playgc theatre company

PlayGC Theatre Company


A London and West Country based theatre company, founded by Robert Gordon Clark and Lisa Day in 2020.  
Our aim is to produce modern classics, rediscovered gems and new writing, and to support young talent in the theatre industry.    
LATEST NEWS:  PlayGC Theatre Company and the Alan Davidson Foundation are delighted to announce the launch of a new £60,000 UK Theatre Writing bursary called the Davidson PlayGC Bursary which has been established to support theatres and writers to produce new work. The first bursary of £20K has just been awarded to the Royal Court Theatre in London whose new Artistic Director, David Byrne has selected the young playwright Oli Forsyth as the recipient. Oli's new play BRACE BRACE will be premiered from Thursday 3 October to Saturday 9 November in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court.
PLUS Our award-winning show Glory of the Garden (which won the 'Best Spoken Word Performance' Award at The Shaftesbury Fringe 2023) is due to go out on tour in the early Summer of 2024.
AND PlayGC Theatre Company is due to be taking The Letter of Last Resort to an off Broadway Theatre in New York next Spring.


See /company-news for more details of all these ventures

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To perform 'Glory of the Garden' PlayGC Theatre Company welcomed three talented actor / singers:

Sam Ebner-Landy

Sam studied Drama at The University of Manchester before performing with the National Youth Theatre. He then trained at Guildford School of Acting where he graduated with a Distinction in 2019. He now works as an actor in theatre and film. Credits include: Unholy (Music Video - Sam Smith and Kim Petras, 2022), Candide (Scottish Opera, 2022), Dead Boy Cafe (2022), From Rushmere With Love (Sir John Mills Theatre, Eastern Angles, 2021-22), Pretty Shrewd (Vienna's English Theatre, 2019-20), Not That Strange (DIY Shakespeare at RSC's 'The Dell' Festival), Trevor (short film, 2019), Hansel in Hansel and Gretel (Bigfoot Arts Education) and Tape (feature film, 2015).

https://www.spotlight.com/0457-9056-0006 

Charlie Greenwood

Charlie is an actor and singer from Tisbury, Wiltshire. Memorable roles include Hermione (A Winter’s Tale), Kate (Bedroom Farce), Portia (The Merchant of Venice), Sandy (Grease), Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins), Viola (Twelfth Night), Kitty (Taking Steps), Mrs Chevely (An Ideal Husband, radio play), Audrey (Murder at Checkmate Manor) and a colourful array of panto villains and principal boys. An experienced singer, she has performed with a variety of bands including orchestras, a vintage trio, and an acoustic duo. She is currently working as an events singer, and a performer with blues & soul trio ‘Hummingbird’. She also writes original songs, and the odd theatre script.
Events Singer Wiltshire | Charlie Greenwood | Tisbury (charliegreenwoodsings.com)

Sara Jasmin Page

Sara is a performer, singer-songwriter and choreographer. She started playing the piano, singing and dancing at a young age and went on to study Advanced Theatre Practice at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Since then, Sara has been performing and collaborating with theatre companies and in educational settings, bringing movement and music expertise to amateur and professional performances and projects across the UK and internationally. Most recently she has been writing music as a solo artist, having released a solo piano album last year and her first vocal single in 2021.
https://www.sarajasminpage.co.uk/

TWBAMT is now also
'a memory' ...

After three frustrating delays due to the pandemic, we were delighted that finally we were able to stage the powerful, poignant play

'Tonight Will Be a Memory Too' 

by Andrew McGuinness at 

The Playground Theatre in White City, London.

Audience feedback was phenomenal:

https://vimeo.com/830492490?share=copy

and online reviewers agreed:

* * * * Review: Tonight Will Be a Memory Too, The Playground Theatre - Everything Theatre (everything-theatre.co.uk)

 * * * * Tonight Will Be A Memory Too, Playground Theatre – Review – Breaking The Fourth Wall (breaking-the-fourth-wall.com)

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED US

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
Watch our powerful promotional trailer here 

https://player.vimeo.com/video/820461136?h=e26ed295d5

(Credit: Gavin Jones, The Creative Bit) 

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lisa@playgc.co.uk


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