018 and 2019.
Our first is
Download latest brochure here Drama for Rutland 2018 2019
Burning Books
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/sep/04/stories-100-teachers-coming-to-stage-jess-green-burning-books
On Teach First student Kat’s first day at Hurstville Community College, Nicky Morgan announces forced academistation for all state schools. Kat is ready for the picket line but her attempts to join the NUT are met with contempt by union stalwart Janine. The head teacher is invisible and the staff are more concerned about losing their staff room, disappearing books and a History teacher who hasn’t been seen for weeks.
A powerful and humorous look at an education system buckling under government cuts and targets. A story of protest and the teachers who choose to fight back.
Background
Burning Books is an adaptation of a music and poetry show of the same name which I took to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2014 and 2015 with my band, Jess Green and the Mischief Thieves before touring it nationally in autumn 2015 to venues including Roundhouse, Richmix, Komedia Brighton and Unity Theatre, Liverpool.
Rutland County Museum, Saturday September 8th at 7.30pm.
Tickets £10 from Oakham Wines or wegottickets.com
The Rutlanders Return
The Rutanders Return is a play written by Andy Barrett about Rutland after WW1. The project has heritage lottery funding and the stories have been researched especially for the play. It is being performed by local people with a team of proffesionals involved with the production. The Rutlanders return follow the lives and social context of life back in Rutland after 1914. There will be especially composed music with a live band and it is to be performed all over Rutland
Tickets are free but click on the link below to reserve your ticket
Thursday 25th October 2018 – 7.30 pm, Rutland County Museum, Oakham.
Friday 26th October 2018 – 7.30 pm, Kendrew Barracks, Cottesmore.
Please Note Photo ID Is required for entry to Kendrew Barracks
Saturday 27th October 2018 – 11.30 am South Luffenham Village Hall
Saturday 27th October 2018 – 7.30 pm, Uppingham Town Hall.
Sunday 28th October 2018 – 2.00 pm, Rutland County Museum.
New Perspectives Theatre – Crossings
Two great theatre companies with many years performing in UK villages in collaboration for the first time. One village hall. Two stories. 100 years apart. Lost souls from the same family and chance meetings across time.
Date: Friday 16 November 2018
Start Time: 19:30:00
Venue: Rutland County Museum (LE156HW)
Community: Oakham
Show/Event: Crossings
Tickets £10.00 from Oakham Wines or wegottickets.com
Suitable for children over 14 years of age
Kevin King of Egypt starring Rob Gee
Escaped psychiatric patient Kevin Haggerty is not pleased about his diagnosis, even less pleased about being on a section of the Mental Health Act, and distinctly upset about being told he is not the reincarnationof the Pharoah Ramses 2nd. On his way to Egypt via Tesco Express, he stumbles across the nemesis to all his plans Millie. Together they embark on a journey that will change his life forever.
- This show couldn’t have been written without input and guidance from people on both sides of the psychiatric fence. While it would be a lie to say any resemblance any of the characters have to anyone living or dead is coincidental, the majority of what you’ll see and hear is pure fiction.
- Reviews for Kevin, King of Egypt
“A mind-roasting bipolar joy-ride… Gee is a super-energetic, uber-likeable, highly gifted writer/performer… Kevin is presented wacky warts and all. We laugh at his quixotic delusions and misadventures. Yet Gee is careful to present Simon in a respectful, empathetic manner. Indeed, Kevin is a sight more likeable than half the “normals” in this show…Gee is also a performance poet, so tKevin, King of Egypt offers reams of rich, poetic language from a man who’s in love with words. This a moving, funny, deeply human show not to be missed.” Victoria Times Colonist ★★★★½
“Weird… heartfelt… laugh out loud funny and so intelligent… an hour-long lesson in empathy… one of the most animated guys you’ll ever see.” CBC, Canada
“Uproarious journey… hilarious… liberating… that doesn’t even cover the half of it!” London Pub Theatres ★★★★★
“Leicester’s funniest export… staggering charisma… an excellent script writer.” Leicester Mercury
“Funny and rude… there is no let down in the entertainment value… think of McMurphy from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest escaping for an eventful night on the town.” Winnipeg Free Press ★★★★
“Gee plays several characters in this story of lost souls… few people can tell a shaggy dog story with as much comic detail, energy and pizzazz as this talented Brit.” Calgary Herald
“Just the right amount of gravitas, skepticism, gusto and wit!” Edmonton Journal ★★★★
Hilarious… bound to simultaneously break hearts and lift spirits.” Vue Weekly, Alberta ★★★★
A barmy tale… Gee does a wonderful job portraying all the colourful Brits in this literally crazy story.” Gig City, Alberta ★★★★
Saturday 26th January
Rutland County Museum
7.30pm
£10.00
Spitfire Solo
Affecting and gripping one man theatre performance telling the story of 80 year old Peter, a former Spitfire pilot facing a battle as big as his own involvement in the Battle of Britain. Intimate and filmic, the show has been touring successfully since 2011.
Date: Friday 26 April 2019
Start Time: 19:30:00
Venue: Rutland County Museum (LE156HW)
Community: Oakham
Show/Event: Spitfire Solo
Tickets £10.00 from Oakham Wines or wegottickets.com
Suitable for children over 11 years of age
