Rogue Theatre's Crooked Cabaret

Rogue Theatre is proud to present...
"The Crooked Cabaret"

For one night only some of Cornwall's finest come together to play on the same bill;
Saturday the 5th June at The Poly in Falmouth is a night not to be missed!

Hosted by Rogue Theatre's very own Angelina Boscarelli you can expect an evening with an edge,

strong and sumptuous visuals, intoxicating atmosphere, humour and a healthy dose of anarchy.
Presenting...

The Busketeers

A musical menagerie of Eastern European Gyspsy tunes.

Upbeat, intoxicating, high energy and brilliant.

Inspirasian Dance

Perform their own enticing mix of modern Indian Dance,

Contemporary, Kathak, Egyptian and Bollywood.

Mysterious, Colourful and Exciting!

Roman Bloodworth

Side splitting poetry and comic tales from a fast rising performer.

Rosie Vanier

Cornwall's Queen of twisted pop takes to the stage with "Swagger and much Charisma".

"Rosie Vanier has a voice which leaps from sugary pop to operatic whoops, her ivories chiming through a repertoire ranging from the turbulent to the serene" - Independant on Sunday 4/5.

Also look out for the love poem raffle with Bodo the Love Clown.

Don't miss out, spread the word...Rogue Theatre's Crooked Cabaret is playing for 1 night only at The Poly in Falmouth... see you there!

Saturday 5th June 2010

Doors open at 7pm, Entertainment starts at 7.30pm

The Poly, Church Street, Falmouth

Tickets £8 and £7

Available on the door or from The Works on 01872 261770

Images from Dancer and The Devil at BAC.

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome all you wanderers of the dark wood

Whether you are the hunter

or the hunted

The lost

or the hoping not to be found

your secrets are safe with me

my lips are sealed.

Come warm yourself by our fire

pass through these doors

and let entertainment

refresh your sight

Taste the wild fruit
and let hot blood

pump through your heart.

Not all is as it seems when the suns gone down
the path you were following may suddenly

Disappear

It is not the destination that counts but the getting lost along the way...

And now two girls who lost their souls a long time ago

sold them probably

for a chocolate fondant or an arctic roll

Cheeky and Tiny

Presenting...Mr Julian Gaskell and Emily Dobson as Celeste

Porl Cooper as Slav, Mylie McCartney as Cheeky, Becky Bordeuax as Tiny, Angelina Boscarelli as Lady Laverna and Ollie Oakenshield as Jacob.

Thanks to all who supported this scratch performance.

Looking forward to working with Prema Arts Centre and The Lowry to develop the show.

Dancer and The Devil

We are in!

Dancer and The Devil set to go. Just need to learn lines and try to deliver the intricacies of the story now.

Fast and loose and by the seat of our pants.

That's showing scratch work for you.

Dancer and The Devil, BAC scratch festival, 5th (tomorrow) and 6th May, 8.15pm.

Into the Dark Wood

Last night we went into the woods at Twilight. Loved it, May day in the woods, the smell of blubells and a fiery red sky through the trees. Tehidy woods, down on the north cliffs. Felt really wild.

Rehearsals were great today.

Emily Dobson is such a phenominal dancer and a great performer. Had a few moments where your hair stands up. Helen Tiplady (Artistic Director of Cscape) was in to work on the choreography, great work. Can't wait to rehearse again tomorrow.

Julian Gaskell was in as well. Bringing his musical magic to the show. Imagine somewhere between Tom Waits and Gogol Bordello. Great and exciting, he works fast, has loads of ideas and certainly isn't scared of a challenge. When approaching a song about gluttony he came up with a great waltz on the accordian and suggested he sang cake recipes frokm a cook book. Great!

Back up to London tomorrow.

Looking forward to the big city and being back at BAC.

Nice to be rehearsing at our base as well though.

We have Bish Bash Bosh rehearsing there at the moment as well. Feels good to have so much creativity in the building.

Boskennerth, Rogue Theatre production base.

Cheeky and Tiny. Bar maids and performers from Paradise and Purgatory, the bar for those that are lost and those that don't want to be found.

Been rehearsing in the evenings for the past 2 days. Things always feel more exciting at night...a thinner veil between imagination and reality perhaps.

I love working in the mornings but somehow the night just carries you away. You start writing some ideas and time has slipped away.

Working after a morning in London is exciting as well. I enjoy the level of inspiration which is accessible. You can feel it working your imagination. Then it is like just watching ideas flow rather then feeling like you are generating them.

Tried to see the exhibit at the Tate Modern this morning called "How It Is". Missed it though!

I didn't realise it finished 2 weeks ago.

I love the idea of the installation. Disappearing into darkness and all the existential questions that raises! -Really wanted to see it as it is very much like an idea we are working on for The Dancer and The Devil.

Loving London and looking forward to rehearsing at our base in Cornwall this weekend as well.

Things are a little more wild there! I will post some images of the Cornish part of the project this weekend.

Been working on some more illusions today. I love illusions. The play, the art and the ceremony involved in a good illusion is just magic...literally!

Looking forward to talking some more with Jack Morrison this weekend. He is a great friend and an amazing wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to the history of theatre and ritual. He used to be a stage manager at The Globe and worked with Mark Rylance which I find very exciting as I think Mark Rylance is pretty amazing.

Finally, here is a picture of Angelina and Myself posing outside BAC, "Britains most influential theatre"! I like that!...

Just wanted to share the Flyer for The Dancer and The Devil!

All carged up

What a great day!

Things are shaping up now. BAC is such a creative space to work in. You can feel the echoes of great theatre in that building.

The General Office which will be the venue for the scratch show next week is more perfect then we remembered. Dark, intimitate and cave like, the perfect setting for a strange cabaret club somewhere between the deepest part of the forest and a place in our imaginations.

So...working on the narrative and the overall structure of the performance, enjoying the time to research and explore ideas at BAC.

Over the weekend we return to our rehearsal space in Cornwall to work with Julian Gaskell (From The Ragged Trousered Philantrhropists) and Emily Dobson.

Really excited to be working with both Julian and Emily; Julian for his wild gypsy music and charismatic/eccentric stage presence; and Emily for her explosive and beautiful dance style and her fantastic ideas for the character.

I am playing the host and Master of Ceremonies, a character called Jacob. A deserted Army general, a lone wolf and a charmer.

Angelina (Director) has such great ideas and such a strong connection to the stories in this show. She is really exciting to work with and I think she is really enjoying working on a project in this way. (She will also be making a very exciting appearence in the cabaret club!)

After The Dancer and The Devil appears as part of the scratch festival at BAC we are continuing the development of the show at 2 of our other favorite venues; Prema Arts Centre in Uley(Gloucestershire) and The Lowry, Salford where we will preview a full length version of the show/event in early 2011.

We are looking forward to Porl Cooper from The Lowry joining us at BAC next week.

Beautiful evening down on the South Bank.

More to follow.