As part of Rose Bruford College’s Symposium 2013 -
Asking the Question, Questioning the answer
The Stanislavski Centre is presenting the following events.
Nocturne: Benjamin Britten
Tony Palmer
The award-winning director Tony Palmer, will introduce a special preview screening of his new film Nocturne, about the life and work of the composer Benjamin Britten, the centenary of whose birth is being celebrated this year.
Tony Palmer is one of the world’s leading directors of music documentaries and historical drama films. He has won over forty international prizes for his work, including television’s most coveted award, the Prix d’Italia; indeed, he is the only person to have won this prize twice. His filmography of over 100 films includes Wagner, starring Richard Burton, with Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Vanessa Redgrave. Described as “A masterpiece” by The Sunday Times; and as “one of the most beautiful films ever made” by the Los Angeles Times. His theatre work has included opera productions in Zurich, Hamburg, Munich, Berlin and Helsinki. He directed the Russian premiere of Wagner’s Parsifal with Placido Domingo in the title role, and was the first Western director to be invited to work at the Bolshoi in Moscow. He also directed the West End production of John Osbourne’s Deja Vu, and won a Sony award for his presenting of the BBC Radio 3 arts magazine, Night Waves.
The Barn Theatre, Monday 8th April @ 18.00
Tickets are FREE – BOOK NOW online @
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A Terence Rattigan Masterclass
Adrian Brown
In partnership with The Terrence Rattigan Society, we welcome the director Adrian Brown, who will lead a workshop on the staging of scenes from two of Rattigan’s plays: The Sleeping Prince and The Winslow Boy.
Adrian Brown is a British theatre and television director. He was nominated for a BAFTA with Peter Griffiths for his direction of The Caucasian Chalk Circle in 1985 and won an International Emmy for Thames TV in 1987 for an adaptation of William Luce’s The Belle of Amherst starring Claire Bloom. He directed the world premiere of Less Than Kind by Terence Rattigan at the Jermyn Street Theatre in 2011.
In a recent interview, published in The Telegraph, Brown said of Rattigan “I don’t think he’s Ibsen or Strindberg, to be honest. I don’t think he’s one of the great literary figures. But he was a very, very good playwright, and it’s high time we acknowledged and respected that.”
The Barn Theatre, Wednesday 10th April @ 19.00
Tickets are FREE – BOOK NOW online @
http://store.bruford.ac.uk/browse/department.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=10
All events take place at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, Lamorbey Park, Sidcup, DA15 9DF.
Tickets to all of these events are free, but must be booked in advance.
For further details, please contact Dr Paul Fryer ([email protected])
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