{"id":6615,"date":"2013-11-12T15:16:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T14:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=6615"},"modified":"2013-11-12T15:16:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T14:16:22","slug":"the-caucasian-chalk-circle%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/11\/the-caucasian-chalk-circle%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>By Bertolt Brecht, translated by Alistair Beaton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Directed by Lisa May<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cMy duty as judge is to choose a mother for the child.\u00a0 We will have a test.\u00a0 Place the child in the circle\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/TCCC-92891.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6616\" title=\"TCCC-92891\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/TCCC-92891.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a>\u2018The Caucasian Chalk Circle\u2019 is a master-piece of 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century drama, powerfully demonstrating Bertolt Brecht\u2019s pioneering theatrical techniques and will be at the Alley Theatre on Friday 29<sup>th<\/sup> November.\u00a0\u00a0 A servant girl sacrifices everything to protect a baby abandoned in the heat of war. Order restored, she is made to confront the boy\u2019s mother in a legal contest over who deserves to keep him. The comical judge calls on an ancient tradition \u201cthe chalk circle\u201d to resolve the dispute. Who wins?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bruiser is delighted to be presenting this modern classic with a brand new musical score licensed by the Brecht Estate, composed by Matthew Reeve, who has previously worked with Bruiser on \u2018Sweet Charity\u2019, \u2018Lady Windermere\u2019s Fan\u2019 and \u2018The 25<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matthew says, \u201cThe music for \u2018Chalk Circle\u2019 has been a real creative challenge.\u00a0 The entire score will be sung and played by the actors themselves live on stage.\u00a0 We wanted to create something both haunting and anthemic, reflecting the hard-hitting action of the play.\u00a0 A lot of the music has been developed in rehearsals with the actors too.\u00a0 We can\u2019t wait for people to hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the Company that brought you last year\u2019s hugely popular \u2018Lady Windermere\u2019s Fan\u2019 tour &#8211; Bruiser\u2019s innovative performance style coupled with Brecht\u2019s superb play is guaranteed to produce a first class winter\u2019s night at the theatre!<\/p>\n<p>Gilly Campbell, Dance and Drama Officer, Arts Council of Northern Ireland says, \u201cThe Arts Council is pleased to support Bruiser Theatre Company with this excellent production of Brecht\u2019s The Caucasian Chalk Circle.\u00a0 With the play touring a number of towns and cities across Northern Ireland, I encourage everyone to go along and experience this renowned play which will take audiences on an emotional and moving journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are \u00a39, \u00a37 (con) and available from the Alley Theatre Box Office on 028 71 384444 or online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alley-theatre.com\/\">www.alley-theatre.com<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bertolt Brecht, translated by Alistair Beaton Directed by Lisa May \u201cMy duty as judge is to choose a mother for the child.\u00a0 We will have a test.\u00a0 Place the child in the circle\u2026\u201d \u2018The Caucasian Chalk Circle\u2019 is a master-piece of 20th Century drama, powerfully demonstrating Bertolt Brecht\u2019s pioneering theatrical techniques and will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/11\/the-caucasian-chalk-circle%e2%80%99\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6617,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6615\/revisions\/6617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}