To celebrate our two year anniversary (more on that soon!) we've put up a new video of 'Bank-Monument Complex' - a new darkly comic short play by Owen Collins which was performed at our hugely successful Big Pudding Party earlier this month. Watch, share and comment!
A new darkly comic short play about assault, illness and hash browns. A conversation with a stranger forces David Hughes to realise some uneasy truths.
That's right, our brand new event is finally here and promises a truly fantastic evening of entertainment of all sorts! We have live music from Abi Bowden and Libby Trappe, plus DJs La Flama Blanca, Timed and Native will be bringing the house down with great music until the early morning hours. PLUS we'll be performing a brand new Encompass piece!
'Bank-Monument Complex' - a new darkly comic short play about assault, illness and hash browns. A conversation with a stranger forces David Hughes to realise some uneasy truths.' The piece will be performed by Alex Burnett, Helena Gullan and Frederick Clayton with direction from Jonathan Woodhouse and Owen Collins, who has also written the piece.
So what's the theme? That thing we all love...desserts! If you're coming along and would like to submit your dessert for our competition then you still have time! Simply email Sophie (Head of Events) at events@encompassproductions.co.uk with what dessert you'll be bringing along and that's it! Of course, you'll have to actually make it to be eligible to win a prize...
We hope to see you there!
ENCOMPASS PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS - BIG PUDDING PARTY - SATURDAY 14TH APRIL
STORMIN' NORMAN WRAPS FILMING - CATCH UP ON OUR PROGRESS!
Encompass' first production on film recently wrapped and is now in post-production! Stormin' Norman is a short dramatic comedy film written and directed by Paul G Raymond, an associate artist of Encompass who was last seen playing 'Lester' in our hit theatrical production 'What It Feels Like'.
Stormin’ Norman follows Norman (Christopher O'Shaughnessy), a homeless man living in London. We journey with Norman through the ups and downs of his everyday life until he meets Sarah (Eva Lea), a young woman who dares to break the routine. Written and directed by Paul G Raymond, it is a comedy drama centred on an unlikely friendship between a grieving man and an aspiring musician.
If you missed our live twitter feed from the shoot or haven't read the Stormin' Norman blogyet, then now is the time to catch up! The blog has an archive of all five days of shooting, each one written by a different member of the Stormin' Norman team. These blog entries provide an insight to the short filmaking process and feature exclusive behind-the-scenes images and stills from the film.You'll also be hearing updates all about the different stages of post-production as we ready the film for completion and try to distribute it to just about everywhere we can get it.
Stormin' Norman is looking for an editor and a colourist - if you're interested in being part of the team or know anyone that would be please email:
We've already had The Residency: Live Comedy Nights at Mascara Bar, London bringing the funny twice this month and now...THE RESIDENCY HITS THE END OF NOVEMBER IN A BIG WAY WITH TWO MORE EVENTS!
THE MONKEYS FOREHEAD - EGHAM, SURREY
After our Halloween Special last month we're returning to the Monkeys Forehead with another brilliant evening of live music, prizes and fantastic drinks deals. It'll be our last Egham Residency of the year and will feature some great live acts including:
Kelly Oliver - Lucy Gooch - Vivienne Youel - Danial Mahathir, Sophie Foulds & Charlotte Lewis - Grace Holliday - Robbie Brown (new act!)
Is there anywhere better to spend your Friday night? We think not - so come along!
We're proud to announce our first London-based music Residency with a return to the Mascara Bar, London! Get ready for a night of astonishing new musical talent featuring both Residency favourites and acts making their Residency debut including:
Elena Bella - Rosie Vize - Lizzie Fisher - Vivienne Youel - Third Conduct - Isla - Del Gentilini - Tom Sochas
What a night! Bring yourself, your friends, your family, your loved ones, the bloke off the street...this music needs to be heard and we want you all there in support of it!
Encompass Productions will be giving a talk at Goldsmiths, University of London on November 30th. Jonathan Woodhouse (Founder & Artistic Director of Encompass) will be giving an insight into the process of forming a new company - the trials, the tribulations, the highs and the lows, and will also be answering questions from students.
"I'm very honoured to be a guest at the UK's leading creative university. Encompass is only nineteen months old and despite its success so far we are very much a company still in its infancy - however I believe Goldsmiths has the right idea in asking a new company to talk about their experience so far. It keeps things relevant, allowing us to more closely reflect on our process and the challenges of being a new company existing in the current arts climate. It means we can be realistic and optimistic at the same time. We hope the talk will be both informative and inspiring."
Joining Jonathan from Encompass will be Christopher O'Shaughnessy, Researcher and Dramaturge for the company. A portion of the talk will also be dedicated to a Q&A on 'The Lady', the upcoming motion picture from legendary filmmaker Luc Besson. The film chronicles the life of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh) and her husband Dr. Michael Aris (David Thewlis), with Jonathan starring opposite the pair as their eldest son 'Alexander Aris'. More information, images and trailers from the movie can be found at http://www.useyourfreedom.com/.
NEW VIDEO SKETCH FROM SHOOT FROM THE HIP!
Our resident funny people loved performing at the first two comedy Residency events this month...but they've also been hard at work at writing and filming some new sketches! Check out what life is like with the Pumpkin Queen at the link below - let us know what you think!
We've got more hilarious sketches for you coming soon, as well as an improv show at The Brownswoodon Monday 5th December! More details soon!
OUR NEXT ARTISTIC PROJECT!
In case you've missed it, we recently announced our next artistic endeavour. Stormin’ Norman is a short film written and directed byPaul G Raymond, produced and created by Encompass Productions.
Stormin’ Norman follows Norman, a homeless man living in the London suburbs. We journey with Norman through the ups and downs of his everyday life until he meets Sarah, a young woman who dares to break the routine.
The company are incredibly excited about this brave new adventure, which is expected to start shooting in Winter 2012. The piece is currently in research and development and the cast will be announced in December. We'll have vacancies for film crew positions available with more information soon. Interested? Email us!
About the writer/director
Paul G Raymond serves as the media coordinator of Encompass and was most recently seen playing the part of 'Lester' in our hit production 'What It Feels Like'. He is also a performer in our improvised comedy troupe SHOOT FROM THE HIP! - you can find out more information about Paul here.
WEBSITE UPDATES
-A brand new 'videos' page for SHOOT FROM THE HIP! where you'll be able to watch all their brilliant comic sketches!
We hope to see you at one of our many upcoming events and shows!
Encompass Productions is proud to announce our next artistic endeavour and our first production on film...
Stormin’ Norman is a short film written and directed by Paul G Raymond, produced and created by Encompass Productions.
Stormin’ Norman follows Norman, a homeless man living in the London suburbs. We journey with Norman through the ups and downs of his everyday life until he meets Sarah, a young woman who dares to break the routine.
The company are incredibly excited about this brave new adventure, which is expected to start shooting in Winter 2012. The piece is currently in research and development. Cast and crew placements will be announced soon.
About the writer/director
Paul G Raymond serves as the media coordinator of Encompass and was most recently seen playing the part of 'Lester' in our hit production 'What It Feels Like'. He is also a performer in our improvised comedy troupe SHOOT FROM THE HIP! - you can find out more information about Paul here..
THE RESIDENCY COMEDY NIGHTS START THIS WEEK!
The Residency Halloween Special in Egham this past Friday was another hit event - it was great to see so many people get involved, be it listening to the great live music or dressing up in their scary best! We'll be announcing another live music Residency soon, but for before all that we have our new London event starting this week:
On both Thursday 3rd and 10th NovemberMASCARA BAR in Stoke Newington hosts not only our very first London events but our first COMEDY NIGHTS!
Featuring some side-splitting stand-up from:
Sam James, Andy Barr, Ian Lane, Phil Boothman, Sam Holmes and not to mention our very own SHOOT FROM THE HIP! comedy improvisation group.
We'll also be having the musical stylings of Helena Gullan to soothe you as you get your half-time beverages!
So for some guaranteed giggles and hysterical hoots come on down to The Residency: Comedy Nights at the Mascara Bar, London!
THE RESIDENCY: COMEDY NIGHTS AT MASCARA BAR, LONDON
THURSDAY 3RD & 10TH NOVEMBER, 8PM - LATE (£3 entry)
WEBSITE UPDATES
-The old news page has finally been replaced with a news widget that allows you to see all of our feeds from this blog, Facebook, Twitter and even YouTube. We hope it'll be a drastic improvement!
-A brand new 'productions' page where you can find out about our past, present and future productions. We'll also be announcing if there are any opportunities to join our projects!
We hope to see you at one of our London events soon, and hope you all keep up-to-date. 'Stormin' Norman' is the first of many announcements to come!
