UPCOMING EVENTS
Taurus Voice produces theatre pieces
and tours the U.K. and Ireland.
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about new productions.
Voices
in Love
The Snow Queen
King Lear
Voices of Freedom
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of the soul in search of love… A theatre performance with classical, modern
and contemporary poetry.
Devised by the company Performed by Adrian Brett, Adrian Locher, Penelope
Wildgoose and Eleanor Holliday. Directed by Michael Chase.
'Voices in Love' is a hilarious, tragic exposition of love, woven out of stunning
poetry, sublime a cappella song and finely choreographed movement. Visually
beautiful, the show has been selling out and causing audiences to whoop and
cheer. This is poetry as you've never heard it before.
Voices in Love has been touring successfully. After its premiere in March this year, TaurusVoice was made an Associate of The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham. It will continue to tour throughout the Autumn and into next year. Where indicated below Voices in Love will be the second half of a double bill with The Snow Queen. If you haven't seen it yet or would like to catch it again (recommended as the experience is often richer the second time round), the tour dates so far are as follows:
Saturday 9th October
2004, 8pm
The Ariel Centre,
Totnes
01453 840044.
Saturday 16th October
2004, 7.30pm
The Merlin Theatre
Sheffield
01142 551638
Friday 22nd October
2004, 8pm
The Forest Theatre
Berry Hill
nr Coleford, Glos
01594 833416
Wed, Thurs, Sat,
8th, 9th, 11th December 2004, 8pm (double bill)
The Burton Taylor Theatre
Oxford
01865 305305
Fri, Sat, 17th,
18th December, 8pm (double bill)
The Space
Stroud
01453 840044
Saturday 15th January 2004,
8pm (double bill)
The Glasshouse
Stourbridge
01384 399430
Thursday 17th February 2004,
8pm
The Playhouse
Derby
01332 363275
Fri, Sat, 25th,
26th February 2004, 8pm (double bill on Saturday)
The QEH Theatre
Bristol
0117 9303082
Times and venues likely to be changed/updated.
For more information,
please contact Taurus Voice, Centre for Science and Art, Lansdowne, Stroud,
GL5 1BB
Tel/Fax: 01453 840044
email: taurusvoice@btconnect.com
For the first time the company is rehearsing for a children's play. It will be a production of the Snow Queen (based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen), with script written by Eleanor Holliday. The aim is to tell the story in a way that speaks to a modern family audience. It is a piece that portrays the transition from childhood into adolescence and about the power of individuality and love. It offers children an imaginative look at the issues around this delicate time such as friendship, loyalty, courage in the face of challenges, truth and deception. The company of four: Adrian, Eleanor, Penelope and Adrian will be in the production each taking on more than one role and using puppetry as well as song and movement.
The premiere will be at the SPACE here in Stroud on Saturday 4th December at 3pm. Further perfomances are as follows:
Thurs, Sat, 9th,
11th December 2004, 3pm (double bill)
The Burton Taylor Theatre
Oxford
01865 305305
Fri, Sat, 17th,
18th December, 3pm (double bill)
The Space
Stroud
01453 840044
Saturday 15th January
2004, 3pm (double bill)
The Glasshouse
Stourbridge
01384 399430
Sat, 26th February
2004, 3pm (double bill on Saturday)
The QEH Theatre
Bristol
0117 9303082
(performed by the TaurusVoice Training Theatre)
Often spoken of as Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece, this epic tragedy reveals the best and worst of humanity. Its mighty themes of love, power, jealousy, revenge, madness, forgiveness and betrayal take the audience on a journey through human experience.
TaurusVoice Training Theatre's accessible, contemporary production reflects how the play's themes are still played out in human lives and on the world stage today.
Performances:
Friday 1st October
2004, 7.30pm
King's Langley Steiner School
Herts
Friday 8th October
2004, 7.30pm
Michael Hall Steiner School
Forest Row
Sussex
Thursday 14th October
2004, 7.30pm
Steiner House
London
020 7723 4400
Friday 15th, Sunday
17th October 2004, 7.30pm
The Space
Stroud
01453 840044
There is also a sequel to Voices in Love being planned, called Voices of Freedom.
It will be performed by the same cast as Voices in Love and will be a development of the style of that piece. The aim is to ask questions about freedom and, using existing poems as well as commissioned new writing, to explore constraints that are placed on individuals by political authorities, societies, circumstances (disabilities), and an individual's own nature (limitation). The aim is to allow 'prison' as a metaphor to inspire the audience in their own quest for freedom.
Premiere Thursday
17th - Thursday 24th March 2005
The Everyman Theatre
Cheltenham