Spring Season 2021 Announced

This Spring we are excited to announce five productions, showcasing the work and talents of our third year BA (Hons) Acting, Actor Musicianship and Musical Theatre students.

Beneatha’s Place

7-10 Apr
Acting
Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park, Beneatha’s Place follows Beneatha Younger at two pivotal moments in her life. We meet her as a young woman moving from 1950s Chicago to Nigeria on the eve of its independence from British colonial rule, and as an academic in contemporary America, exploring the nature of identity, community and what it means to become a leader.
More information here.

Shakespeare in Love

14 – 17 Apr
Acting
Penniless and indebted to two demanding producers, struggling young playwright William Shakespeare is tormented by writer’s block until he meets the beautiful Viola de Lesseps, daughter of a wealthy merchant, whose fiery passion for poetry and drama leaves her secretly longing to be an actor. Based on Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard’s Oscar-winning screenplay, Lee Hall’s stage adaptation of Shakespeare in Love is a gloriously romantic comedy of errors.
More information here.

Return to the Forbidden Planet

21-24 Apr
Actor Musicianship
Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and packed with pop hits such as I Heard It Through the Grapevine and Good Vibrations alongside rock ‘n’ roll classics such as Great Balls of Fire, Teenager in Love and Johnny B Goode, this Olivier Award winning musical spectacular is performed by Mountview’s Actor Musicians. Prepare for blast off!
More information here.

Candide

29 Apr – 7 May
Musical Theatre
‘This is a story rich and rare of philosophic interplay twixt optimism and despair…’ Our eponymous hero Candide survives numerous disasters but never gives up on his optimistic pursuit of love and truth, and his journey of discovery is anything but dull. Through anguish, despair, euphoria and joy Leonard Bernstein’s exquisite musical proves that ‘life is happiness indeed’.
More information here.

Rent

8 – 15 May
Musical Theatre
This Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical phenomenon tells the story of a group of impoverished young bohemian artists struggling to survive and thrive in Alphabet City in Lower Manhattan’s East Village, under the shadow of gentrification and impending eviction. Can they follow their dreams and choose love over fear without selling out?
More information here.

If you are an agent, casting director or industry colleague looking to view the productions, please contact Industry Liaison Manager, Neil Rutherford – neilrutherford@mountview.org.uk.