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David Ladderman

DAVID LADDERMAN

  
Nationality:    New Zealand
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David Ladderman: Actor, busker, carnie. Best known to some for his work with the Loons Circus Theatre Company (the Butler, Hanussen: the Palace of Burlesque). To others as a world famous busker. Well. . . in Edinburgh anyway. Red carpet entertainer for the Hobbit World Premier, circus performer in the NBR New Zealand Opera and comic relief for the Court Theatre, David Ladderman has been mashing up high brow with low brow for eons.

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below is a list of David Ladderman's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Battle Of the Bastards         Mr and Mrs Alexander: Sideshows & Psychics

Battle Of the Bastards

Synopsis:
Strap on your codpiece  Christchurch carnie David Ladderman flips centuries of high culture into a bawdy joyride of sword fights, eye gouging and Elizabethan cussing. Battle of the Bastards slashes its way through the subplot of King Lear. Going straight for the jugular, leaving the flowery bits for the academics, this is tragi-comedy for the masses.. On writing the solo show, Ladderman says, I basically just wanted an excuse to play a cartoon villain and then beat myself up. Sure it's Shakespeare. . . But not as we know it.
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Court Theatre, Bernard Street, Addington, Christchurch    17 Feb 2013

Organisations:
presented by You Rung?

1st Published:
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Music:
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Mr and Mrs Alexander: Sideshows & Psychics

Synopsis:
1888. New Zealand. Mr Alexander bent objects with his mind. Mrs Alexander solved crimes with telepathy. Crowds gasped at their heart stopping finale- The Possum Trap. Meet the most notorious couple in colonial showbiz.

Notes:
written by David Ladderman and Lizzie Tollemache

1st Produced:
Tarragon Extraspace, Toronto Fringe Festival    04 Jul 2014

Organisations:
You Rung? Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
55 min Comedy, Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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