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[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Drama]]
[[Category:New Athenaeum]]
'''Directed by''' [[Directors (stage/film)#Hugh Hodgart|Hugh Hodgart]] and [[Directors (stage/film)#Liam Brennan|Liam Brennan]]
'''Set and Costume Design''' [[Kirsty McCabe]]
'''Lighting Designer''' [[Andrew Smart]]
'''Sound Designer''' [[Danielle Flecher Herd]]
'''Assistant Production Manager''' [[Francesca Rose]]
Assistant Stage Manager [[Emma Whoriskey]]
Tuesday 20 May - Saturday 24 May 2008, 7.30pm
Friday 23 May 2008, 2.30pm
'''NEW ATHENAEUM THEATRE'''
== Production Challenges ==
[[Image:Image 4.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Electro-magnet system]]
The design for this production required 15 banners to drop from overhead an controlled sequences throughout the performance.  The TSM and LX department devised a system using electro-magnets controlled using the lighting desk.
See this link for the soloution:
[[Electro Magnet Drops For 'Wounds to the Face']]
== Cast ==
== Cast ==


[[Michael E. Corrie]]: Man, Monsieur, Dictator, Greek
[[Michael Goldsmith]]: Youth, Terrorist, Double, Patriot
[[Jenny Hulse]]: Woman, Prisoner, Wife, Prostitute
[[Fergus Johnston]]: Youth, Lover, Roue
[[Emma Lambie]]: Bride, Visitor, Empress, Prostitute, Parasol Woman
[[Lewis Milsted]]: Surgeon, Emperor
[[Maria Noebauer]]: Mother
[[Matt Randell]]:Youth, Double, Painter, Narcissus
[[Andrew Root]]: Soldier
[[Owen Whitelaw]]: Youth, Figure, Guard, Greek




== Technical ==
== Technical ==


Stage Manager: [[Suzanne Goldberg]]
'''Set and Costume Designer''' [[Kirsty McCabe]]
 
'''Lighting Designer''' [[Andrew Smart]]
 
'''Sound Designer''' [[Danielle Flecher Herd]]
 
'''Assistant Production Manager''' [[Francesca Rose]]
 
'''Stage Manager''' [[Suzie Goldberg]]
 
'''Deputy Stage Manager''' [[Matt McFarlane]]
 
'''Assistant Stage Managers''' [[Kieron Johnson]] & [[Emma Whoriskey]]
 
'''Technical Stage Manager''' [[Emma Hullin]]
 
'''Deputy Technical Stage Manager''' [[Laura McNiven]]
 
'''Stage Automation'''  [[Steve Macluskie]], [[Stephen Roe]]
 
 
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|'''Technical Crew'''
|'''Production Electrician'''
|'''Lighting Operator'''
|'''Sound Operator'''
|-
|[[Vicky Adamczyk]]
 
[[Louise Marr]]
 
[[Calum Willoughby]]
|[[Ricky Smith]]
|[[Douglas Paisley]]
|[[Kevin Cullen]]
|-
|'''Scenic Artists'''
|'''Scenic Assistants'''
|'''Senior Carpenter'''
|'''Carpenter'''
|-
|[[Marthe Hoffman]]
 
[[Emilie Velluet-Draper]]
 
[[Jennifer Walker]]
|
[[Lynsey MacDonald]]
 
[[Scott McIntosh]]
 
[[Karlene Reid]]
 
[[Avril Scott]]
 
[[Rachael Bamford]]
 
[[Iain Waugh]]
|[[Laura Montgomery]]
|[[Marianne McAra]]
|-
|'''Prop Assistants'''
|'''Costume Maker'''
|'''Wardrobe Assistants'''
|'''AV Consultants'''
|-
|[[Ashleigh Blair]]
 
[[Matthew Edmonds]]
 
[[Gary Loughran]]
|[[Emma Grindlay]]
|[[Benjamin Affleck]]
 
[[Susan Beattie]]
 
[[Richard Evans]]
 
[[Holly Hodgart]]
 
[[Katrina Kelly]]
 
[[Lauren Mackay]]
 
[[Ayden Millar]]
 
[[Avril Scott]]
|Urszula Kocol
 
Krysty Wilson
|-
|'''Electrics Crew'''
|'''Senior Scenic Artists'''
|'''Construction Assistants'''
|'''Prop Makers'''
|-
|[[Kelli Del Jarlais]]
 
[[Richard Evans]]
 
[[Anne Hamilton]]
 
[[Sean McKenzie]]
|[[Kirsten Hogg]]
 
[[Stephanie Todd]]
|[[Alasdair Head]]
 
[[Lauren Mackay]]
 
[[Scott McIntosh]]
|[[Helen Allingham]]
 
[[Gordon Bavaird]]
 
[[Niall MacGillivray]]
 
[[Christine Orr]]
|}
 
== Production Stills ==
 
Coming Soon
 
== Reviews ==
 
[http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/entertainment/Theatre-review-Wounds-to-the.4108513.jp The Scotsman]
 
Theatre review: Wounds to the Face
 
 
Date: 22 May 2008
By JOYCE McMILLAN
 
WOUNDS TO THE FACE
 
THE NEW ATHENAEUM THEATRE, GLASGOW
 
3 stars
 
WITH storm clouds of controversy and underfunding swirling around Scotland's drama schools, it's good to see the final-year students at the RSAMD testing themselves against the best. Howard Barker is perhaps the most brilliant and least compromising of all living British playwrights; and if his 1995 piece Wounds to the Face is not exactly his weightiest work, it still presents a formidable, disturbing challenge.
 
Structured in 14 short, episodic scenes, this powerful contemporary text examines the relationship between physical appearance and identity in merciless detail, considering the ruined faces of, among others, a war-wounded soldier, a discontented woman and an old philanderer disfigured by the pox; it also considers the sheer, casual cruelty of youth and beauty. [[Hugh Hodgart]] and [[Liam Brennan]]'s production – in a towering theatre space created on the stage of the New Athenaeum – looks breathtakingly fine, with a spectacular design by [[Kirsty McCabe]] (superbly lit by [[Andrew Smart]]) that makes magnificent use of giant portrait mirrors, and tall, soaring poster images.
 
Where the production falters is in its tone. There's far too much conventional "acting" and characterisation, not nearly enough Brechtian dryness and distance, combined with the ruthless focus on the play's themes, made possible by that harder, clearer performance style.
 
Nonetheless, Jenny Hulse shows terrific promise in a clutch of key female roles and, if this Barker sometimes looks frighteningly like the kind of bourgeois British theatre he hates, it still makes for a fascinating and absorbing evening.
 
== Credits ==
 
 
Sean Black, Glasgow School of Art
 
Citizens Theatre
 
EX Showhouse Furniture/XS Interiors
 
Kurt-Hans Goedicke
 
Philip Haig
 
Jennifer McBride


Deputy Stage Manager:
Adam McIlwain


Assistant Stage Manager:
Millers Creativity Shop


Production Electrician:
Ruchill Furniture Project


LX Operator:
Tron Theatre


Sound Operator:
www.victorianvillage.co.uk

Latest revision as of 22:15, 11 March 2011


Directed by Hugh Hodgart and Liam Brennan

Set and Costume Design Kirsty McCabe

Lighting Designer Andrew Smart

Sound Designer Danielle Flecher Herd

Assistant Production Manager Francesca Rose

Assistant Stage Manager Emma Whoriskey


Tuesday 20 May - Saturday 24 May 2008, 7.30pm Friday 23 May 2008, 2.30pm

NEW ATHENAEUM THEATRE


Production Challenges

Electro-magnet system

The design for this production required 15 banners to drop from overhead an controlled sequences throughout the performance. The TSM and LX department devised a system using electro-magnets controlled using the lighting desk.

See this link for the soloution:

Electro Magnet Drops For 'Wounds to the Face'


Cast

Michael E. Corrie: Man, Monsieur, Dictator, Greek

Michael Goldsmith: Youth, Terrorist, Double, Patriot

Jenny Hulse: Woman, Prisoner, Wife, Prostitute

Fergus Johnston: Youth, Lover, Roue

Emma Lambie: Bride, Visitor, Empress, Prostitute, Parasol Woman

Lewis Milsted: Surgeon, Emperor

Maria Noebauer: Mother

Matt Randell:Youth, Double, Painter, Narcissus

Andrew Root: Soldier

Owen Whitelaw: Youth, Figure, Guard, Greek


Technical

Set and Costume Designer Kirsty McCabe

Lighting Designer Andrew Smart

Sound Designer Danielle Flecher Herd

Assistant Production Manager Francesca Rose

Stage Manager Suzie Goldberg

Deputy Stage Manager Matt McFarlane

Assistant Stage Managers Kieron Johnson & Emma Whoriskey

Technical Stage Manager Emma Hullin

Deputy Technical Stage Manager Laura McNiven

Stage Automation Steve Macluskie, Stephen Roe


Technical Crew Production Electrician Lighting Operator Sound Operator
Vicky Adamczyk

Louise Marr

Calum Willoughby

Ricky Smith Douglas Paisley Kevin Cullen
Scenic Artists Scenic Assistants Senior Carpenter Carpenter
Marthe Hoffman

Emilie Velluet-Draper

Jennifer Walker

Lynsey MacDonald

Scott McIntosh

Karlene Reid

Avril Scott

Rachael Bamford

Iain Waugh

Laura Montgomery Marianne McAra
Prop Assistants Costume Maker Wardrobe Assistants AV Consultants
Ashleigh Blair

Matthew Edmonds

Gary Loughran

Emma Grindlay Benjamin Affleck

Susan Beattie

Richard Evans

Holly Hodgart

Katrina Kelly

Lauren Mackay

Ayden Millar

Avril Scott

Urszula Kocol

Krysty Wilson

Electrics Crew Senior Scenic Artists Construction Assistants Prop Makers
Kelli Del Jarlais

Richard Evans

Anne Hamilton

Sean McKenzie

Kirsten Hogg

Stephanie Todd

Alasdair Head

Lauren Mackay

Scott McIntosh

Helen Allingham

Gordon Bavaird

Niall MacGillivray

Christine Orr

Production Stills

Coming Soon

Reviews

The Scotsman

Theatre review: Wounds to the Face


Date: 22 May 2008 By JOYCE McMILLAN

WOUNDS TO THE FACE

THE NEW ATHENAEUM THEATRE, GLASGOW

3 stars

WITH storm clouds of controversy and underfunding swirling around Scotland's drama schools, it's good to see the final-year students at the RSAMD testing themselves against the best. Howard Barker is perhaps the most brilliant and least compromising of all living British playwrights; and if his 1995 piece Wounds to the Face is not exactly his weightiest work, it still presents a formidable, disturbing challenge.

Structured in 14 short, episodic scenes, this powerful contemporary text examines the relationship between physical appearance and identity in merciless detail, considering the ruined faces of, among others, a war-wounded soldier, a discontented woman and an old philanderer disfigured by the pox; it also considers the sheer, casual cruelty of youth and beauty. Hugh Hodgart and Liam Brennan's production – in a towering theatre space created on the stage of the New Athenaeum – looks breathtakingly fine, with a spectacular design by Kirsty McCabe (superbly lit by Andrew Smart) that makes magnificent use of giant portrait mirrors, and tall, soaring poster images.

Where the production falters is in its tone. There's far too much conventional "acting" and characterisation, not nearly enough Brechtian dryness and distance, combined with the ruthless focus on the play's themes, made possible by that harder, clearer performance style.

Nonetheless, Jenny Hulse shows terrific promise in a clutch of key female roles and, if this Barker sometimes looks frighteningly like the kind of bourgeois British theatre he hates, it still makes for a fascinating and absorbing evening.

Credits

Sean Black, Glasgow School of Art

Citizens Theatre

EX Showhouse Furniture/XS Interiors

Kurt-Hans Goedicke

Philip Haig

Jennifer McBride

Adam McIlwain

Millers Creativity Shop

Ruchill Furniture Project

Tron Theatre

www.victorianvillage.co.uk

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