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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.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Director interview & Set Construction
by francis on Nov.13, 2008, under Shows, Theatre
I popped down to see the Tuesday crew to see the progress of the ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead‘ set. The theatre is open every Tuesday for the social club but also for the Tuesday Crew! The Tuesday crew creates all the amazing sets for each of the productions at the Nomads. They do an AMAZING job every week building the sets for the shows. If you want to get involved in set construction pop along to the theatre on a Tuesday to find out more!
This video is a interview with director Alan Wiseman about the show ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead‘ which opens next week, Tuesday 18th November until the 22nd November. To book or reserve tickets you can ring the Box Office answerphone on 01483 284747.
First Annie video diary entry
by admin on Nov.02, 2008, under Interviews, Shows, Theatre
Well here it is the very first video diary. Most of it was filmed last weekend so in this podcast:
- We take a look in at the first Annie rehearsal and find out how we managed to loose one of our cast before we had started!
- I do an interview with Julian Pindar who has been acting at the Nomads since he was 8 and is now a professional actor heading to the West End in January next year. He talks about how he got into acting from Nomes and some tips he learn’t along the way.
Sorry about the sound and video quality we’ll get it right! Anyone wishing to audition for Molly or work on the Annie crew in our production of Annie please contact us.