The Edinburgh Gang at the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh – Callum, Teryn, Jamie and yours truly..!
Hello friend,
Well, ‘The Birth of Frankenstein’ at the Edinburgh Fringe went well, considering only three months before it started, we had just an idea, two scenes from Robert Lloyd George – and no money!Edinburgh is the biggest open Arts Festival in the world and to be honest, it was tiring and stressful to get it all together in time. But, the cast were great – it always makes it worthwhile for me when I see actors shine – and we had some fantastic reviews and feedback, selling out a few times too! And then we performed three nights in my beloved Birmingham. So an intense, but fantastic few months. And thank you SO much if you came to see us.
So to Autumn. (Fall for our American friends!) and we’re still pushing ahead with things.
If you’ve ever wanted to create your own theatre, then look at our next ‘Diploma in Creative Producing For Theatre and Live Events’. It’s an online, live, 12-week part-time (Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-9pm) and starts in November. See http://www.TheatreProducerTraining.com for more details.
Also, after a gap of many years, we’re returning to teaching L.A.M.D.A. exams (The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) for people over ten years old. The course starts with a first meeting on Monday 9th October and is for 10 weeks, live in London or online wherever you live. We had a lot of success with this in Birmingham some years ago. (We had a few of our young actors in Harry Potter films) The BIG difference this time, is that we have a new actors agency, MaverickTalent UK, so our learners, if we take them on, might be able to work in professional films, TV, theatre or commercials. If you’d like to know more, please see our website.
Our London Literary Pub Crawl is out every Saturday in Soho, London or ANYTIME if you have a party.
I used to work at Shakespeare’s Globe in London and after the success of my Shakespeare adaptations, I wrote a Shakespeare Tavern Tour for the bard’s 400th birthday. Due to a party of women – from Stratford on Avon actually – last month asking for a Shakespeare tour, we’ve decided to bring it back. At the moment it will go out every Thursday and will be on our website soon at http://www.LondonLiteraryPubCrawl.com
As storytellers and due to the success of the memoir I edited some years ago ‘Confessions of a Butcher Boy’ which has sold around the world and because of my past BBC and commercial radio experience, we’re starting a new offering to help raise funds for Maverick, (which is a registered not-for-profit charity) We’re calling it Maverick Memories and we want to get it live before Christmas so you can gift it to a loved one or parent.
We all know how important our family stories are – so keep them forever with our new service. This is personally very important as my Dad dropped at Arnhem in the Second World War and although he eventually told me his story and I recorded it on a cassette tape (ask your parents!) the tape disappeared and a bit of living history has gone forever.
We’re going to offer three options –
60 minutes of memories… an hour-long interview with the storyteller, recorded and edited and then presented as an MP3 and stored forever on our exclusive website
Music From My Life… an hour-long interview, featuring 5 of the storyteller’s favourite songs.
This is My Life… a book of your memories, written from interviews.
CineMe… an hour-long video interview with the storyteller.
If you’d like to know more, please email memories@mavericktheatre.co.uk
And talking of Christmas (I know) my version of A Christmas Carol with Guy Masterson is touring again from November… including three weeks Off-Broadway in New York! I may HAVE to go and check on my production! Deets at http://www.TheChristmasCarol.co.uk
And I now have nearly 8,000 followers on BohemianBritain.com Thanks so much. It’s a messy collection of allsorts!
Quite a long newsletter. Thanks for sticking with it!
Love and manly hugs,
Nick x
Nick Hennegan
Artistic Director, producer and teaboy.
http://www.MaverickTheatreCompany.com
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