Past

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Broadway Studio Theatre / 2 - 27 February 2011

Presented by Polly Bennett, Gabriella Best, Sarah Calver, Amy Cook, Matthew Evans, Louie McKenna, James Utetchin, Oscar Wood

Hermia loves Lysander. Demetrius is hoked on Hermia. He's pursued by Helena, but no one's keen on her. With mischief lurking in the forest, magic's going to turn their world upside down.

Gameshow's supercharged take on this classic tale combines a relish for Shakespeare's verse with original music and a tight ensemble cast.

Matthew Evans (JMK Award Winner 2010) directs this vibrant and fun black comedy.

"phenomenally imaginative, overflowing with ideas" (Theatre Fix)

See what Broadway World thought of the show here

"I've never seen schoolchildren enjoy Shakespeare so much" - Martin Costello, Artistic Director, Broadway Theatre

The Gameshow Chorus

Arch 468 / November 2010 / Directed by Emily Lim and Matthew Evans

A ten-strong chorus led by two directors explores rhythm in words, music and movement. Gameshow will run three workshops asking the question 'does an ensemble have a sixth sense?' at Arch 468, Brixton.

The Gameshow Chorus:

- developed ideas through collaboration

- drew on the traditional role of a chorus in ancient drama

- devised original work

- collaborated with performers from a variety of backgrounds, including dance and physical theatre

This work will be the starting point for a future, full-length Gameshow production and was kindly supported by Arch 468.

Show Us Yer Guerilla Bits!

The Cut Bar, Young Vic / August 2010.

Presented by Charlotte Bayley, Mike Evans, Jo Tyabji

An evening of pop-up theatre, guerrilla art and walkabout work in The Cut Bar at the Young Vic, curated by GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN. A work in progress night that re-imagines performance space and lets you choose to be anywhere between incognito and in your face. Gameshow presents Soliony versus Irina: using the characters from Chekhov's Three Sisters as a starting point, Gameshow asks the question 'When does behaviour become performance?'

The Jewish Wife

BAC / July - August 2010.

Presented by Jack Chedburn, Martyn Dempsey, Matthew Evans, Kristin Hutchinson, Mark Lockyer, Ben Monks, Christopher Nairne, Manuel Pinheiro, Sholom Secunda, Daniel Saleeb, Moi Tran, Will Young

Frankfurt, 1935. As a fascist government takes control, a woman plans her escape. This year's JMK award-winner takes a fresh look at a work of personal tragedy and national travesty. A woman abandons her home, friends and family in an intimate moment played out across 1930s Germany. Immersing the audience in a landscape of domesticity and fear throughout the building, director Matthew Evans presents epic theatre on a small scale.

Fear of Music

Gardeners Arms, Oxford / November 2009.

Presented by Charlotte Bayley, Louis Brooke, Hasan Dixon, Matthew Evans, Barney Norris

A reading of Barney Norris's new play in development, a coming of age story about brothers, bird-watching and a bunch of cassettes.

The Spanish Tragedy

The Old Chapel, St John's Wood / Corpus Exhibition / October 2009.

Presented by Charlotte Bayley, Louis Brooke, Matthew Evans, Christopher Nairne, Jennifer Pick, Jo Tyabji, Julia Vandoorne, Oscar Wood. In association with Henry Little and HRL Contemporary.

The Spanish Tragedy is the original revenge tragedy, Thomas Kyd's renaissance drama revitalised with five actors, dynamic physicality and original soundtrack.

The Tiger That Isn't

City of Edinburgh / August 2009.

Presented by Matthew Evans and Matthew Ryan.

Statistics on the streets of Edinburgh. A two-man adaptation of the book about number, maths, statistics and more fun besides. Dial-a-Tiger, choose a chapter, and every two minutes we'll sing you Cilla Black.

The Drummer

The Space, Isle of Dogs / March 2009.

Presented by Matthew Evans, Ben Hunt, Inigo.

A drummer finds a stool and drumsticks. He starts playing the invisible drum kit in front of him. Piece by piece, the kit is assembled. Sometimes we hear things when we don't see them. Sometimes we see something before we hear it.

I Know a Bank

Fiddlers Island, Oxford / December 2008.

Presented by Philip Aspin, Charlotte Bayley, Louis Brooke, Sam Caird, Matthew Evans, Natasha Kirk, Rachel Lob-Levyt, Bryerly Long, Will Macullum, Aisha Mirza, Charlotte Norris, Sean O'Reilly, Matthew Ryan, Chris Stefanowicz, Eva Tausig, and Leo-Marcus Wan.

I know a bank was an explosion of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, set on Fiddlers Island halfway across the River Thames in Oxford. The audience were immersed in the magic and madness of the wood, following the lovers, the fairies and the mechanicals with the unexpected lurking behind the next tree.