Derby Talent To Light Up Edinburgh Festival
14 July 2011
'Uncontained Arts' will be taking their production to the Edinburgh Festival along with other University of Derby graduates.
"We are pleased that so many of our graduates are performing at festivals this year
”Paul Hurt Production Co-ordinator at Derby Theatre.
Arts festivals up and down the country will be lit up by some dark tales this summer, when three theatre companies created by graduates from the University of Derby's BA (Hons) Theatre Arts degree course stage their latest productions.
Derby based theatre company Uncontained Arts, which was set up in 2008 by Adam Howell and Cara Nolan, will perform Not So Grimm Fairy Tales an exciting interpretation of some much-loved children's stories at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August, after a performance at Derby Theatre.
Production company Fifth Word, winners of Writers Guild of Great Britain Award, are also appearing at Edinburgh, with their latest production Bones, which they will preview exclusively in Derby. This original psychological thriller directed by Angharad Jones and Laura Ford is an honest portrayal of a boy struggling to find his place in a world that doesn't want him.
And this week, Different Devices, which was started in 2010 by Tim Ford, Jessica Morland, Victoria Mulqueen, Jennifer Roche and Amie Shore will perform their Jack the Ripper story to audiences at the Buxton Festival Fringe.
Tickets for Jack: A Rippers Tale on Friday 15 July 7.30pm and Sunday 17 July at 10.30pm are available at www.undergroundvenues.co.uk.
Tickets for Derby Theatre Studio performances are available from www.derbytheatre.co.uk
Bones - Saturday 30 July
- Not So Grimm Fairy Tales - Sunday 31 July.
Tickets can be purchased in advance for the Edinburgh shows through the following websites:
- Not So Grimm Fairy Tales www.gildedballoon.co.uk/tickets/performances
- Bones www.edfringe.com/whats-on/theatre/bones
Paul Hurt Production Co-ordinator at Derby Theatre said: "We are pleased that so many of our graduates are performing at festivals this year, they are a talented bunch and we wish them all the best."
For further information please contact Laura Ratcliffe, Alumni Relations Officer, T: 01332 591368, M: 07768 091248 email: l.ratcliffe@derby.ac.uk.
