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NEW WEBSITE
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NEW PROJECTS
This year, obstacle will be focusing on two plays. Legend by Joshua Dickinson and Pulse by David Asher. Head to the Festival section for more information
TOUR
Obstacle will be touring both projects in the month of July in London and the surrounding areas. Watch this space for specif venues and dates.
EDINBURGH
After the success of Opening Night of the Living Dead, Obstacle will definitely be returning to Edinburgh in August. Information on Venues, times and dates coming soon.
Legend throws a contemporary perspective on the ancient Greek myths. Once all the monsters have been killed and all the adventures had, what is left? In a new twist on an age old set up, a Prince is shipwrecked on a deserted island only to find it wasn't so deserted after all.
Through a physical, colourful and imaginative live theatrical event, Legend tells the story of the young Prince Demophon, who has not achieved the glories he dreams of and finds himself trapped on an island with a revenge-seeking King and his innocent daughter who grew up on the island.
The King is there to find Typhon, a titan capable of breeding a new race of monsters with which to terrorise the world. The price he must pay is his daughter's life. She has been kept innocent by Oneiro, the last magical creature, who has the power to show people their dreams but also, in the case of Cora, to take them away.
The passionate and rash Prince Demophon is thrown into this mix. He arrives from a world where he has no achievements into one where his influence could be key.
Legend is a tale about revenge, love and dreams told in a modern re-working of the ancient Greek style. It aims to tantalise the audience's imaginations to create the stories of great and tragic events.
About
Obstacle Productions formed in the summer of 2008 from a group of E15 students with a common desire to do more outside, independant productions. Since then Obstacle has produced three productions, so far under the banner of horror theatre. Last year Obstacle enjoyed success at teh Edinburgh Fringe with Opening Night of the Living Dead, receiving five 4-star reviews and was awarded a Stage Must See. This year production is growing to incorporate two shows, Legend and Pulse, with a month of touring followed by a return to the Edinburgh Fringe. Obstacle continues to spread its wings in other areas with the current creation of two film trailers for these productions. We look forward to these productions and the exciting times to come.
Miles Barden
Having graduated from Kings College with a BA in Philosophy, Miles is currently in the third year of his second degree; this time in Acting at East 15 Acting School. Miles appeared in numerous plays with the King's Players during his university years including Caliban from The Tempest and Charles II from The Libertine as well as in the National Youth Theatre's production of The Threepenny Opera at The Lyric, Hammersmith. In recent years Miles has appeared alongside Stephen Fry, Mel Smith, Matthew Kelly and others in a fundraising production of Twelfth Night for The Theatre Royal, Norwich; played the part of The Player King in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead for Wicked Sharp in Suffolk; and written and starred in a short film entitled Speed Dating. Miles is also an Edinburgh regular appearing as Easy in Doggs Hamlet, Cahoots Macbeth; Scullery in Road Graham from A Chip in the Sugar from the Talking Heads monologues. Miles is also the Artistic Director of Obstacle Productions; appearing in both A Winter's Chill and What Stirs the Spring, as well as directing and appearing as Steve in the most recent production ofOpening Night of the Living Dead. He will now be directing both of the new Obstacle shows and appearing as Calistrate in Legend and Lucky in Pulse.
Joshua Dickinson
Joshua is currently training at East 15 Acting School, where his recent roles have included Tuzenbach in Three Sisters; 7th Juror in Twelve Angry Men and Giovanni in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. He has previously written Robin in da Hood, a pantomime for his Sixth Form in Suffolk, where he also played Tony in West Side Story and Mompesson in Roses of Eyam. Opening Night of the Living Dead was his debut as a writer and performer at the Edinburgh Fringe; and his third performance with Obstacle Productions having performed traditional horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe and others in A Winter's Chill and What Stirs the Spring around London fringe venues such as Hampstead's New End Theatre, The Old Red Lion and The Bookshop Theatre.
David Asher
David completed his A Level in Drama and Theatre Studies at Alton College, Hampshire. For the Christmas show he played Truffeldino in A Servant to Two Masters by Carlo Gordino, translated by Lee Hall. He is currently training at East 15 Acting School studying for a BA in Acting. So far has enjoyed an array of roles including Vershinin from Three Sisters by Anton Chekov, 3rd Juror from Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose and Francisco from The White Devil by John Webster. David made his debut for Obstacle Productions playing Hector during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival show: Opening Night of the Living Dead written by Joshua Dickinson.
Mark David Armstrong
Mark is a former Youth Representative of the Scottish Community Drama Association (SCDA) and Carnoustie Theatre Club. Having completed an NQ in Theatre Arts, and an HNC in Acting and Performance at Dundee College he is now studying for a BA in Acting at East 15 Acting School. Mark has performed numerous times at the SCDA Theatre Festivals and won the Youth Festival three times with Carnoustie Theatre Club in 2000 (Earnie's Incredible Hallucinations), 2002 (Burn Up) and 2003 (The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty as Terry Dumpton). Mark has also enjoyed playing characters such as Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Lord Soranzo in Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford and Semyon Dvetotchie in Summerfolk by Maxim Gorky during his training.
Poppy Meadows
Poppy has been a member of the Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre (Guildford, Surrey) from the age of fifteen which gave her the opportunity to explore a wide variety of texts from a young age; ranging from Ghetto by Joshua Sobol to The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Poppy was also involved in the making of a short film which was later used to take around schools in the country. Her time at the youth theatre gave her the opportunity to play parts such as Hypollita from A Midsummer Nights Dream and The Narrator from Under Milk Wood. Poppy began her training on the foundation course at East 15 Acting School where she is now in her second year of the BA degree in Acting and has recently been nominated for the Lilian Bayliss Award. During her time at East 15 she's had the chance to explore her passion for classical text while playing Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing; Beatrice in The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley; as well as characters from more modern texts such as Joan in After The Dance by Terrance Rattigan, Louise in Gaucho by Doug Lucie and Arkadina in The Seagull by Anton Chekov.
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