PRESS RELEASE!!
RedNeedle Productions present ‘Picasso’s
Artful Occupation’ at the Barons Court Theatre.
Written by Ian Buckley and directed by Kenneth
Michaels, the play is based on an historical event in Paris in September 1940, involving
Picasso and the occupying German army.
Buckley’s play takes a look at how a great artist
deals with an overweening military power in 1940 Paris.
The German military have summoned Picasso to have his
works inventoried. What menace lurks behind this ‘innocent’ request? How much
can Picasso trust them? In the vaults of the Bank of Commerce and Industry in
Paris a game of cat and mouse plays out.
Commenting on the subject matter, Buckley says:
‘My play shows how vulnerable even
the greatest of artists is in the face of philistine military might.’
‘Grasping Nazis think they hold the power - but who
really pulls the strings?’
Picasso’s Artful Occupation is
at the Barons Court Theatre, 11 March - 30 March, Tuesday - Saturday 7:30pm; Sunday 6:30pm; matinees
Saturday 22 & 29 March 2:30 pm.
Tickets are now on general sale: 0208 932 4747
PRESS NIGHT: Tuesday 11 March, 7.30 pm
Notes to Editors: For press
enquiries please contact Ian Buckley on ian.buckley@tiscali.co.uk. or 07771
722608
RedNeedle
Productions was set up in September 2012 to bring radical and
left-wing theatre to theatregoers. Picasso’s
Artful Occupation is its second production. The Tailors’ Last Stand
was its first.
Facebook: RedNeedle Productions
Ian Buckley is a
theatre writer. His writing credits include: The Tailors’ Last Stand (RedNeedle
Productions, Barons Court Theatre); Down
The River (Theatre Royal, Stratford East); Keeping Faith (Kings Head); Suits
& Blouses (The Room, The Orange Tree); First Timers (Dukes Head); Tainted
Love (Young Actors Theatre); other work includes: Changing Gear (BBC Radio 4, re-broadcast Hessischer
Rundfunk); The
Revolutionary (Hessischer Rundfunk).
He has been shortlisted for the
Verity Bargate Award, The Bruntwood
Award (long short-list); the Brockley Jack Write Now
Three award. He has received financial support from the Arts
Council. For more info go to: www.ianbuckley.info
Kenneth Michaels trained as a director, working for many years in theatres all over the UK. After realizing his passion for directing he studied for an MA in Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths College, London University. He works regularly as a freelance director. His experience includes Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen, new plays, devised work and rehearsed readings. He is a regular director of new plays for Actors and Writers London.
Cleo Harris-Seaton: set
designer – www.cleoharrisseaton.com
Cast: Picasso - Gary Heron; Frisch -
Roberto Landi; Hebbel - David O’Connor
Listings Information:
Picasso’s Artful Occupation
Written and produced by Ian Buckley
Directed by Kenneth Michaels
11 March – 30 March, Tuesday
- Saturday 7:30pm; Sunday 6:30pm;
matinees: Saturday 22 & 29 March 2:30 pm
The Barons Court Theatre, ‘The Curtains Up’, 28A Comeragh Rd, London W14 9RH
Press night 7:30pm Tuesday 11 March
Press Tickets: Artistic Director, Ron Phillips (0208 932 4747) who will
be pleased to arrange your tickets.
Tickets £12 Concessions £10
Box Office: 0208
932 4747