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Preview Ticket Sale – save up to a third!January 20th, 2010 by admin
All Mercury Fur preview tickets £8All tickets purchased for the 9th February to the 13th February performances of the first major London revival of Philip Ridley's Mercury Fur are now only £8. But hurry, with an offer like this there won't be many tickets for long!
First Rule of Fight Call is…..January 18th, 2010 by Chris Urch
Well today was a day of firsts. First day in our new home (Picton place.) First day for our new boy Mikey playing the role of Naz. And our first ever fight call! Now, the first rule of fight call is, you do not talk about fight call. The second rule of fight call is, you DO NOT talk about fight call. Therefore, all I will say is thank you to Roger for giving us some brilliant kick ass moves! As I mentioned earlier we moved into our new home today. The most exciting moment (bar the thought of finally rehearsing in a room above freezing) was seeing for the first time our performance space! And boy were we not disappointed. The space is perfect for the play. It has every essence that Phil describes the flat that the action takes place in should have. However, there is still a lot of work to be done on the space, and of course while we were downstairs in the warm punching and slapping (or in some cases – straddling – you know who you are). The Theatre Delicatessen family were all hard at work, sledgehammers in hand, knocking down walls, working very hard. (Ben and I showed our appreciation at lunch leaving them a gift of a few miniature hero chocolates Debs had bought for us all…we love our Duchess, she feeds us well!) Now that we have in a sense “blocked” the play, we are now concentrating on the “world” of the play, which has led to much more in depth discussion ranging from Child Soldiers, ghetto’s, apartheid, and much more. By the end of the day my brain was spinning, to be fair it might be just the fact that my brain had been engaged for more than two hours. Anyway, on a more personal note, I spent Saturday with Debs (who plays my mum,) and her beautiful daughter at her flat in Bethnal Green. Now I genuinely believe the one thing you can’t fake on stage is chemistry. And usually it’s either there or it aint. And I can safely say with this cast if there is one thing for sure we do have is chemistry, which is evident purely by how much we rip the p*ss out of each other at any given moment, we play, laugh and enjoy each other’s company. Any way I digress….Firstly thank you to Debs for cooking me the best baked potato ever! And although we had lots of fun (a few hours of Wii Just Dance later – or in other words “exercise”) we had covered a lot of ground on the play, getting those lines under our belts, and really asking the questions about our characters maybe we had been avoiding. And the one thing you can’t do with Mercury Fur – is avoid it! You have to live it! Till next time. And get buying those ticket’s people! Chris AKA Darren. Xxx
London…but as we know it?January 15th, 2010 by Tom Vickers
After concentrating on getting the play up on its feet the last few rehearsals, yesterday afternoon we went back to the drawing board and did some good old-fashioned impro, hotseating, and discussion. Most of this revolving around my character the Party Guest and his world. Throughout the play we see life as Elliot and his friends see it - a struggle to survive and to get by in a London that seemingly has no order. However, when we finally meet the Party Guest he's dressed in a smart suit and states that he works in the City. After all that has been witnessed and discussed throughout most of the play, does it really seem like a "City" exists? We explored how this London possibly works. Are there segregated parts perhaps? The East End is seemingly the most dangerous area. Where are the good areas? Is the City a good area?? Is the City the only good area??? Is the City just a stone's throw from becoming a dangerous area???? Is "good" even the right word to use?????!! We also discussed, through hotseating and impro, the idea of fantasy. Is Party Guest's fantasy the kind of thing that can easily be made reality? With real amateur violent footage, both sexual and non-sexual, so readily available on the internet I guess the answer would be yes. There is always someone who will be willing to find a way to make your fantasy real, however extreme, if you are willing to pay for it. But how on Earth does a well-off City Boy get in touch with someone like Spinx to make this happen?! I could quite easily ramble on for ages but I won't. These are many of the points we have been exploring. One of the great things about this play is that there is constantly more to explore and discuss. Anyway I'm off to eat a butterfly. A red with silver stripes I reckon. Yum! Bang bang bang. Take care and please book tickets. Thanks. Tx
Mercury Fur by Philip RidleyJanuary 9th, 2010 by admin
by Philip Ridley
Directed by Frances Loy “I love you so much I could burst into flames”theatredelicatessen to stage first London revival of PHILIP RIDLEY’S infamous Mercury Fur at a brand new alternative theatre space in the heart of the West End. In the savage wastelands of London, the East End has become a battleground and staying alive has become a day-to-day struggle. There, a gang have discovered the only way to survive is to deep-freeze their emotions and cater to the darkest fantasies of the rich. Together, they have prepared a party. The child has been woken from his drug-induced sleep. The make-up applied and the meat hook is glistening. Everything is in place. Now all that’s needed is a party guest… theatredelicatessen, the leading company in London’s emerging Pop-Up Theatre scene, are staging the first major revival of Philip Ridley’s visceral Mercury Fur – his most controversial play to date. We're hugely excited to be working so closely on this project with Phil, one of our generation's most prolific and inventive playwrights. Since its explosive premiere Mercury Fur has been performed throughout the world. As we enter a new decade, with all its unease and moral dilemmas, this brutal vision of love and violence is more relevant than ever. This is theatredelicatessen’s first production in their new performance space – a derelict four-storey nestled behind Selfridges and a stone’s throw from St Christopher’s Place. Previous critical acclaim for Mercury Fur includes: “There are moments that almost make your heart stop” THE TIMES “A play for our time...it is a play you need to see” THE SUNDAY TIMES “Grippingly visceral...Brutal and fascinating” THE INDEPENDENT “Stunning, superb...drags us into a circle of hell while affirming the indomitability of humanity's best instincts. Unforgettable.” VARIETY “Brutal, heartfelt and authentic...the plot is sickening and the characters are almost irredeemable. But in that 'almost' Ridley has found the human soul and driven a meat-hook right through its gut.” LA THEATRE REVIEW Mercury Fur runs Tuesday - Saturday, 9th February - 13th March 2010.
Happy New Year from Theatre Delicatessen!January 6th, 2010 by Roland Smith
The space is dead... Long live the spaceTheatreDelicatessen would like to wish all our friends and extended family a happy 2010!
The doors have finally closed on 295 Regent Street, and the preparations are taking place for our move to our new home. Meanwhile, rehearsals are well underway for production #6. Watch this space for more information - hopefully we will be able to fill you in on the details by the end of the week. In the meantime, you might be interested to know that Pedal Pusher was highlighted as one of Time Out's theatre picks of 2009. In fact, they said: “In ‘Pedal Pusher’, what Theatre Delicatessen managed to do with a couple of plastic chairs and some cycling shorts was pretty spectacular.” ‘Best of the year 2009: Theatre’ TIME OUT
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