an
intimate citywide play for an audience of one
by Fiona Templeton
home to www.fionatempleton.org
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"It was no dream. I
had simply stepped into another world that looked, shook and smelled like
Times Square" C.
Carr, Village Voice YOU-The City was a play attended by one person at
a time. By appointment only, a prospective client showed up at One Times
Square and said to the doorman, "I'm looking for you." This was the
beginning of a two-hour journey through the public and private places of
midtown Manhattan, meeting a series of about 15 individuals, all of whom
seemed to know something about "you". A church, a peepshow, a
playground, an apartment, pushed into the back of a car and driven off alone
with even the cabbie in on the inside of your head. You've seen the movies that
ripped it off. Now read the book. 1988 Assistant director: Michael Ratomski Cast: Kachin Kobayashi, Aurora Stiffel-Berman, Barbara McKechnie, Sharon Goldstein, Janet Giangrasse, Mary McLeod, Greg Arciniega, Luis Francia, Michael Buscemi, Cecil Hedigan, Rosemarie Hochschild, Nevenka Koprivsek, Randy Miles, Ana Martinez, George Trahanis, Thomas JF Regan III, Martin Burton, Steve Buscemi, Jackie Mulvey, Glen Venezio |
Barbara McKechnie |
New York City |
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Greg Arciniega, photos Zoe Beloff |
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In spring 2001 Rotterdam
Cultural Capital of Europe Festival presented a new and extended version of JIJ- De Stadt (Dutch for YOU-The City). This was a production of the Festival
and the Rotterdamse Schouwburg (City Theatre),
involving the collaboration of the main Rotterdam theatre companies: the Ro Theater, the Onafhankelijk
Toneel (Independent Theater), Bonheur,
and JeugdTheater Hofplein.
Fiona Templeton directed in collaboration with Rotterdam directors Fred Van Der Hilst, Ton Lutgerink, Pieter Loef and
Ellen Van Rossum. Cast: Winnifred Pena, Esther Scheldwacht, Joop Keesmat, Loes Vos, Ali Cifteci, Paul Kooi, Fania Sorel, Arjan Schoolderman, Maureen Versprille, Marijke Copper, Ferdi Janssen, Marieke van Leewen, Ruurt De Maasschalk, Paul Van Soest, Ton Pompert, Sanne Krijger, Evelien Schotsman. |
Rotterdam 2001 details to come |
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"Seamlessly directed.
Worthy of MI5 or the CIA." Pamela Zeplin, High Performance Produced by LIFT (London International
Festival of Theatre), summer 1989. Assistant director: Michael Ratomski. Production management Nicky Childs at Arts
Admin.
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Sakuntala Ramanee, photo Adrian Morris |
London |
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Colin White, The London Independent |
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Na Tvojem
Mestu. A production of Gledalisce Glej, Ljubljana,
Slovenia, March-October 1990. Translation by Zdrauc
Dusa, codirected with Nevenka Koprivsek and Michael Ratomski
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Andrej Rozman, photo Tone Stojko |
Ljubljana |
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Jij-De Stadt. A co-production of Mickery Amsterdam and Het Gebeuren, The Hague, spring 1990. Translation by Maarten Kaster and Lex Bohlmeijer. Co-director
Michael Ratomski. Assistant directors Jan Zoet and Lex Bohlmeijer.
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Emil Jansen, photo Bob Van Dantzig |
Den Haag |
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Du-Die Stadt in German and Swiss. Produced by the Zürich Theater Spektakel, 1990. Translated by Markus Luchsinger. Co-directors Michael Ratomski
and Lex Bohlmeijer.
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Dan Wiener, photo Christian Altorfer |
Zürich |
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Du-Die Stadt in German. Produced by Beck Forum and
Hahn-Molitor, 1991. Co-directors Michael Ratomski and Lex Bohlmeijer. The production won the Tageszeitung München (Daily
Newspaper) Rose of the Week, and the Abendzeitung München (Evening Newspaper) Star of the Week and Star of
the Year for Theatre 1991.
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Monika Manz |
München |
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The book of YOU-The City, with
photographs and production notes, published by Roof Books, 1990, is available
at or in the UK at the bookstore at http://www.thecpr.org.uk/shop/books.php |
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Also by FT: The Medead | Recognition | Fiona
Templeton bio |Cells of Release | Delirium of
Interpretations | L’Île contact information and other links |
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