Oyster Creatives are returning home with their critically acclaimed newest production, “Oysters”, after wowing Australian audiences at the 2019 Adelaide Fringe. With sell-out shows and a bag full of 5-star reviews, Oysters is back, and is proud to be adding Sabina Arthur (“Game Of Thrones”, “Coronation St” and “The Vote”) to their cast. Distinguished violinist Eleanor Ryan reprises her role as The Musician.
Johannes Brahms is attending a party to celebrate the first performance of his Violin Concerto – but his genius is overshadowed by his self-destructive ego. His friends are all there, but everyone is caught in a seething cauldron of passionate recriminations – and darkly hilarious outcomes. Everyone has their own agenda – the arthritic, embittered and ageing Clara Schumann from his past: jealous, unstable virtuoso Josef Joachim; pompous and waspish critic Hanslick – and gentle friend and disciple Von Herzogenberg. As the evening progresses and emotions turn on a sixpence, the play moves to its extraordinary conclusion fuelled by turbulent feelings and farcical misunderstandings. Laughing through our tears we are continually challenged with the questions: Why art? – and what price do we pay for it?
Oyster Creatives
create new plays, fusing music, history and comedy, to tell compelling and
darkly funny tales, exploring the passions and foibles of iconic
characters.
Actor/Writer Neil Salvage, veteran of over 160 productions, working with the
likes of Mike Leigh, Richard Eyre, Antonio Banderas, Liam Neeson, Jim Broadbent
and others, stalwart of Royal National Theatre and London Old Vic Theatre
Companies, saw his screenplay “Caught in the Act” on release in 2008.
Actor/Producer Nicholas Collett has performed with the Royal Shakespeare
Company and in London’s West End. Co-founder of Third Party (Peter Hall Award
winners), writer/performer of Adelaide Fringe hits “Spitfire Solo” and “Your
Bard” and British Arrow Best Actor award winner.
Actor Sabina Arthur’s stage work includes The Vote (Donmar Warehouse),
Phillip Pullman’s Grimm Tales 1 and 2 (Bargehouse, South Bank and The Ditch),
Mystery Solved (St Martin’s Theatre, West End), Hamlet (Theatre Nation),
Ardent (King’s Head), Super Skinny Bitches (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Der
Ring Des Nibelungen (Royal Opera House). On screen, Sabina has appeared in Game
of Thrones (HBO), Coronation Street (ITV), Typical (Perty Productions) and
Damian (Adverto Studios). She won the Runner-Up Prize in the BBC Radio Drama
Norman Beaton Fellowship and can be heard as Sarah in BBC Radio 4’s WW1 drama,
Listening to the Dead.
Musician Eleanor Ryanis originally from Wellington, New Zealand where she gained her undergraduate degree in Violin performance from Victoria University, Wellington. She went on to achieve a Master’s Degree with distinction in performance from the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester, UK.
Eleanor has regularly worked with many top UK ensembles including the Hallé Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic and Northern Sinfonia. Alongside this work she developed her teaching career and held teaching positions in violin, chamber music and orchestral studies at the renowned Cheethams School of Music in Manchester.
From 2009-2018 Eleanor worked as Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Trinidad and Tobago. She recently took up the post of Head of Strings at Repton School in Derbyshire.
Amy Bonsallhas been a theatre director over 15 years and her work has been seen around the world. Highlights include assisting Dame Janet Suzman for the Baxter Theatre and the RSC in Capetown and Stratford upon on ‘Hamlet’ 04/05. ‘I’m A Minger!’ at The Arts Theatre London, The Latitude Theatre Festival, The Belgrade Theatre and UK tour 2008-10. ‘Chutney in the Street’ a festival piece that has toured to the Melbourne Festival and the UK extensively. ‘Romio Nditani Julieti’ a Chichewa Language translation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ which toured Malawi in 2016. Amy is also a published academic and she holds a PhD from the University of Leeds. Director Amy Bonsall is associate director of Bilimankhwe Theatre.
Set and costumes designed by Maddy Sinclair.
What the Adelaide press had to say about “Oysters”
“Delightful to watch” ***** Glam Adelaide
“A Superb piece of theatre” ***** Broadway World
“I’m going to need to start giving out six stars” *****(*) This and That
“Brilliant Performance” **** The Adelaide Advertiser
Oyster Creatives are proud to be embarking on this tour thanks to the generous support of the Arts Council of England.
Web: oystercreatives.co.uk Twitter: @oystercreatives
Facebook: oystercreatives2017 Trailer: https://youtu.be/z5j0Cddk3Gs
LISTING INFORMATION
Venue: The Guildhall Arts Centre
Time: 7.30pm Running Time: 120 mins (approx.)
Dates: Tuesday, 25th June
2019
Tickets: £8
– £12Bookings:
https://www.guildhallartscentre.com/whats-on/all-shows/oysters
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