Casting announced for Joe Orton’s Loot at Park Theatre

Casting announced for Joe Orton's Loot at Park Theatre and Watermill theatre Newbury

Casting has been announced for Michael Fentiman’s 50th Anniversary production of  Joe Orton’s classic dark comedy Loot playing at the Park Theatre from 17 August – 24 September 2017. Joining the previously announced rising British stars Calvin Demba (Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award nominee, The Red Lion, National Theatre) and Sam Frenchum (Private Peaceful, Grantchester) and the award-winning Sinéad Matthews (Mrs Elvsted in Ivo van Hove’s Hedda Gabler, National Theatre), are Christopher Fulford (Winston Churchill in Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert, The Crucible, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Ian Redford (The Alchemist, Mad World My Master, Candide, all for the RSC) and Raphael Bar (national tour of Out of Order) with Anah Ruddin. When it premiered five decades ago, Loot shocked and delighted audiences in equal measure and it scooped the Best Play of the Year  Award in the 1967 Evening Standard Awards. This production commemorates three 50-year anniversaries: … Read more

Initial casting announced for Joe Orton’s Loot at Park Theatre

The Park Theatre has announced that Calvin Demba, Sam Fremchum and Sinéad Matthews will lead the cast of the 50th-anniversary production of Joe Orton’s Loot when it opens at the Park Theatre on 17 August 2017. Winning the 1967 Evening Standard Award for Best Play Of the Year in 1967, Loot delighted and shocked audiences in equal measure. The production will star Calvin Demba (Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award nominee, The Red Lion, National), Sam Frenchum (Private Peaceful, Grantchester) and award-winning Sinéad Matthews (Mrs Elvsted in Hedda Gabler at the National Theatre). Further casting is to be announced. Loot is to be directed by Michael Fentiman, designed by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Elliot Griggs, sound design by Max Pappenheim. Loot will play at the Park Theatre from 17 August – 24 September 2017. BOOK TICKETS FOR LOOT AT PARK THEATRE

REVIEW: The Red Lion, Dorfman Theatre ✭✭✭✭

The Red Lion at the National's Dorfman Theatre

Marber is not writing just about football. The play is fundamentally about notions of masculinity as well as about modern society. The trio represents a kind of football holy trinity – all connected, and representing father, son and spirit. Which of the trio fulfils which role is not always clear, sometimes shifts, and this is perhaps the most interesting aspect of Marber’s play. Calvin Demba is adept at displaying Jordan’s naivety as well as his darker, more complex side. Peter Wight is compelling as the sad, lonely, committed club man, Yates, whose life is entirely centred on the game and The Red Lion.