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August 2008
Buxton Fringe Award Winners Again!
For the second year running Northern Gap has picked up two prestigious awards at the Buxton Festival Fringe, with the title of Best Young Actor going jointly to Robert Shaw (Cookie) and Sarah Coomer (Jean) for Mercy.
Melissa Ward and Cara Hurst also received nominations for their roles in Cracked.
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February 2008
New play is Cracked
Thank you to all the hardworking playwrights from Writing LAB @ Oldham Coliseum theatre. After much deliberation, we eventually selected Brian Marchbank’s fantastic black comedy Cracked to perform this summer. Congratulations to Brian!
We will be closing the new writing festival, Wordsmith08, with our production of Cracked on July 19th.
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November 2007
New Production: Mercy by Lin Coghlan
We are delighted to announce that Mercy by Lin Coghlan will be one of our
two plays this season.
We are thrilled that Lin has agreed to alter
the original text especially for Northern Gap, moving the location
of the play from ‘just outside London’ to ‘just
outside Manchester’, reflecting our northern roots.
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October 2007
Northern Gap comissions WritingLAB
The particular performance needs of Northern Gap Theatre
Company have also been taken on as an exciting but challenging commission
by WritingLAB @ The Oldham Coliseum Theatre, who have agreed to
present us with a choice of brand new plays by January. |
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July 2007
Ladybird
Wins 'Best Production'
Our production of Ladybird
by Vassily Sigarev won 'Best Drama Production' at Buxton Fringe
Festival in July, while Dean Aspen secured the award for 'Best Actor'.
Read the production review here. |
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June 2007
"Their Enthusiasm is an Inspiration"Our patron Michael Sheen spoke exclusively to Kate Stirrup from the Manchester Metro News about his involvement with Northern Gap Theatre Company. Read the interview here. |
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May 2007
First Venue is a Sell Out!
Our first performance of Ladybird, at CAMSFC Theatre, was a complete sell-out. We held an after-show discussion to gain audience feedback - all of which was extremely positive.
Comments included:
'Fantastic!'
'Acting as good as you'd see at the Royal Exchange...'
'I feel as though I've been slapped round the face.' |
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January 2007
Shooting
on LocationWe spent the weekend of 26th-28th January
shooting the film sections of Ladybird on location in
London. Thanks to Natasha Avouris for her expert filming and to Nic
Davies for the loan of his camera. |
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January 2007
Meeting with
Michael SheenWhilst in London we went
to see our patron, Michael Sheen, in his latest sell-out show Frost/Nixon
at the Gielgud Theatre. The company met up with Michael after the
show, to gather useful advice and swap news. |
