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Bath Spa University Theatre Group Returns To Minack
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The Full Tilt Theatre Company at Bath Spa University has pulled off another major coup. After their sell-out Shakespeare by the Lake production of Hamlet last year, which transferred to the Minack Theatre, students have been invited back to the legendary open-air venue in Cornwall.
In June 2008 Full Tilt will be staging another Shakespeare adaptation, Comedy of Errors, at the Minack, after performances at the next Bath Shakespeare Festival. There are also plans for the production to go on tour abroad to Florida and Turkey next year, after the Minack run.
The Minack Theatre is famous for its quality drama and stunning clifftop location. It was carved as an ampitheatre out of the rock high above Porthcurno Beach. Comedy of Errors will be directed by Bath Spa Senior Lecturer in Drama Emma Gersch, who was also director of Full Tilt's equally radical and triumphant Macbeth earlier this year. She is delighted to be returning to the Minack:
"It's a very magical place. The students who took part in Hamlet there still talk about it as the ultimate highlight of their lives. A review in the Cornishman newspaper described our production as the jewel in the crown of the Minack summer season."
"To play in a sold-out 900-seater ampitheatre is a dream even to the most experienced actor, let alone a trainee. Building on the success and excitement of Hamlet , it's a tremendous honour to be invited back to such a prestigious place. It provides the opportunity for more students to have the Minack experience."
Comedy of Errors, by the Full Tilt Theatre Company, is scheduled for seven performances at the Minack Theatre, including two matinees, from June 9-13 next year. It's a new adaptation written by Bath Spa's Head of Drama Gunduz Kalic, who also adapted Hamlet and Macbeth so successfully.
Press Release Issued 11 December 2007.