Heart N Crown Theatre Co.
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- Based in Galway City Ireland
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- One Shot Agency (Galway)
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- Romeo and Juliet, Black Box Theatre - JAN 14 - 17th.Booking on 091-569777
- Me, Myself, and I
- Heart N Crown Theatre Co. was formed in 2006 by Stephen Patrick Kenny. Stephen has been an professional actor since 2002 appearing in the GAA Playstation add, Lucozade add, the new Drink Awareness add aswell as shows from Ros Na Run to Rte's Showbands with Kerry Katona and Liam Cunningham. Stephen ran Shootin Star Productions for 4years before going out by himself. Heart N Crown began their adventure last year with a production of the classic "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens and this year with "The Field" by John B. Keane and Conor Mc Pherson's "The Good Thief", and more recently William Goldings "Lord of the Flies".
Coming Soon from Heart N Crown
THE WEIR by Conor Mc Pherson which is about chilling stories. Town Hall Studio, DEC 15 - 20th at 8:30pm. Booking on 091-569777. Directed by Donna Patrice Reidy.
Romeo and Juliet (January 14 - 17th ) at 8pm with matinees at 12pm. Black Box Theatre, Booking on 091-569777
http://www.bebo.com/THYRomeoandJuliet
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Romeo and Juliet "ADVERTISER" INTERVIEW"
“TWO HOUSEHOLDS both alike in dignity, In fair Verona where we lay our scene. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.”
In Heart’N’Crown’s new staging of Romeo and Juliet, which comes to the Town Hall next week, Shakespeare’s famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona, while still retaining its original dialogue and with a top contemporary soundtrack to make this a must see show for everyone.
The stylish show is being directed by Donna Patrice Reidy and stars a well known Galway cast which includes Conor Quinlan, Emma Regan, Graham Feeley, Duncan Moss, Joan Gildea, and Mark McCormack.
With its rock soundtrack featuring artists such as Damien Rice, The Killers, and Nirvana, this production may at first seem as if it owes as much to Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant film version as Shakespeare’s original play but director Reidy disagrees.
“There have been so many versions of the play that it’s impossible not be compared to some other one,” she notes. “Hopefully we’ve succeeded in doing something different with ours that makes it fresh and distinctive. One of the things Luhrmann did was to amplify all the symbols in the play and we haven’t done anything like that.
“For our production, I was thinking of the sort of knife-culture we’ve been hearing and reading a lot about amongst Irish youth today and it’s set in that kind of milieu. We portray Lord Capulet and Montagu as corrupt business magnates. Even though the action still takes place in Verona, the actors retain their own Irish accents and present-day dress style.
“Hopefully, they’ll help convey the play’s timelessness and universality to some of the schools audiences who’ll be coming along.”
While Reidy has already directed several plays for Heart’N’Crown, most recently The Weir, in Romeo and Juliet she finds herself working with a large cast of 17. How much of a challenge has that been?
“It was certainly a big leap from The Weir which has only five characters!” she laughs. “The biggest challenge has just been finding times when everyone can get together because a lot of the cast have other jobs to go to. Everyone has been great about making that time available. For many of the cast it’s also their first time doing Shakespeare so it’s been quite a journey of discovery for them.”
It’s also Reidy’s first time to direct a Shakespeare production, but she’s had some excellent preparation for the task, having studied Shakespeare under the venerable Ted Zurkowski at New York’s famed Lee Strasberg studio.
“He has his own Shakespearean production company,” Reidy explains, “and I would definitely have learned a lot from him and am keen to bring some of that into this show.”
Featuring Conor Quinlan and Emma Regan as the star-crossed teenage lovers, Romeo and Juliet runs at the Town Hall from Wednesday January 14 to Saturday 17 at 8pm nightly.
For tickets contact the Town Hall on 091 - 569777.0 Comments 309 days
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Romeo and Juliet "Galway Independent" Interview
Heart N Crown Theatre will present the greatest love story ever told, Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet at The Black Box from Wednesday 14 to Saturday 17 January. Lisa speaks to Romeo Conor Quinlan and Juliet Emma Regan about their upcoming roles, their favourite Shakespearean plays and New Year Resolutions
How did you get involved in acting?
Conor (C): When I was five, my mother forced me to join the Garvey School of Speech and Drama, and shortly after, the Performing Arts School Galway. I fell in love with acting. I owe everything I know to both those schools and I'm still involved with both of them.
Emma (E): I turned up to an audition as a dancer and the director, Niall Hughes, wanted me to play lead in the film. I was in London in college at the time, so I got an agent there and I have been very fortunate as every performance has lead to more work.
Tell me a bit about this production. Will it be different to previous stage productions?
C: Well, we have decided to go for the modern setting, to make a Galway audience understand more that the story is so universal and timeless. However, we aren't putting too much emphasis on that. We are obviously keeping the Shakespearian dialogue. It just goes as far as contemporary clothing and props. We are not trying to copy Baz Luhrmann's version at all.
Are you looking forward to playing such a well-known role?
C: Absolutely. I can't wait. When I first was offered the role, I was extremely nervous. The scariest thing was trying to measure up to the amount of people in the past who have played the part so well. But Donna (Reidy, director) helped me a lot with the characterisation and I am a lot more comfortable now and just anxious to get on that stage!
E: Yes, and I think the fact that she is so well known is what makes it more exciting. I feel she has brushed over so many times as this stereotypical young girl in love. I wanted to give weight to all sides of her character. She is much more interesting than she's generally perceived.
Do you think that modern audiences can identify with the characters of Juliet and Romeo?
C: Definitely. The play shows how naive teenagers can be. Romeo is a perfect example of a teenage boy. He doesn't think things through. He is completely irrational. But, at the same time, he is a great guy. He is honest and loyal. It just shows there are weaknesses in the best of us.
E: It is as relevant today as it was then for anyone who has rebelled against their parents, anyone who has truly loved.
Was dressing in period clothes a daunting task or did it just lend to your character?
C: We are actually using modern day clothes. I don't think costume helps me that much. It is different for everyone.
What is your favourite Shakespeare play?
C: Well, I studied Othello for my Leaving Cert and, despite reading it almost every week, I could not get over the amazing characters in it. So, definitely Othello.
E: Midsummer's Nights Dream.
Have you any plans to do more of the works of Shakespeare?
C: Not right now. To be honest, I can't imagine any other Shakespearian role I could play.
E: At the moment I am focusing on my role in a feature film 'The Fading Light', which is my next project, but if I had a chance to play Ophelia I would, and Lady Macbeth down the line.
Romeo and Juliet is on the 2009 Leaving Cert curriculum. Do you think students would benefit from seeing this production?
C: I think this production would be easier for them to watch than one with period costume. The language is enough to get your head around. I think it will be a fun production for them to see and it definitely helps them to understand the story more than just sitting in a class reading from the book.
E: Yes, theatre brings the characters and the places to life; to see it performed brings out the meanings behind the lines. You can't capture that by reading it in a classroom.
What are your New Years resolutions?
C: To get a lot mo0 Comments 309 days
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The Weir / Galway Advertiser interview with Charlie Mc Bride
The Weir at the Town Hall
GALWAY ADVERTISER, DECEMBER 11, 2008.
By Charlie Mcbride
GALWAY BASED Heart’N’Crown Theatre Co present Conor McPherson’s award winning The Weir at the Town Hall Studio from December 15 to 20 at 8.30pm.
The Weir is set in a small rural bar in the west of Ireland. There is the proprietor and three ‘regulars’. They know each other well, swap stories, drink, and generally enjoy the craic. But this night there is a difference. A young woman has just arrived in the district from Dublin - one of the four has arranged a property for her and is showing her round, giving rise to wagging tongues.
She however is a model of pleasantness and restraint. The three customers tell stories, all with a supernatural element, perhaps to impress Valerie, perhaps to give her the flavour of the region, but other possibilities emerge.
The stories increase in seriousness and expose aspects of the tellers’ vulnerabilities perhaps. Valerie then reveals a desperate experience in her own Dublin background and this immediately challenges the attitudes of the menfolk.
Something other than the exchange of ‘spooky’ stories is going on here. Jack, the oldest of the group, who set the story-telling ball rolling, reveals an episode from his earlier life, which is of an entirely different level of seriousness and highlights how much the mood has changed in the course of the play's duration.
The play is directed by Donna Patrice Reidy, who has recently returned to Galway after studying acting at both Trinity College and the famed Lee Strasberg studio in New York.
“During my studies I got interested in the Stanislavski system which is why I went to the Lee Stasberg studio,” she reveals over a post-rehearsal phone conversation. “It’s a training that gets you to be very specific in your playing and that’s something that I’ve tried to bring to this production of The Weir.
“I’ve got a fantastic cast who really absorbed those ideas. The play has also long been a personal favourite of mine – I remember doing an excerpt from it while I was at Trinity – so I’m thrilled to have the chance to direct it.”
Reidy also points out that the cast hail from around Loughrea and are well familiar with the kind of rural pub where the play is set; indeed they even did some of their rehearsals in Broderick’s bar in Kilreekil to further ‘get the feel’ of the play’s distinctive milieu. It should all make for an atmospheric production,
For tickets contact the Town Hall on 091 - 569777.0 Comments 337 days
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Looking for male actors from galway..
age 25 and up..
Contact me asap for audition details.
Feeleygraham@hotmail.com
Heart N Crown did an amazing job on 'Romeo and Juliet' earlier tonight, just brilliant!
To whom it may concern
My name is Kate Costello and I am interested in getting involved with Heart n Crown Theatre Company. I can send on my C.V and photograph if required. If at all possible could you contact with me with details regarding audition or ways in which I could get involved with the company. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Contact Details:086 3580894 katecostello4@hotmail.com
Romeo and Juliet
Black Box Theatre
JAN 14 - 17th at 8:30pm. Matinees on 15 / 16th at 12pm.
Booking on 091-569777 or log onto www.THT.ie
Directed by Donna Patrice Reidy (The Weir)
Also Stars Conor Quinlan, Emma Regan, Graham Feeley, Mark McCormack, Gerard Faherty, David Sullivan, Jenni Mc Ginley, Joan Gildea, Kieran Reddy, Mike Mullen, Duncan Moss, Oisin De Brun, Douglas Abraham, Eanna O' Dowd, Colin Hogan and Mike O' Malley.
Music included in this stylish modern version includes The Killers, Nirvana, Chris Brown and lots lots more.
Reservoir Dogs is a play based on the chillingly violent heist movie of the 90's by Quentin Tarintino
They were six strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime: Mr. White, a professional criminal; Mr. Orange, a young newcomer; Mr. Blonde, a trigger-happy killer; Mr. Pink, a paranoid neurotic; Mr. Brown; and Mr. Blue. Hired by mob boss Joe Cabot and given fake names so no one could identify the others, they thought there was no way their heist could have failed. But after a police ambush, killing Mr. Brown and seriously injuring Mr. Orange, the criminals return to their rendezvous point (a warehouse), and realize that one of them had to have been a police informant. But who?
Town Hall Studio, Galway
August 10th - 15th at 8:30pm.
Booking on 091-569777
Prices:
Monday night 10E
Tue - Sat 15 / 13E
Directed by first timer Graham Feeley .
best of luck with shows..il be in Oz!! ha
The New One Shot Workshop
OCT 18th and 25th in Galway City
Booking on 085-1649524 or email TheOneShotWorkshop@Gmail
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Workshop on Sept 27th
email TheOneShotWorkshop@Gmail
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Acting:
Confidence, learning the script, being on set, building yourself up for a character, method acting,getting an agent, improvisation, headshots, how to impress at an audition, acting CV's, taking direction,when to contact the casting directors, cold readings, doing an audition for the class, your ID, what not to say to a casting director, headshots, accents.
Producing:
How to begin producing can be tough so we will spend alot of time on this talking about funding and how to get it, finding those actors, copyright, getting a good venue, marketing your show or film, making connections, who to go to for funding,looking after your cast and crew, sets, saving money.
Directing:
Giving your actors confidence, breaking up a script, seeing your show/film through, not losing confidence, taking pointers of others and not getting cocky which is the difficult for alot of directors as they do not want others taking over with ideas
Heart N Crown Theatre Co.
Presents
Conor Mc Pherson's
THE WEIR
The Weir depicts an evening at a small bar located on a farm in rural Ireland where the proprietor, three other local men, and a woman new to the area meet, drink, and tell stories. The banter consists of friendly local talk and gossip that is uneventful in itself, but overall reveals the characters’ isolation and the figurative ghosts that haunt them.
The play opens as Jack, a customer clearly familiar with the bar, comes in and, in the absence of the proprietor, helps himself to a drink. Brendan then enters carrying peat for the fire to warm them on...
The show is Directed by Donna Patrice Reidy
The show is currentely being casted
Town Hall Theatre, Galway " December 15th - 20th" Booking on 091-569777
One Shot Productions in association with This Is Our Time Films presents a film by Galway based Producer Stephen P. Kenny.
Produced, Directed and Written by Stephen P. Kenny
Production: January 2009 for two weeks in Galway City and County.
Cast will include: Mike Kinsella (Fair City), Graham Feeley (Kings), Eugene Horan (Ghostwood), Callaghan O' Connell (TG4's Mobs America),
Actors / Crew can send CV's to BloodSweatandWars@Gmail.
com
Check BLOG for the opening two scenes of the movie
Jobs Available for the film:
Actors (Auditions in August)
Extras
Editor
Make Up (2)
Script Editor
Sound (Boom Operator)
Camera Man (2)
Photographer on Set
Location Manager
Producer
Ass. Producer
Ass 1. Producer
Ass. Director
Caterer
Dolly Assistant
One Shot Productions in association with This Is Our Time Films presents a feature film by Galway based Producer Stephen P. Kenny.
Produced, Directed and Written by Stephen P. Kenny.
Production: January 2009 for two weeks in Galway City and Count.
Cast will include: Mike Kinsella (Fair City), Graham Feeley (Kings), Eugene Horan (Ghostwood), Callaghan O' Connell (TG4's Mobs America)
Full Script available: (End of August)
Check the BLOG for the opening two scenes of the movie.
The "Longs"and the and the "Burkes" are both Galway's biggest drug suppliers with cociane and heroin and also run most of the city with their orgnaised gangs but what is to happen in the city when the both families are fuelling?? Blood, Sweat and Wars is based on true events that has happened in and around Galway City / County in the early 90's.This is a film that will show you the world underground crime which included drug dealings, bareknuckle fights and young boys being sold as escort slaves!!
One Shot Agency workshop returns due to popular demand:
OneShotCasting@Gmail.com
July 25 /26th. Only 10 places!!!
The workshop is to help actors build up confidence when meeting the casting director and it focuses on the following:
Improvisation
Cold Readings
Auditioning for Casting Directors
Make Up
Casting sheets
CV's
Showreels
What to and not sat to Casting Directors
Changing Characters for TVC's
Accents (American , English Etc)
Confidence
Headshots
To book place contact Ann on 085-1659524 or email details to :
One Shot Agency workshop returns due to popular demand:
July 10 / 11th 6-10pm. Only 10 places!!!
The workshop is to help actors build up confidence when meeting the casting director and it focuses on the following:
Improvisation
Cold Readings
Auditioning for Casting Directors
Make Up
Casting sheets
CV's
Showreels
What to and not sat to Casting Directors
Changing Characters for TVC's
To book place contact Ann on 085-1659524 or email details too : OneShotCasting@Gmail.com
COMING SOON
AUDITIONS JUNE 28th
HeartandCrown@Gmail.com
Heart N Crown Theatre Co. in Association with One Shot Casting Agency Presents William Shakespeare's "Romeo + Juliet".
In the streets of Verona another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant violence beat back the warring factions, Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the families by decreeing death for any individual who disturbs the peace in the future
Directed By Willie Moriarty
Produced By Stephen P. Kenny for OneShot Agency
Your right..........We all know who your talking about................
One Shot Agency are preperaing for a busy summer so if you are an Actor please do send in the following to OneShotCasting@Gmail.com
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1. Up to date acting CV
2. Headshot
Some of OneShot Actors have landed roles in some of the following:
Commericals: Meteor, Bank of Ireland, Club Orange, Halifax
TV: The Clinic, Fair City among others.
Contact the same email address for commission :
The Kings of The Kilburn High Road
Galway based company Heart N Crown bring Jimmy Murphy’s much talked about “The Kings of the Kilburn High Road” to the RAHEEN WOODS HOTEL for one night only on Saturday April 19th at 8pm.
The play was made into an award winning film last year called “Kings” and starring Irish legend Colm Meaney and directed by Tom Collins who will attend Heart N Crown’s production in the Station House Theatre later in the month. “Kings” is a long evening's journey into sentimental angst. Five expatriate Irish friends gather in their local London pub for a wake - a sixth member of the group has died at age 50. As the lager and liquor flow, their shared history is told: they came together from Ireland 27 years before, seeking new opportunities in England, planning to return home as conquering successes
Barry Blaine, Aidan Archer,Mike Kinsella (The Bill),Seamus Feerick (Fair City), Joe Tighe star.
Town Hall Theatre June 23 - 25th at 8pm. Booking on 091-569777