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Studio 8 Group - New Greenham ArtsGrey Light Productions_
part of Evolve Exchange
Welcome to Grey Light Productions, a company in residence with Evolve/Exchange at the Corn Exchange, Newbury.
Grey Light Productions is a theatre company dedicated to producing and promoting new writing for the stage.
The company was founded in 2006 by director Georgina Guy and producer Ben Monks, following their award-winning work with writer Sam Thomas at the Cameron Mackintosh New Writing Festival. Sam went on to become Grey Light’s Writer in Residence and Grey Light was launched at the King’s Head Theatre with a run of three of Sam’s plays in February / March 2007. Subsequent productions of work by Sam Thomas include Uncle Barry (Blue Elephant Theatre) and LoveSpoons (ScenePool at Camden People’s Theatre).
From 2007 – 2009, Grey Light partnered with the New York Metropolitan Playhouse to develop American Voices, a series exploring new American writing on the London stage. The project formed an unprecedented UK presentation of some of the most vital and as yet unheard voices in new American theatre, presented through workshops, readings and fully staged productions. American Voices involved productions at the Finborough Theatre, Blue Elephant Theatre and Greenwich Playhouse, including the European premiere of Bekah Brunstetter’s Oohrah! at the Finborough.
“Bekah Brunstetter’s play contains dialogue that is utterly convincing in this fine production courtesy of Georgina Guy.” The Times on Oohrah! at the Finborough Theatre
Grey Light is using its time as part of Evolve/Exchange to develop When is a Clock, a new play by American writer Matthew Freeman, whose work Grey Light first produced as part of American Voices. We are especially keen on exploring the role of movement in the production process.
As a company, Grey Light is highly energised by working with writers who have something new to contribute to contemporary theatre. We are always looking to expand the parameters of our work by establishing links and developing new projects with national and international theatre-makers, and always interested to hear from anybody with an interest in the company or the work that we do.
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Georgina Guy – Director
Georgina is Director of Grey Light Productions and has directed all the company’s shows to date, including Oohrah! (Finborough Theatre), BANK and Other Plays (King’s Head Theatre), Uncle Barry (Blue Elephant Theatre) and American Voices (Greenwich Playhouse). She also works as an Assistant Teacher at RADA, taking classes in Principles of Acting as part of the MA Text and Performance course. As Assistant Director, Georgina has worked with Roland Jaquarello on Enduring Freedom by Anders Lustgarten (Finborough Theatre) and with Brigid Panet on The Tempest (RADA). In 2007, Georgina was as a Student Representative for the Donmar Warehouse and an intern in the Literary Department at the Royal Court Theatre. Other directing credits includeWaiting For Godot and Endgame (Old Fire Station Theatre) and BANK (Burton Taylor Studio, winner of the Cameron Mackintosh Award for New Writing 2006, Best Director, Best Cast Ensemble and Best Production).
Hilary Statts – Designer
Hilary Graduated with a First in Theatre Design from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2006. She is currently working as resident Theatre Designer/Stage Manager at Trent College, Nottingham. Theatre Design Credits Include: Charley’s Aunt (Nationwide Outdoor Tour), American Voices (Grey Light Productions/ Metropolitan Playhouse NYC), Hedda Gabler, The Merchant of Venice (Greenwich Playhouse), The Pirates of Penzance (Pontardawe Arts Centre), Uncle Barry (Blue Elephant Theatre), Duck Variations (Regent’s Park Theatre Studio/King’s Head Theatre), Opera Cabaret (Arcola Theatre), BANK (King’s Head Theatre), The Secret of Belonging (Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre), Gull (Chapter Studio), Rock Odyssey (Dylan Thomas Theatre) and Company (Sherman Theatre). Art Direction and Design for film includes work with The London Film Academy and Central School of Speech and Drama. Hilary has also worked as an assistant to Lizzie Clachan on the RSC’s I’ll be the Devil / Days of Significance at the Tricycle Theatre, Sean Crowley on the Wales Theatre Company’s 2006 Christmas season, Tom Scutt on Skellig (West Sussex Youth Theatre Company), and as Prop Maker for Punchdrunk’s Masque of the Red Death (Battersea Arts Centre).
Sam Thomas – Writer in Residence
Sam Thomas is a Welsh playwright living in London. He has produced four plays with Grey Light: Telemaphone,TickyTock, and BANK at the King’s Head Theatre and Uncle Barry at the Blue Elephant Theatre. A fifth play,LoveSpoons, is currently being developed with Grey Light’s support. Before becoming Grey Light’s Writer in Residence, Sam had work produced at the Buxton Festival and at the Grand Theatre, Taliesin Theatre and Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea. TickyTock won the ACTSwansea playoff competition in 2005 and BANK won the Cameron Mackintosh Prize for New Writing in 2006.
Ben Monks – Producer
Ben co-founded Grey Light with Georgina Guy and has produced on all Grey Light projects to date, including Oohrah! (Finborough Theatre), BANK and other plays (King’s Head) and the American Voices series in association with the New York Metropolitan Playhouse.
Elsewhere Ben is producer of Supporting Wall with Will Young, currently producing the premiere of Philip Ridley’s Moonfleece (London and touring, March – April 2010). Ben has co-produced on all Supporting Wall projects to date including Blue Heaven (Finborough Theatre), Big Breath In (London and South East England tour), Three Shit Hot Shorts (Camden Festival) and Found In Translation (currently in development). He and Will were jointly awarded the SOLT/TMA Stage One Bursary for New Producers in Spring 2009 for their work with Supporting Wall – www.supportingwall.com
Ben is general manager of comedy management agency Unexpected Productions, producing for them at the Leicester Square Theatre, King’s Head and Tristan Bates, and also produces their resident sketch group the Unexpected Items. Other credits include fundraising manager for the world premiere of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Jenufa (Arcola Theatre); the inaugural Oxford Revue US tour in association with MINI cars; with Will Young, Up The Republic! (Edinburgh Festival and King’s Head Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Edinburgh Festival) and Alice – Through the Looking Glass (Oxford Playhouse); Under Milk Wood (Edinburgh Fringe); Fuente Ovejuna for Metta Theatre at Oxford Playhouse; As You Like It for Primavera (Christ Church and Said Amphitheatre, Oxford); The Threepenny Opera (Oxford Playhouse); and the Cameron Mackintosh New Writing Festival 2006. Ben worked on the marketing for the launch of the multi-platform arts venue the North Wall in Oxford, and has been a guest lecturer in producing at the University of Kent. He is former assistant programming director of theatre and contemporary art at the Centre Mathis, Paris, and occasional reviewer for On the Fringe. Independently of theatre Ben works for the Koestler Trust, the UK’s leading prison arts charity.
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For more information on Grey Light Productions, please visit www.greylightproductions.co.uk
To contact us, please email ben@greylightproductions.co.uk – we’re always interested in hearing from people interested in our work!
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