Archive for February, 2009
The Government Inspector & Interview with Ian Nichols
by admin on Feb.26, 2009, under Shows, Theatre
I managed to grab a couple of minutes with the director of The Government Inspector, Ian Nichols. Sorry about the quality of the video we only had a very short about of time available. As well as talking about the production Ian also talks about how he became a director and advise for anyone wanting to become a Director. Click the image below to start playing the video.
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
Public officials who are in denial about their own incompetence! Officials who are guilty of fraud, greed or hypocrisy. Sounds familiar these days!
The Nomads will be performing The Government Inspector at the Nomad Theatre, Bishopsmead Parade, East Horsley from Tuesday to Saturday 10 -14 March at 8pm.
Nikolai Gogol’s comedy was first performed in 1836 in Tsarist Russia, a society supposedly very different from our own. Yet as one character says, “He doesn’t pay his bill, he must be a government inspector!” Change inspector for any one of the people described in the news as those who cheat the system or don’t pay their way and you quickly see the play’s relevance.
The Government Inspector is set in a small town where corruption is a way of life and the Mayor and his cronies live well at the expense of shopkeepers and townspeople. Their world is turned upside down when they hear that an inspector is coming to report on them.
The characters are preposterous. The postmistress drinks heavily but also uses the mail as reading material for her leisure hours. The Director of Education is a pathetic, cringing personality, scared of his own teachers. The Magistrate is a womaniser but why does he keep geese in the courtroom? The Health Commissioner has sold the hospital beds and doesn’t believe in using medicine on patients, while the doctor only speaks German throughout. The Mayor is tyrannical, ambitious, smug and self-serving, yet he has to contend with a wife and daughter as bizarre as any of the other characters.
Into this mix comes a penniless traveller with a talent for fantasy and an eye to the main chance. Unwittingly at first but with increasing cunning he takes advantage of them all.
Alastair Beaton, one of the writers of Drop the Dead Donkey and Spitting Image, has adapted the play. He is an award winning writer who has brought his own satirical wit to the task of translating Gogol’s masterpiece.
Director Ian Nichols says, “This is a really wonderful show to work on and I am thoroughly enjoying directing comedy.”
Tickets are 11.00. Call the box office on 01483 284747 on Saturdays from 10.00 to 12.30 pm. Leave a message on the answerphone at other times or visit www.nomadtheatre.com.
Let Loose this weekend
by admin on Feb.02, 2009, under Shows, Theatre
Let Loose this Weekend!
This weekend was a Let Loose weekend! The aim of the Nomad Let Loose Programme is to enable people with all types of disability to participate in the performing arts. The video below is a video created during last years Play in a Week called “The Archivist”. If you would like to help out in the next Play in a Week, like to be involved or even fund the programme please let us know!
The Video below is quite large and on some slower internet connections it maybe better to download it first and then play it.
Film Night:
It might also be worth reminding everyone that Wednesday’s film is “Doctor Zhivago”, so wrap up warm for the Siberian winter! The film starts at 2pm.
Quiz Night:
With only two weeks to go, it’s time to confirm your tables. Please let Sarah Thomas know or email us. Have your payments and team members, by post to the Theatre. If you have not yet joined a table, please tell Sarah and she will be able to link you up with others.