On this weeks Pilot Live - We talk to Katie Posner about directing Clocking In - Life in a Chocolate City. Performances form the 25th - 29th June at York Cocoa House. We also talk to Marcus Romer about all things Pilot Theatre.
Sophie Jewett from York Cocoa House talks to Pilot Theatre's Tom Bellerby about the Chocolate tins that were sent from the Lord mayor and Sheriff of York to all the York soldiers during the First World War.
We see a surviving tin with its chocolate and find out how the tin survived and about the person it was sent to.
Tune in to Pilot Live to get the lowdown on the amazing Blood + Chocolate production in York. With a community cast of hundreds this production uses the back drop of the York streets to set the scene. The next episode will be streamed live on 18th June at 7.30pm local time. http://pilot-theatre.tv
Enjoy a hot chocolate whilst we take you inside York's chocolate factories to explore what it was like to work in York's biggest industry. From the production line to the boardroom, using new interviews this documentary play celebrates the hidden stories of York's chocolate past and present.
Staged within York Cocoa House, where the art of chocolate-making continues to thrive, this will be a special event - one not to miss.
Directed by Katie Posner. Edited by Tom Cantrell from material by Script Yorkshire members and theatre students at the University of York.
All tickets £7 (Including hot chocolate)
Tickets can be booked at York Cocoa House, on 01904 635 755 or by going to http://clockingin.eventbrite.co.uk/
Performances 25th-29th June. 7pm and 8.30pm shows each evening.
All audience members will need to meet at York Theatre Royal
Clocking In forms part of the wider Blood + Chocolate project which sees a Citywide adventure come to the streets of York 3rd-20th October, 2013.
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#ROTC
Run. Keep running. You're doing the right thing. Lay low. Head down.
Don't look back. Just keep running.
And whatever you do, don't tread on the cracks.
Leonora Watts-Chan, Leo to her friends, world has been turned upside down. Her parents are gone and her bird-loving uncle is getting too close for comfort. She is only sure of one thing, she must get out. In a desperate bid to find the Grandparents she never knew, Leo jumps on a train to Glasgow, penniless and stealing food to survive. A nationwide hunt for her begins. Will she track down her grandparents, or will her uncle get to her first?
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#YorkChoc
Pilot Theatre, Slung Low and York Theatre Royal collaborate for the first time to bring the modern city of York to life with the stories of the workers and owners of the chocolate factories alongside those young men who gave their lives to defend the homeland.
Audiences will have a unique, intimate experience as they follow the story through the streets of York, watching the events unfold in and around some of York's landmark buildings whilst listening in to the characters' conversations and seeing the events unfold. Theatre as you have never seen, or heard it before.
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe
Produced by Pilot Theatre and York Theatre Royal
Adapted for the Stage by Roy Williams OBE
Directed by Marcus Romer
Working with patron Roy Williams, award winning company Pilot Theatre bring this searing text of class and the criminal justice system to the stage. This stunning new production, set in Britain's Olympic Year 2012, exposes the beating heart of a nation, still broken and still divided across class lines.
A long distance race in real time. We follow one runner, alone with his thoughts, becoming part of his journey as his steady running rhythm transports him over a harsh, frost bitten earth. Colin Smith is defiant. He is a young rebel inhabiting the no man's land of detention centres and young offenders institutes.
Why, for whom and for what is he running?
Adapted by BAFTA winning and Olivier Award nominated playwright Roy Williams (Sucker Punch, Fallout, Sing Yer Heart Out For The Lads), this gritty adaptation of Alan Sillitoe's classic text hits the ground running; unlocking the biting realism of the original book while placing the drama firmly in a contemporary frame.
#LDR2012 www.twitter.com/pilot_theatre
Find out more on Pilot Theatre's website: www.pilot-theatre.com
Cast
Elliot Barnes-Worrell as Colin Smith
Doreene Blackstock as Mum
Curtis Cole as Luke/Policeman
Dominic Gately as Stevens
Savannah Gordon-Liburd as Kenisha
Luke James as Gunthorpe
Jack McMullen as Jase
Alix Ross as Sandra/Guard
Sean Sagar as Asher/Policeman/Guard
Richard Pepple as Dad/Policeman/Trevor
Creative Team
Produced by Pilot Theatre and York Theatre Royal
Written by Alan Sillitoe
Adapted for the Stage by Roy Williams
Directed by Marcus Romer
Designed by Lydia Denno
Lighting Designed by Mark Beasley
Soundscape by Sandy Nuttgens
Staff Director - Tom Bellerby
Tour Dates
York Theatre Royal - 14-29 Sep
Birmingham Rep - 2-6 Oct
Gala, Durham - 9-13 Oct
New Wolsey, Ipswich - 16-20 Oct
Nottingham Playhouse - 23-27 Oct
Liverpool Playhouse - 30 Oct - 3 Nov
The Brewhouse, Taunton - 7-10 Nov
Winchester Theatre Royal - 13-17 Nov
Lawrence Batley, Huddersfield - 20-24 Nov
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Rehearsal Trailer for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Get a behind the scenes look at the rehearsal process and hear the thoughts of the actors on the forthcoming production.
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe
Produced by Pilot Theatre and York Theatre Royal
Adapted for the Stage by Roy Williams OBE
Directed by Marcus Romer
Working with patron Roy Williams, award winning company Pilot Theatre bring this searing text of class and the criminal justice system to the stage. This stunning new production, set in Britain's Olympic Year 2012, exposes the beating heart of a nation, still broken and still divided across class lines.
A long distance race in real time. We follow one runner, alone with his thoughts, becoming part of his journey as his steady running rhythm transports him over a harsh, frost bitten earth. Colin Smith is defiant. He is a young rebel inhabiting the no man's land of detention centres and young offenders institutes.
Why, for whom and for what is he running?
Adapted by BAFTA winning and Olivier Award nominated playwright Roy Williams (Sucker Punch, Fallout, Sing Yer Heart Out For The Lads), this gritty adaptation of Alan Sillitoe's classic text hits the ground running; unlocking the biting realism of the original book while placing the drama firmly in a contemporary frame.
#LDR2012 www.twitter.com/pilot_theatre
Find out more on Pilot Theatre's website: www.pilot-theatre.com
_Cast_
Elliot Barnes-Worrell as Colin Smith
Doreene Blackstock as Mum
Curtis Cole as Luke/Policeman
Dominic Gately as Stevens
Savannah Gordon-Liburd as Kenisha
Luke James as Gunthorpe
Jack McMullen as Jase
Richard Pepple as Dad/Policeman/Trevor
Alix Ross as Sandra/Guard
Sean Sagar as Asher/Policeman/Guard
_Creative Team_
Produced by Pilot Theatre and York Theatre Royal
Written by Alan Sillitoe
Adapted for the Stage by Roy Williams
Directed by Marcus Romer
Designed by Lydia Denno
Lighting Designed by Mark Beasley
Soundscape by Sandy Nuttgens
Staff Director Tom Bellerby
Tour Dates
York Theatre Royal - 14-29 Sep
The Rep, Birmingham - 2-6 Oct
Gala Theatre, Durham - 9-13 Oct
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich - 16-20 Oct
Nottingham Playhouse - 23-27 Oct
Liverpool Playhouse - 30 Oct - 3 Nov
The Brewhouse, Taunton - 7-10 Nov
Theatre Royal Winchester - 13-17 Nov
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield - 21-24 Nov
Katie Posner talks about Pilot Theatre and York Theatre Royal's co-production of Blackbird by David Harrower.
On tour 20 Oct - 3 Dec 2011
With George Costigan as Ray,
Charlie Covell as Una
Directed by Katie Posner,
designed by Lydia Denno
Pilot Theatre's new production with the cast and images from the design with a new promo track for the show composed by Sandy Nuttgens - #kissbythebook
Pilot Theatre and York Theatre Royal's Hansel and Gretel; Playing at The Byre Theatre in St Andrews from 28th July until 14th August at 2.30pm and 7pm every day.
Show notes:
Written by Nick Lane
Directed by Amanda J Smith
Music by Richard Taylor
Designed by Lydia Denno
Lighting Design by Chris Randall
Stage Managed By Mary Browning
Video Notes:
Music by Richard Taylor
Featuring: Amanda J Smith
Ebony Feare (Gretel)
Robin Simpson (Hansel)
Video & Edit by Katherine Jewkes on behalf of Pilot Theatre.
5circles KMA Pilot Theatre 2012 Olympics Application Bid for Artists Taking the Lead
We were selected down to the final 5 for the award
The promo for the application which had music by Sandy Nuttgens and Johnny Kalsi, images and visuals by KMA - mixed by Mezzo Music
Catcher - the new play by Richard Hurford
For Pilot Theatre with York Theatre Royal
Interviews with Suzann McLean - Director
Ronan Summers - Actor
Mitzi Jones - Actor
Pilot Theatre and York Theatre Royal present The Fever Chart by Naomi Wallace.
Directed by Katie Posner and Marcus Romer.
Designed by Catherine Chapman
Cast: Lisa Caruccio Came, Sidney Kean, Daniel Rabin
All images by Louise Buckby for Karl Andre Photography and Toby Farrow for Farrows Creative.
Shift Happens: ALT Shift [Arts | Learning | Technology] will be happening again on 5th & 6th July 2010
http://www.pilot-theatre.com/redesign/default.asp?idno=17061
In our awareness of being increasingly a part of a global community, Pilot Theatre continues to embrace the opportunities presented by digital technologies for connection, engagement and distribution.
The first Shift Happens conference in 2008 was a watershed event for the industry, we had speakers from the New York Met Opera and their live HD work as well as live links with Silicon Valley.
This was followed with our Shift Happens 2.0 event in 2009, where we had speakers including Charles Leadbeater, Andy Hobsbawm, Lyn Gardner, Bill Thompson and DK, again with live links to Australia with Kate Foy and San Francisco with Janice Fraser.
We are delighted to be developing this through an extended third event 5th-6th July 2010.
Where our speaker list already includes Sir Ken Robinson (World renowned expert on Creativity and author of The Element and Out of our minds) Jonathan Harris (We Feel Fine and Sputnik), Alice Greenwald (Museum Director 911 Memorial Museum NYC), David Sabel (Head of Digital Media, National Theatre), DK (Mediasnackers) and many more in the pipeline.
The story of the York Chocolate Tin
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner - audience reaction video
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner - Production Trailer
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Rehearsal Trailer
Romeo & Juliet - Pilot Theatre - Kiss by the book
5circles KMA Pilot Theatre 2012 Olympics Application
Catcher - interview with the cast and team
The Fever Chart - Three Visions of the Middle East
Shift Happens: Arts, Learning and Technology
5circles KMA and Pilot Theatre Cultural Olympiad Project
