CURRENT PROJECTS
Bus Talk @ Blackshaw Social Club
2012
Isley Lynn - Contributing Writer
Isley Lynn’s diminutive drama, set on a bus, is selected to be staged as part of Blackshaw’s first New Writing Night of 2012.
Performance:
Monday 31st January - The Horse, London
2012
Isley Lynn - Contributing Writer
A night of new writing in response to the Occupy Movement.
Performances:
Friday 17th and Saturday 18th February, 8pm - The Bank Of Ideas, London
Sunday 19th February, 3pm & 7pm - Arcola Theatre, London
PAST PROJECTS
2011
Isley Lynn - Contributing Writer
Isley Lynn’s very short, very jocular The Interview, selected for performance as part of Blacklight Theatre’s Taleblazers at the Southwark Playhouse, a night of shorts by emerging writers, actors and directors.
Seymour wants to give Jeremy the job. There’s just one thing that stands in the way: Seymour’s girlfriend.
Performed: Sunday 23rd October 8pm, Southwark Playhouse
http://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/events/taleblazers/
View photos from the production on our Photos Page
2011
Isley Lynn - Contributing Writer and Performer
London has been devastated by an unprecedented natural disaster. In an inner-city hospital, closed to the hordes of injured citizens gathering outside, isolated patients and medical staff struggle to hold themselves together in spite of the mounting panic.
Written and performed by NT Entry Pass members in response to the 2010 NT/ Headlong production Earthquakes in London.
Performed: Saturday 16th July, 6.30pm and 8.30pm, National Theatre John Lyon Studio
2011
Philipp Ehmann - Director
Isley Lynn - Writer
A unique, episodic theatre performance taking place as part of this year's Exeter Fringe Festival, spanning the entire 11 days of the festival.
“Annamaria Celina Handler, Exeter University student and expectant mother, was found dead in her car yesterday. The death has been identified by officials as a suicide. Close friends have expressed their shock at the news, saying the 22 year old was “friendly, fun and looking forward to the future”. Annamaria (called Celina by her friends) was engaged to a young police officer from Totnes, and housemates say her belongings were already packed to move in with him this month in preparation for the birth of their first child. A memorial service will be held for those who knew her.”
Celina’s best friend thinks something is up - and she wants your help getting to the bottom of it.
Part theatre, part pervasive game, all the action is played out live and online with one-to-one performances, group spectacles and interactive installations. Talk to the Celina’s friends and family, root through her belongings, swap discoveries with other audience members, and find out why her life’s end is only the beginning…
23rd June 2.30pm - 3.30pm
27th June, 5pm-8pm - drop in any time
29th & 30th June (30 minute performance, organized around participant’s own availability)
2nd July 10.30am - 12 noon
Performance venues have yet to be confirmed.
2011
A TrailBlaze Theatre Company Production
Isley Lynn - Contributing Writer
Lust, romance, fear and cake on your face. The big day has finally arrived - so this is marriage? Brighton based company, TrailBlaze, invites you to an interactive and immersive wedding reception; one you'll never forget. Sip on bubbly, find hidden secrets in dusty cupboards and gossip with Grandma. With live music, speeches and a buffet- what could possibly go wrong?
Performed: 7th-9th May, Marlborough Theatre, Brighton
2010
Philipp Ehmann - Director
Taking techniques from theatre of memory, and post-dramatic theatre we have been exploring themes and elements in and surrounding Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’.
The presented world is deconstructed and fragmented and has been created using various techniques from devising to scriptwriting and looking at a variety of practitioners from Kantor to Boal.
Follow a now teenage Alice as she revisits her shattered memories of wonderland.
Performed:
Fri 10. Dec. 7:30pm, Sat 11. Dec. 3pm / 5:30 pm / 7:30 pm - Roborough Studios, Exeter
2010
Isley Lynn - Contributing Writer
14 young writers from London respond to the National Theatre’s Earthquakes In London. Their work will send tremours right through you.
Performed: 14th December, National Theatre Studio, London
2010
Alice Lee-Fox - Director
Messiah: Scenes from a Crucifixion is one of Steven Berkoff's original stage plays and looks at the life and death of Jesus Christ, asking the audience to think about issues such as was Christ divine, a rebel leader,
a political victim, or a clever manipulator?
This piece of physical theatre uses mime, ensemble acting and monologues to explain the link between the 7 characters and the man believed by many to be the son of God. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to see a new interpretation of a powerful piece of total theatre.
Performed:
2nd & 3rd June, 8.30pm at Roborough Studios, Exeter
24th June, 12pm at the Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
2010
Rob Sherman - Creator, Organizer, Contributor
Isley Lynn - Contributor
An evening of monologue, circumstance and perhaps a little romp. Each play will be 15 minutes long, brought by the best in current and past Exeter talent, performed by the same actors, script in hand but adapting to new roles every quarter hour. The venue has a full bar, a beautiful atmosphere and there will be a poetry set by Isley Lynn to accompany the plays. Great for anyone who are thespians, thespiphiles, or need to overcome their thespiphobia.
Performed 16th May, 7pm at The Bike Shed Theatre
2010
Philipp Ehmann - Creative Director
Light&Sound is a show that fuses music and light design, sound design and... lanterns. Starting from the practice of rock show lighting, a group of artists who are usually seen backstage step into the limelight and become the centre of performance. This experimental show seeks to explore our emotional link with colours and sounds in a performative setting.
Performed 12th May, 7pm at Roborough Studios
2010
Isley Lynn - Writer
Good Mourning begins with two friends, late at night, their friendship stretching out behind them, both unsure of what stands before them. Polly wants to commit suicide. Lani is supportive, but affected by her own experiences. They spend the rest of that night trying to determine the best way to go about ending your own life, which is not as simple as one might think.
Performed 9th & 10th February at The Bike Shed Theatre
2009
Rob Sherman - Writer, Assistant Director
Henry Arthur - Director
The God In The Well is at times a fairy-tale, at others social satire, as well as a dark dialogue between the forces of imagination and reason. The story of one fateful weekend in the lives of three headstrong, independent young people, this play asks serious questions of imagination and growing up. Set exclusively in the hermetic environment of an old abbey and its crumbling, mysterious well, we are presented with the border between story and reality, nature and civilization, as well as childhood and the pain of adulthood.
Performed 12th, 13th & 14th November at The M&D Room
2009
Philipp Ehmann - Writer, Director
Katie Tranter - Performer
Based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe. Join Dr William T Wilson and patients at Roborough Asylum for a tour of the feared and weird...
Fear is no longer in the mind
The Doctor will see you now
Performed 31st October at Roborough Studios
2009
Isley Lynn – Writer, Co-Director
Henry Arthur - Producer
Isley Lynn’s witty and masterful reimagining of Aristophanes’ classic tale. Isley draws influence from a vast range of styles, from the original ancient Greek, Shakespearian language and slam poetry. The result is a production overflowing with lyrical imagery and sexy, ballsy mirth.
Pathway to the Red Sun
2008-09
Andrew Bate - Musical Director, Composer
A theatre show by Rogue theatre company that toured nationally from 2008/2009. This was a retelling of the Madame Butterfly story set in a futuristic landscape in a desolate world.
2009
Katie Tranter - Director, Writer
Philipp Ehmann - Director of Photography
Isley Lynn – Collaborator, Writer, Performer
A collaborative theatre project mixing filmed and live performance, exploring the pleasures and pitfalls of love in a surreal, non-linear setting. Under Theatre With Teeth Theatre Company.
The Miracle Worker
2008
Isley lynn - Director
An elaborate production of William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker, performed at the Northcott Theatre, Devon. Received generous praise and acclaim from audiences, critics and historians alike.
“One of the best productions I've seen at the Northcott” - Lianne Perry
View photos from the production on our Photos Page