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IVAN E I CANI (Ivan and the Dogs)
ON TOUR IN ITALY
With Federcia Rosellini
Translated by Monica Capuani
Produced by Vittorio Stasi Management
Tour Dates (Italy)
25 October '25 – APP Ascoli Piceno Present / Amat
20 - 25 January '26 – Teatro Elfo Puccini di Milano
16 - 19 April '26 – Teatro Basilica di Roma
11/12 April '26 - Teatro dei Fabbri di Trieste
22/23 April '26 – Ridotto Teatro Morlacchi di Perugia
BREAKING THE RULES
THE ENGLISH ARE COMING
Ghosts of the past awaken as a community is torn apart by the housing crisis in Cornwall. No longer able to buy or rent in their own town, residents form an action group to put outsiders off coming to the area. Small acts of protest land them in trouble when the fight between locals and the hated English - the Emmet - escalates.
When Sadie’s ailing grandmother decides to leave her 16th century house to an uncle who plans to rent it out to tourists, the young woman looks to the group for help. But as they threaten more radical action, Sadie is forced to choose between her family and her cause. That’s until the uncle begins renovating, and a dark and ancient wrong in the family’s past demands to be resolved.
The house will not have it any other way. Cornwall has always maintained a distinct cultural identity from the rest of England. Across the centuries, there were many revolts against English rule, including the Western Rising of 1549. In 2014, the UK Government recognised the Cornish as a national minority with a unique identity.
Directed by Nicolas Jackson for Afonica.
Nominated for Best Original Drama - SPEAKIES 2024 and Best Actress (Sophie Oxenham) BBC DRAMA AWARDS 2024
Cast
Sadie and Morwenna ..... Sofia Oxenham
Rowena and Lina Susan Penhaligon
Tamara ..... Sirine Saba
Richard and Peter ..... Tristan Sturrock
Gerren and Cory ..... Will Howard
Gavin … Richard Corgan
Bennath ..... Tamsyn Kelly
Directed and produced by Nicolas Jackson
NORTHANGER ABBEY - Catherine Morland is taken to Bath for the season and finds that in her fertile imagination, danger lurks round every corner.
Starring Miriam Margolyes and directed by Sally Avens - this gloriously funny adaptation of Jane Austen classic tares into the sensationalist pulp fiction of the day.
Will Catherine (from just outside Swindon) escape the Italian Banditti lurking on every corner of eighteenth century Bath, will she reveal the brutal murder of Henry Tilney’s Mother at the hand of his father, and will she ultimately find true love.
Cast
The Book.. Miriam Margolyes
Catherine.. Georgia Groome
Henry ..Luke Thompson
Mrs Allen ..Tracy Wiles
Mr Allen ..Kim Wall
Isabella ..Ainsley Howard
Mrs Morland ..Alison Belbin
Mr Morland ..John Bowler
Mrs Thorpe .. Karen Bartke
Director Sally Avens
SAPPHO IN FRAGMENTS -
Sappho adores her brother Charaxus. But nothing is the same after his trip to Egypt. His irrational obsession with the courtesan-slave Rhodopis threatens to destroy their family. Starring Thalissa Teixeira and Amanda Lawrence.
Sappho is a superstar. Think Beyoncé or Taylor Swift: phenomenally talented and charismatic. But she must still take care of the family's reputation. And her brothers are so annoying: Larichus is a lazy drunk: he can't 'lift his head' long enough to be a real man. And Charaxus is wasting all the family money on this Egyptian-based gold-digger whore from Thrace. It's not good optics for a famous poet/musician.
And there are so many wolfish rivals waiting to bite Sappho in the back; they'd love to get their claws on juicy gossip like this. Sappho can't trust herself either: how can she resist the temptation to reveal her intimate problems onstage, for her voracious fans and all the world to hear.
Only her devoted servant Timas knows how to take care of Sappho.
Inspired by fragments of Sappho's poems, including her newly discovered work, Hattie Naylor creates a vivid episode in the youthful life on Lesbos of this elusive and unforgettable poet.
Cast
Sappho ... Thalissa Teixeira
Timas ... Rhiannon Neads
Andromeda/Rhodopis ...Anna Spearpoint
Gorgo ... Juliana Lisk
Charaxus ... Joseph Tweedale
Larichus/Fotis ... Oliver Hembrough
Captain/Agapios ... Ian Dunnett Jnr
Cleis ... Amanda Lawrence
Directed by Mary Ward-Lowery
PAST PRODUCTIONS
THEATRE
WALDO’S CIRCUS OF MAGIC AND TERROR Extraordinary Bodies (Bristol Old Vic and Plymouth Theatre Royal) National Tour 2023
DIDO’S BAR Dash Arts. National Tour 2022
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Polka Theatre/Royal and Derngate Theatre 2022
MARXIST IN HEAVEN 2021 National Theatre. Connections.
HUMAN 2021 Extraordinary Bodies Circus/Theatre (UK Tour)
HENRY - A PUPPET POSSESSED 2018 Mark Down Blind Summit (Il Funero, Italy, Edinburgh Festival)
WHAT AM I WORTH? 2018 Extraordinary Bodies (National Tour)
THE THREE MUSKETEERS 2018 The Dukes, Lancaster Dir. Sarah Punshon. (Nominated for Best Family Entertainment, Theatre Awards 2018)
AS THE CROW FLIES 2017 Pentabus, music by Dom Coyote Dir. Elizabeth Freestone (National Tour)
YANA AND THE YETI 2017 Pickled Image / Nordland Visual Theatre, Norway. Tobacco Factory.
THE NIGHT WATCH 2016 Manchester Royal Exchange Adaptation of the novel by Sarah Waters Directed by Rebecca Gatward
MOOMINLAND MIDWINTER 2015 Horse & Bamboo Theatre. The Egg Theatre Bath. Directed by Alison Duddle and Lee Lyford.
ERGO SUM 2015 Sleight Of Hand Theatre
WEIGHTING 2015 Extraordinary Bodies
CLAUSE 39 AND THE MAGNA CARTA 2015 Salisbury Playhouse Youth Theatre To be performed in Salisbury Cathedral to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta.
BLUEBEARD (2013/2014) Gallivant Touring: Spring 2014 Soho Theatre: November 2013 Bristol Old Vic. (National Tour)
COMFORT 2012 Islington Community Theatre
GOING DARK 2011 Ful Theatre Company / Sound & Fury 2012: Canterbury Festival Young Vic 2011: Touring / Young Vic. Published by Methuen IVAN AND THE DOGS (2010/11/12) UK Tour / Soho Theatre Directed by Ellen McDougall. Nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre.
DAPHNIS AND CHLOE 2011 Oran Mor, Glasgow
BEN-HUR 2010 Theatre Royal Bath
MOTHER SAVAGE 2006 Travelling Light / UK Tour. Directed by Craig Edwards
THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND 2006 Theatre Royal Bath. Directed by Lee Lyford
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM 2004 Theatre Royal Bath - Shakespeare Festival Adapted for a cast of three. Directed by Lee Lyford.
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS 2003 Bath Storm on the Lawn Festival Directed by Lee Lyford THE ODYSSEY 2002 Bath Youth Theatre Festival Directed by Lee Lyford Part of the Storm on the Lawn Festival
MUSICAL THEATRE
THE BFG 2016 London Philharmonic Orchestra Dir. Max Webster Conductor: Timothy Redmond, starring Katherine Parkinson
THE FRENCH DETECTIVE AND THE BLUE DOG 2011 Theatre Royal Bath - The Egg Directed by Lee Lyford
THE NUTCRACKER 2011 Theatre Royal Bath - Adapted from ETA Hoffman's original novel Songs & lyrics by Paul Dodgson Directed by Lee Lyford
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 2007 Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol Adaptation of Lewis Carroll's novel Directed Andy Burden.
MY LIFE AS A FAIRY TALE 2005 Theatre Royal Bath The life of Hans Christian Andersen with his fairy tales - Storm on the Lawn. Directed by Lee Lyford.
THE HOUSE ON HELLMOUTH HILL 2003 Theatre Royal Bath - Ustinov Studio Part of The Wild and Wacky Festival for Children Opera. Directed by Lee Lyford.
OPERA
THE DEPRAVED APPETITE OF TARRERE THE FREAK 2017 Wattle & Daub / Tobacco Factory, Wilton’s Music Hall. Directed by Tom & Tobi Poster Directed by Sita Calvert-Ennals
PICARD IN SPACE 2011 Southbank Centre - Queen Elizabeth Hall Libretto for operetta composed by Will Gregory. Directed by Jude Kelly.
ODYSSEUS UNWOUND 2006 Composed by Julian Grant with Tête à Tête, directed by Bill Bankes-Jones - International Tour Composed by Julian Grant
THE OVERCOAT Almeida Opera / ENO Joint commission Composed by Kenneth Hesketh.
FILM
DISEASED AND DISORDERLY 2021 BFI and Tyke Films Dir. Andrew Kötting. (BFI, MUBI – International Festivals including the London, Sidney, and film festivals.
WHAT YOU SEE IN ME 2020 Extraordinary Bodies (online)
LEK AND THE DOGS 2017 Salon Pictures Feature film adaptation of Hattie's play IVAN AND THE DOGS Adapted and Directed by Andrew Kötting, (BFI, MUBI – International Festivals including the London Film Festival)
DUSTY'S STORY 1998 Sankofo Films with the London Production Fund and Channel 4 Dir. Mina Courtauld Screenings include London and Edinburgh Film Festivals (1998/99)
AUDIO DRAMA
THE ENGLISH ARE COMING – BREAKING THE RULES, SERIES 2024 Afonica / BBC Audio Drama. Radio 4. Directed by Nicolas Jackson.
SAPPHO IN FRAGMENTS 2024. BBC Radio 4. Directed by Mary Ward-Lowery
DEATH AND THE PENGUIN 2023 BBC Audio drama. Radio 4 (Adapted from Andrey Kurkov) Directed by Gemma Jenkins.
IN DIAMOND SQUARE 2022 BBC Audio Drama. Adapted from Mercè Rodoreda
translated by Peter Bush) Afonica for BBC Radio 4, directed by Nicolas Jackson.
STEALING SHELLY’S HEART BBC 2022 Radio 4. Directed by Emma Harding
NJALS SAGA 2021 BBC Radio 3
DEAD WEATHER 2020 Afonica / BBC Radio. WINNER - BBC Audio Drama Awards 2022 Best Original Play, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress.
THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER 2020 BBC Radio
STORYBOMB 2020 Alasdair McGregory Soundscape/Radio
LULLABY 2019 Afonica / BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation of novel LULLABY by Leila Slimani BBC Radio 4 5 x 14'
CENSORING AN IRANIAN LOVE STORY 2018 BBC Radio 4 / Afonica Written by Shahriar Mandanipour Dramatized by Hattie Naylor from the translation by Sara Khalili Directed by Nicolas Jackson
THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL 2018 Afonica / BBC Radio 4 2 x 57`
HOW TO SURVIVE THE ROMAN EMPIRE, BY PLINY AND ME (3 SERIES) 2015 - 2017 BBC Radio 4 Prod. Kate McAll 15 x 15'
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO 2016 BBC Radio 4 1 x 60'
NORTHANGER ABBEY 2016 BBC Radio 4 10 x 15
THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS (11 SERIES) (2011 - 2016) BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama (5 x 14' episodes per series) Prod. Kate McAll. Nominated for best Adaptation Writers Guild Awards 2012
THE LIBERTY CAP 2015 Holy Mountain/ BBC Radio 4 Prod. Kate McAll
A NORTHERN SOUL 2014 BBC Radio 4 Dir. Marc Jobst United Agents
PEPYS - THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON 2013 BBC Radio 4
Saturday Drama Prod. Kate McAll
THE DIARIES OF SAMUEL PEPYS 2014-17 BBC Radio 4 series Directed by Kate McAll
THE AENEID 2013 BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial Dir. Kate McCall. Nominated for best adaptation in BBC Audio Drama Awards 2014.
LITTLE GRUDGES 2012 BBC Radio 4
THE FORGOTTEN 2012 BBC Radio 4
PICCARD IN SPACE 2011 BBC Radio 3 / Southbank Centre Composed by Will Gregory Dir. Jude Kelly
CLARISSA: THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG LADY 2010 Catherine Bailey Productions for BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial Adapted from the novel by Samuel Richardson Directed by Marilyn Imrie.
IVAN AND THE DOGS 2009 BBC Radio 4 Directed by Paul Dodgson * Winner of the 2010 Tinniswood Radio Drama Award for Best Original Drama
MATHILDE 2008 BBC Radio 4 / Bath Literature Festival Short story
ECHO AND NARCISSUS 2008 BBC Radio 4 Directed by Jeremy Mortimer
THE MAKING OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE 2008 BBC Radio 4 Directed by Paul Dodgson
SOLARIS 2007 BBC Radio 4 Directed by Polly Thomas
THE THIRD TRIAL 2007 BBC Radio 3. Directed by Marc Beeby
DAPHNIS AND CHLOE 2006 BBC Radio 4 * Runner-up in the Prix Marulic Award 2006 Directed by Jeremy Mortimer
SHE 2006 BBC Radio 4. Directed by Sara Davis
WOODEN HEART (Swiss Government Persecution Of The Jenish, Swiss Gypsies) 2005 BBC Radio 4, directed by Mary Ward-Lowery.
THE NUTCRACKER 2004 Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4. Directed by Paul Dodgson
JOSEPHUS' JEWISH WAR: THE SIEGE OF MASADA 2003 BBC Radio 4. Directed by Kate McAll.
EDITH STEIN 2003 BBC Radio 3 Starring Fiona Shaw Winner of the Sandford St Martin Award. Directed by Kate McAll
THE RED STORY: (THE RED SHOES) 2001 Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4, directed by Celia De Wolfe
BREATH OF GOD 2000 BBC Radio 4, directed by Jeremy Mortimer.
THE DEVIL AND PAGANINI 1996 BBC Radio 3, with Tom Baker and Marcello Magni. directed by Jeremy Mortimer.
PUBLICATIONS
THE MARXIST IN HEAVEN National Theatre Connections: Methuen Drama.
2021.11 Plays for Young People (Mixed media product)
AS THE CROW FLIES. Methuen Drama. 2017.
BLUEBEARD 2013 Methuen Drama
GOING DARK 2012 Methuen Drama
IVAN AND THE DOGS 2011 Methuen Drama
IVAN E I CANI – Translated by Monica Capuanai – Publisher Primevra 2023
THE ODYSSEY 2009 Methuen Drama Part of SIX ENSEMBLE PLAYS FOR YOUNG ACTORS. East End Tales; The Odyssey; The Playground; Stuff I Buried in a Small Town; Sweetpeter; Wan2tlk?
THE OVERCOAT 2005 Schott Music.
Audio Books
The Diary of Samuel Pepys : The BBC Audio drama 4 full-cast dramatisation. ISBN:978191028141
SAMUEL PEPYS Audio drama – After the Fire
How to Survive the Roman Empire, by Pliny and Me: The Complete Series 1-3
The BBC Radio 4 comedy drama.
Audiobook, Cd, Unabridged
ISBN-13: 978-1-910281-42-0, ISBN: 1-910281-42-5
