One of Samuel Beckett’s most acclaimed and accessible plays, All That Fall is also one of his least known. The writer’s friend and biographer Jim Knowlson explains why – and why it is “too good, too funny and too moving” to be left on the shelf. When Beckett’s first radio play was broadcast in 1957, […]
16 Feb 2016
Out of Joint is presenting a rare live production of Samuel Beckett’s radio play All That Fall, in which theatre-goers will be blindfolded, the actors moving about the auditorium. One of Beckett’s most naturalistic plays, it is inspired by his native Foxrock in Ireland. We asked cast members about their first experience of Beckett. BRÍD […]
09 Feb 2016
Our production Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern was to tour to the theatre at Ipswich High School for Girls, as part of a 2-week collaboration with Eastern Angles in which we take the show to small venues around East Anglia and Essex. This is part of a wider tour that takes in more conventional […]
06 Oct 2015
Why were women so vulnerable to being accused of witchcraft? By 1712, when our play Jane Wenham: Witch of Walkern is set, the most intense period of witch hunting was over, although still within living memory. During the height of the hunts somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000 people were tried and of those 50,000 to […]
03 Sep 2015
Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern is set in a Hertfordshire village in 1712. Here are some of designer James Button‘s costume illustrations, with a few notes about the characters and costume decisions. Click on an image to expand it.
26 Aug 2015
In August 2015, villagers in the Indian state of Jarkhand dragged five middle-aged women from their beds and beat and stoned them to death on suspicion of witchcraft. It wasn’t an isolated case. In India’s eastern states, “witches” are often blamed and attacked for causing illness, poor harvests and other misfortunes. There’s a horrid timelessness to […]
17 Aug 2015
Out of Joint is presenting a rare live production of Samuel Beckett’s radio play All That Fall, in collaboration with the Enniskillen Happy Days Festival. We asked some of the cast about their first encounters with Beckett. GARY LILBURN “Leaving three actors in charge seemed a recipe for disaster” My first opportunity to perform in […]
13 Jul 2015
JON BRADFIELD talks to artist Pippa Blake about her new theatre-inspired exhibition. Theatre’s a pretty transient art-form – once the last performance is over and the lights go down, it’s over. The cast moves on to other projects, the costumes are sent back and dry-cleaned, and we get on with the business of planning our next […]
06 May 2015
On a night in late February, Gareth Thomas – former captain of the Welsh rugby team and the most famous gay team sportsman in the world – took his family and friends to a theatre press night. He’s no stranger, now, to shiny showbiz events but this was special. The play being premiered was Crouch, […]
31 Mar 2015
RHYS AP WILLIAM stars in Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage, Robin Soans’ new play about gay Welsh rugby icon Gareth “Alfie” Thomas. He took time out from technical rehearsals to answer a few questions. Tell us about the show? It’s a story about a rugby man and his home town. A roller coaster. I play Baz, Alfie’s dad, and Gareth […]
17 Feb 2015
