{"id":12017,"date":"2022-11-04T06:27:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T06:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/04\/hampstead-theatre-reveals-the-art-of-illusion-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T06:27:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T06:27:07","slug":"hampstead-theatre-reveals-the-art-of-illusion-there-ought-to-be-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/04\/hampstead-theatre-reveals-the-art-of-illusion-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Hampstead Theatre reveals The Art of Illusion \u2013 There Ought To Be Clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hampstead Theatre has introduced the complete solid for the UK premiere of Alexis Michalik\u2019s\u00a0critically acclaimed,\u00a0The Art of Illusion<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Having premiered in Paris in 2014, the place it’s nonetheless enjoying at the moment, this new staging translated by\u00a0Waleed Akhtar\u00a0and directed by\u00a0Tom Jackson Greaves\u00a0opens at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs on\u00a017 December\u00a0and runs till\u00a028 January.<\/p>\n

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The Art of Illusion<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0will characteristic\u00a0Rina Fatania,<\/strong>\u00a0Bettrys Jones<\/strong>,\u00a0David Langham<\/strong>,\u00a0Norah Lopez Holden<\/strong>,\u00a0Brian Martin<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Kwaku Mills.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>The manufacturing is designed by\u00a0Simon Kenny\u00a0with sound design by\u00a0Yvonne Gilbert.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a matter of perception. The hands of time turn at the same speed for everyone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Yet a child waits what seems to be an eternity for summer, whilst an old man watches a year pass in the blinking of an eye\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In 1984, because the France vs Yugoslavia match unfolds on TV, a person meets a lady in a Parisian caf\u00e9.\u00a0 He is returning a bag that she misplaced on the Paris M\u00e9tro, however he doesn\u2019t reveal he stole it. Instead, he tells her the story of Jean-Eug\u00e8ne Robert-Houdin, watchmaker, inventor, and grasp magician of the nineteenth century. Together they got down to discover a vanished theatre beneath a financial institution vault within the Boulevard des Italiens, to interrupt right into a museum within the Trocadero, to uncover the thriller of the Mechanical Turk, to witness the start of the kinetograph\u2026 and to delve ever deeper into the artwork of phantasm.<\/p>\n

Alexis Michalik\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0The Art of Illusion<\/strong>\u00a0received three Moli\u00e8re Awards when it premiered in 2014.\u00a0 A Franco-British actor, author and director, his different performs embrace\u00a0Le Porteur d\u2019histoire<\/em>,\u00a0Edmond\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Intra Muros<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alexis Michalik stated:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m massively excited that The Art of Illusion can have its UK premiere at Hampstead Theatre this December.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been drawn to the fascinating world of magic and The Art of Illusion is inspired by the lives of two great French illusionists \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Jean-Eug\u00e8ne Robert-Houdin, who is often credited as being the inventor of modern magic, and\u00a0Georges M\u00e9li\u00e8s, who became famous as one of the most productive inventors of film and cinema. It\u2019s a play full of love, dreams, wonder and magic and I can\u2019t wait to see it on stage in London.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Waleed Akhtar\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0writing for theatre consists of\u00a0The P Word\u00a0<\/em>(Bush) and\u00a0Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanista<\/em>n (Brixton House\/Mercury Theatre and HighTide).<\/p>\n

Tom Jackson Greaves<\/strong>\u00a0is a director and choreographer whose latest work has included\u00a0Whistle down the Wind; The Jungle Book\u00a0<\/em>(Watermill);\u00a0Rent\u00a0<\/em>(Hope Mill Theatre);\u00a0Amelie\u00a0<\/em>(West End) and\u00a0Priscilla Queen of the Desert (UK tour).<\/em><\/p>\n

Rina Fatania\u00a0<\/strong>performs Catherine. Her latest theatre work consists of\u00a0Favour<\/em>\u00a0(CleanBreak Company, Bush);\u00a0Sheila\u2019s Island<\/em>\u00a0(UK tour) and\u00a0NW Trilogy\u00a0<\/em>(Kiln).\u00a0<\/em>Television work consists of\u00a0Nolly<\/em>;\u00a0Wanderlust\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0People Just do Nothing.\u00a0<\/em>Film work consists of\u00a0Little English<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Raabta\u00a0<\/em>(Bollywood Film).<\/p>\n

Bettrys Jones\u00a0<\/strong>performs April. Theatre work consists of\u00a0Red Ellen<\/em>\u00a0(Northern Stage);\u00a0Bagdad Caf\u00e9<\/em>\u00a0(Old Vic) and\u00a0Wise Children<\/em>\u00a0(Old Vic). Film work consists of\u00a0Cyrano\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Private Peaceful.<\/em><\/p>\n

David Langham<\/strong>\u00a0performs Watchmaker. David\u2019s latest theatre work consists of\u00a0Peter Pan<\/em>\u00a0(Troubadour);\u00a0Edmond de Bergerac\u00a0<\/em>(Birmingham Rep) and\u00a0Pinocchio<\/em>\u00a0(National Theatre). Film work consists of\u00a0Lord of Misrule<\/em>;\u00a0The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Phantom of the Opera.\u00a0<\/em>Television work consists of\u00a0The Larkins\u00a0<\/em>(collection 2);\u00a0Pennyworth\u00a0<\/em>(season 3) and\u00a0His Dark Materials\u00a0<\/em>(seasons 1 & 2).<\/p>\n

Norah Lopez Holden\u00a0<\/strong>performs\u00a0Georges. Theatre work consists of\u00a0Hamlet\u00a0<\/em>(Young Vic);\u00a0Equus<\/em>\u00a0(Theatre Royal, Stratford East) and\u00a0The Winter\u2019s Tale<\/em>\u00a0(Shakespeare\u2019s Globe).<\/p>\n

Brian Martin<\/strong>\u00a0performs December. His theatre credit embrace\u00a0Distinguished Villa<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Jane Clegg<\/em>\u00a0(each Finborough);\u00a0King John\u00a0<\/em>(RSC) and\u00a0The Lieutenant of Inishmore\u00a0<\/em>(No\u00ebl Coward). Film work consists of\u00a0My Policeman<\/em>;\u00a0Pompeii<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Cocaine Famine<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kwaku Mills<\/strong>\u00a0performs Jean. Theatre work consists of\u00a0King Lear\u00a0<\/em>(Shakespeare\u2019s Globe);\u00a0Queer Upstairs\u00a0<\/em>(Royal Court) and\u00a0Perspective\u00a0<\/em>(National Theatre). Film work consists of\u00a0The Trouble with Jessica and\u00a0<\/em>tv work consists of\u00a0Urban Myths: The Trial of Joan Collins<\/em>;\u00a0The Other One\u00a0<\/em>(Season 2)\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0I Hate You.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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[ad_1] Hampstead Theatre has introduced the complete solid for the UK premiere of Alexis Michalik\u2019s\u00a0critically acclaimed,\u00a0The Art of Illusion. Having premiered in Paris in 2014, the place it’s nonetheless enjoying at the moment, this new staging translated by\u00a0Waleed Akhtar\u00a0and directed by\u00a0Tom Jackson Greaves\u00a0opens at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs on\u00a017 December\u00a0and runs till\u00a028 January. The Art of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-drama"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}