Week 2!
January 30, 2008The festival is now well underway and we’ve already seen some amazing events, but there’s even more to come! The second week of ‘The Bald Soprano’ begins tonight, and after being reviewed by Time Out and featured on BBC London news, we’re ready to give the audiences the great show they expect and more! But don’t worry, there won’t be any ego trips onstage this week - if anything we’re more determined to do the play justice! 33% Films will also be a heavy feature at the weekend, so make sure you come along and check them out, the young talent is exceptional if I do say so myself 
If you want to check out the press for ‘The Bald Soprano’ click here http://www.ovalhouse.com/cn/event_details.php?sectionid=theatre&eventid=245&searchid=current and scroll to the bottom of the page. The news segment can be viewed via the 33% Facebook group here http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6713137388
<3 Lauren Baino
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January 16, 2008
HARDCORE REHEARSALS!!!
January 16, 2008The set is up and midway through rehearsals and we are in pain! After too many mince pies over Christmas The Bald Soprano Cast are feeling the physical strain thanks to Jorge and his hardcode warm ups. BUT we are coping and pushing on forward. Ladies are now rehearsing in heels and humm Stef hasn’t dropped a few times no!!! New cast members are throwing themselves in at the deep end and their efforts definitely haven’t gone unnoticed. My admiration goes out to Cerise for throwing up on set and continuing to rehearse after. SHE IS A SOILDER whose undigested prawn curry still lingers in the air!!! (Only joking we mopped it up). I cannot end this blogg without mentioning the multi talented Tuan who amazingly could do The Bald Soprano as a one man show! LETS KEEP GOING GUYS! Thank you until next time!
Stef O’Driscoll
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January 16, 2008 33% London – The Full Festival Line Up
January 14, 2008So the programme is confirmed and tickets are now on sale! Here’s the full line up of the 33% London Festival:
33% London: A celebration of theatre and film by and for young London
Oval House Theatre celebrates the capital’s vibrant and diverse new generation of creative practitioners in a groundbreaking season of film, theatre and workshops and seminars for audiences aged 16-19.
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Oval House Youth Theatre Company
Wed 23 Jan – Sat 2 Feb 7.30pm, £5
Ionesco’s absurdist masterpiece takes a humorous journey into the English language and how it has defined what it means to be British. Fusing original text with pop culture, this energetic adaptation explores the power of language in contemporary London and captures the essence of modern life with reference to mobile phones, MySpace, Facebook and Oasis.
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Wed 23 – Sat 26 Jan 8pm, £2
8 Royal Court young writers, 8 Oval House young actors, and 4 Young Vic Directors: could you possibly get more young and fresh talent in one space? What happens when you throw 20 dynamic young artists from different disciplines into a project with no parameters? Join us for a week of short play readings written and developed for 33% London.
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Fri 1 Feb, 8pm – Film Night with the BFI, £2
A selection of innovative shorts presenting an alternative view of the Big Smoke, followed by a critical debate of the issues raised.
Sat 2 Feb, 8pm – Flash Mob, £2
Max is dead. Who’s to blame? A dark tale of suicide, revenge… and Bluetooth.
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The Red Room Platform Presents…
Why are we afraid of our young?
Mon 4 Feb 7-9pm, FREE but booking advised
An interactive evening of film, performance and debate. Amidst a nationwide epidemic of knives, guns and gangs infesting our communities, the award winning Red Room invites you to participate in a timely platform investigating ‘Why are we afraid of our young?’
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Tamasha Theatre
Wed 6 –Thu 7 Feb 7.30pm, £5
A lively new production from Tamasha, which invites us into the private lives of young people in Britain’s secondary schools. As we tune into their lyrical daily chat, a revealing subtext of stories and dreams, posing and posturing, allegiances and rivalries emerges. Created from real life stories devised through workshops with young people, and performed by Southwark-based youth theatre REACT, Lyrical MC offers a rhythmic, multilingual journey through a typical school day.
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Wed 6 Feb, 8pm – We’re Here Because, £2
A physical theatre performance exploring the parallel experiences of young soldiers in the First World War and modern day Iraq
Thurs 7 Feb, 8pm – Scenarios by Collective Artists, £2
Developed through interviews and workshops with a group of young parents from Lewisham, Scenarios uses music and drama to tell the stories of those young people who from naivety to the search for love found themselves dealing with scenarios that should have waited until they grew up.
Fri 8 Feb, 8pm – God Coughs Uncomfortably, £2
Lucy has traded her soul to the Devil – boyfriend Ricky is on a mission to get it back.
But who ever said the Devil played fair?
Sat 9 Feb, 8pm – Freedom 21: Welcome to MOPAC, £2
In a totalitarian future, six teenagers submitted to the Ministry of Politics and Control await their day of freedom.
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Theatre Royal Reads @ 33% London
Fri 8 Feb 7.45pm, £2
Theatre Royal Stratford East Youth Theatre and Oval House Youth Theatre unite to present a night of play readings inspired and written by the young people of East London: 3 different plays of 3 different styles exploring the universal themes of home, relationships and belonging.
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Professional Development Workshops
Wed 23 Jan 2.00-6.30pm – Working with vulnerable and volatile young people, £5
Training for established arts practitioners exploring arts practices that address the needs of vulnerable and volatile young people
Wed 30 Jan 2.00-6.30pm – How to become a theatre facilitator, £5
Training for 18-25 year olds exploring ways of planning workshops when working with young people as a drama facilitator
Sat 9 Feb 2.00-6.30pm – Making your way as a theatre artist, £5
Training for 18-25 year olds exploring ways to develop and sustain artistic practice, and make the jump from being a youth theatre member to a professional artist
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The one b4 Christmas!
December 19, 2007Hello again. The festival is becoming more and more interesting. We’ve almost completely covered all spaces in the programme and have got some really exciting people involved. We are still however looking for some more filmmakers to get in touch with us. As well as people who would like to be part of the OneVoice programme which will consist of various presentations of monologues. If you are interested please email:
33percentlondon:@ovalhouse.com
Also visit our MySpace: www.myspace.com/33percentlondon
If you want more info about the whole festival go to: www.ovalhouse.com where we have a special feature.
Peace & Season’s Greetings.
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going!
December 11, 2007The last few days have been quite intense. We’ve had some more work-in-progress scripts come through and have also programmed some more events in our main space. One of these includes a night with work from the Theatre Royal Stratford East. They will most definitely bring something special and something worth your £5. The BFI film night has been confirmed (Woo Hoo! : ) ): Friday 1st February 2008. On this night they will be deconstructing films and talking through how they were made which all sounds extremely exciting so all you budding filmmakers better get in there and quick! On that very same night we are having our very first BSL Interpreted performance (British Sign Language) for the youth theatre. Oval House Youth Arts are taking the world by storm. And we are taking all young theatre and filmmakers in South London with us.
It’s all ‘appennin’!!!
December 7, 2007Oh my gosh! I’m so bloody excited! 33% London is actually happening. I remember when this was just another ambitious thought a few months ago. I never thought that it would blow up as much as it has now. I feel really empowered working on this and privileged to be such a young member of the company in a respected and responsible position. I’d like to thank everybody who has helped to get this festival onto it’s feet.
Now that you’ve heard all the nice stuff, we come to reality. Time is ticking very quickly. Christmas is upon us and we only have two weeks to promote, programme and practically organise this festival. We are waiting for a lot of replies from companies and because it is so close to the Christmas break it is becoming increasingly worrying. But we all know full and well that this going to be the bomb!
All the hard work will pay off though because at Oval House and especially in the Youth Arts department, we don’t give up and we will never ever go out without a bang.
We are still looking for young people that would like to showcase their works in progress. We are also looking for people who would like to test out the effectiveness of their monologues for drama school or just general auditions. This would take place in one of our studios every night of the festival. Also not to forget, we are looking for young filmmakers who would like to showcase their work.
If you are interested in any of that then please feel free to email: YouthArtsAsst@ovalhouse.com
We look forward to hearing from you all. The fight is on but Young London, we will not give up. It’s about time we really made our voices and the voices of all young artists heard. PEACE!
