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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Laura Carmichael as Portia: 'The quality of mercy' – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Laura Carmichael speaks Portia’s lines from The Merchant of Ve…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM

Riz Ahmed as Edmund in King Lear: 'Now, gods, stand up for bastards' – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Riz Ahmed speaks Edmund’s soliloquy from the start of Act I, S…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Paul Daniels, TV magician, dies aged 77 by Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Jessica Elgot

Entertainer died at his home in Berkshire having been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour in FebruaryTelevision magician Paul Daniels, whose career defined the TV magic genre in the 198…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AM

Juste Debout: the world's biggest street-dance competition – video by Iman Amrani , Noah Payne-Frank and Jess Gormley

Dancers from all over the world compete in the international tour of Juste Debout in the hope that they will get the chance to battle in the preliminary rounds in France and perform at the f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:20AM
Monday, February 29, 2016

Camille O'Sullivan as Constance in King John: 'Thou art not holy' – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Camille O’Sullivan plays Constance in King John, Act III, Scen…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM

Joanna Lumley as Viola in Twelfth Night: 'I left no ring with her' – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Joanna Lumley speaks Viola’s soliloquy from Twelfth Night, Act…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM

Sacha Dhawan as Shakespeare's Parolles: 'Are you meditating on virginity?' – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Sacha Dhawan delivers an edited version of Parolles’s lines fr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM

David Threlfall as Prospero in The Tempest: 'Our revels now are ended' – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, David Threlfall speaks Prospero’s lines from The Tempest, Act …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM

Daniel Mays as Macbeth: 'Is this a dagger which I see before me?' – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Daniel Mays speaks Macbeth’s lines from Act II, Scene 1. As Ma…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM

Samuel West as Henry V: 'Upon the king' – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Samuel West speaks Henry V’s soliloquy from Act IV, Scene 1. O…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM
Monday, February 1, 2016

Joanna Vanderham as Juliet: ‘The mask of night is on my face’ – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Chris Wiegand, Emma John and Liese Spencer

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Joanna Vanderham speaks Juliet’s monologue from the balcony sc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AM

Eileen Atkins as Emilia in Othello: ‘If wives do fall’ – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Chris Wiegand, Emma John and Liese Spencer

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Eileen Atkins speaks Emilia’s lines from Othello, act IV scene…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AM

David Morrissey as Richard III: ‘Now is the winter of our discontent’ – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Chris Wiegand, Emma John and Liese Spencer

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, David Morrissey speaks the opening lines from Richard III in whi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AM

Roger Allam as King Lear: ‘Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks’ – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Emma John, Liese Spencer and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Roger Allam plays King Lear in act III, scene 2 of the tragedy. …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AM
Friday, January 29, 2016

Coming soon: Adrian Lester, Roger Allam and Joanna Lumley star in Shakespeare Solos – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Chris Wiegand, Emma John and Liese Spencer

Adrian Lester as Hamlet, David Morrissey as Richard III, Joanna Lumley as Viola, Daniel Mays as Macbeth … To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:14AM
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Tobias Menzies' self portrait: 'I feel younger than my years' – video by Tom Silverstone, Noah Payne-Frank, Jess Gormley and Juliet Riddell

Actor Tobias Menzies analyses his reflection while looking down the lens of the camera and drawing his self-portrait on an iPad. Through this intimate process he reveals his thoughts about h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody reinterpreted for 40th anniversary – video by Jess Gormley, Dan Susman and Juliet Riddell

Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody was the UK’s Christmas number 1 in 1975. Forty years later, the song is reinterpreted by a duet from the English National Ballet, a string quartet from the Roya…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AM
Monday, December 14, 2015

'Don't look at my feet!': Royal Ballet principal ballerina prepares for Nutcracker – video by Tom Silverstone, Jess Gormley and Irene Baqué

Royal Ballet principal ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson prepares for her opening performance of the classic Christmas production The Nutcracker at London’s Royal Opera House. Alone in the stud…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:10AM
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Ten years after Katrina: I thought that was it for New Orleans – video by Mae Ryan, Charlie Phillips, Jess Gormley and Chris Michael

It was predicted that New Orleans would take a decade to recover from Hurricane Katrina. On the 10th anniversary of the costliest natural disaster in US history, four residents from very dif…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10AM
Monday, June 1, 2015

Nas presents the Real Hip-Hop – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Juliet Riddell, Adam Sjoberg, Charlie Phillips and Bond 360

Rapper Nasir 'Nas' Jones takes us on a world tour of breakdancing in the most unexpected places, as we visit the slums, shanty towns and ghettos of the world, where hip-hop really means some…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:20AM
Friday, April 26, 2013

Mom blames Village bar for Broadway actress daughter’s death by Jessica Simeone, Lia Eustachewich and Bob Fredericks

Shana Dowdeswell, 23 — who has acted onstage alongside Cynthia Nixon and appears in the new Robert De Niro movie “The Big Wedding” — died five days after downing several whiskey shot…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 09:07AM
Friday, February 22, 2013

We've Moved! We miss you! Come visit us! by Jess

Remember a couple weeks ago, when Bilal let you in on our plans to launch a brand-spanking-new website? Well, the site has launched, the rocket is in orbit, the stars have aligned, this meta…

SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 02:00PM
Friday, February 15, 2013

Analog: Tim Reid by Jess

Our next Prime Time production, Analog, created by Kurt Chiang and directed by Tif Harrison, opens March 1st. (Go get your tickets. Nowish.) In Analog, Kurt's real-life process of trans…

SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 02:14PM
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Neo-Futurist Spring Workshops and The Roots of Neo-Futurism by Jess

Our upcoming spring workshops offer two different ways to learn about Neo-Futurist performance. Explore the roots of Neo-Futurism during a new 1-day intensive this March, then sign-up for Ne…

SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 05:51PM
Friday, January 25, 2013

Analog Sneak-Preview Reading This Sunday by Jess

Kurt Chiang, creator of the upcoming Neo-Futurist Prime-Time show, Analog, will present a sneak preview reading of the original script this Sunday, January 27th, at 9:00pm, after Too Much Li…

SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 07:24PM
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Keep On The Sunny Side... by Jess

The Neo-Futurists present, The Carter Family Family Hour, written by Emmy Bean, Joe Dempsey & Chloe Johnston and directed by Chloe Johnston, as part of the 2013 Rhinoceros Thea…

SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 06:10PM
Friday, December 14, 2012

Intro to TML Returns January 5th! by Jess

One of our most popular 8-week workshops, Introduction to Too Much Light, comes back to The Neo-Futurarium on Saturday January 5th, led by Neo-Futurists' Jay Torrence and Megan Mercier.Intro…

SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 07:18PM
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Processes by Jess

Analog Processes - First SessionPicking books...transcribing... but not exactly

SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 01:46PM
Friday, December 7, 2012

Neo Winter Workshops by Jess

Last Saturday we held our very first Intro to TML 1-Day Crash Course, and last night our most recent group of Neo-Futurism Master Class students participated in their final class with our Fo…

SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 09:00AM
Monday, November 12, 2012

Intro To TML Crash Course, Saturday December 1st by Jess

Oh man - the holidays are coming up. You need to buy gifts for people. There are obligations and travel and family time (yay?) and so much turkey in your immediate future. Whi…

SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 08:17PM
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

About last night by Jess

Last night over 100 audience members came out to enjoy a special election night performance of our current prime time production: 44 Plays for 44 Presidents. (The show closes on November 17t…

SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 01:53PM

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