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Contents of
this page:
Background, Actors,
Productions, Bookings
The English Chamber Theatre was formed in 1985 to make relatively small theatre pieces available for Festival Performances, Tours (both in the UK and abroad), Galas, Sunday Night Performances and Limited Theatre Seasons.
It is a new concept in theatre: simple in execution, with concentration on text and performance, rather than elaborate sets, costumes and effects. Often biographical in content, it always demands the highest standards of acting. Many of our most distinguished actors have performed in ECT productions.
ECT now has twenty productions on its list -and these include:
English Chamber Theatre performances have been given at festivals and galas in theatres throughout the UK, including Stratford upon Avon and the West End. There have been British Council Tours, visiting Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Germany.
In 1994 ECT went to Brussels. In 1995 it visited Elsinore.
Productions have been shown on the QE2 and there have been three visits to the Bermuda festival. There have been many performances in the States, including the Roosevelt Library, the Morgan Library in New York, and a sell-out season in Los Angeles.
The English Chamber Companies are happy to take part in Workshops and Open Rehearsals.
The English Chamber Theatre has given many gala performances to raise money for various charities, and this forms an important part of its work.
New work on a special theme can always be put in on request.
For further
information and the catalogue, contact:
Jane McCulloch, Artistic Director
Tel: +44 (0)20 8789 2424
or mobile: +44 (0)7951 912425
or e-mail:
Some of the Actors who have appeared with ECT are:
| Isla Blair, James Bolam, Jasper Britton, Tony Britton, Judi Dench, Fenella Fielding, Julian Glover, Patricia Hodge, Derek Jacobi, Barbara Jefford, Gemma Jones, Richard Johnson, Jane Lapotaire, Ian Lavender, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Neil McCaul, Jeremy Nicholas, Richard Pasco, Angela Pleasance, Anton Rodgers, Ed Stoppard, Donald Sinden, David Swift, Clive Swift, Harriet Walter, Jan Waters. |
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| Play | Subject |
| Chekhov's Leading Lady | Chekhov & Olga Knipper |
| If I Should Die | Rupert Brooke |
| The Great Mr Handel | Handel |
| The Grand Tour | Boswell |
| Their Finest Hour | Roosevelt and Churchill |
| The Smith of Smiths | Sydney Smith |
| Jenny Kiss'd Me | Leigh Hunt |
| Dearest Nancy, Darling Evelyn! | Waugh & Mitford |
| Brush Up Your Shakespeare | The Bard |
| All the World's a Stage | The Bard & the Stage (with dramatic excerpts from the plays) |
| Monsters, Fools and Fairies | Shakespeare (characters from the plays) |
| Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare | Dramatic Adaptation |
| The Brownings | Robert and Elizabeth |
| On the Wings of Morning | Music, poetry and prose from two world wars |
| Hands Across the Sea | Music, poetry and prose from both sides of the Atlantic |
| There'll Always be an England | A gently patriotic evening |
| Love and Marriage! | Music, poetry and prose on the subject of Courtship and Marriage |
| We Wish you a Merry Christmas | |
| An Actor's Life for Me | Anecdotes and reviews about life in the theatre |
| A Celebration of Elgar | See Flyer (51 kb image) |
| The Lunatic, The Lover and The Poet (cast 3) | Byron |
| Buster Keaton (cast 2) | A Chamber Musical |
| Beethoven in Vienna (cast 2) | Beethoven |
| The Trial of Queen Caroline (cast 7) | Wife of George IV |
For festival, touring or One-Night Bookings, contact:
Jane McCulloch, Artistic Director
Tel: +44 (0)20 8789 2424
or mobile: +44 (0)7951 912425
Or, email
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