I write as chair of the board of trustees of the Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich. It is an amateur theatre with a small professional staff, which presents 12 plays each year. In programming our current season, January to December 2012, we set out to ensure women were well-represented in all aspects. Accordingly, we chose six plays by female authors, used five female directors out of the 12 and more than 50% of the roles were for women. Next year, we shall again be offering more roles for women than for men, beginning with Playhouse Creatures by April de Angelis, which is being directed by a woman and will have an all-female crew. Our policy is, in part, driven by the fact that we have more women than men in our acting company, a factor that Stella Duffy highlights in her article (Theatre of the absurd, 13 December). It makes sense to us to use the talent...
- 12/15/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
George Clooney has planned to turned West End's "Enron" stage into a movie, The Observer reports. The site additionally says the American actor/filmmaker will make the big screen adaptation without hiring the original director and cast members.
Rumor has it, the "The American" star is on board to produce and is likely to serve as director for the film, too. Lucy Prebble, who wrote the U.K. play, is reportedly booked to provide a script for the upcoming movie project.
Rupert Goold, who won Best Director award at the 2010 Olivier Awards for his work on "Enron", is reportedly frustrated not to be involved in the film. Philip Hedley, former director of the Theatre Royal Stratford East, says about the original team exclusion, "It's a great shame that the original talent hasn't been able to follow through, to put on to film what they've originally created," while another unnamed prominent theater director adds,...
Rumor has it, the "The American" star is on board to produce and is likely to serve as director for the film, too. Lucy Prebble, who wrote the U.K. play, is reportedly booked to provide a script for the upcoming movie project.
Rupert Goold, who won Best Director award at the 2010 Olivier Awards for his work on "Enron", is reportedly frustrated not to be involved in the film. Philip Hedley, former director of the Theatre Royal Stratford East, says about the original team exclusion, "It's a great shame that the original talent hasn't been able to follow through, to put on to film what they've originally created," while another unnamed prominent theater director adds,...
- 12/6/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
UK play's author will write screenplay but West End director and cast are dropped as Hollywood snaps up stage success
Enron, the stage play that has enraptured the West End with its depiction of an energy giant's rise and fall, is to be adapted for the big screen by George Clooney, the Observer has learned.
But, as the film attempts to emulate the success of its theatrical counterpart, it will be doing so without its British cast or director. Apart from playwright Lucy Prebble, who is now writing the screenplay having sold the film rights, the team that made the original UK staging is not involved in the movie.
"How do you compete with George Clooney?" asked Rupert Goold, whose production of Enron won him the Best Director award at the 2010 Olivier Awards. It is understood the Oscar-winning actor-director-producer, who was bowled over by the satire of greed, will co-produce...
Enron, the stage play that has enraptured the West End with its depiction of an energy giant's rise and fall, is to be adapted for the big screen by George Clooney, the Observer has learned.
But, as the film attempts to emulate the success of its theatrical counterpart, it will be doing so without its British cast or director. Apart from playwright Lucy Prebble, who is now writing the screenplay having sold the film rights, the team that made the original UK staging is not involved in the movie.
"How do you compete with George Clooney?" asked Rupert Goold, whose production of Enron won him the Best Director award at the 2010 Olivier Awards. It is understood the Oscar-winning actor-director-producer, who was bowled over by the satire of greed, will co-produce...
- 12/5/2010
- by Dalya Alberge
- The Guardian - Film News
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