Archive for January, 2012

Letter from Mario Vargas Llosa (excerpt)

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Letter from Mario Vargas Llosa to Second Skin Theatre, regarding the company’s production of LA CHUNGA 

“I can’t tell you how grateful I am for the wonderful job you have done with La Chunga. I was thrilled with the staging. I liked everything, starting with the premises at the Phoenix Artist Club—they looked as if they had been purposefully built for the play. The actors, the general conception behind the representation as well as the subtlety with which each scene is construed work exceedingly well and confer depth, delicacy and creative heights to the story.

“Nothing would please me more than your being able to stage the play in other places, as you are hoping to do—I am sure your work would be received with enthusiasm everywhere. Please convey my congratulations and my warm gratitude to all the actors and the other folks involved in the staging of La Chunga.”

Nobel Prize Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa hails LA CHUNGA

By on January 30, 2012 | Category: Blog | Comments Off on Nobel Prize Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa hails LA CHUNGA

Second Skin Theatre’s production of LA CHUNGA opened on Tuesday to a sold-out crowd that included Nobel Prize Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa. The playwright brought with him several friends to see the UK premiere production of his 1986 Peruvian drama, a love story between two women, at the atmospheric Phoenix Artist Club in the West End.

After the performance, Vargas Llosa proclaimed that Second Skin Theatre’s production of LA CHUNGA was unlike any he had ever seen and hailed the cast as being “fantastic”. (Photo: Andy McQuade, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Nika Khitrova)

Following this memorable opening night, Artistic Director of Second Skin Theatre Andy McQuade was awarded Best Director (Theatre) 2012 by Fringe Report.

LA CHUNGA plays at the Phoenix Artist Club, 1 Phoenix Street off Charing Cross Road until February 19th, 2012. Tuesday to Thursday evenings at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 4pm, and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets £12.

“Second Skin Theatre’s taut production is charged with eroticism and an underlying violent tension, with excellent all round performances… as electric as any you will see on the London stage at present… manages to fuse seamlessly reality and fantasy” PlaysToSee.com

Andy McQuade – Best Director 2012

By on January 27, 2012 | Category: Blog | Comments Off on Andy McQuade – Best Director 2012

The winners of the 2012 Fringe Report awards have been announced, and our very own Andy McQuade has won Best Director (Theatre). Congratulations to the Artistic Director of Second Skin Theatre!

Andy’s current theatrical concoction, La Chunga, by Mario Vargas Llosa, plays at the Phoenix Artist Club until February 19th. Don’t miss a fantastic production by our award-winning director.

Interview ‘Poe: Macabre Resurrections’

By on January 26, 2012 | Category: Blog | Comments Off on Interview ‘Poe: Macabre Resurrections’

Interview between Director Andy McQuade and Professor Steven Barfield on Second Skin Theatre’s production of Poe: Macabre Resurrections.

Click here to read the article.

Mario Vargas Llosa at La Chunga

By on January 24, 2012 | Category: Blog | Comments Off on Mario Vargas Llosa at La Chunga

Mario Vargas Llosa

 

Nobel Prize Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa will be in attendance at the opening of Second Skin Theatre’s LA CHUNGA tonight at the Phoenix Artist Club. Check back for photos and updates!

 

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