Performance

Venue	Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	27th February 2001
Opened	28th February 2001
To	24th March 2001
When	Tues-Sat 20:00, Sun Mats 16:00
Prices	From £7.00. To £12.00.
Upstairs at the Gatehouse (V1170)
Current/Future Listings
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Wordsmith's Lament

Work:: Wordsmith's Lament (S1131211265)

Three plays, three directors, three styles: one evening charting the progress of the writing of a play through to rehearsal and finally into performance. Cleverly interlinked this satirical comedy examines the deconstruction of theatre and theatrical practices in today's artistic environment.

Author

Billy Woods

Production:: (T0274593746)

Producer	Alexander Holt (for [Tenth Planet])
Director	Emily Blacksell
Director	Alexander Holt
Director	Alex Scrivenor
Design	Katy Tuxford
Performer	Sam Talbot
Performer	Martin Carroll
Performer	Philip Bosworth
Performer	Victoria Burnham
Performer	Mike Burnside

Listing:: L2123158016

Reviews

UK Theatre Web: 10Mar01:
A witty feast for theatrical pundits with sombre undertones and hysterical madcap antics. The first piece in the trilogy seems to miss the point and the director has made odd choices, the second and third are amazingly funny and dark in their humour. With a major reworking of the first piece I would be interested to see how this fared in a more prominent venue. Paul Henderson

User Reviews

USER: UK Theatre Web (10Mar01): A witty feast for theatrical pundits with sombre undertones and hysterical madcap antics. The first piece in the trilogy seems to miss the point and the director has made odd choices, the second and third are amazingly funny and dark in their humour. With a major reworking of the first piece I would be interested to see how this fared in a more prominent venue. Paul Henderson

CORONAVIRUS: All venues in the UK were shut down on March 16, 2020, and the restrictions were finally lifted on July 19, 2021. It is important to mention that the UK Theatre Web archive listings (iUKTDb) from March 2020 to July 2021 might not be accurate due to the lack of information regarding rescheduled and cancelled shows.