Torn between cinema and theatre, The Stanley is both star and starred in as part of a creative, collaborative plot
The “reel” history of the Stanley Theatre and what lurks behind? That’s the tease on the poster for the Arts Club/Electric Company collaboration Tear the Curtain!
An innovative mix of cinema and theatre, the show’s venue is as integral to the storytelling as the plot itself.
“When the commission came, we wanted to make a piece that was specifically for the Stanley,” says lead actor Jonathan Young. “Right away, through our initial creative sessions as stage jams, the obvious duality of the venue’s history as a cinema and then live theatre became apparent.”
“That’s mirrored in the central character of Alex Braithwaite [played by Young] and his kind of dual persona. There is also this backline story of the battle between the cinema and the theatre and whether there can be a radical fusion of the two that will reawaken audiences as well as overtake the extreme factions vying for audiences.”
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