Stage Fright rehearsal and recording for Wireless Theatre Company

We had a very good rehearsal at the Canal Cafe Theatre on the 12th of September which I attended and photographed, then a second rehearsal I could not attend followed by the recording on the 24th of September @ Unity Studios with director Emma Taylor and producer Mariele Runacre Temple where I took more photos and saw my idea yet again come to life through the amazing talents of all concerned with actors Abi Titmuss, Alex Barclay and Andrew Macbean , to be followed by a month or so of editing. watch this space and the WTC site for the release date!

We are recording Stage Fright for the Wireless Theatre Company on 15th September

Abi Titmuss and Alex Barclay return to play Geraldine and Peter.

The actor now playing Charles is Andrew McBean - who trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has worked extensively in TV and theatre since. His film and television credits include Torchwood and Poirot for BBC, and  Whistleblower, Bafta nominated  Elizabeth David A Life In Recipes, The Real Great Escape and The King’s Beard for ITV. Feature films Backwater and Dead Cat (due for release Summer 2010) and short films Lost (BBC) and The Wrong Sea (National Film School) and he also played the doctor who broke the major storyline news to Jack Branning that his baby was in fact swapped, in Eastenders.jTheatre credits include most recently Squire Squigley/King of Gooseland in Mother Goose at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, The Picture of Dorian Gray (European Tour) Measure for Measure, Richard III and Titus Andronicus (Royal Shakespeare Company), The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night and King Lear (Creation),1:60:3600 (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Treasure Island and Grimm Tales (Tobacco Factory), Killer Joe (Bristol Old Vic), Christmas Carol (Trafalgar Studios), Bloody Sunday: The Saville Enquiry (Tricycle), Macbeth (Lord Chamberlain’s Men), Jeffrey Archer’s Prison Diaries – Hell (Underbelly Edinburgh), The Little Years (Orange Tree), Tea & Sympathy, Young Woodley and The Lady’s Not for Burning (Finborough), Shooting With Parsley (Royal Geographic Society), Habitats (Gate), Rebecca, Hayfever, While The Sun Shines, The Gentle Hook, Living Together, and See How They Run (Sidmouth). For Wireless he’s been in The Strange Case of Springheel’d Jack and We Are Not the BBC.

The rest of the crew are Mariele Runacre-Temple - Founder of The WTC and a fine illustrator!, Lynn Howes - The playwright, Emma Taylor - The Director and Jack Bowman who is assistant producing and helped Mariele adapt the script for radio. 

I, Stefan will be taking photos of the rehearsal and the recording and enjoying seeing my theatrical baby reborn, this time for a worldwide audience. The pleasure of seeing something that was just a plot structure in my head many years ago, made manifest in a brilliant script by Lynn Howes and then become performed in the flesh and now the airwaves by a talented team of theatre professionals and actors is difficult to describe, but wholly wonderful.

The recording will take place @ Quince Studios, a very small but super studio in Marylebone, engineered by the fab Matt Walters who will lead us through the day. We’ll rehearse on Monday, working with Andrew in the role and ironing everything out. In the studio there isn’t a lot of time for notes as we have to move very fast. We have a tight recording schedule that we’ll need to stick to, usually allowing no more than 2 takes for each scene! They’ll have a microphone each and probably work in sequence.

Watch out for future posts, as editing progresses and we ultimately load it up on the WTC website for you to download as a podcast!

STOP PRESS - Stage Fright to be broadcast by The Wireless Theatre Company

I am pleased to announce that The Wireless Theatre Company is to produce a "radio" version of the play and broadcast it as a downloadable file to be listened to at your convenience.

WTC are an independent radio drama company producing original audio drama, comedy, stories, poems, sketches and more to be downloaded from their website directly to your iPod or MP3 player. Nearly all of their plays are completely free, and there is a huge mix of stuff to suit all tastes.

WTC's radio dramas are produced, directed and edited by their dedicated team and they  work with a wide range of acting and writing talent – both up-and-coming and established professionals.

Watch this space for further announcements as the day of broadcast approaches, in a few months.

"The Wireless Theatre Company is a brilliant idea. 

I've heard some great performances, real talent. 

Putting plays on the net is brilliant"

Nicholas Parsons