 guy masterson productions
2007 Edinburgh Festival
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Edinburgh 2007 saw us presenting 7 shows: 3 World Premieres, 3 revivals and 1 rarely produced Arnold Wesker. 4 were solo shows including 3 of the finest ever presented (Under Milk Wood, Adolf and Playing Burton) 3 of the World Premieres - Follow Me, An Age of Angels and American Poodle - featured artistes that have been hugely successful on the Fringe in the past.
It promised to be an unmissable season once again and it was:
All the shows picked up four and five star reviews. Follow Me was the outstanding new work garnering 3 awards and a nomination for the Stage Award for Best Actress (Beth Fitzgerald).
Because of the weakness of the US Dollar and the recent terrorist alerts in Glasgow Airport, US tourist numbers were significantly down, which had a profound effect on ticket sales at the Assembly Rooms - which is their traditional first port of call. Whereas reviews like ours would normally had filled the theatres from the second week, we found that it was very difficult to generate a consistent audience. Nevertheless, the season was, once again, an astounding success, maintaining our name and reputation at the very top of this annual extravaganza!
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Guy Masterson directed Australian multi award winning Martha Lott as Samantha, bohemian designer, hopelessly in love with a married man controversially, desperately, ludicrously justifying her duplicity. A powerfully divisive introspective.
A comically fierce play about guilt.
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Edinburgh Premiere
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Assembly @ George St - Wildman Room - 11.00 (11.55)
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Guy Masterson directed Beth Fitzgerald (Oleanna) and Ross Gurney-Randall (Goering's Defence). 1955, Albert Pierrepoint, England's Chief Executioner will hang Ruth Ellis, his most famous client, in the morning. It'll be a very British execution. The crowd are angry.
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World Premiere
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Assembly @ George St - Wildman Room - 12.15 (13.30)
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Guy Masterson directed Pip Utton's chillingly accurate invocation of the Führer's last hours. One of the finest solo shows ever! "Terrifying, searing, transfixing! *****" (Scotsman) "Utterly brilliant!" (Independent) "Superb!" (Herald)
"If you see only one show, see Adolf!" Kaleidoscope
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Smash Revival
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Assembly Universal - Majestic - 12.20 (13.40)
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A screwball look at the special relationsip from both sides of the pond from one of the most awarded creative teams at Ed 2007 Guy Masterson was directed by Peter McNally in SNOWBALL; and David Calvitto directed by John Clancy with words by Brian Parks in SPLAYFOOT.
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World Premiere
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Assembly @ George St - Wildman Room - 17.00 (18.00)
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Mark Soper brilliantly interweaved ten tall Hollywood tales in a fascinating, taut thriller, directed by Ines Wurth (I Miss Communism). Mass murder in La La Land has never been such a spiritually uplifting experience! Ten Stories. Ten suspects. You decide!
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World Premiere
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Assembly @ George St - Drawing Room - 17.15 (18.35)
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Guy Masterson directed the original. "With a mountain shattering presence, Josh Richards (Rosebud) becomes Richard Burton in an exceptionally powerful, darkly haunting performance. Faultless, riveting, brilliantly charismatic, peerless." (Scotsman) "Deliriously literate!" (Daily Mail) Written by Mark Jenkins.
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Smash Revival!
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Assembly @ George St - Supper Room - 18.30 (19.30)
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Guy Masterson's world acclaimed interpretation of Dylan Thomas' enchanting masterpiece brought rivetingly to life in "one of the most remarkable inventive performances of the decade!" (Times) "A mesmerisingly brilliant tour de force."(Scotsman) "Simply bewitching!" (Three Weeks)
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Smash Revival
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Aug 13 & 20 ONLY Assembly Music Hall 14:15 (16:15)
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Arnold Wesker's The Mistress
