'Theatre 6 create elegant, visual productions; revive modern classics, forge new adaptations and develop bold work from new writers.'
Theatre 6 is made up of six young and talented theatre professionals driven to carry a passionate and united vision of theatre making into London, the rest of the UK and internationally.
Our first season was received with great acclaim, starting off with a stage reading of bestselling international novelist Elizabeth Cooke's first play, We Are Gods. In March we opened the world premiere of Dostoevsky's The Double which ran for four weeks at The White Bear Theatre. The production was beautifully adapted for 6 actors and 4 actor musicians by our Artistic Director Kate McGregor and composer Maria Haik Escudero. Our second project was the London revival of Durangs famous comedy Beyond Therapy which ran for three weeks at the Hen and Chickens Theatre in Islington. In July and August our season was completed with The Best of Festivals event, showing the best new theatre from across the UK over two weeks at The Waterloo East Theatre in central London.
As a young and vibrant theatre company we enthusiastically invite you to join us in 2010 and beyond; enjoy our productions and pass on the word about Theatre 6 to your friends, family and colleagues. We look forward to meeting you very soon.
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Kate McGregor
Artistic Director
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Kate set up Theatre 6 in November 2009 after completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Theatre directing at Drama Studio London. She is also has a First Class Honours degree from The Central School of Speech and Drama in Drama, Applied Theatre & Education.
Her professional credits include: The Perfect Party (Camden People's Theatre), Never Any Fruit (Pleasance Stage Space & Rondo Theatre, Bath), The Double (White Bear) Panphobia (Lost Theatre), Like It Never Happened (Old Red Lion), Zipporah (The George Wood Theatre),12 Clocks (RACC Studio), Shout Across The River (Courtyard Theatre), Wanda's Visit (White Bear Theatre), The Surveyor (New End Theatre), Final Play (Tabard Theatre), Whole Blue Sky (Unicorn Theatre) and the EU tour of devised show, Journey.
Kate has also directed several rehearsed readings and been a faciliator for drama education projects in London, Dorset, Northern Ireland, Kosova, Romania and Hungary. She is currently Associate Director (Education) at Upstart Theatre and Resident Director at Blossom Tree Productions. For more information you can visit her website: www.katemcgregor.co.uk.
Dominic Lindesay - Bethune
Executive Producer
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With years of producing experience, in both theatre and television, Dominic is committed to Theatre 6's mission of revivals of modern classics, adaptations and innovative new writing. Having graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2007, he has since trained as a producer with both the NPA and Stage One and is Artistic Director of Pinoy Theatre Company.
As Executive Producer of Theatre 6, Dominic has produced The Double (White Bear Theatre), Beyond Therapy (Hen and Chickens Theatre) and The Best of Festivals in partnership with The Waterloo East Theatre. Dominic is also a freelance producer and fundraiser.
Heather Gibbs
Associate Producer and Resident Actress
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Heather trained at Drama Studio London and on the B.F.A Acting Programme at The University of California, she also spent time at the Moscow Arts Theatre School. Since graduating in 2008, Heather has worked on numerous theatre productions, shot two films in Prague and various shorts and commercials in London. She has begun work with Theatre 6 as an Associate Producer and will performing in 'Beyond Therapy' for the company in June.
Heather's theatre credits include: Mary McGinty in Once a Catholic (LOST Theatre - Upstairs at Gatehouse), Marsha in Wanda's Visit (Kate McGregor - White Bear), Sarah in The Actor's Nightmare (DSL - Grange Court Theatre), Holly Fox in We Are Gods (Theatre 6 - White Bear). Film credits include female lead roles in: Chase in Prose, Britain's Got Talent, Behind the Scenes, Non-Western and Behind the Window.
Maria Haik Escudero
Resident Composer
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Maria has always loved music, theatre and dance. She has been writing songs and composing music on the piano since the age of 11 and now teaches piano and music theory to children. Maria recently completed an MA in Musical Theatre (composition) at Goldsmiths College, University of London and whilst there penned the short musical comedy 'A Time to Pull', about Ben, a London cabbie who 'never gets the girl'. She has also written Zipporah, a musical adaptation of Marek Halter's novel about the bold and faithful wife of Moses for The George Wood Theatre and is now working towards a London transfer.
Maria is currently Composer and Musical Director for 'The Double' and is very excited to be a part of the project.
Amy Cook
Production Designer
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Amy is a Motley trained Theatre Designer who has created set and costumes for numerous productions. She is a member of the award winning Kandinsky Theatre Company, acting as designer on many of their shows. Amy has also worked as an assistant to the designer Naomi Wilkinson on a Tilted Dance Company production of Glacier (The Queen Elizabeth Hall) and has also assisted Ellen Dowell on the English Touring Opera’s education project 2008. Other work includes costume supervision at The Royal Opera House.
Since leaving Motley Amy has worked with Complicité designing their education production, Ignite. Future projects include Limehouse Nights, a site-specific piece byKandinsky Theatre Company. Amy is currently Production Designer for 'The Double.
Alice Nicholas
Writer in Residence
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Alice trained at The Central School of Speech and Drama with a first class honours in Drama, Applied Theatre and Education. Since graduating, Alice has worked in a number of different contexts as an applied theatre practitioner, as both a freelance artist and a community drama co-ordinator for Elevate Charitable Trust in East London.
In 2008 Alice returned back to her roots in the Midlands to become a drama lecturer for De Montfort University’s associate college Brooksby Melton College, where most recently she has taken on the role of Course Leader for the FdA Performing Arts in the Community degree. Alice also works for a number of theatre in education companies as a freelance actor/facilitator, and runs her own youth theatre in Melton for young people aged 10-18yrs old.
In 2008 her short play 'Queen Bee' was selected for performance in the Michael Frayn Space as part of the Hampstead Theatre’s New Writing event Start Night. In the 2009 Daring Pairings at Hampstead Theatre, Alice worked with April de Angelis and Molly Davies to write her own short play 'The Future of Bump' which was then performed on the main stage.
Alice is currently applying for an MA in Playwriting for January 2011 and is very excited about creating new work for Theatre 6.
Theatre 6 Associate Artists
Claire Childs (Lighting Designer)
Jess Edelstein (Production Assistant)
Jo Harris (Associate Producer & Assistant Director)
Carla Goodman (Designer)
Elizabeth Cooke (Author & Playwright)
Kalada Leopold (Composer & Orchestrator)
Megan Keegan (Costume Assistant)
Michael Linsey (Graphic Designer)
Henry Lindesay - Bethune (Graphic Designer)
Amy Jean Moore (Costume Assistant)
Laurelle Jones (Photographer)
Joyce Greenaway (Photographer)
Lucy Sturge (Costume Assistant)
Nick Hutson (Production Assistant)
Theatre 6 are throughly excited to be the co-producers and production managers for the Waterloo East Theatre's Best of Festivals Season 2010.
Theatre 6 presents
Best of Festivals Season 2010
Waterloo East Theatre
7th - 31st July 2010
The Waterloo East Theatre's Best of Festivals Season is designed specifically to showcase productions that have performed or are going to be performing in any festival from around the world. So if your show was on at this year's Oxfringe, Brighton fringe, Latitude Festival and so many more, then we want to hear from you!
If your production has been performed/will be performed anytime between August 2009 and August 2010, then it is eligible for a slot at the Waterloo East Theatre's Best of Festivals 2010 Season. This is a great opportunity to develop your work before going up to Edinburgh, showcase a production that performed at the Brighton Fringe but has yet to make it to London, or perform a re-working of a show from the Fresh Ideas season or In Companys Off Cut Festival. The possibilities are endless and what better way to showcase your production than in a venue in the heart of London's Waterloo.
To get an application form and guidelines, please email dom_theatre6.co.uk with Best of Festivals in the subject line. Completed applications must be in by Friday 4th June 2010.
Reviews on 'The Double
(Adapted by Kate mcGregor; original novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky)
RATED 4 STARS
"There really aren't many others like Theatre 6 - they're a company well worth looking out for..." Dominic di Nezza, Remote Goat
"It's refreshing therefore that we find the direction tight and slick...Maria Haik Escudero's score haunting..." Dominic Di Nezza
"It's an elegant ensemble staging for Dostoevsky's identity-bending tale." Brian Logan, Time Out
"This is an ensemble triumph in the truest sense and McGregor deserves high praise for her skillful management of such a multi-sensory, textually rich and ambitious production." Dominic di Nezza
"McGregor's direction is stylish and confident, there are excellent set-pieces (scenes performed on fast-forward; flashes of the nightmarish interior of Golyadkin's mind) ..." Brian Logan, Time Out
"This is first class fringe theatre and McGregor's company are certainly one to watch." Paul Dunn, Remote Goat
Reviews on ' Beyond Therapy '
"Beyond Therapy positively sparkles with freshness and energy." Beth Eyre Remote Goat
"The writing was sharp, witty and genuinely humorous; the performances were impeccable, doing great justice to the text with brilliant comic timing."
Jafar Iqbal, Extra! Extra!
"Explosively enjoyable...Theatre 6 are a company to keep watching." Beth Eyre
"The script is brilliantly funny in a way that's more screwball than sardonic, and the cast gave performances so polished you could see your face in them." Crysse Morrison, Online Theatre Blog
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