The Elephant Man By Bernard Pomerance
Directed by Bruce Guthrie
"A Giant of a play!"
Clive Barnes, New York Post
Bernard Pomerance's acclaimed play is based on the brief life of John Merrick. Abandoned as a child and shunned by society the horribly deformed Merrick survives as a freak show attraction until a famous young doctor rescues him from his life on the streets. Evolving from a sensational object of pity to the urbane and witty favourite of the aristocracy and literati, his belief that he can become a man like any other is a dream tragically never realised.
The Elephant Man is still as powerful and contemporary as when it first received critical acclamations for the 1979 Broadway production, winning all major drama awards including three Tonys, three Obies, the Drama Desk Award and the New York Drama Critics award.
Creative First present this new production, directed by their founder Bruce Guthrie, following their sell out runs of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me (Edinburgh Festival) and The Long and The Short and The Tall (Pleasance Theatre).
Olivia Wybraniec [More To Life...]
Tina in A Sate Affair by Robin Soans [with Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Andrea Dunbar] @ The Greenwood Theatre, London Bridge.
Dan Large [More To Life..., Devoid of Ears, Auditions..., Best Man]
Lighting a production of Golden Girls in the Embassy Studio at Central.
Chris Bhantoa [More to Life..., The Reality Checker]
Duke of Orleans in the National Youth Theatre's Anniversary production of Henry V at The Hackney Empire.
James Marshall [Inventing Danny, Fantasy League..., Tears of a Clone, Suitcase Man, Sins Attached]
Production assistant on the latest series of The Catherine Tate Show [BBC 2] now airing. The Swaggering Soldier, [Edinburgh 2006]
Jenny Wafer [Out of Time, Feint Traces…, Losers’ Guide, Inventing Danny, Fantasy League…, Tears of a Clone, Suitcase Man…, Sins Attached]
The Regina Monologues [Written with Rebecca Russell - Edinburgh 2006] Sell-out show, great reviews.
Jon Croker [Out of Time, Feint Traces…, Losers’ Guide, Inventing Danny, Fantasy League…, Suitcase Man…, The Best Man]
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire [Director’s Assistant]; Director, The Best Man: DVD now available; movie on the Film Festival circuit. www.thebestmanmovie.co.uk
Lou Wallace & Danny Swanson in The Best Man, directed by Jon Croker
Danny Swanson [Suitcase Man, Auditions…]
Recreates his eponymous rôle from the stage show of The Best Man, Glyn Maxwell's verse monologue [Edinburgh 2004] in the film, now on DVD. [Spot the Artistic Director propping up the bar in the club scene]. www.thebestmanmovie.co.uk
Danny Swanson as Bailey in The Best Man [Felix Films]
Posy Miller [Feint Traces…]
Her posthumous appearance in the eponymous rôle in Guy Rowland’s film Sam Jackson’s Secret Video Diary can now be seen on DVD after the Raindance Film Festival nomination in 2005. [Spot the Artistic Director, yes, propping up the bar in the club scene]. www.molehillproductions.co.uk
Posy Miller as Sam Jackson in Sam Jackson's Secret Video Diary [Molehill films 2005]
Posy Miller as Sam Jackson in Sam Jackson's Secret Video Diary [Molehill films 2005]
