25th Anniversary Season
The Darke Visions Festival
IN 2008/9, CYTC's 25th Anniversary season, we will embark on one of our
most radical projects so far: 3 Nick Darke plays in ones season as part
of the Darke Visions Festival.
Nick Darke was born and raised in St Eval, Cornwall, the son of a farmer. He was educated at Newquay Grammar School and trained as an actor at Rose Bruford College, Kent and worked at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke, throughout the 1970's. Nick wrote over 20 plays which have been produced by, amongst others, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre, Royal Court, Kneehigh Theatre Company, O Region, BBC Radio and Television.
In 1992, Nick was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Sainsbury Foundation to write HELL'S MOUTH for the Antigone's Festival, a national festival for youth groups. The HELL'S MOUTH company included 9 CYTC members. David Hunter, CYTC's Artistic Director, was the production lighting designer and Mike Shepherd, the production director. This original production had a seminal influence on its participants and many have entered the performing arts industry and are now established professionals - Carl Grose, Rob Elton, Jamie Crowe, Jenny Beare, James Hardaker, Michael Allington, John Picton and Harry Forbes-Pearce were included in that original company.
In 1994, CYTC commissioned Nick, in a Sainsbury Foundation funded partnership production with Treviglas College, to write a play about the Newquay Lifeboat. KNOCK OUT THE PIN was our first direct collaboration with Nick Darke.
Since Nicke's untimely death in 2005, we have been discussing how best to acknowledge his contribution to our cultural life in Cornwall and the DARKE VISIONS festival presents an ideal opportunity.
In 2008/9, CYTC will perform, subject to current funding applications, HELL'S MOUTH (directed by Harry Forbes-Pearce), THE BODY (directed by Tom Faulkner) and TING TANG MINE (directed by Rory Wilton and Emma Spurgin Hussey). The Nicke Darke season of 3 plays will tour in March/April 2009.
If you would like to be part of this exciting project, please complete the form on the CONTACT page
*photo by: Steve Tanner
Membership details
Membership details are now available. If you're interested and are between 10 - 22 it couldn't be easier: see the contacts page. Send us your address and we'll do the rest!
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New Productions
HELL'S MOUTH
directed by Harry Forbes-Pearce
THE BODY
directed by Tom Faulkner
TING TANG MINE
directed by Rory Wilton and Emma Spurgin Hussey
