tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82930742404879925702012-02-17T01:29:32.637ZA theatre Director in LondonChris Georgenoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293074240487992570.post-37387813414600000512010-02-23T12:28:00.003Z2010-02-23T13:14:34.429ZYesterday was the technical rehearsal (aka an excuse to eat stupidly sugary goods) for William Andrew's Nitwit.<div><br /></div><div>The tech all went rather smoothly (thanks in no small measure to our Stage Manager, Julie and the Venue Technician, Dylan) and happily erased memories of impossibly timed Edinburgh Techs of old.</div><div><br /></div><div>So to celebrate that rarity, a happy painless tech which finishes with 10 minutes to spare, here's another quick plug...</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WaIh5r5lA6g&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WaIh5r5lA6g&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8293074240487992570-3738781341460000051?l=blog.directedbychris.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Georgenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293074240487992570.post-7496391103040887782010-02-15T17:02:00.017Z2010-02-15T18:16:12.696Z<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size:13px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="margin-top: 0.25em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></h3><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">....my name, as you may have already guessed from above, is Chris George and I'm a theatre director.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">I'd like to welcome you to my blog where, in conjuction with my website </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><a href="http://www.directedbychris.com/">www.directedbychris.com</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">, I'll aim to regularly update with details of forthcoming projects, general news, random jottings and links.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">To satisfy the above criteria I'm pleased to announce that </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">William Andrew's </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">show </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">Nitwit</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"> which I previously directed in Edinburgh will shortly be transferring to the Soho Theatre, London.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">It runs from 25 - 27 February at 8pm and according to Time Out;</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></span></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">'William Andrew’s show is a miraculous little box of delights. Stunningly creative, it is the perfect marriage of technological wizardry and pitch perfect comedy performance. Andrews is destined to become one of the best comedic actors of his generation'</span></span></b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">**** Time Out</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">Whilst The Times said he;</span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><h4 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></span></h4><h4 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">'Bursts with ideas... And makes everything funny, stimulating or both... If you’ve enjoyed the likes of Will Adamsdale or Noble and Silver in the past, Andrews should be to your taste.'</span></span></h4></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">**** The Times</span></span></strong></span></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">I agree with both...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">For further details or to book here's a handy link </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.sohotheatre.com/pl1840.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">www.sohotheatre.com/pl1840.html</span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">and for further details on Will Andrews here's a link to his website </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.teamwonderful.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">Team Wonderful</span></a></span></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8293074240487992570-749639110304088778?l=blog.directedbychris.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Georgenoreply@blogger.com0