Friday, December 5

Tag: Grace O’Keefe

Summoning Sondheim – The Glitch Theatre
London

Summoning Sondheim – The Glitch Theatre

The Queen of Cups presents Summoning Sondheim as part of the relaunch of Vaults before heading to 54 Below in New York in the autumn. Co written by Grace O’Keefe {best newcomer at Musical Comedy Awards 24) she has created a two woman show that centres around Stephen Sondheim the American composer and lyricist. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential people in the 21st C of musical theatre. The staging is intimate and minimal seating, the set is focussed on the candle lit alter placed in the centre of the room, the purpose being to attract the spirit of Sondheim. A séance, a place of worship to the great composer in the hope that he comes back to offer guidance and wise words to ‘Grace’ an inspiring writer who someday wants to become herself a renowned female scriptwr...
Bad Teacher – Etcetera Theatre
London

Bad Teacher – Etcetera Theatre

Not to be confused with the Cameron Diaz film in 2011, Bad Teacher offers a tongue in cheek look at the teaching profession and how this particular teacher manages to deal with the day-to-day frustrations of the job.  As an introduction, the screen on the backdrop projects news articles about Government cuts to education, mental health and general unrest within the teaching profession because of pressure, leading to teachers quitting. Evie is a 26-year-old drama teacher who feels that she is underpaid and underappreciated.  She has decided that as no-one has offered her a pay rise, that she must ask for it herself; you don’t ask you don’t get.  Today she is feeling the power of BPE (big pussy energy), so she feels superhuman.  Head of the arts department Nina is t...