H+A Screenplay

Beautiful Confusion Productions at Fringe '08

Expats.cz Staff

Written by Expats.cz Staff Published on 12.05.2008 12:13:53 (updated on 12.05.2008) Reading time: 4 minutes

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“Hell is nothing unusual.”
     
H+A Screenplay

Based on a poem by Anne Carson

2008 Fringe Festival Praha
A Studio Rubín
Malostranské naměstí 9
Malá Strana, Praha 1
25 May – 1 June

Beautiful Confusion Productions returns to Prague for its fourth Fringe Festival with H+A SCREENPLAY, a multi-media performance based on a poem by Anne Carson.  The historical facts of Abelard and Heloise´s relationship are fascinating: he a brilliant scholar, she his beautiful and gifted pupil. The rest of their story is the stuff of legend: the inevitable baby (named Astrolabe, after a recent scientific invention), the secret marriage, and the attack on Abelard that sent them both into religious orders, where they wrote the love letters that would make them famous. Complete with tough questions about the intersection of intellect and passion, bouncing balls and lots of fresh watermelon,  H+A SCREENPLAY invites the audience to follow legendary lovers Heloise and Abelard on a multimedia journey from 12th century France to the present, with a quick side-trip to Hell along the way.

Directed by Melanie Rada and Dinah Geiger, H&A SCREENPLAY features Becka McFadden and Adam Stewart

Hailed by BLATT as “provocative, fun, intellectual and challenging,” Beautiful Confusion Productions is dedicated to producing actor-driven theatre in an international context. Beautiful Confusion was founded by Becka McFadden in Philadelphia in 2004 and has performed at Villanova Theatre, Playground @ The Adrienne (Philadelphia), Poezie & Provokace (Prague) and Club Lavka (Prague). Beautiful Confusion´s previous Prague Fringe productions include the dreamer examines his pillow in 2005 (co-produced with Theatre Exile), the “superbly staged” (Prague Post) Savage/Love in 2006, and last year´s Necropolis, hailed as “necessary viewing” and “Top Ten of Fringe” (Prague Post).

Becka McFadden (Heloise) is the artistic director and co-founder of Beautiful Confusion Productions. Becka has appeared in Beautiful Confusion´s productions  of Savage/Love, Sure Thing  and the dreamer examines his pillow and directed last year´s Necropolis. Currently based in London, she holds an M.A. in Theatre from Villanova University and has worked in Philadelphia with Villanova Theatre, Theatre Exile, Black Starr Collaborative and Philly Young Playwrights.

Adam Stewart (Abelard) received a BA in Theatre Arts & Education from Bretton Hall University in Leeds. His UK theatre credits include three seasons with the National Youth Music Theatre, performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Rose Blanche at the National Theatre, London. He has previously performed in the Czech Republic with a tour of Hair: The Musical.  Since 2001, Adam has worked extensively in theatre, television, and more recently, as a freelance drama practioner and educator in New York and throughout the U.K. He currently teaches drama at the English International School, Prague.

Dinah Geiger (Co-Director) is happy to be back at  Prague Fringe, after performing in Beautiful Confusion´s SAVAGE/LOVE and last year´s The Exception & The Rule (Rock in Show Productions). Dinah founded & performed with her own dance theatre company in Switzerland, before an injury ended her dancing career and she chose to pursue acting full time. A graduate of The Actor´s Studio Master´s program in New York, Dinah has been based in Prague since 2006, where she has worked extensively in film and television, performing in French, English and German.

Melanie Rada (Director & Set-Designer) is a member of Prague-based Divadlo Miloco, where she has worked as an actor, designer, and director, most recently as light and sound designer for Macbeth. Other recent credits include running workshops and directing a one-act play for the Prague Post Playwriting Competition, which she also stage-managed.
 
FACT SHEET

WHAT: 
H+A SCREENPLAY
Based on a poem by Anne Carson
Produced by: Beautiful Confusion Productions
Sponsored by: Instigator Media Group, Medidata & Others

WHO:  
Director: Melanie Rada & Dinah Geiger
\Lighting Design:  Melanie Rada
Sound & Slide Design: Becka McFadden
Graphic Design: Michelle Tylicki
  
CAST:  
Abelard: Adam Stewart
Heloise: Becka McFadden

WHEN: 
25 May – 1 June, 2008 @ 18.30
 
WHERE:
    
A Studio Rubín
Malostranské naměstí 9
Malá Strana, Praha 1

TICKET INFO: 
Tickets are 150 kč and available at the door or from ticketstream, online @ www.ts1.cz.

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Welcome to the citys eagerly awaited annual marathon of theatre, dance, comedy, music and film from around the globe. All shows are in English, Czech or are non-verbal and are programmed so that you can see up to 6 shows a day and over 30 shows over the 8 days of Fringe Festival Praha. Shows take place from the afternoon to late evening, most last for an hour or so with time between to zip from venue to venue and grab a bite to eat. Enjoy a warm welcome at our fringe club where you can join the fun, meet the artists and swap notes with other fringe goers on your “hot tickets” for the day…its the fringe way from Edinburgh to Adelaide, now entering year seven here in Prague.

Tickets are 150 CZK.
Student tickets 50 CZK (only available on the door, on the day).

Fringe Voucher for 5 tickets available at Tickestream and can be exchanged for tickets on the day for 600 CZK (including handling fee) (ie 120 CZK per ticket)

Celebrate the arrival of the Fringe! Sunday May 25th – all tickets only 100 CZK

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