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Fourth Monkey Theatre Company

FOURTH MONKEY THEATRE COMPANY

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    The Monkey House, 97-101 Seven Sisters Road, London N7 7QP

Based in London, Fourth Monkey offers innovative and truly relevant and inspiring actor training for the contemporary world of performance. With an emphasis on repertory performance, ensemble and learning and working with regarded and practicing practitioners, our actors in training receive the most comprehensive preparation available for the modern industry in the most supportive of environments. Our actor training is widely considered as a leading contributor to the changing landscape of the performing arts industry as a whole, our training is viewed as unique in it's delivery and as a leading consideration for those embarking on actor training. Alongside their comprehensive tuition, our actors in training benefit from travelling, study and performing overseas and throughout the UK, learning via the power of 'doing' through repertory performance. Significantly, we also focus on empowering our actors to collaborate and develop work for themselves, this being a core requirement of the contemporary industry landscape and one we are very sensitive to in regard to ensuring our actors are prepared with a relevant toolkit for today's industry upon entering it. Upon completion of training our actors go on to work in all mediums of the industry as well as for us, by means of our professional touring company, the Fourth Monkey Ensemble, who are currently supported by Art Council England in the delivery of their touring work. A number of our graduates also develop new work and opportunities for themselves; some forming their own successful companies, continuing the ensemble ethos instilled in them whilst training with us, whilst others continue to collaborate with the Fourth Monkey Ensemble in the development of new work. We don't like to think of our training as a revolution, more an evolution.

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below is a list of Fourth Monkey Theatre Company's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Bacchae, The         Elephant Man         Nights at the Circus         Paradise Lost         Peculiar Tale of Pablo Picasso and the Mona Lisa, The         Project Colony         Sans Salome
Bacchae, The

Synopsis:
a new god, with his charming followers, appears in town. Dionysus. He loves life and joy, freedom and good wine. the hedonistic young God wants to claim his position in thebes and so drives the women of the town into the woods, in ecstacy. there is a frantic party, a wild carnival. Dionysus leads his curious cousin and King, Pentheus, disguised as a woman amongst them. the Bacchae discover the plot and their fury will be merciless.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ranjit Bolt

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Elephant Man

Synopsis:
The most tragic, painful yet beautiful of life stories, Elephant Man tells the story of Joseph Merrick as never told before; the life of the Victorian freak show and scientific marvel is brought, in an uncompromising manner, to the stage.

Notes:
written by Steven Green and David Ledger

1st Produced:
Edinburgh Festival Fringe     04 Aug 2012

Organisations:
Steven Green and David Ledger

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Biographical play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Nights at the Circus

Synopsis:
Reporter Jack Walser is on a mission to expose Fevvers, the winged aerialist, as a fake. But will he emerge from the circus unscathed? Angela Carter's classic novel receives a new reworking from critically acclaimed Fourth Monkey. This new adaptation of Carter's literary masterpiece makes its premiere at the Fringe with this engaging and visceral circus experience.

Notes:
written by Steven Green and Sarah-Jane Moloney

1st Produced:
Edinburgh Festival Fringe     04 Aug 2012

Organisations:
Steven Green and Sarah-Jane Moloney

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation 75 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Paradise Lost

Synopsis:
Under the direction of the critically acclaimed and award nominated artistic director of theatre Temoin Ailin Conant, Milton's classic tale of the battle between good and evil is retold for a contemporary audience in the most atmosphEric and exciting of non-traditional theatre spaces.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Trinity Buoy Wharf, London     30 May2013

Organisations:
Ailin Conant

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
site specific adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Peculiar Tale of Pablo Picasso and the Mona Lisa, The

Synopsis:
Paris 1911. A struggling Spanish artist called Pablo Picasso is arrested on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Overnight, he is propelled from anonymity to notoriety, but his incarceration comes with unexpected benefits.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Thespace On Niddry St, Edinburgh Festival Fringe     02 Aug 2013

Organisations:
Steven Green

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy 80 min

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Project Colony

Synopsis:
A twist on Franz Kafka's In the Penal Colony. the audience meets at a designated pick up point to partake in this unusual twist on the story of an elaborate torture and execution device. they are then escorted to a 1950s era colonised holiday camp where a travelling salesman has been invited to witness the execution of a condemned prisoner on a tropical island by the machine. Kafka's story is a complex hall of mirrors. Is this a brutal murder or a sacred tradition that's being eroded by modernity? When is it right to step in? As two children mourn their Father a society hangs in the balance; they wait on the word of a foreigner to decide their fate. the audience is exposed to life on the island from both sides of the coin before returning to their pick up point

Notes:
conceived by Hamish MacDougall and James Yeatman after In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka

1st Produced:
Trinity Buoy Wharf, London     04 Apr 2013

Organisations:
Hamish MacDougall and James Yeatman

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sans Salome

Synopsis:
It was perfect' ***** (EdinburghGuide.com). A tour de force on the Fringe' ***** (RemoteGoat.co.uk). Outstanding' ***** (FringeGuru.com). Award-winning Fourth Monkey return to the Fringe following their sell-out five-star success with Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis in 2012. 1895, Oscar Wilde incarcerated. 2013, a woman trapped emotionally. Each due to a love that dare not speak its name'. Echoing from the first rehearsal of Wilde's Salome, come two tales of persecution and living sans salome (without peace).

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Thespace On Niddry St, Edinburgh Festival Fringe     Aug 2013

Organisations:
Toby Clarke

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
drama, new writing 1 hour 15 minutes

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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