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PIP UTTON THEATRE / Image: Bacon / Photographer: Axel Nickolaus

Image: Bacon
Photographer: Axel Nickolaus

PIP UTTON THEATRE

Text-based: Medium|New writing|Contemporary drama

SIZE OF COMPANY
Varies

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to large

PERMANENT STAFF
Writer/performer/producer
Pip Utton

ARTISTIC POLICY
Pip Utton Theatre produces and tours simply presented theatre, usually from new writing. The company aims to entertain, move, stimulate, and challenge audiences, and to encourage the exercise of an audience’s ‘grey cells’, promoting their enjoyment and appreciation of the power of live theatre.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Utton’s performances are always master-classes in acting. And Bacon is no exception.
The British Theatre Guide (Bacon)
This performance is unmissable; it is the definitive performance about the two most powerful icons of the 20th century, the Swastika and Adolf Hitler.
Wispr, The Netherlands (Adolf)
Utton re-enacts H.G Wells’s Martian invasion with charisma and panache. He provides a one-man panorama of extra-terrestrial experience, strangely compelling and unexpectedly engrossing.
Fest (The War of the Worlds)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
The iconic concept album depicting the Martian invasion of Earth. Performed solo to the original soundtrack specially adapted by Jeff Wayne.
60 mins, no interval, 1 on stage 2 on road
Adolf
A searing portrayal of the man whose evil logic corrupted a nation and the insidious voice of prejudice alive within us all today.
85 mins, 1 on stage, 2 on the road, some strong language.
Bacon
‘That dreadful man who paints those horrible pictures’ – Margaret Thatcher. Francis Bacon charms, amuses, outrages and fascinates – just as when alive.
75 mins, no interval, 1 on stage, 2 on the road, strong language and sexual references.

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’
The most famous of all seasonal tales performed as Charles Dickens himself. 80 mins, interval optional, 1 on stage 2 on road
The Middle Ages
Intimate revelations of a middle-aged man’s love for a much younger woman. (75 mins approx, 1 on stage 2 on the road, some strong language and sexual references.)

WRAP-AROUND
For professional and amateur audiences, from age 16.
Post-show discussions and workshops available, based on the show content, the writing and development and any specific aspects of performance. Use of the developing English language
Masterclasses in performance and workshops which result in the performance of a devised piece of drama.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 The Netherlands: Bacon/Chaplin/Adolf/Resolution
Belarus: Chaplin
Germany: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Poland: Chaplin
Belgium: Adolf
Czech Republic: Adolf/Chaplin
2007 The Netherlands: Bacon/Adolf
USA: Adolf/Bacon/Chaplin
UAE (Fuhairah): Chaplin
Belgium: Adolf
2006 The Netherlands: Adolf/Son of the Father
Belgium: Adolf
Ireland: Adolf/Bacon
Norway: Adolf

TOURING AVAILABILITY
All current productions available 2009/10 – details on request