how to not get murdered in one easy step

Alright folks! this is it. In honour of the 15 hours of rehearsal I had this weekend and occupied evenings from now until the 28th of November save two, I am cordially inviting you all to come see:

Henry V
written by Shakespeare
directed and reinterpreted by Peter Cockett
starring an ensemble cast of high talent including two South Alumni! (those being Damon [that's me] as well as my good friend [and hopefully your good friend as well] Ciara Murphy)

This has been eating up a fair amount of my time in the last little while, but I think it will be well worth it. Moreso than any other show I’ve been in in the past, I really feel kinda priveleged to be a part of this one. This is a real personal thing for the director, who told us that this is the one thing he’s done in his career that he truly cares about. And I think it’s probably worth caring about. It’s not your typical Shakespeare play… there’s a lot of added stuff, new scenes with no dialogue, a much pared down script, the ‘hero’ of the play is looked at a leeeetle bit more critically than is traditional, there’s guns, explosions, a lot of intensity, live and recorded video footage, and a Nick Cave song for good measure. It’s probably a little disturbing, so if you’re not up for that kind of thing be warned (still come, of course, but you might want to leave the kids at home)

I understand plans are in order for a bunch of people to trek on up from London this coming Saturday and that is awesome! I look forward to seeing you all and thank you profusely, but the more the merrier! The website above has infos on the showtimes etc (and a trailer!). Now for those of my comrades who aren’t in school (therefore technically not students) and still want to get the student rate (thereby saving ten bucks) because you’re poor like a student, my stage manager has advised me that if you purchase tickets over the phone in a situation where you can’t be asked to show a student card and just ask for student tickets you should be fine. She also said that if there’s a problem with that to yell at the people at the door to go get her. It should not be an issue though. And no complaining that ten bucks is too much, because it isn’t. (20 might be, though). Now I’m not trying to imply that if you don’t come I’ll kill you or anything like that, but I’m not ruling it out either. Also, feel free to recommend it to any parent or acquaintance or familymember etc that might happen to be vaguely interested in political theatre.

And while I’m making plans for you, I might as well get this one out of the way:
you are all also coming to see:

Problem Child
writer: George F Walker
director: Ashleigh Gillan
stagemanager: Damon Muma

Auditions: Nov 22, 23 and 25 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm in Com Base 10-8

Performance: January 26-28 in Robinson Memorial Theatre, Admission: Free.

Those of you who know me well (or have read my profile), probably know that George F Walker is my favourite playwright and possibly my favourite author altogether. Therefore, the opportunity to work on this production (and get scholastic credit for it, no less) is pretty freaking awesome! Working on this with Ashleigh and whoever ends up getting cast is going to be such a blast. Heck it would be awesome even if it wasn’t George F. The cake has so much icing it’s dripping on the floor, guys!