Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat
by Mark Ravenhill
16 - 18 April 2008
The Gate Theatre, National Theatre, Out of Joint, Paines Plough and Royal Court joined forces to present Mark Ravenhill’s SHOOT/GET TREASURE/REPEAT, an epic cycle of plays exploring the personal and political effect of war on modern life.The plays began life at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival as Ravenhill For Breakfast and form a collage of very different scenes, with each taking its title from another classic work.
Throughout April, the plays were presented in various venues across London, from Sloane Square, the South Bank and Notting Hill to a Victorian warehouse in East London.
Over in Notting Hill, the Gate audience was led by an angel around the borough to strange and unexpected secret locations, where they encountered intriguing characters along the way. WOMEN IN LOVE was staged in the magical Pembridge Square Gardens and the audience was then led to the very chic Guesthouse West where ARMAGEDDON was staged in the confines of a hotel room.
Directed by Natalie Abrahami & Carrie Cracknell
Guiding Angel - Elliot Cowan
WOMEN IN LOVE
Dan is receiving treatment for cancer. Anna is loving but maybe a bit too controlling.
Cast - Jennifer Higham, Brendan Hughes, Alan McKenna
ARMAGEDDON
Emma, a born-again Christian living in America's Bible belt, arranges to meet a younger man.
Cast - Madeleine Potter, Gary Shelford
“Across to West London on a blustery April night for our next instalment. The tiny Gate (the feisty Notting Hill theatre, committed to international and dance-crossover programming) hosted WOMEN IN LOVE and ARMAGEDDON. But not in the theatre itself, directors Carrie Cracknell and Natalie Abrahami having pulled off a kind of reverse-coup of finding two sites with even fewer seats than their own auditorium.”
Caroline McGinn, Time Out
“this double-bill is eye-catching, and possesses a certain grace…”
The Guardian
Madeleine Potter and Gary Shelford in ARMAGEDDON
Photos © Peter Schiazza