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Variety: Ken set to direct Off-Broadway play
Iain Fisher:
The bits of the play on the play's website look really good, some nice imaginative images.
Iain
Iain Fisher:
Some pictures from the production
Much more on the website of the play
www.mindgametheplay.com
Iain Fisher:
By Robert Simonson, 22 Oct 2008
"...Carradine is currently making a surprise return to the New York stage in Anthony Horowitz's Mindgame at SoHo Playhouse. Surprise, because it's Off-Broadway, and because the play is a thriller — not a genre Carradine is known for — and because it's directed by controversial British filmmaker Ken Russell. The actor talked to Playbill.com about his new role..."
"...Have you ever worked with Ken Russell before?
KC: No. I've certainly been well aware of him over the years and been a huge fan. But I had never even met Ken before.
Playbill.com: I guess when his name is attached to a project, you know it's going to be kind of interesting.
KC: (Laughs) At least.
Playbill.com: What's he like as a stage director?
KC: Well, his approach is not conventional. He doesn't approach the process of directing a play in a theatre-director way. But his point of view and sensibilities is 100 percent Ken Russell. All I can say is expect the unexpected.
Playbill.com: Should we expect something interesting in the design elements?
KC: Part of the design of the piece is written into it by the playwright. There are several aspects to the set; there are several changes that will occur during the course of the evening to underscore the nature of madness. The audience's perception of what is real and what is not will also be questioned. There are two acts, but it does take place in one confined space, which is my office..."
www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/122336.html
Thanks to Alex for the link
Iain Fisher:
The Soho website has some more on the play, plus an image
The website says the play starts on 28 Oct 2008 and is open ended
http://www.iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-news.html
Who is going?
Iain
Iain Fisher:
From The Times 7 Oct 2008 (some of this also apprears in the thread on The Times).
Ken describes the play Mindgame as "A play in which nothing is as it seems. Strains of violence, intrigue, questionable identity, serial killers and sexually loaded psychodrama stretch the imagination to breaking point or breakthrough point: your choice and your ride... Alone in my room, reading the script... ,by the end of Act I I was ready for a large scotch. By the last page, I had finished the bottle. Yes, it was honestly the scariest script I had ever read."
And how he came to do the play "Some time ago I was approached by the talented American actor Lee Godart to direct the play, by the British author Anthony Horowitz, whose TV series Foyle's War and whose Alex Rider books are international hits."
The play stars Keith Carradine, Lee Godart and Kathleen McNenny. Beowulf Boritt is the production designer, Ken's wife Elise is assistant director and the producers are Monica Tidwell and Michael Butler. It is on at the SoHo Theatre, 15 Vandam Street, New York, from 29 Oct 2008 and opens on 9 Nov 2008 www.sohoplayhouse.com)
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