Event: Signs Of A Star Shaped Diva
Theatre Royal, Stratford East
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| Title | Signs Of A Star Shaped Diva |
| Type of event | Theatre |
| Dates | 27 January 2010 - 06 February 2010 |
| Special dates | Matinee: Saturday 6 Feb at 3 pm |
| Time | 19:30 |
| Description | SIGNS OF A STAR SHAPED DIVA By Nona Shepphard Directed by Jenny Sealey and Nona Shepphard Starring Caroline Parker ***Press Night: 29 January at 7.30pm*** Graeae presents a unique one woman show, SIGNS OF A STAR SHAPED DIVA, at Theatre Royal Stratford East from 27 January – 6 February 2010 and then touring until the end of May 2010. The press night at Theatre Royal Stratford East is on 29 January at 7.30 pm. The play stars Caroline Parker in the dual role of mousy Sue Graves, who runs a funeral parlour, and Tammy Frascati, the famous international chanteuse who signs the songs of the stars in venues from the UK to Sydney to Las Vegas. Jenny Sealey and Nona Shepphard direct the play. The production is in association with Theatre Royal Stratford East. No one remembers mousy old Sue, the undertaker from Bingley Bridge. No one knows she is a Diva fanatic, until the day she is offered a cabaret spot at Harry’s Place. Overnight, Tammy Frascati is born and Sue finds herself hurtling to stardom and Las Vegas, signing the songs of her favourite Divas, Billie Holiday, Dusty Springfield, Ella Fitzgerald and Gloria Gaynor. But as success beckons Tammy, a handsome stranger pierces Sue’s heart. What can she do, can she have both? Caroline Parker gives a virtuoso performance as Sue and her alter ego Tammy as she takes us on a journey of fame, frocks and false eyelashes battling with the true love from Bingley Bridge. CAROLINE PARKER has a long association with Graeae. She has toured extensively with Neti Neti, Theatre Centre, Deafinitely Theatre and Fittings Media Arts. She played Sue Lee in the fourth series of BBC See Hear’s drama Switch, and more recently was seen playing a lip reading expert, Florence, on BBC’s undercover detective drama series Murphy’s Law. As “The Silent Diva” Caroline makes music and songs accessible to deaf people and sign language accessible to hearing people. NONA SHEPPHARD is a playwright and director of national acclaim. Recent writing includes A Tale for Winter, a play for young people based on Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, for Quicksilver Theatre Company; The Sacred Thread for the Sujata Bannerjee Dance Company and Boxergirl and Battlement, a new piece based on Hamlet. She is Artistic Director of ASC, a company based in New York, an external examiner for Drama Centre’s MA and Associate Director at RADA. JENNY SEALEY has been Artistic Director of Graeae since 1997. Recent productions for the company include Whiter Than Snow by Mike Kenny in co-production with Birmingham Rep; Blasted by Sarah Kane; Flower Girls by Richard Cameron in co-production with the New Wolsey, Ipswich and Static by Dan Rebelatto with Suspect Culture. She has also been developing a new strand of outdoor training and performance initiatives with Greenwich and Docklands Festival, Circus Space and Strange Fruit, an Australian sway pole performing company. Jenny was awarded the MBE in January 2009 and was recently appointed artistic director of Unlimited, the artistic counterpart of the 2012 Paralympic Games. 2010 touring dates include: 9 February The Junction, Cambridge 10 & 11 February Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton 17 February University of Bedfordshire Theatre, Bedford 18-20 February The Ustinov, Bath 19 & 20 April Lakeside Centre, Nottingham 23 & 24 April New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich 27 & 28 April Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough 1-3 May Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 5-9 May Tobacco Factory (The Brewery), Bristol 14 May The Hawth, Crawley 17-19 May The Door, Birmingham 20-22 May Royal Exchange Studio, Manchester LONDON LISTINGS INFORMATION The Venue Theatre Royal Stratford East Gerry Raffles Square London E15 1BN Dates and Times 27 January – 6 February 2010 Press Night 29 January at 7.30 Evenings at 7.30 pm Matinee: Saturday 6 Feb at 3 pm Box Office and Tickets Tickets and information: 020 8534 0310 Book online www.stratfordeast.com 27 & 28 Jan: £8 All other performances: £12, £15 (concessions £8, £12) Further information from: Anne Mayer Press Agent for Graeae 020 7254 7391 or 07764 192842 annemayer@btopenworld.com |
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| Name | Theatre Royal, Stratford East |
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Gerry Raffles Square Newham E15 1BN |
| Telephone | 020 8534 0310 |
| Website | www.stratfordeast.com |
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