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The Odyssey
Creatives:
Director: Jack Paterson
Designer: Mila Sanders
Sound Designer: Sean Evans
Devised and created by the Ensemble
Ensemble:
Allegra Ceccarelli
Ivan Comisso
Connor Eastmon
Ming Hudson
Alariza Nevarez
Ruth Tinker
Luna Tosin
Timothy Vest
Special thanks to Peter Collington and Our Garry.
Jack Paterson
Jack Paterson is a Canadian director, dramaturge, actor and theatre creator who has worked across the country. Favorite credits include The List (BoucheWHACKED!), the site specific The Women of Troy (Canadian Stage) and F. Garcia Lorca’s The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa (Shaw Festival); dramaturgy on the English language premiere of H. Muller’s Macbeth: nach Shakespeare (Conspiracy); and playing Hitler and Walt Disney in The Blue Light (The Firehall Arts Centre).
He is the founder of the multi-award winning Mad Duck Theatre Collective for whom he adapted and directed Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, The Tempest and the Vancouver premiere of Shakespeare’s R&J. Other directing credits include the award winning The Hobbit and The Odyssey (Carousel Theatre) and A Moon for the Misbegotten and The Pitmen Painters (United Players). Companies he has worked with include Playwrights Workshop Montreal, The Centaur Theatre and Imigo in Montreal, The Magnetic North Festival in Ottawa, The Canadian Opera Company, Foundry Theatre and Winterbird Arts in Toronto; The Vancouver Playhouse, The Presentation House and Opera Breve in Vancouver. A graduate of Circle in the Square (NYC, USA), he has performed with The Arts Club, Chemainus Theatre and was a regular performer in Savage God’s The Shakespeare Projects.
He is currently the co-founder and co-artistic director of BoucheWHACKED! Theatre, dedicated to development, showcasing and production of francophone works in translation. His work has been nominated for over twenty awards with many wins including Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Production. He is a recipient of The Ray Michal Outstanding Body of Work Award. www.jackpatersontheatre.com
Synopsis
Thursday 2nd of October
7:30pm
Friday 3rd of October
3:30pm
Corbett Theatre
East 15 Acting School
Rectory Lane
Loughton, Essex
IG10 3RY
Box Office: 020 8508 5983
e-mail: corbett@essex.ac.uk
Inspired by the poem by Homer
Devised and created by the Ensemble
Odysseus’ epic journey home from the ashes of Troy. After ten years at war, a man is lost, wandering the ocean, pursued by the vengeful storm god Poseidon in a desperate quest to return home in a tale of heroes, gods and monsters.
Allegra Ceccarelli is a Brazilian/ Italian actress and singer who just graduated a Master degree on acting at East 15 Acting School. Her last performances in London were Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, Michel Tremblay’s “Les Belles Soeurs”, Goethe’s “Faust part 1 & 2”, Caryl Churchill’s “A Mouthful of Birds” and Ariel Dorfman’s “Widows”. Allegra had been doing theatre for many years in Brazil before moving to London. There, she worked mostly with devising and musical theatre. Her last production in Brazil was a devising piece based on Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” where she played Katherine. Recently she did two acting residencies, one in Moscow at the Russian University of Theatre and Arts (GITIS) and she just came back from her last one in Bali at the Arts Centre where she studied Balinese theatre, dance and music.
I was born in a little italian town called Bollate, and lived there until the age of 13, when I moved to Norway for 6 years. I have now lived in England for 4 years, where I did my Bachelor’s degree in Drama at the University of Essex and have trained at East 15 Acting School on the MA Acting course. I am a very active individual and have always played a variety of sports, including basketball, athletics, Judo and my favourite, football. In spite of my zealousness, I do like to kick back, read a good book, watch a good film, or play chess, my favourite board game. I am a very open minded individual, I love travelling, making new experiences and meeting new people, but I also love my family and friends, and staying back and relaxing once in a while is something I always try to make time for. I also love languages, I speak Italian and English fluently, Spanish conversationally, and I aim to learn Norwegian as soon as I can.
Connor Eastman is a student at East 15 working towards his MFA in acting. In addition to Odyssey he has performed in Cat Amongst the Pigeons as Lantery, Pornography as Jason, and The Turn of the Screw as The Man. This is his first devised project, and he is excited and grateful to be working with such a dedicated and enthusiastic cast.
The Creatives
The Cast
Ming Hudson is Canadian theatre artist who now splits her time between Canada and the UK. A recent graduate of The London International School of Performing Arts, Ming is currently finishing her Masters in Ensemble Theatre at Rose Bruford College. She also holds a BFA in Acting from the Department of Theatre at the University of Victoria in Canada. Her most recent acting credits include: The Little Leaf (Inside I’m a Mermaid, UK), Fall Away Home (Boca del Lupo, Canada), PostSecret: Unheard Voices (Brand to Stage Productions, Canada/USA tour), and The Penelopiad (The Arts Club Theatre Company, Canada). Ming is also the co-artistic director of two devised physical theatre based companys: you & i Theatre (Canada) and Inside I’m a Mermaid (UK). Up next, she will be returning back to Canada in the winter to remount PostSecret: Unheard Voices.
Alariza is originally from San Francisco, CA and is thrilled to be apart of this devised "exploration," as Jack likes to call it! Since she's been in the UK, through East 15 she has performed on Shakespeare's Globe and the Cockpit theatre in London. Back in the states, she holds a BA in Drama, a Teaching Credential for Secondary Education, and worked as a professional actor for four years before deciding to go for her Masters. Favorite roles include Thaisa in Pericles (Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company), Brer Fox in The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (California Theatre Center), and Ozzy Osbounre in Zombie: A New Musical (SF Playhouse).
Sean Evans is a Canadian composer and musician who currently resides in London, England. What started out as a love for percussion quickly spread into other areas of music through professional studies in jazz, theory, and composition. Today, he boasts the skills for deft arrangements, and is interested in explorations in modern recording technology. Utilizing skills he currently employs as a sound and visual technician, Sean is pleased to start unveiling works in multimedia formats, expanding his reach into visual art installations and original theatrical scores. Sean divides his time between many different musical projects: he produces and performs his own ambient music compositions under his own name, as well as dance music under the moniker Full Function. His recent theatre collaborations include creating the scores for: The Little Leaf (Inside I’m a Mermaid), At Last (LISPA),The Air Loom (you & i Theatre), and Tribute (LISPA).
Upon leaving her native city of Sheffield, Ruth moved to New York where she trained and as an actor and dancer. Ruth returned to London to complete her MA in Acting at East 15 Acting School.
She recently had the opportunity to work with Joseph Fiennes and Shakespeare expert Dr. Bruce Wall on the Sky Arts documentary ‘Shakespeare Uncovered'. Her other recent credits include: Goneril – King Lear (Cockpit Theatre) Nikki/Sapphire – Strippers (Corbett Theatre) Lady Macbeth – Macbeth (Corbett Theatre). Ruth will be appearing in 'Strippers' at The White Bear Theatre, London in November 2014
Luna Tosin is a Brazilian actress and dancer who graduated with a MFA degree in Acting from East 15 Acting School. Her latest performances include Shakespeare's Macbeth, in the Tristan Bates theatre, Tremblay's Les Belles Soeurs, at the Arcola theatre, Goethe's Faust at Corbett Theatre, and Dorfman's Widows at the Battersea Art Centre. Back in Brazil Luna had experience with Tv studying at Casablanca TV acting course, and working a lot with commercials. She also participated on a theatre company for 10 years devising projects. In regards to dance, Luna has an advance technique on jazz dance and intermediate ballet, participating on some dancing competitions including Joinville dance festival.
A student of music and acting as an undergraduate in the United States, Timothy arrived in London one year ago to pursue a Masters degree in Musical Theatre at Goldsmiths University. Always a bit curious and fascinated by the art of storytelling, he was drawn to the power of theatre to influence and challenge as a place of discovery and intimate human interaction. London projects include the musical Dream recently premiered at the Tristan bates Theatre, and the musical comedy Foreign Exchange in collaboration with the Confucius Institute. Roles while in the States include Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol:The Musical, Sidney Bruhl in Deathtrap, and George Deever in All My Sons. Timothy has also