Turn to Face the Change
Was performed at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival at C electric.
Monday 15 to Friday 19 August
Rick is a radio presenter whose chat show includes a man sexually
intimidated by a cat. His style changes dramatically when he meets Lisa, an
erotic fiction writer, on a blind date. The romantic comedy also has a
generational edge involving Rick's father and Lisa's mother Dorothy. This is
generally a light hearted, watchable show, but it can be a bit trite and is
sometimes left hanging in the air. The dialogue may seem stilted but the
daughter-mother-flatmate relationship was particularly funny, and there were
some decent performances. The show also has a lush setting in the caverns of
C electric - just don't expect anything too deep or unpredictable.
Three Weeks | Rating 3/5
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Rick is a late-night radio talk show host with a mysterious history. He shares a flat with his womanising best friend, Archie. Lisa is a successful writer whose continuing search for love is severely hindered by her mother, Dorothy, a woman with a PhD in emotional blackmail. Through a series of bizarre coincidences, the very different lives of Rick, Lisa, Archie and Dorothy collide, and in one very peculiar night, their lives are changed forever. All four characters are forced to face up to the reasons why they live the way they do, how different things could be, and whether or not change is necessarily a good thing.
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Thursday, June 02, 2005
Readthrough Photos
Pictures from last nights readthrough have been added to our gallery. Big thanks go to Martin Spain for the excellent photos. See the pictures here.
posted by kev at 11:24 AM
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
The Cast!
Every time I have to cast a show it seems to get harder. All those who auditioned were fabulous, doing shows with Act 2 has clearly just made you all that much better than the very high standard you were at when I last had to make this sort of choice. I am truly sorry for the people who I couldn't find a place for, I would love to have you all in the show...
But here is the chosen cast:
Rick - Peter Hawes
Lisa - Richelle Brundle
Archie - Richard Fish
Dorothy - Naomi Marsh
Kate - Tania Harris
Colin and Nigel will be cast in the near future.
If anyone has any questions or comments please get hold of me. I'll be emailing you, hopefully tomorrow, to sort out when you will be free for rehearsals.
This is going to be a great show, thanks all of you for auditioning.
Psi
posted by Simon at 12:25 AM
Monday, May 23, 2005
Auditions
I finished going over the script and choosing audition pieces last night. I had thought about asking people to read a short sketch too but the updated script is now so tight that all the comedy you need is right there!
The bits are:
p5-8 Rick and Archie
p15-16 Dorothy and Lisa
p20-21 Rick and Lisa
p30-32 Dorothy and Archie (if necessary)
Looking forward to tonight
Psi
posted by Simon at 1:23 PM
Monday, May 16, 2005
Audition Dates Announced
Auditions for 'Turn to Face the Change' will be held at 19:30 on Monday the 23rd of May at the University of Hertfordshire, College Lane Campus: MAPWe will be performing the show in Edinburgh on the 15th -19th of August, and also as a preview at the end of July/beginning of August in the Hertfordshire area. Please make sure you are available for these dates when auditioning. Scripts are available for download here: SCRIPTAny questions please contact me or Simon Bennett (Director) simonbennett@crossrail.co.uk 07976951915 Tom@tompc.co.uk 07802448850 Tom Producer TTFTC
posted by Tom P-C at 10:45 PM
Web-Tastitc!
Those helpful chappies at CDS have just registered me the domains www.turntofacethechange.com and www.turntofacethechange.co.uk both of which re-direct back to this page. Kev (Act 2 Webmaster) pointed out that these domains where free, and now after a small investment we will hopefully redirect any wayward web wanders back to our own well crafted site and the information they are hopefully searching for! Hey, every little helps! Tom Producer 'Turn to Face the Change'
posted by Tom P-C at 10:39 PM
Kiss!
Just submitted the image below to C-venues for use on their website and in some of their early publicity along side some of the copy we sent them earlier. As we haven't got a cast at the moment I went with this image to try and convey a little of what the play is about. It was a bit of a speedy job as I'd failed to read a line on the last C-venues bulletin and hadn't realised the deadline was so close - eek! Still - I work well under pressure and I'm pleased with what we came up with - it was an idea we discussed in a couple of the initial meetings and luckily I had just ordered a couple of the microphones for work :-). Louise Freeth assisted greatly by supplying the lipstick (and the lips!) and then gave the photo her magic touch in Photoshop. Thank you Louise x! 
posted by Tom P-C at 12:13 AM
Friday, May 13, 2005
Director appointed
After much deliberating and many long chats Simon Bennett has been appointed to fill the role of director of this production. It was a hard decision to make as both candidates are equally qualified to direct. At the end of the day it was felt by James Castro (Assistant to the producer) and I, that in this case Simon's style of directing suited this production more. Naomi Marsh (matriarchal figure head of Act2) will still be involved in the direction of the show, but will also be assisting Mr Castro and myself in production elements.
Auditions for cast will be held shortly - I will post dates as soon as they are confirmed.
TPC
Producer 'Turn to Face the Change'
posted by Tom P-C at 6:08 PM
Hello
Just thought I'd add a hello as the other half of the Production team, and also a thanks to kev for setting this up. As Tom said, keep watching here for news!
posted by James at 9:33 AM
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Act 2 Productions Go to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!
Thanks to those nice people at C-Venues Act2 have a venue for thier first Edinburgh show!
'Turn to Face the Change' written by Act2's Pete Hawes will be perfomed on the 15th-19th of August 2005 at the new C-Venue on Clerk St.
Keep an eye on this page for more news!
Tom
Producer - Turn to Face the Change
posted by Tom P-C at 11:35 PM
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