Invisible
Millions of women go missing every year. They vanish from magazines, billboards, television and films. Women over 40 are becoming completely invisible.
But some of them are fighting their way back into the limelight. It's time to be seen !
Invisible is a new comic play about invisible women, invisible men and the invisible truth.
Are you invisible? Come and see.
Invisible
A new comic play written by Liz John and Julia Wright
Presented by Next Page Productions
Directed by Janice Connolly
Cast Caroline Nash Lisa
Alison Belbin Jackie
Robert Harper Giovanni
A brand new comedy about sisters, shoplifting and something-for-the-weekend.
Lisa’s life is rubbish enough, without her older sister Jackie cracking up. She knows Jackie is eccentric, but claiming that they will soon be invisible .........well really! But then again, why is it that neither Lisa’s cheating husband, nor his current mistress seem to notice her? And if Jackie is right, and not actually insane, then how is she making a living in her barbers shop without any customers?
This is the third piece of work from Next Page Productions. The company created and presented From Me To 3792 (directed by Ian Craddock) which toured the Midlands in 2010 following a successful self-financed Edinburgh Festival Fringe run, and Rose Cottage (directed by Jenny Stephens).
The company mission is to develop and present contemporary new writing with wide appeal which focuses on the complexities of modern life.
Praise for From Me To 3792 & Rose Cottage:
- An hour and a quarter of unadulterated and enthralling dramatic comedy. When new writing is this good, it’s a pleasure to watch –
Helen Crutcher, Redbrick Online
- A truly compelling drama – Three Weeks
- combines the magic ingredients of truthful, humorous and disgraceful. - Reviewsgate
Listings information:
15th June 8.00pm Tanworth in Arden Village Hall
Tanworth in Arden, Solihull B94 5AN
0845 6801926 / www.oxboffice.com
20th & 21st June 7.45pm Blue Orange Theatre
118 Great Hampton Street, Birmingham B18 6AD
0121 212 2643 / www.blueorangetheatre.co.uk
5th July 8.00pm Studley Village Hall
High St, Studley, Warwickshire B80 7HJ
0845 6801926 / www.oxboffice.com
6th July 7.30pm Artrix
Slideslow Drive, Artrix, Bromsgrove B60 1PQ
01527 557330 / www.artrix.co.uk
13th July 8.00pm Harborough Theatre
Church Square, Market Harborough LE16 7NB
0844 87 00 887 / www.oxboffice.com
Biographies:
Janice Connolly – Director - Janice has worked in the region for over 35 years. She is artistic director of Women and Theatre which specializes in using theatre and drama with communities and researching, writing, directing and producing new theatre work. Janice has worked as an actress at Soho Theatre London, Pentabus, The New Vic Stoke on Trent and The Lowry. She has been in pantomime with Lily Savage. TV work includes playing "Holy Mary " in Peter Kays Phoenix Nights. As comedy Character Mrs Barbara Nice she is a circuit headliner and her Edinburgh festival shows have gained five star reviews.
Liz John – Writer
Liz could have been a Hollywood film star if she’d had the occasional Good Hair Day. Instead she bought a hat and learned to type. Now a regular writer for BBC Doctors, she has also penned several short films (award winning and award nominated). Her stage work has been produced by Pentabus and the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, and her short plays have been staged many times in Midlands theatres.
Julia Wright – Writer - Julia has been blonde, purple (punk phase), pink (disturbed phase) and chestnut brown. She has mainly worked in drama education, directing pieces for Shakespeare Schools Festivals, and produced, written and directed numerous youth productions. She is currently involved in the development of an online drama series with other Midlands writers. She has an MA in Playwriting Studies.
Caroline Nash – Producer and ‘Lisa’ - Caroline graduated from the BSSD (now Birmingham School of Acting), with commendation in 2003. She has toured in the UK and abroad, with Vienna’s English Theatre. She has appeared in many short films including as a sufferer of BIID (Body Identity Integrity Disorder), which won awards at short film festivals. Caroline’s work in the Midlands began when she joined The Old Joint Stock Theatre in 2007 for the The Coach which had a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She returned in David Hendon's one woman play FROM ME TO 3792 which she then toured and took to Edinburgh in 2009 setting up Next Page Productions en route.
Alison Belbin – ‘Jackie’ - Alison is an actress, director and workshop facilitator who has worked with Red Ladder, Theatre Centre, Women & Theatre, Gazebo, Something and Nothing, Birmingham Rep, Foursight Theatre, Big Brum TIE, Moby Duck, Pentabus, Hearth, Croydon Warehouse and The Drum. Radio credits include Donna in ‘Ambridge Extra’ and many radio plays; TV credits include ‘Teachers’, ‘Switch’ and ‘Emmerdale’. She has directed for Women & Theatre, Hearth Centre and Wolverhampton Art Gallery and co-written shows for Women & Theatre (‘Cervical Monologues’ and ‘Woman First’). At present, she is directing ‘Aston Telling Tales’ a community promenade production at Aston Hall, which she also wrote.
Robert Harper – ‘Giovanni’ - Robert has acted in over 200 radio plays and radio serials, including Against The Grain, Aunt Julia and The Scriptwriter, Einstein In Cromer, War & Peace, Anna Karenina, and the lead character, Matt, in BBC Wales radio soap opera Station Road. He has just recorded an episode of The Archers! Robert has performed on TV in The Bench, Dirty Work, The Bill, and Tati's Hotel. Recent theatre work includes Corman/Grimes in Serious Money for Waking Exploits, the Duke in Measure for Measure, Launce in Two Gentleman of Verona. Robert is co-founder of County Channel TV and Artistic Director of Bare Fiction, with which he is planning a national new writing theatre project for 2014.
This tour is supported by Arts Council England and with the generous support of the Sir Barry Jackson Trust.