Trojan Women - 2013
Troy has fallen.
The city has been destroyed and its people slaughtered.
The few survivors are prisoners of the Greek Army which is waiting to sail back to Greece. The army is disintegrating in the wake of its victory, but the killing continues.
The fate of the prisoners hangs in the balance.
Written by Howard Colyer
Directed by James Farrell
Movement Direction by Leigh Tredger
Designed by Libby Todd
Fight Direction by Andrei Zayats
Sound Design by Max Pappenheim
Lighting Design by Steve Lowe
Cast - Mariam Bell, Jacquie Crago, Daniel Wiltshire, Avita Jay, Karl Wilson, Jessica Tobert, Edward Mitchell, Tania Batzoglou, Hatty Jones, Josephine Rogers, Kathy Trevelyan & Georgio Galessi.
Reviews - "Skilfully directed by James Farrell, a strong cast, led by an impressive Jacquie Crago as Hecuba, makes this performance a chilling experience." UK Theatre Net
"The performances were passionate and yet controlled – no wild histrionics but deeply felt emotion."
"It is very well performed, handsomely staged and James Farrell’s direction, for Nameless Theatre, is assured"
"Trojan Women will move you. A revitalizing start to the theatrical calendar and a must see."
The city has been destroyed and its people slaughtered.
The few survivors are prisoners of the Greek Army which is waiting to sail back to Greece. The army is disintegrating in the wake of its victory, but the killing continues.
The fate of the prisoners hangs in the balance.
Written by Howard Colyer
Directed by James Farrell
Movement Direction by Leigh Tredger
Designed by Libby Todd
Fight Direction by Andrei Zayats
Sound Design by Max Pappenheim
Lighting Design by Steve Lowe
Cast - Mariam Bell, Jacquie Crago, Daniel Wiltshire, Avita Jay, Karl Wilson, Jessica Tobert, Edward Mitchell, Tania Batzoglou, Hatty Jones, Josephine Rogers, Kathy Trevelyan & Georgio Galessi.
Reviews - "Skilfully directed by James Farrell, a strong cast, led by an impressive Jacquie Crago as Hecuba, makes this performance a chilling experience." UK Theatre Net
"The performances were passionate and yet controlled – no wild histrionics but deeply felt emotion."
"It is very well performed, handsomely staged and James Farrell’s direction, for Nameless Theatre, is assured"
"Trojan Women will move you. A revitalizing start to the theatrical calendar and a must see."
Kafka vs Kafka - 2012
Kafka v Kafka is a play based on the letters Franz Kafka wrote to his father. When Kafka died he wrote to a friend: "Dearest Max, my last request. Everything I leave behind me ... in the way of diaries, manuscripts, letters (my own and others'), sketches, and so on, is to be burned unread”. His friend decided to ignore his request.
The letters however were never seen by Kafka’s father.
The production delves into the mind of Franz Kafka and seeks to transform his thoughts and emotions into visual poetry. The production is influenced by the imagery and poetic fragments in the play and aims to recreate that world – somewhere between dream and reality, the conscious and unconscious mind…
Written by Howard Colyer
Directed by Leigh Tredger
Associate Director & Sound Design by Max Pappenheim
Designed by Moi Tran
Lighting Design by Anna Sbokou
Assistant Director - Anna Nguyen
Cast - Jack Wilkie, Gareth Pilkington, Jen Apps & Ivy Corbin
The letters however were never seen by Kafka’s father.
The production delves into the mind of Franz Kafka and seeks to transform his thoughts and emotions into visual poetry. The production is influenced by the imagery and poetic fragments in the play and aims to recreate that world – somewhere between dream and reality, the conscious and unconscious mind…
Written by Howard Colyer
Directed by Leigh Tredger
Associate Director & Sound Design by Max Pappenheim
Designed by Moi Tran
Lighting Design by Anna Sbokou
Assistant Director - Anna Nguyen
Cast - Jack Wilkie, Gareth Pilkington, Jen Apps & Ivy Corbin
Homework - 2011
Vincent wants to be free of his mother but she is old and he cares for her. She wants to rule his life, but she can't remember her own.
What is an individual but a collection of memories on legs? Take away the memories and what's left? Legs. And even they aren't working well any more.
Written by Howard Colyer
Directed by James Farrell
Designed by Libby Todd
Lighting Design by Anna Sbokou & Sarah Crogan
Sound Design by Dario Burns
Cast - Jean Apps & Marc Forde
Reviews - “…there is not one dull moment in this production, so skilfully directed by James Farrell…go see this wonderful production.” For the full review click here - http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine.html
“This play is well–crafted…and James Farrell steers clear of cheap emotional shots in his direction.” For the full review click here - http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/homeworkbrockleyjack-rev.htm
What is an individual but a collection of memories on legs? Take away the memories and what's left? Legs. And even they aren't working well any more.
Written by Howard Colyer
Directed by James Farrell
Designed by Libby Todd
Lighting Design by Anna Sbokou & Sarah Crogan
Sound Design by Dario Burns
Cast - Jean Apps & Marc Forde
Reviews - “…there is not one dull moment in this production, so skilfully directed by James Farrell…go see this wonderful production.” For the full review click here - http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine.html
“This play is well–crafted…and James Farrell steers clear of cheap emotional shots in his direction.” For the full review click here - http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/homeworkbrockleyjack-rev.htm
Miracle - 2011
A struggling troupe of actors arrives in a poor, rural town, intent on performing a play. However their lives are transformed when an apparent stranger enters their midst and draws them into acts of sacrifice, betrayal and revenge.
Atmospheric and engaging with a folkloric twist, this play mixes the ordinary with the extraordinary, truth with illusion, and despair with salvation, to reveal something both human and magical.
**** - "An excellently crafted performance and a real triumph for Nameless Theatre."
For the full review click here.
Cast - Edmund Dehn, Davin Eadie, Hatty Jones, Annabelle Lanyon, Christie Miller & Edward Mitchell
Written by Reza de Wet
Directed by James Farrell
Produced by Maya Jani
Designed by Emma Thatcher & Irina Borisova
Sound Design by Dario Burns
Lighting Design by Anna Sbokou
Atmospheric and engaging with a folkloric twist, this play mixes the ordinary with the extraordinary, truth with illusion, and despair with salvation, to reveal something both human and magical.
**** - "An excellently crafted performance and a real triumph for Nameless Theatre."
For the full review click here.
Cast - Edmund Dehn, Davin Eadie, Hatty Jones, Annabelle Lanyon, Christie Miller & Edward Mitchell
Written by Reza de Wet
Directed by James Farrell
Produced by Maya Jani
Designed by Emma Thatcher & Irina Borisova
Sound Design by Dario Burns
Lighting Design by Anna Sbokou
The Government Inspector - 2010
The Government Inspector exposes the ridiculous, and often unscrupulous, pretence that local government officials undertake in order to appear effective to their superiors.
When the mayor of a small country town and his subordinates discover that a government inspector is coming to visit them, they whip themselves into a frenzy of fear and incompetence. Going on to mistakenly identify the inspector as a lowly clerk with ideas above his own station in life, they are ultimately taken for every penny they have.
Written by Nikolai Gogol
Directed by James Farrell
Designed by Becky Gunstone
Produced by LOST Theatre
Reviews: "...the work of LOST's young actors is well worth a look"
When the mayor of a small country town and his subordinates discover that a government inspector is coming to visit them, they whip themselves into a frenzy of fear and incompetence. Going on to mistakenly identify the inspector as a lowly clerk with ideas above his own station in life, they are ultimately taken for every penny they have.
Written by Nikolai Gogol
Directed by James Farrell
Designed by Becky Gunstone
Produced by LOST Theatre
Reviews: "...the work of LOST's young actors is well worth a look"
Miss Julie - 2009
When Miss Julie, the daughter of a nobleman, sleeps with her father's servant what follows is a conflict between sexual passion and social position which ultimately leads the pair to tragedy.
Written by August Strindberg
Directed by James Farrell
Cast - Mariam Bell, Hugh O'Shea & Gabrielle Schmidt
Written by August Strindberg
Directed by James Farrell
Cast - Mariam Bell, Hugh O'Shea & Gabrielle Schmidt
Carve - 2008
When a New York gallery debuts his gruesome painting, Carve, struggling artist Josh finally thinks he's hit the big time. But when the fictional female subject of his painting appears shivering, angry, and most definitely alive on his Brooklyn fire escape, Josh is forced to confront his assistant and lover Jessa and the dark secrets they've both been harbouring. In this suspenseful thriller, Josh and Jessa are forced through the rabbit hole to figure out how a supposed figment of Josh's imagination has bloomed into vibrant, desperate life.
Written by Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by James Farrell
Designed by Sarah Barnett
Lighting Design by Steve Osman
Cast - Peter Brooke, Kosha Engler, Simon Lee Philips & Ann Wittman
Reviews - "James Farrell successfully directs his first full-length play with a perfectly cast ensemble...The production is tight, energised and entertaining with great use of the small space." Remote Goat
Written by Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by James Farrell
Designed by Sarah Barnett
Lighting Design by Steve Osman
Cast - Peter Brooke, Kosha Engler, Simon Lee Philips & Ann Wittman
Reviews - "James Farrell successfully directs his first full-length play with a perfectly cast ensemble...The production is tight, energised and entertaining with great use of the small space." Remote Goat
The Atlantic Project - 2007
The Atlantic Project was an eight month long process which saw six American writers develop their new work on the London stage. This included short plays as welll as extracts from their full length pieces. The final part of the process had the audience choose their favourite play which was then produced in full. Carve was the selected play performed in 2008.
Written by Molly Smith Metzler, John O'Shea, Kate Snodgrass, Ginger Lazarus, Ronan Noone & Jacob Strautman.
Directed by James Farrell
Cast - Rebecca Handswick, David Mildon, Catherine Bellamy, Alex Woodhall & Jack Fortescue
With thanks to the United States of America Embassy in London for their generous donation.
Written by Molly Smith Metzler, John O'Shea, Kate Snodgrass, Ginger Lazarus, Ronan Noone & Jacob Strautman.
Directed by James Farrell
Cast - Rebecca Handswick, David Mildon, Catherine Bellamy, Alex Woodhall & Jack Fortescue
With thanks to the United States of America Embassy in London for their generous donation.
The Sperm Monologues - 2006 (Time Out Critic's Choice)
In some sperm donation clinics, donors are invited to record a message for their as-yet-unborn son or daughter to view when they reach eighteen.
If you only had one chance to speak to your child, what would you say?
The Sperm Monologues gives you the chance to hear a selection of these messages. Find out what some men leave behind in this funny and emotive production.
Written by Jon Gilbert & James Farrell
With contributions from Joanne Lee & John-Paul Gayford
Directed by James Farrell
Original Song & Music by Nick Jew
Cast - Paul Hessey, David Mildon, Martin Scott-Thomas
Reviews - "The only show I’ve seen so far whose merit outshines its ridiculous title is ‘The Sperm Monologues’. Several men were interviewed to find out the message they would give to children born from sperm they’d donated at a clinic, in a filmed session that would be shown to the child on their eighteenth birthday…the interviewees produced the basis for a script that was both funny and moving. Amid the harsh natural selection process for Fringe publicity-seekers, this is a piece that deserves to go all the way."
Rachel Halliburton, Mon Aug 14 - Time Out
“A great show in the making.”
Mhari Hetherington – www.scottishtheatre.co.uk
“Well crafted…consistent, realistic and believable”
Andrea Mullaney – The Scotsman
“The fully engaged performances successfully keep you wondering what sort of dad is about to appear onstage next.”
Three Weeks
If you only had one chance to speak to your child, what would you say?
The Sperm Monologues gives you the chance to hear a selection of these messages. Find out what some men leave behind in this funny and emotive production.
Written by Jon Gilbert & James Farrell
With contributions from Joanne Lee & John-Paul Gayford
Directed by James Farrell
Original Song & Music by Nick Jew
Cast - Paul Hessey, David Mildon, Martin Scott-Thomas
Reviews - "The only show I’ve seen so far whose merit outshines its ridiculous title is ‘The Sperm Monologues’. Several men were interviewed to find out the message they would give to children born from sperm they’d donated at a clinic, in a filmed session that would be shown to the child on their eighteenth birthday…the interviewees produced the basis for a script that was both funny and moving. Amid the harsh natural selection process for Fringe publicity-seekers, this is a piece that deserves to go all the way."
Rachel Halliburton, Mon Aug 14 - Time Out
“A great show in the making.”
Mhari Hetherington – www.scottishtheatre.co.uk
“Well crafted…consistent, realistic and believable”
Andrea Mullaney – The Scotsman
“The fully engaged performances successfully keep you wondering what sort of dad is about to appear onstage next.”
Three Weeks