Theatre Corsair

24/07/2013

Our Kickstarter page closed last week successfully over target! A heart felt THANK YOU to everyone who has supported the project so far, and to everyone who helped to spread the word. We could not have done it without you!

18/07/2013

ONE HOUR left of our Kickstarter campaign! Thank you to everyone who has supported The Cruel Mother so far! Any last minute support is very welcome, if you've been meaning to donate the time is now!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1137663198/the-cruel-mother-research-and-development

20/06/2013

Hi everyone,
As some of you know a few weeks ago we did a 10 minute scratch performance of our work so far on 'The Cruel Mother', at the Battersea Arts Centre, and had really positive and constructive feedback from our audience. That 10 minutes was made by meeting once or twice a week for a couple of hours, for about 6 weeks. The process of performing a work-in-progress and having feedback was incredibly useful. What we have now planned for is an intensive week of research and development in July, where we can workshop ideas with a slightly bigger group of actors, which will hopefully culminate in another scratch style performance in our rehearsal space.

At the moment we know how difficult it is for actors (or indeed anyone) to commit to projects when there is no pay offered. So in order to be able to pay a group of actors and creatives a [relatively modest] daily fee to be part of the development process, we have launched a Kickstarter campaign, with the hope that we'll be able to raise enough to be in a position to actually ask people to work with us, and have their commitment for the week.

'The Cruel Mother' is an incredible novel about memories, motherhood and madness. It is part autobiography, part family history, part historical account. It is providing us with very rich and challenging source material, which we want to do justice.

For the research and development week we're aiming to raise £1671 by July 18th. It would be great if you could have a look at our Kickstarter page, watch the short video that we've put together, and if you feel inspired it would be wonderful to have your support.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1137663198/the-cruel-mother-research-and-development

We would also be really grateful if you could circulate this to anyone else you know who might be interested in supporting the work.

'The Cruel Mother' is a play in development based on the novel by Siân Busby, and directed by Simon Ryninks.

05/06/2013

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03/06/2013

Thank you to BAC (Battersea Arts Centre) for having us on Saturday at Freshly Scratched. And to everyone we know who came down. Your feedback, and the experience as a whole, was incredibly useful and we are very grateful for your time, considerations, enthusiasm and support for 'The Cruel Mother'. THANK YOU. xx

26/05/2013

We are at the BAC next Saturday 1st June, 7pm performing 10 minutes, the first crumbs of our offering of The Cruel Mother, as part of the Freshly Scratched season. Here's a little 1 minute video we made by way of application to be part of the event...

http://youtu.be/AAOfEiadrcc

Despite its morbid subject matter, 'The Cruel Mother' will be as life affirming as the book it is based on. It's themes go beyond post­natal depression and i...

15/05/2013

Listings for Freshly Scratched at the BAC (Battersea Arts Centre)

https://www.bac.org.uk/resources/0000/0758/Freshly_Scratched_listings_for_PDF_upload.pdf?dm_t=0,0,0,0,0

01/05/2013

Website updates with new info about our work on The Cruel Mother:
www.theatrecorsair.co.uk

23/04/2013

We will be performing a 10 minute scratch of our work on 'The Cruel Mother' at the BAC on Saturday 1st June 2013, 7-9pm. Come along and see what we're up to!

16/03/2013

Very excited and honoured to finally announce that we are currently creating an adaptation of 'The Cruel Mother', a novel by the late Sian Busby. A fantastic, moving, personal, real story of memory, motherhood and madness. We'll be announcing our first venue to you next week, and hope you'll all be as excited about this as we are, and join us to see the show!

19/02/2013

This is a quiet whisper to say that we have news coming soon so please check back over the next few weeks...

23/08/2012

Latest review of The Dead Memory House, this time as seen and written by Steven Fraser from The Skinny. 5 stars!

"The bold performance of the three players from Theatre Corsair sculpt a beautiful dreamscape with a pure and raw physicality that needs to be experienced."

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/comedy/fringe_2012/302814-the_dead_memory_house_summerhall

The Dead Memory House is not just a performance, it is a window into a discreet selection of dreams and memories, where the audience plays the role of the third eye looking into the past of the characters.