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 See American Shorts in London
By Acheron on December 16, 2000 2:13 PM
FINBOROUGH THEATRE GUEST SEASON 2001
My Dog Graham Productions Ltd presents
AMERICAN SHORTS
A Double Bill of New American Comedies
The UK Premiere of The American Century by Murphy Guyer
The World Premiere of Bus Stop Blues by Kyle Mercer
Directed by David Pain. Designed by Maki Anzai. Lighitng by Bodil Anshus. Sound by Mayumi Hashimoto and Martin Webb with Wombat Records. Visit the website at www.AmericanShorts.com.
The American Century - A married couple blissfully reunited after the end of World War Two are interrupted in the act of procreation by the son they are actually making. He is back from the future and his careless revelations about their future family are horrifying for them and hilarious us. Murphy Guyer's wry comic tale engages the fascination of American therapy-dependent culture of the modern era and it's encroachment on convivial post War times. Murphy Guyer's plays have been produced at the Actor's Theatre of Louisville as part of the Humana Festival of New American Plays, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland and at the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference. International productions of his work have been seen in Moscow, St Petersburg and Tbilisi, while The American Century has received productions in Berlin, Moscow and at the Dublin Theatre Festival.
"A convulsively funny playlet, a blend of satire to be savoured" The Irish Times
"Absurd, highly original and guaranteed to send you from the theatre with a smile on your face…The writing is a delight" Irish Press
Bus Stop Blues - An absurdist story of a young man desperately in need of some direction in his life. He finds himself inexplicably detained at a bus stop by an elderly woman who claims to process the knowledge of the secret of longevity. "Specializing in dark-humored one-acts, Kyle Mercer's plays has received recognition from the Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival of New American Plays and the Cleveland Public Theatre's Annual New Plays Festival. Bus Stop Blues had its first (and only) public reading in Houston in March 2000 as part of the Country Playhouse's Eighth Annual New Plays Reading Series. Edward Albee attended the reading and provided a great deal of input into the finished version of the text.
American Shorts is produced by My Dog Graham Productions Ltd. It launched its website www.MyDogGraham.com four months ago which has attracted over 37,000 hits from all over the world. The company specialises in theatre and film. It has cast a New York music video; five short UK films; a commercial in India; and two short films in the US. The production staff for American Shorts are from a diverse spectrum of society including people from Japan, Norway, India, England and Wales. Director David Pain trained as a director at Rose Bruford College, London, and Stephen F. Austin University, Texas. He has directed many fringe productions in London and America including Massage (Old Red Lion), Benefactors (White Bear) and Black Mass (Downstage, Texas). Assistant Direction work includes Art ( Wyndham's), BBC Radio 4's Aladdin and The London New Play Festival (Finborough and the Gielgud). He also worked as a casting assistant on Steven Spielberg’s new $200 million TV series Band of Brothers. David also works as an actor. Stage work includes plays at the Donmar Warehouse, Manchester Library Theatre, Manchester Contact Theatre, Cardiff, Oxford, Birmingham and many others. He has also played roles in many major feature films including Labyrinth, Willow, and, most recently, a Gringott in the new Harry Potter movie and the new Yorkshire TV series, My Uncle Silas with Albert Finney. The company would like to thank the following people who have made generous donations towards the production: Terry Jones, Richard Wilson and Stephen Tompkinson.
PRESS NIGHT: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH 2001 AT 8.30PM
PHOTOCALL: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH 2001 AT 1.00PM-1.30PM
LISTINGS INFORMATION
Finborough Theatre, Finborough Arms, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED
(Five minutes from Earl’s Court Underground and West Brompton Underground and British Rail)
Box Office 020 7373 3842
Tuesday, February 6th-Saturday, March 3rd 2001
Tuesday to Saturday Evenings at 8.30pm
Sunday Matinee at 4.00pm
Tickets: £8, £6 concessions. Tuesday Evenings and Previews (February 6th and 7th) £5 all seats.
For press tickets, black and white photographs, colour transparencies and interviews,
please contact Neil McPherson on 020 7244 7439 or Melanie Hider on 01273 729268 or
melanie@mydoggraham.com
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RE: See American Shorts in London
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 18, 2000 12:28 PM
Ewing 3:16
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 21, 2000 7:46 AM
My shorts get bunched in my Ewing hole.
P.E. waz here
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 28, 2001 2:54 PM
Is it in your bobby's or your JR's
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 28, 2001 2:55 PM
It is such a bloody good show. I nearly pissed myself with laughter. It is a must to see.
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