Janis Joplin:Full Tilt hits Stratford East

A production that charts the rise of Janis Joplin, one of rock’s greatest female icons, opens Theatre Royal Stratford East’s 2016 season on 10 February 2016.

The show picked up multiple awards, and sold out its runs at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival and is directed by critically acclaimed theatre actress and director, Cora Bissett. Angie Darcy won a Musical Theatre Network Award in 2014 for her performance in the title role. The play has also won Scottish Arts Club Awards and the Edinburgh Arts Guild Award for best production.

Bissett, the show’s director, said: “I am absolutely delighted to be bringing Janis Joplin: Full Tilt to Theatre Royal Stratford East this February. The warmth, enthusiasm, sheer vibe and electricity of a Theatre Royal Stratford East audience is like nowhere else, and when Kerry Michael caught the Janis Joplin show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, we both knew it would find a perfect home here. Kerry Michael, artistic director at Theatre Royal Stratford East said: “Our manifesto at Theatre Royal Stratford East is to develop new writing in British Theatre through a variety of music genres. Janis Joplin: Full Tilt has done this with ease, merging a powerful story of a legendary icon and her incredible music.”

Peter Arnott’s production Janis Joplin: Full Tilt blends theatre with the feel and atmosphere of a rock gig. At some performances the role of Janis Joplin will be played by actor and singer/songwriter Hannah Jarrett-Scott.

JANIS JOPLIN : FULL TILT RUNS AT THEATRE ROYAL STARTFORD EAST FROM 10 FEBRUARY TO 5 MARCH 2016