Rehearsals for The Curse of Miss Fortune are now well underway. Here are a few sneaky workshop pics taken at the Backwell Playhouse. Images aren’t great quality as they were taken on a mobile phone.
Archive: June 2011
Just for our own amusement here is a collection of rehearsal bloopers by the cast, filmed in Bristol at the Backwell Playhouse.
Please find the official press release for our 2011 production The Curse of Miss Fortune. You may either click on the PDF logo to download / open a copy or view the below formatted text version:-
The Curse of Miss Fortune
A brand new dark comedy for the Edinburgh Fringe 2011
Where: theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Theatre 2 (v53)
When: 15:10pm (45 minutes)
Dates: Preview 9th August, then 10th-13th August
Traditional British 70’s satire meets Classic 50’s transatlantic noir, with a dollop of 80’s B-movie magic. For five days only!
The Fringe Files present The Curse of Miss Fortune, a minimalistic cross-genre satire comedy featuring a gullible couple, a sex-mad boss, a seductive femme fatale, an angry landlord, a flirty secretary and a cursed pig?!
The Curse of Miss Fortune is a brand new theatre play by British playwright Michael Starr. His plays have been performed across the globe. His radio plays have featured on BBCR4 and online stream station playlists worldwide.
“Michael Starr brings a mixture of Monty Python and early Pinter to the stage”
– stageplays.com
ENDS
For press enquiries please contact The Fringe Files directly:
contact@thefringefiles.com / 07762 113524
or theSpace @ Surgeons Hall press office:
bookings@thespaceuk.com / 08455 088515
Listings Information:
The Curse of Miss Fortune
TheSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Theatre 2 (v53)
3.10pm (45 minutes)
9th – 13th August 2011
Box Office: 08455 088515 / boxoffice.surgeons@thespaceuk.com
Fringe Office: 01312 260000 / www.edfringe.com
Company Website: www.thefringefiles.com
Notes for editors:
The Curse of Miss Fortune will be previewed at the Backwell Playhouse, Bristol (July 31st) and The Hen & Chickens Theatre Pub, Islington (Aug 7th).
The Fringe Files is a self-funded production company set-up by Michael Starr to premiere new plays directly pre-publication. This is The Fringe Files debut production with a debut play.
How super excited were we to receive copies of the Edinburgh Fringe programme this morning! The Curse of Miss Fortune is listed here.