Peckham Plans Revealed, and Last Chance to see our Undergraduates

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It is all go at Mountview. As we usher in a new cohort of Postgraduate Actors for their showcase, we also have the final few shows from our undergraduate class of 2016. In addition, we are ready to reveal the architectural plans for our new Peckham home. Scroll on for more...

POSTGRADUATE ACTING SHOWCASE 2016
Directed by Jacqui Somerville

2015/16’s Postgraduate Acting students present a selection of pieces in their professional showcase. Read more

Venue AMBASSADORS THEATRE
West Street, WC2H 9ND
Performances 10 and 11 May, 1pm
Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 or marketing@mountview.org.uk

Friends, family and alumni are very welcome to attend this showcase, with no booking necessary. Doors will open about 10 minutes before the show begins.

BUSTER'S

By Roy Williams | Co-directed by Tinuke Craig & Stephen Jameson

For the first time, performers from Mountview’s Acting and Musical Theatre courses unite in this world premiere by Roy Williams. It’s 1976, there’s a heatwave, and everyone’s heading to Carnival. But staff at Buster’s burger bar are stuck with another working day dreaming of a better life and auditioning for TV’s New Faces, all to a soundtrack of 70’s soul classics. Read more

Venue Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Performances 10 - 14 May
Tickets £12 (£8 concessions)
To book 020 8365 5450 / Book Online
Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 or marketing@mountview.org.uk

FANATICAL

Music & Lyrics by Matt Board | Book by Reina Hardy | Directed by Lotte Wakeham

Angel 8 is a cult science fiction TV show. It’s also a lifestyle. To the fans gathered at the first ever Angel 8 convention, it’s everything. But when the unthinkable happens during the keynote address, this group of lovable misfits must band together to prove that no power in the universe can keep a story from its fans. Performed by Mountview’s graduating Acting students, Fanatical is a brand new musical from The Stable.
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Venue Karamel Club
Date 19 - 28 May
Tickets £12 (£8 concessions)
To book 020 8881 2201
Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 or marketing@mountview.org.uk

JULIUS CAESAR
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Polina Kalinina

Caesar must die. As the conspirators plot we must decide whether this assassination is justified. Is it sacrifice or butchery? Shakespeare’s most morally ambivalent play presents a dangerous game of chess played out with people’s lives. At the end of the day it’s not about right, it’s not about wrong. It’s about power. Read more

Venue Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Performances 24 - 28 May
Tickets £12 (£8 concessions)
To book 020 8365 5450 / Book Online
Industry Bookings 020 8829 0036 or marketing@mountview.org.uk

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PECKHAM PLANS REVEALED

We are very pleased to present architectural plans for our new home in Southwark.

Carl Turner Architects have designed a building which includes a public foyer with café bar, 200-seat main auditorium, 80-seat studio theatre and rooftop restaurant/bar. Training facilities include 19 rehearsal studios, two further performance studios, music practice rooms, two TV studios and a radio suite.

Proposed building materials include a golden-brown oxidized steel wrap, brick and wood, reflecting the heritage of the site which was once a canal-side wood warehouse.

Plans are now available online and we are welcoming comments and feedback in advance of our planning application submission in late June. If this application is successful we will start building work in November 2016 and open in September 2018.