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***STOP PRESS***
NEXT STAGE TO HIT THE BIG
APPLE!
Next Stage Theatre Company
has achieved another first. It has been invited to perform in New York in
a theatre just off-Broadway and 42nd Street.
To read more about this fantastic
opportunity, please click here.
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Welcome to Next Stage, one of the UK's most innovative and adventurous
non-professional theatre companies. Based in the city of Bath, a World Heritage site
located in the West of England, Next Stage was founded in 1994 and has established a
reputation for its award winning drama focusing on 20th and 21st century plays.
Key attributes of the
company are:
- 10th anniversary in 2004 -- see our retrospective
on the first ten years
- Innovative, challenging productions, see the show archive
- Own dedicated 100-seat theatre in the round -- read
all about The Mission Theatre
- Theatre Supper events, combining drama and
convivial dining
- Over 40 members plus a youth wing
- Touring appearances at the Minack Open Air Theatre on the cliffs at
Porthcurno, Cornwall
- Murder/Mystery weekends and evenings involving company members
- School performances and 'Page-to-Stage' workshops linked to exam texts
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"Staged in the round (thereby bringing
the audience right into the heart of the psychodrama), none of the
six-strong cast would have been out of place at a certain Theatre Royal
just down the road." Melissa Blease, Venue - 30 Nov 2007 (review of
'The Birthday Party' by Harold Pinter) |
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"This isn't your usual kids production
these young women show acting maturity way beyond their years."
Emma Samways, Bath Chronicle - 7 Sep 2007 (first night review of 'The
Witches by Roald Dahl, adapted by David Wood, presented by Next Stage
Youth) |
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"One of the region's best companies,
performing a mix of classics and edgier modern fare in a beautiful
theatre-in-the-round. Oh, and a friendly bar/bistro upstairs. What more
could you want?" Steve Wright, Venue Magazine - 23 July 2007 |
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Next Production -
The Breath of Life
14-17 May 2008 at 7.30pm |
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Living
in the retirement backwater of the Isle of Wight, Madeline Palmer’s
comfortable daily routine is shattered by the arrival at her flat of
Frances Beale. The two women have only met once before but their lives
are inextricably linked by their love of the same man, Frances
ex-husband, Martin. Determined to lay ghosts Frances, a popular
novelist, seeks answers to questions which Madeline fears are simply
going to provide the basis of a new novel. In the course of the visit,
both women discover more than they dreamt about each other, their love
for Martin and themselves.
Click here for more information.
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BEING PART OF THE COMPANY
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"With Next Stage:
On Stage - great plays/talented casts
Directed with vision.
Back Stage - dedicated/clever crews,
Off Stage - warm/generous friends."
"However small one's contribution, it's great to be part of a team that is so friendly, so creative and so successful. Next Stage never stands still."
"… and in his time a man
may play many parts – I certainly have in my short time with Next Stage."
"If only my poor old mum could see me now! Support to a band of mummers/strolling players/rude mechanicals; but it’s such fun, Ma!" |
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"Next Stage has a ‘family feel’ to it – I’ve played two mothers (“All My Sons” and “Mother Courage”) and a brother (Valverde in “The Royal Hunt of the Sun”)."
"The sky’s the limit and everyone’s a star."
"Thank you Next Stage for sending me round the world as an American longshoreman, an Equadorian interpreter, a Russian peasant, a French major domo, an East-German villager, and five Italian brothers in Bath, Bristol and Cornwall."
" 'All the world’s a stage
…' which should be daunting but Next Stage looks after its family with friendship, support, encouragement, great teamwork, and terrific productions. I’m Next Stage
struck!"
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