We’re not in the studio this week, but we are still delivering the goods! Here’s episode two of Black Shuck…
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Tag: Wandsworth Radio
Blackshaw Arts Hour – Episode 88
- Matt reviews Mission Impossible: Fallout & The Incredibles 2
- Ellie chats about Mama Mia: Here We Go Again
- We play another round of Fringe Roulette
- It’s the first episode of radio drama ‘Black Shuck’ by Duncan Hands!
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NEWS: ‘Black Shuck’ by Duncan Hands Broadcast on 1st August
We are super excited to announce that ‘Black Shuck’ by Duncan Hands, which we performed at Wandsworth Arts Fringe and the London Horror Festival (2016), is being broadcast on the Blackshaw Arts Hour!
From 1st August you will be able to stream or download the show for FREESIES.
You can see production photos, reviews, and all sorts here.
The Blackshaw Arts Hour – Episode 52
This week on the show Iasha, Matt and Ellie are joined by Strat and Alex, doing their very first ‘Art’ on the new segment ‘Strat and Alex Do Art’.
Matt reviews Dr. Strange and maintains his professionalism as he is drawn by our two ‘artists’.Ellie talks to us about something new coming to Cineworld in Wandsworth which is pioneering 4DX cinema experiences and we heard from Owen Collins reciting some of his poetry at a recent Blackshaw new writing night.
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Alex and Strat get into position to begin drawing Matt’s portrait for the hour recording
Strat tries to copy Alex’s art/looks on longingly at his ability to art.
Iasha looks happy despite the clowns looming in the background and the adequate art taking place
Strat is hesitant to show his art to the class
After much anticipation the two portraits are revealed to the enjoyment of Ellie and possibly to the horror of Matt. Some fine work produced – Can you tell who’s portraits is whose?
The likeness is uncanny.
The Blackshaw Arts Hour – Episode 31
This week on the show we are wrapping up 2015 and nearly a full year of The Blackshaw Arts Hour.
Matt and Vikki do a retro movie review of Watchmen and we flashback to some of the show’s best bits. Iasha plays her favourite movie review of the year, The Martian and Corey Hulls reviews a Pantomime he experienced last year as ’tis the season!
Vikki’s arts thing of the week is about The Illusionists and the time has finally come to play you the first episode of our radio adaptation of Great Expectations.
Blackshaw’s 2nd ever radio play, this time in conjunction with our friends at Cyphers, Great Expectations comes to you in 7 parts, continuing on the Blackshaw Arts Hour every fortnight.
Keep up to date with all of Cyphers upcoming shows here and subscribe to The Blackshaw Arts Hour on iTunes or listen below.
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Great Expectations – Getting to know Victoria Hamblen
Victoria began performing at the age of 3. As she grew up, Victoria tried a diverse range of dance styles from ballet to hip hop. She expanded on this, performing in many professional and semi-professional theatrical productions as a teenager. At university, Victoria participated in various productions at the Greenwood Theatre, such as Fame, and Hot Mikado ‘Pitti Sing’, then concluded her amateur run with touring productions of The Taming of the Shrew (2013), where she played the role of ‘Bianca’, and ‘Jacqueline’ in Moliere’s The Reluctant Doctor. Since then Victoria set up, and has been running Cyphers theatre company with Marcus J. Bazley, also performing in many Cyphers productions to date.
Quick Questions…
1. What’s your favourite scene or character from ‘Great Expectations’?
When Pip leaves Estella forever. It’s so poignant, and makes me cry every time!
2. What’s the last project you worked on?
The Cyphers Chekhov Double Bill (‘The Proposal’ and ‘The Boor’)
3. What’s the last book you read?
‘Villette’ by Charlotte Bronte
4. Not a lot of people know that I…
speak Mandarin.
5. What really grinds your gears?
When people talk when watching a film.
You can hear Victoria Hamblen playing Estella / Mrs Joe in our upcoming radio adaptation of Great Expectations – broadcasting on The Blackshaw Arts Hourfrom Sunday 3rd January 2016.
Available to download or stream here.
Great Expectations – Getting to know Alexander Pankhurst
Training: Royal Holloway University of London
Recent Credits include: ‘Jack’ in Staying Alive (Pleasance Theatre with Blackshaw), ‘Demetrius’ and ‘Bottom’ in A Midsummer Nights Dream, ‘Boy’ in Panther, ‘Gerry’ in Dearly Departed, ‘Mal’ in Captcha, ‘Arnold’ in I’ll take a Dozen Accountants…with Sprinkles, ‘Christopher Marlowe’ in Death of Marlowe, ‘Major Steve’ in Love in Freefall, ‘Ash’ in A Million Things, ‘Borachio’ in Much Ado About Nothing, ‘Mercutio’ in Romeo and Juliet, ‘Valentine’ in Two Gentlemen of Verona, ‘Thomas Carnacki’ in Audience with the Ghostfinder, ‘Tom’ in Rabbit, ‘Richard III’ in The Shakespeare Conspiracy, ‘Jamie’ in Airport and ‘Dr Alfred Prunesquallor’ in Gormenghast: Titus Groan.
Quick Questions…
1. What’s your favourite scene or character from ‘Great Expectations’?
It would have to be Will’s Miss Havisham. Delightfully deranged!
2. What’s the last project you worked on?
Blackshaw’s ‘Staying Alive’ at the Pleasance in November.
3. What’s the last book you read?
Malazan Book of the Fallen 05 – Midnight Tides – Steven Erikson, if you like fantasy you will love this series. I cannot recommend it enough.
4. Not a lot of people know that I…
once ate two foot long subs in one sitting.
5. What really grinds your gears?
Slow walkers and people who are rude. (But not those who are rude to slow walkers)
You can hear Alexander Pankhurst playing Sergeant / Jaggers in our upcoming radio adaptation of Great Expectations – broadcasting on The Blackshaw Arts Hour from Sunday 3rd January 2016.
Available to download or stream here.
Great Expectations – Cast & Creatives
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Adaptation by Marcus Bazley
CAST
Narrator – Jeremy Drakes
Magwitch / Pumblechook – Dylan Lincoln
Compeyson / Porter / Galley – Marcus J. Bazley
CREATIVES
Listen to our radio adaptation of Great Expectations – broadcasting on The Blackshaw Arts Hour from Sunday 3rd January 2016.
Available to download or stream here.
Great Expectations – Marcus Bazley’s Adaptation
Unlike a lot of people, I never studied Great Expectations at school. From talking to friends who have, it seems to have spoilt their enjoyment of the novel no end! My only engagement with the novel before reading it, in late 2014, was the BBC TV adaptation from the previous Christmas.
There were two things that struck me immediately on reading the novel myself:
First, it was a first person narrative. This completely changed by understanding of the novel. This was not simply a story – this was a memory. A memory has the ability to deceive and distort events, making the narrative much more nuanced and complex. It also meant that our narrator was inherently fallible.
Second, it was surprisingly funny! Dickens is such an instinctively witty writer – he loves to poke fun at his characters and at his audience – and Great Expectations is no exception. (Although one would be forgiven for thinking it was a story exclusively about nasty rich people and cobwebs from the numerous adaptations.) I was, therefore, determined to reintroduce this lightness to the story and, in doing so, balance its darker moments with moments of genuine comedy.
These were the two main motivations for creating the original stage adaptation that Cyphers performed in February 2015. That and the way in which the casting perfectly suited our company of actors at the time.
The idea for a radio version first occurred to me while I was at Blackshaw’s fifth birthday party. During the afternoon of celebrations, extracts from Blackshaw’s previous radio drama ‘Audience with the Ghost Finder’ were played and a desire for more radio drama for the Arts Hour was expressed. Since finishing Great Expectations on stage, I had been desperate to do more with the script and this seemed like the perfect opportunity!
Going back to the script with a new medium in mind was an absolute joy and it gave me the chance to hone and tighten the adaptation after a bit of breathing space. Plus we would be able to explore the central Cyphers ethos of inspiring the audience’s imagination in a new way. The result, I hope, is a version of Great Expectations that is true to the original tone of the novel, bringing out both its light and its shade, as a man tells his listeners the very personal story of his life.
– Marcus Bazley
You can listen to Marcus’ adaptation of Great Expectations – broadcasting on The Blackshaw Arts Hour from Sunday 3rd January 2016.
Available to download or stream here.
Great Expectations – Getting to know Christopher Anderton
Christopher trained at The Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre. He has appeared in a variety of productions including: The Three Sisters and Women Beware Women. He has worked in numerous productions at the the Royal Opera House, with David McVicar in Salome and Adriana Lecouvreur, and also with Paul Curran on The Tsar’s Bride. He toured Uruguay and Argentina with a new production entitled The Feather Pillow. For Sell A Door Theatre Company, he played Sherlock Holmes in The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Amos in The Man Who Had All The Luck and, last year, he toured the UK for 6 months with Kidnapped.
Chris has also recently played the title role in Cyphers’ first production, Henry V. Following that he played the roles of Joe, Wemmick and Bentley Drummle in Cyphers’ second production, Great Expectations, and also appeared in Cyphers’ Checkhov Double Bill.
You can hear Christopher Anderton playing Joe / Wemmick / Drummle in our upcoming radio adaptation of Great Expectations – broadcasting on The Blackshaw Arts Hour from Sunday 3rd January 2016.
Available to download or stream here.
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