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[[Image:swm.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Maria Bates]]]]
 
[[Image:swm.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Maria Bates]]]]
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by [[Stuart Draper]]
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Directed by [[Stuart Draper]], [[Angela Barnes]], [[Maria Bates]] and [[Dave Hollander]]
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Performances: Tue 20th – Sat 24th February [[2006]], [[Prompt Corner]]
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== Introduction ==
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''In a German concentration camp, nine children band together in order to survive.''
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''Thousands of miles away, six children face a similar dilemma in a bombed-out school cellar.''
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''Together they learn that love can cross oceans.''
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=== This Is My Story ===
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23 January 1945. It's cold. Very cold. The children in 5B47D are starving. But they have each other. They have each other because they are Jewish. When Blieta, a young Sinti girl, is thrown into their dormitory, she sparks off rivalries that question the alliances made, and throws into doubt the survival of the children present.
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=== That Lovely Land ===
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23 January 1945. A stray bomb hits a school in the South of England trapping five children in its cellar. No one knows they're there and time is running out. Slipping in and out of the past, Daisy revisits the night she grew up. She's been doing it every night in her dreams for the past sixty years. But tonight is different. Because tonight Daisy is going home.
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== Crew ==
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*Producer - [[Ronae Jolliffe]]
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*Director - This Is My Story - [[Maria Bates]]/[[Dave Hollander]]
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*Director - That Lovely Land - [[Stuart Draper]]/[[Angela Barnes]]
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*Fight Director - [[Anton Krause]]
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*Choreography - [[Heather French]]
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*Stage Manager - [[David Clements]]/[[Charlotte Dobson]]
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*Sound & Lighting Design - [[Stuart Draper]]
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*Lighting Operator - [[Phil Gammon]]
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*Sound Operator - [[Emma Wilson]]
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*Sound Rigger - [[James Denny]]
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*Assistant Sound Rigger - [[Dave Chaisty]]
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*Costumes - [[Michelle Thomson]], [[Stuart Draper]]
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*Set Design - [[Dave Hollander]]
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*Language Coach - [[Dave Hollander]]
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*Photographer - [[Phil Gammon]]
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*Poster & Programme Design - [[Maria Bates]]
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== Reviews ==
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Stay With Me - Greenwich Playhouse (Review)
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Review by Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi
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THE theatre company Melmouth have created a moving play and production but the true stars of Stay With Me are the young actors from the South London Youth Theatre.
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Stay With Me explores the experiences of two groups of young children during the Second World War. Their circumstances could not be more different; one group are German children in a concentration camp, the second are English evacuees trapped in a cellar during a bomb raid.
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They are chillingly connected as each loses their innocence as they try to comprehend the horrors of a war beyond their control.
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The first section of the performance, This Is My Story, is the dramatically superior. A group of Jewish children are imprisoned in a concentration camp.
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They struggle to understand the complete horror of their plight and slowly their curious youth is replaced by mental deterioration. Amidst this helplessness, their complete faith in religion sits uncomfortably but powerfully.
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As a young gypsy girl is thrown into their block they fight with their own prejudices. The children of the South London Youth Theatre give mature performances. Their acting talent is evident as they sincerely portray an experience a million miles removed from their own Western 21st Century ones.
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It is a drama that looks beyond the secret annexe and doesn’t shy away from the brutal truth of what Anne Frank may have experienced next.
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During the interval someone was in tears; a testament to the power of the play that speaks volumes and says more than any critical review.
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[http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Theatre-Review/stay-with-me-greenwich-playhouse-review Indie London]
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== Gallery ==
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== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==
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Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production.  Please leave your name.  Anonymous entries may be deleted.
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== See Also ==
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Have there been other SLT productions of this play?  Link to them here.
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Or add anything that is related ''within this site''.  The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.
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== References ==
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== External Links ==
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[http://www.melmothproductions.com/stay/ Stay With Me at the Greenwich Playhouse]
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[[Category:Productions]]
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[[Category:Prompt Corner Productions]]
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[[Category:New Writing]]
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[[Category:Youth Productions]]
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[[Category:Reviewed by the media]]
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[[Category:World War II]]

Latest revision as of 16:40, 22 April 2013

Poster by Maria Bates

by Stuart Draper

Directed by Stuart Draper, Angela Barnes, Maria Bates and Dave Hollander

Performances: Tue 20th – Sat 24th February 2006, Prompt Corner


Introduction

In a German concentration camp, nine children band together in order to survive. Thousands of miles away, six children face a similar dilemma in a bombed-out school cellar. Together they learn that love can cross oceans.

This Is My Story

23 January 1945. It's cold. Very cold. The children in 5B47D are starving. But they have each other. They have each other because they are Jewish. When Blieta, a young Sinti girl, is thrown into their dormitory, she sparks off rivalries that question the alliances made, and throws into doubt the survival of the children present.

That Lovely Land

23 January 1945. A stray bomb hits a school in the South of England trapping five children in its cellar. No one knows they're there and time is running out. Slipping in and out of the past, Daisy revisits the night she grew up. She's been doing it every night in her dreams for the past sixty years. But tonight is different. Because tonight Daisy is going home.

Crew

Reviews

Stay With Me - Greenwich Playhouse (Review)

Review by Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi THE theatre company Melmouth have created a moving play and production but the true stars of Stay With Me are the young actors from the South London Youth Theatre.

Stay With Me explores the experiences of two groups of young children during the Second World War. Their circumstances could not be more different; one group are German children in a concentration camp, the second are English evacuees trapped in a cellar during a bomb raid.

They are chillingly connected as each loses their innocence as they try to comprehend the horrors of a war beyond their control.

The first section of the performance, This Is My Story, is the dramatically superior. A group of Jewish children are imprisoned in a concentration camp.

They struggle to understand the complete horror of their plight and slowly their curious youth is replaced by mental deterioration. Amidst this helplessness, their complete faith in religion sits uncomfortably but powerfully.

As a young gypsy girl is thrown into their block they fight with their own prejudices. The children of the South London Youth Theatre give mature performances. Their acting talent is evident as they sincerely portray an experience a million miles removed from their own Western 21st Century ones.

It is a drama that looks beyond the secret annexe and doesn’t shy away from the brutal truth of what Anne Frank may have experienced next.

During the interval someone was in tears; a testament to the power of the play that speaks volumes and says more than any critical review.

Indie London

Gallery

Reminiscences and Anecdotes

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

See Also

Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related within this site. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

References

External Links

Stay With Me at the Greenwich Playhouse

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