Dynamic theatre company Fire Under The Horizon are looking to raise £250 to fund develop and perform a production of the hilarious 1606 comedy Volpone, penned by Shakespeare’s friend and rival Ben Jonson.
About our show Show
Dates:
- August 20 2012 - Monday 7:30pm
- August 21 2012 - Tuesday 7:30pm
- August 22 2012 - Wednesday 7:30pm
- August 23 2012 - Thursday 7:30pm
- August 24 2012 - Friday 7:30pm
- August 25 2012 - Saturday 7:30pm
Venue:
Upstairs at the Gatehouse - Highgate - North London, Borough of Camden.
Ben Jonson’s 1606 social satire sees wealthy Venetian Volpone devise a scheme to expand his wealth by playing on other’s greed. Assisted by his parasitic friend Mosca, he feigns terminal illness to persuade three fortune hunters; Corvino, Voltore and Corbaccio, to disperse gifts in the hope he will make them the sole benefactors of their will. Spurred on by 'this heat that is life', Volpone and Mosca over-reach themselves and eventually face the consequences their greed has foisted upon them.
Our production will be a deconstruction of the original text, heavily cutting it down from its original three hour running time, excising the sub-plot of Sir Politic Would Be, and exploring Jonson’s tale of the corrupting influence avarice has on the human condition and how this relates to audiences in the 21st century. Updating Jonson’s work to a contemporary setting we aim to show just how intoxicating materialism can be and the carnage it can cause. Using the Commedia Dell’Arte influence that Jonson displays, we will find contemporary resonances for these types.
The work Fire Under The Horizon aim to make is inherently theatrical and live, building work in a collaborative nature with designer, actors and composers, to produce work that is both original and aims to find theatrical truth in the work we create. Adapted and directed by Fire Under The Horizons AD Kris Hallett, with movement direction by Jemma Bicknell and an original score composed by Adam Linson our staging will be irreverent, fresh, sexy and funny and dust off the cobwebs of this classic and make it live for today. Please follow our progress on our We Fund blog and our website, soon to be updated with video blogs and interviews with actors and creative’s.
How will your pledges be used?
The money you pledge will be used in various ways to help Volpone make its way to the stage, below are just a few.
- Costs of rehearsal spaces.
- Costs of Hiring and Building Costume and Set.
- Costs of Theatre rent, and registration fees for Camden Fringe Festival.
- Costs of Marketing materials such as posters, advertising online and in publications.
- Costs of producing programmes and merchandise for the show.
- Costs of sundries for rehearsals including tea and coffee (Rehearsals are pretty much fueled by coffee!)
- Costs of maintenance for our website. ...
- The list of costs of theatre goes on.
Further information about Fire Under The Horizon and our projects can be found on our website www.fireunderthehorizon.co.uk Thank you for your kind donations and continued support of the arts; we look foreword to seeing you this summer for our production of Volpone for Camden Fringe Festival at Upstairs at the Gatehouse (August 20-25).
www.fireunderthehorizon.co.uk
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