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The Ox and the Ass
Written by Gillian Plowman Directed by Gene David Kirk Performed by Daryl Bennett and Robert Iles
We are all prisoners. Some of the State, Some of obsession. Some of our own needs.
A beautifully observed play on a dysfunctional relationship between father and son. Henry (Daryl Bennett) welcomes his father Jeremy (Robert Iles) into his flat and his life; but their lives are worlds apart giving them little in common. Jeremy is ex-landed gentry, disowned by his family when he turned to a life of crime, a life he seems unable, or unwilling, to renounce. Henry is a teacher with unreachable and self-imposed morals who becomes deeply affected by his father's arrival as the past comes to question the present.
February 8, 9, 10 at 8pm – All tickets £10
Theatre 503 - 503 Battersea Park Road - London - SW11 3BW
Box Office 020 7978 7040
www.theatre503.com
For more details please contact Theatre503 (info@theatre503.com) or the Director, Gene David Kirk (gene@gdkirk.co.uk)
This production is sponsored by UK Theatre Web
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Further Details
Gillian Plowman: Gillian won the Verity Bargate award in 1988 with ME AND MY FRIEND, a poignantly funny play about the release of four patients from a psychiatric hospital into the community. It was first produced at the Soho Poly Theatre in 1990 and at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1992, directed by Ian Rickson. There have been many fringe and festival productions of Gillian’s work since then and Samuel French has published a canon of her plays. The Jermyn Street Theatre is planning to produce CROOKED WOOD in 2007. Gillian is at present working on a fifth radio play for the BBC and a new stage play is in development with the Oval House theatre. http://www.gillian-plowman.co.uk
Gene David Kirk: Gene is the Complementary Programme Director for Theatre 503. Recent directing credits include the world premiere of THE ASH BOY by award wining playwright Chris Lee, EQUUS by Peter Shaffer and ARABIAN NIGHTS by Dominic Cooke. He also worked on the world premiere of FUTURES by Rebecca Pritchard and the UK premiere of LAST TUESDAY by Donald Margulies for Theatre503, and many rehearsed readings. Gene has worked very closely with Motley Theatre Design, RADA the National Theatre Studio and the University of Essex as a director and writer. http://www.gdkirk.co.uk
PostScript Theatre Company: Postscript Theatre Company (PST!) have produced and toured a number of plays including Gillian’s ANOTHER FINE MESS and Gene’s ALL ALONE. http://www.postscript-theatre.co.uk
UK Theatre Web: UK Theatre Web (UKTW) have been providing on-line information and web services to the theatre industry since February 1995. http://www.uktw.co.uk
Daryl Bennett: Daryl has been seriously involved with drama for most of his adult life. He has acted in a number of Gillian Plowman's plays and is a member of RAFTA and Flat Four.
Robert Iles: Has appeared at the Cockpit Theatre, Theatre Royal (Lincoln), Key Theatre (Peterborough), Lakeside (Colchester) & Blakehay (Weston-super-Mare) amongst others. He has been a member of the original cast for a number of Gillian's plays and is a member of the Blakehay Actors Company, RAFTA and Flat Four. Robert is co-founder of UK Theatre Web.
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