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New Writing Season
by Grigory Ryzhakov and Michael Ross
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Dates 11-23 May 2010 Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions) for each show; £17 (£14 concessions) for both shows Venue: Barons Court Theatre, 28A Comeragh Road, Fulham, London W14 9HR Bookings: 020 8932 4747 / boxoffice@cp-theatre.org.uk | ||
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CAST USHERby Grigory Ryzhakov Agie - Saskia Solomons Ben - Sam Milsom Marina - Sibylla Meienberg Ann - Sadie Wilde THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE by Michael Ross Leon Shepherd - Mark Elias Compere/Peter - Pete Picton Mary - Sacha Walker Miss Delinsky - Isabel Carr Jimmy Murray - Julian Farrance Inspector - Tony Rowden
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CREW USHERby Grigory Ryzhakov Director: Sam Milsom THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE by Michael Ross Director: Andrew Cleaver Stage Manager: Ben Cowen Sound and Lighting: Sam Browne and Ben Cowen Costumes and Props: Sarah Charman Artwork: Harriet Russell Photography: Rajan Wadhera Publicity Assistant: Sarah Hiscock Producers: Sukhraj Dhillon, Jonathan Povey Executive Producer: Michael Hubbard With thanks to June Cooper at London Focus, Chris Deal, Rachel Goldsmith, Tammy Mitchell, Ron Phillips and Angels the Costumiers PRODUCTION NOTES USHER by Grigory Ryzhakov11, 13, 14, 15, 16 May, 7:45pm One evening Agie, a transsexual scientist, meets Ben, a young gay man with a hearing impairment. Ben and Agie are instantly attracted to one another, although Ben does not initially realise that Agie is a woman. The two become a couple, but later it emerges that Ben suffers from Usher Syndrome, a rare genetic disease, and is likely to become blind. Agie resolves to use her professional skills and contacts to assist him. Remarkably, she is able to cure the disease using gene therapy. But Fate has a further hand to play in this tale of love, guilt and forgiveness... THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE by Michael Ross18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 May, 7:45pm Comedian Leon Shepherd is at his wits' end. Unable to get a gig since the mysterious disappearance of his comedy partner at the Edinburgh Festival, he's spending another night in his squalid London bedsit, endlessly rehearsing his routine when suddenly the wardrobe door bursts open and out springs a bow-tied Yorkshireman to compere an evening of stand-up at which Leon must play the audience. His long-dead mother Mary has some uncompromising feminist material. She's followed by Miss Delinsky, the drama teacher who always told him he'd never make it on stage. There's also a spot by his former comedy partner Jimmy Murray, who has a bone to pick with Leon about exactly what happened on that cliff edge up in Scotland. When a police detective arrives to arrest Leon, it looks like the night's entertainment is at an end, but when he whips out a glove puppet, it seems he too is part of the show. But every joke needs a punchline, and like the best punchlines, this one will subvert everything that's gone before...
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