AS YOU LIKE IT – THE GARRICK THEATRE for Crusaid (now Terrence Higgins Trust) and London Lighthouse - 1990 This performance was dedicated to the theatre designer, Peter Evans, dearest friend and colleague, who was one of the first people in the U.K. to die from Aids. Go Back
GALA LAUNCH OF THE LIVE LITERATURE COMPANY AT MELBOURNE HOUSE, WHITEHALL, WITH A PREMIERE PERFORMANCE OF BYRON IN LOVE BY ANNE FLEMING – OCTOBER 2002 Photos: Gerard Logan as Byron with Katy Odey playing all the women Byron loved. Go Back
THE SOLDIER’S TALE BY STRAVINSKY – ST. DAVID’S HALL/CARDIFF - AND TOUR OF WALES. You will go a long way to find a more accomplished concept and performance of this work.Review: Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale: (South Wales Echo). Val directed the music theatre piece The Soldier’s Tale by Igor Stravinsky for St. Donat’s Music Theatre…
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SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE – EXETER CATHEDRAL – a memorial performance for Val’s mother – 2007 The cathedral choir sang music inspired by Blake by John Tavener & Vaughan Williams. Go Back
WAR POETS & POETRY OF CONSCIENCE – NATIONAL THEATRE & CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE – 2002/2003 This programme was first performed in the National Theatre Lyttelton Theatre, by actors Tim Pigott-Smith, Jennie Stoller, & Peter De Jersey. Peter spoke the poems written on Death Row in the U.S.A. at the end of this performance. The…
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WORLD PREMIERE STAGING OF FIRST LOVE BY SAMUEL BECKETT – NATIONAL THEATRE (N.T. Ref: Perf Code 2100), NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE & beckett in berlin 2000 festival Music for First Love production – Schubert’s Impromptu D935 Op. 142 in B flat Major. Schubert was Beckett’s favourite composer. Go Back
SHAKESPEARE’S KINGS & QUEENS DEVISED BY VALERIE DOULTON – CHELTENHAM SPRING FESTIVAL & N.P.G. - 2000 Photo: Anna Calder-Marshall as Gertrude & Tom Burke as Hamlet. Photo: Anna Calder-Marshall as the Fool & David Burke as King Lear. Photo: David Burke as Claudius & Tom Burke as Hamlet. Go Back
BYRON THE POET BY ANNE FLEMING – AT THE ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION & a site-specific performance at Byron’s school – Harrow - 2000 Go Back
THE POST OFFICE – FOR THE BRICK LANE CIRCLE & THE EAST LONDON COMMUNITY Jyoti Goel with the audience after his performance as Amal in The Post Office. Go Back
THE QUILT BY VALERIE DOULTON– a performance piece about processing grief – THE TRISTAN BATES THEATRE AT THE ACTORS’ CENTRE – Music: Beim Schlafengehen from Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss. Sung on recording by Jessye Norman. Lala LLoyd Photo: The Quilt: Left to right: Lala Lloyd & Yvonne Bonnamy. Go Back