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One of Britain’s most versatile actors who has appeared in everything from Dennis Potter dramas to Casualty is joining the cast of a supernatural thriller written by top playwright Alan Ayckbourn.
Joe McFadden has confirmed he will join the cast of Haunting Julia starring opposite Duncan Preston (Emmerdale, Dinnerladies), when the haunting play comes to Norwich Theatre Royal on November 5-10.
Joe McFadden. In Haunting Julia this November at Norwich's Theatre Royal.
The Scottish actor has appeared in a wide range of stage productions including Rent at the Shaftesbury Theatre, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying at Chichester Festival Theatre, and even Aladdin at the Lyceum in the West End.
His versatility has also spread to TV and he first came to small-screen prominence when he played the lead role of Dallas McCabe in Dennis Potter’s hit BBC comedy-drama Lipstick On Your Collar.
Joe’s other television roles including the BBC’s acclaimed production of The Crow Road, PC Joe Mason in ITV’s popular Sunday night hit Heartbeat, and the troubled drifter Alistair in Casualty.
He is joining the cast of the first-ever UK tour of the critically acclaimed London production of Haunting Julia written by the popular comedy writer Alan Ayckbourn.
Also in the cast are popular stage and TV actor Duncan Preston, and veteran actor Richard O’Callaghan who has enjoyed a wide-ranging career ranging form the UK theatre tour of Educating Rita and Twelfth Night at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre through Carry On films to Z Cars, Dalziel and Pascoe, and New Tricks on TV.
It also boasts a strong creative team. The director Andrew Hall has most recently been seen on TV playing Marc/Marcia Selby on Coronation Street and he is also an acclaimed director. His production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf starring Matthew Kelly was a huge critical and commercial success, and he has also just directed the European premiere of John Morogiello’s Engaging Shaw in Vienna.
Penned by renowned playwright Alan Ayckbourn, Haunting Julia breaks away from the writer’s normal rich seam of comedy to examine grief, obsession and the supernatural. The chilling production follows a father’s obsessive investigation into his daughter’s death trying to discover if she committed suicide or whether someone else was involved.
Haunting Julia, Monday 5-Saturday 10 November at 7.30pm, and Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. Tickets £5.50-£23. Discounts for Friends, Corporate Club, Over-60s, Under-18s and Groups.
BOX OFFICE 01603 630000. For more info or to BOOK ONLINE www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk
National Trust to debut new Wallace & Gromit animation over Jubilee Weekend
The National Trust has launched a campaign today teaming up with national treasures Wallace and Gromit to help lead the country’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
The loveable duo’s NEW mini animation will be shown for the first time ever at Trust places including Felbrigg Hall and Anglesey Abbey in the East of England. The funny flick has been specially created for the National Trust festivities and shows the pair preparing for the big weekend, by scaling the ladders to hoist the bunting up around a magnificent Trust manor.
The green grass carpet will be rolled out for the mini animation – A Jubilee Bunt-a-thon – and a behind the scenes documentary, which are to be exclusively screened at the Trust’s 70 Jubilee parties across the country. Their films have already met with the royal seal of approval with Camilla declaring that Wallace and Gromit are Prince Charles’ “favourite people in the world”.
The one-minute animation begins in the familiar setting of 62 West Wallaby Street with the ever faithful and long suffering Gromit sitting at his sewing machine making miles of bunting to adorn National Trust places across the country.
Tony Berry, Visitor Experience Director of the National Trust, comments:
“The National Trust and Wallace and Gromit are two of Britain’s greatest treasures and we felt it fitting that in this summer of celebration we should bring them together. We are holding our very own premiere of Wallace & Gromit’s Jubilee Bunt-a thon at our properties. It was made exclusively for the National Trust and we are really excited that it will encourage the nation to join us for an extra special Diamond Jubilee celebration.”
Nick Park, creator of Wallace and Gromit, comments:
“I have to pinch myself when I think how far Wallace and Gromit have come; from ideas in my head, to ‘film stars’ working with great organisations such as the National Trust, which the nation holds dear to its heart. At Aardman we are thrilled that Wallace and Gromit have had a chance to explore all the Trust has to offer – from helping to put up bunting to enjoying their Wensleydale cheese platter at a picnic. Wallace and Gromit are in for a cracking summer at the National Trust.
“The National Trust has a special place in my heart from a childhood memory of completing a paint- by- numbers at Stourhead, to Montacute House, on which we based Tottington Hall in the Curse of the Were-rabbit.”
Wallace & Gromit’s Jubilee Bunt-a-thon will be shown on 4th June at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk (11am – 10.30pm) and at Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire (10.30am – 5.30pm), where there will be some cracking Jubilee parties. As well as the debut of the mini animation and behind the scenes ‘making of…’ film, throughout the day visitors will be able to sit back, relax and watch some of our favourite Aardman films. There will be Wallace and Gromit model making workshops with trained Aardman animators (places limited on the day), themed trails, a variety of fun games for children and exclusive themed retail and catering treats for all the family.
Also, at Felbrigg Hall you can stay late and watch live coverage of the BBC’s Jubilee Concert from Buckingham Palace, where entry will be free.
For a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Wallace and Gromit film visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wallaceandgromit.
The film in numbers:
30 – number of people who contributed to the making of the film
3 – months it took to make
500 – hours taken to complete from storyboard to post production
60 – metres of bunting used to decorate West Wallaby Street and National Trust property
8 – hours spent brushing the grass with a fork to achieve the correct look
30 – kilograms of plasticine used
4 – number of Gromits used in filming
254 – weight in kilograms of the National Trust property in the film
Speed Up! is a new programme for 2012 of exciting international bands. With Norwich Arts Centre as the hub venue and events popping up elsewhere plus an installation in Fusion at the Forum, Speed Up! will be fast, loud, energetic and fun – a great addition to this year’s Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
Stuart Hobday, Director of Norwich Arts Centre says:
“We’re really excited to be bringing this new programme to Norwich as part of the Festival in May. These events will be experiences not forgotten by those attending, they promise to be immersive visually and sonically. It’s been great working with the Festival to develop this new initiative and we really think it will bring an extra dimension to the festivities in May. Whilst aimed at a younger audience i’d urge everyone to come along to at least one of these events and sample the energy and excitement of new music that is out there.”
The Fusion Gallery in the Forum will feature a specially made Speed Up! installation showcasing the brilliant DIY videos and visuals created by the bands appearing in the Speed Up! programme. The installation will include band members describing the creative process for their films and videos.
The programme kicks off with I.R.O.K on Friday 11 May at Norwich Arts Centre. I.R.O.K (the Intergalactic Republic Of Kongo) create psychotropic afro-punk. Contagious and violent, this is the sound of chaos, of ecstasy, of joy and of panic.
Mantra-happy Portland dance duo YACHT (Sunday 13 May at Norwich Arts Centre) will be flaunting their irresistible grooves, beguiling beats, sparkling synths and hooks so sharp they will pierce even the hardest of hearts.
Contemporary music group ESMERINE will be live on Monday 14 May at Norwich Arts Centre supported by Eric Chenaux. Co-founded ten years ago by percussionist Bruce Cawdron (Godpseed You! Black Emperor) and cellist Rebecca Foon (Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Mile-End Ladies’ String Auxiliary), they have one foot in the new music/experimental terrain and the other in the more visceral and lyrical landscape populated by the likes of Dirty Three (and GY!BE themselves).
Ready to unleash their debut album, HOLY STATE (presented by Norwich Sound & Vision on Friday 18 May at Norwich Arts Centre) have created a sonically inspired vision, an example of their passion to create honest, driving songs.
Both hailing from Norfolk, NATHAN FAKE & LUKE ABBOTT have been making significant waves in the electronica world via the Border Community Label. Nathan’s latest works have evolved into a much harder take on the electronica brief with a shift away from straight techno towards a more melodic sound. Luke’s live show is an eminently danceable creature. His hypnotic entrancements connect with something deeper seated within, and have already been rolled out to universal effect across Europe and the Far East. This joint headline show takes place on Saturday 19 May at Norwich Arts Centre.
DEATH GRIPS (live on Tuesday 22 May at Norwich Arts Centre) aggressive, dark, experimental hip-hop has been garnering much praise for it’s raw power and punk attitude. Expect their debut album to redefine hip-hop in 2012.
BALACLAVA KID & DAD will debut a brand new show for NNF12 at St Lawrence Church on Thursday 24 May supported by Transept. The two-piece, consisting of baritone guitar, drums, various live looping and bass effects, have been working on a new show to create an offbeat thunderous live experience within the intimate site of a disused church in the centre of Norwich. Inspired by feelings of nostalgia for their Welsh roots, the show seeks to explore the contrasts between beauty and bleakness, industry and dereliction and will apply the use of surround sound, 3D visuals and animations to evoke a wild frontier atmosphere.
The second joint headlining show in this programme features ZUN ZUN EGUI and TV BUDDHAS on Friday 25 May at Norwich Arts Centre. Zun Zun Egui are a band with a penchant for rocking the outer reaches. Live, they tune in and then explode, taking the audience with them urging every foot to dance.
Israeli punk pop trio TV BUDDHAS bring their own blend of alienation-drenched garage-punk. Their music is reminiscent of The Wipers and Dead Moon, with a heavier, Stoner guitar sound, and minimalistic drumming played on a stripped down kit.
As a music and graphic duet, GANGPOL UND MIT work in a peculiar world of digital pop, inhabited by colourful and geometrical characters. On Saturday 26 May at Norwich Arts Centre they will be performing ‘The 1000 People Band’ show, where the cartoon characters play live. The music jumps from synth assaults, woody flute, to mondo beats and cinematic harpsichord keys.
An exciting new exhibition of immersive digital prints and glitching video work by DAN TOMBS will run alongside the programme of music from Friday 11 May to Saturday 9 June. Dan’s work explores the cracks in video technology, building-in defects and looking for ways to pry apart the technical stability of an image. He physically corrupts circuits, creates short circuits, and exploits the code of systems, with wild and unpredictable results. This FREE exhibition will be open to the public between 10am and 6pm from Monday to Saturday.
The Fusion Gallery in the Forum will feature a specially made Speed Up! installation showcasing the brilliant DIY videos and visuals created by the bands appearing in the Speed Up! programme. The installation will include band members describing the creative process for their films and videos.
For ticket prices and more information on Speed Up! or to book tickets for these events please visit www.norwichartscentre.co.uk/speedup
SPECIAL OFFER! See the Norfolk & Norwich Festival shows I.R.O.K, Zun Zun Egi and Gangpol Und Mit for just £5!
Just quote ‘ENJOY NORWICH OFFER’ when booking tickets at the NAC box office 01603 660352.
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- 18/05/2012 - Shipwrecked! Back to 1897 May 18, 2012
- 18/05/2012 - A Walk Through Time: The Victorians May 18, 2012
- 18/05/2012 - Norwich 20 Group – Looking into 20 – paintings and sculpture at The Forum May 18, 2012
- 18/05/2012 - Tony Foster Paintings/Angela Harding Prints May 18, 2012