The Scoop 2011 Free Open Air Theatre Season Announced

The Scoop 2011 free open air theatre season is announced- Around the World in Eighty Days an action-packed family adventure freely adapted from the novel by Jules Verne and the musical by Phil Willmott and Bertolt Brecht's The Mother a powerful classic for our times by Bertolt Brecht translated by Mark Ravenhill

"Grittier than the Globe, more atmospheric than the West End...
spectacular, ambitious and accessible - and it's free!"
Evening Standard

"Theatre you would happily pay to see"
Metro

Steam Industry Free Theatre return with their 9th annual summer season of free theatre in the spectacular Greek-style amphitheatre The Scoop at More London, on the riverfront next to City?Hall.

Winner of the 2006 Peter Brook award for innovation and now firmly established as one of London's annual theatre-going must-sees, this season's productions are the family show Around the World in Eighty Days, freely adapted from the novel by Jules Verne and the musical by Phil Willmott - an acclaimed Christmas treat at BAC 10 years ago and revived internationally ever since - and The Mother, by Bertolt Brecht, translated by controversial British playwright Mark Ravenhill.

With performances on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays at 6pm and 8pm from 4?August - 4 September, both shows are performed by the same actors and you can see them both each night. There's no need to book - just turn up and take a seat! And there's room for 1,000 people at each performance.

Part of the More London Free Festival, which runs from beginning of June until end of September.

Press night is Friday 5 August

with Around The World in Eighty?Days at 6.00pm
and The?Mother at 8.00pm

Around the World in Eighty Days is a summer treat for all ages, a whistle stop tour of four continents, as dashing Victorian adventurer Phileas Fogg and his hapless servant Passepartout recount their daring attempt to cross the globe in record time! A wayward balloon, a beautiful princess, a grumpy elephant, a dastardly villain, sacred cows, a wild west outlaw, a Chinese dragon and countless timetable calamities all conspire to help or hinder our heroes.

‘Absurdly funny... as enjoyable as any West End musical'
Metro

‘Genius... a complete delight'
The Guardian

In The Mother, by Bertolt Brecht, translated by controversial British playwright Mark Ravenhill, Pavel's mother doesn't approve of the protests in the street but when her beloved son gets involved in the demonstrations she begins to think again. The last thing she expects is to find herself marching alongside him, but as she listens to the stories of those around her this meek, respectable woman begins to ask how long she can keep silent.

This surprisingly warm and witty portrait of a family and neighbourhood in crisis is a timeless exploration of what leads ordinary people to stand up for their beliefs. Written during the rise of Hitler, it so worried the Nazis that they kidnapped the leading actor to prevent the public from seeing the play.

This is an exciting new version by one of the UK's most celebrated and controversial playwrights (Shopping and F**king, Some Explicit Polaroids and Mother Clap's Molly House). It looks set to cause waves of its own as this year's street protests dictate the political agenda at home and abroad.

The Scoop
AT?MORE?LONDON
More London Riverside
London SE1 2DB

4?August - 4 September
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays at 6pm and 8pm

Location: on the south bank of the Thames, between London Bridge and Tower Bridge next to City?Hall

Tubes: London Bridge or Tower Hill

Refreshments are available on site

This season is made possible due to the support of:
More London, Ernst & Young, Team London Bridge and the Peter de Haan Charitable Trust, STEP and the Newcomen Collett Foundation.

Post show talks with the Company about both plays are on Sunday 7, 14, 21 and 28 August

Both shows and the post show discussion will also be signed for the deaf
on 14 August

 

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