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Quills: Stephen Connery-Brown

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Stephen Connery-Brown
trained at East 15 Acting School. With Second Skin Theatre, Stephen played Josefino in “La Chunga” and the Preacher in “Poe: Macabre Resurrections”. Recent stage appearances include “4.48 Psychosis” at the Drayton Theatre, The Man in Catalan playwright Josep M. Benet i Jornet’s UK premiere of “Desig (Desire)” at the White Bear Theatre, and Sir Peter Teazle in Jessica Swale’s production of “A School for Scandal”, and Shylock in a tour of “The Merchant of Venice” for Clockhouse Theatre Company. Other work includes theatre-in-education, corporate videos, commercials, short films and radio.


What is your role in ‘Quills’?
Doctor Royer-Collard.  He is the chief physician at the Charenton Asylum – a smart and very ambitious man, whose authority is severely tested by the Marquis de Sade’s subversive exploits. My approach to the character is to discover the humanity and compassion in him, and use that as a counterpoint against his sometimes cruel and duplicitous actions.

How did you first get involved in theatre?
One of my first jobs was as the sound operator for the pantomime “Aladdin”, and also playing the voice of the Genie of the Ring. Much to the director’s consternation I decided to do the voice using my Paul Lynde impersonation. 
 
What was your first impression of ‘Quills’?
A rollicking good story. I wanted to get to the end to see what happened to all the characters.

“Lust’s passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes”

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Second Skin Theatre opens new theatre venue with Doug Wright’s Quills

Second Skin Theatre’s fifth season opens with Doug Wright’s Obie-award winning play Quills, a re-imagining of the Marquis de Sade’s incarceration at Charenton’s insane asylum. Originally produced in New York City in 1995, this new production of Quills runs from October 17 to November 11, 2012 at the White Rabbit Cocktail Club in Stoke Newington, marking the launch of London’s newest and most intimate theatre venue.

Directed by Second Skin Theatre co-founder Andy McQuade (Best Theatre Director 2012 – Fringe Report), this production explores the delicate and often malleable line between morality and personal freedoms, while satirising the hypocrisy and convenience of censorship, sexuality and cruelty.

France, 1806. The Marquis de Sade, infamous libertine and criminal, sentenced to life in a lunatic asylum, embarks on a mission to record in writing the thoughts and philosophies that have scandalised a whole nation. But his only sword is a quill: his opponents are armed with far deadlier weapons.

Written partially as a response to Wright’s own experiences with government censorship, Quills serves as a reminder of how freedom of speech is as fragile and disposable as quills from centuries past.

SECOND SKIN THEATRE QUILLS CREATIVE TEAM AND CAST

Director…Andy McQuade
Producer…Jessica Ruano

Designed by Mike Lees
Composer Michael Cryne
Lighting Designer Sarah Crocker
Costume Designer Vana Giannoula & Vasiliki Syrma
Lights & Sound Tech Luca Romagnoli
Props Master Kitty Parkinson
Stage Manager Naomi Vandermolen

Marquis de Sade…Peter Glover / Andy McQuade
Abbe de Coulmier…Chris Brown
Doctor Royer-Collard…Stephen Connery-Brown
Renée Pélagie…Lauren Kellegher
Madeleine LeClerc…Nika Khitrova
Monsieur Prouix…Dan Shelton
Madame Royer-Collard…Julia Taylor

Second Skin Theatre’s Quills by Doug Wright plays from October 17 to November 11, Wednesday to Sunday evenings at 7:30pm (7pm Saturdays | 3pm Sat. November 10)  at the White Rabbit Cocktail Club, 125 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 0UH

Advance tickets: £12/£10 at 020 3556 3350 or ticketweb.co.uk
For all venue enquiries: info@whiterabbitlondon.co.uk | whiterabbitlondon.co.uk

Second Skin on WeFund

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Second Skin Theatre is on WeFund!

Your contributions will help launch our fifth season and new theatre venue in Stoke Newington. Visit our WeFund account page for more details.

AUDITIONS: QUILLS

By on September 5, 2012 | Category: Blog,Uncategorized | Comments Off on AUDITIONS: QUILLS

Second Skin Theatre opens its fifth season with Doug Wright’s Obie-award winning play ‘Quills’, a re-imagining of the Marquis de Sade’s incarceration at Charenton’s insane asylum. Actors of all ages, backgrounds, and ethnicities are invited to audition.

Please submit a link to your online CV and photo to Jessica Ruano at marketing[at]secondskintheatre.com.

Shortlisted actors will be contacted by the end of the week to arrange an audition date and time.

AUDITIONS: Tues Sept 11 and Wed Sept 12. 1-6pm.
REHEARSALS: from Tues Sept 18, daytimes and evenings (flexible)
PERFORMANCES: October 10 to November 4, Wednesday to Sunday evenings

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