Tickets now on sale for 1st and 2nd Year Productions 2014

Tickets are now on sale online for the first year production of ‘Woyzeck’ and the second year Festival of Film, Theatre and Television.

When purchasing tickets, please print your email confirmation and bring it with you on the day. This document serves as your ticket and you will not be allowed admittance without it.

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First Year Production 2014

Woyzeck by Georg Büchner

• Tuesday 3 June and Wednesday 4 June, 7.30pm
• Bulmershe Theatre, Minghella Building, Whiteknights
• £4 (waged) / £2 (unwaged)

Purchase tickets for ‘Woyzeck’ online

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Second Year Festival of Film, Theatre & Television 2014

Monday 9 June and Tuesday 10 June, screenings and performances scheduled throughout the day

Venue: The Minghella Building, Whiteknights

• Film programmes: The Cinema
• Theatre programmes: Bob Kayley / The Studio Space

Programmes of performances and short films directed by second year students from the Department of Film, Theatre & Television.

Theatre pieces include extracts from Seven Jewish Children by Caryl Churchill, Fewer Emergencies by Martin Crimp, and New Anatomies by Timberlake Wertenbaker. The films are a mixture of documentaries and fiction shorts.

Tickets (each programme): £2 (waged) / £1 (unwaged)

PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A £2 BASKET MINIMUM WHEN USING THE ONLINE STORE. IF YOU WISH TO PURCHASE ONE TICKET AT £1, PLEASE BUY A TICKET ON THE DAY AT THE DOOR.

Purchase tickets for the Second Year Festival online

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Please print your email confirmation and bring it with you on the day. This document serves as your ticket and you will not be allowed admittance without it.

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Performances have been timetabled as follows:

	Monday 9 June	Tuesday 10 June
11.30am-12.30pm	Theatre programme 1	Theatre programme 2
1-2pm	Film programme 1	Film programme 3
2.30-3.30pm	Film programme 2	Film programme 4
4-5pm	Theatre programme 2	Theatre programme 1
6-7pm	Film programme 3	Film programme 1
7-8pm	Film programme 4	Film programme 2

If you experience any difficulty in using the online system, please contact Gaenor Burchett-Vass at g.burchett-vass@reading.ac.uk or by telephone on 0118 378 4090 (9am to 2pm, Monday to Friday).

New edition of ‘British Television Drama’ book

The second edition of British Television Drama: Past Present and Future, published this week by Palgrave Macmillan, addresses TV drama since 1960.  The new edition includes a revised chapter by acclaimed TV producer Tony Garnett reflecting on his work since Cathy Come Home in the 1960s, new chapters by Phil Redmond, the creator of Brookside and Hollyoaks, and Cameron Roach, Head of Drama Commissioning at Sky TV and former executive producer of Waterloo Road.  New academic analyses include work on Downton Abbey, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Ashes to Ashes, adaptations of Persuasion, and the changing production methods on Coronation Street. The book is co-edited by FTT’s Professor Jonathan Bignell and includes work done for the AHRC-funded project ‘Spaces of Television’.