SOMETHING FOR ME
ROYAL EXCHANGE MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 2024
Devised Show, created with ExEl Theatre Company members.
ExEL is an independent company formed by graduates of the Royal Exchange Elders Programme.
This was the first full devised show, which was presented as part of Elders Fest, ten year celebration of the Royal Exchange Elders Programme.
The show featured original compositions by Bill Connor (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales).
We started with the theme of TENacity – marking ten years of the Elders Programme. We created a play within a play: a group of older actors putting on a play about the world speed-record breaker Donald Campbell.
I was especially pleased that the piece wasn’t autobiographical. So much community theatre work leans on personal testimony – which can be incredibly rich – but with this project, I wanted to give participants the chance to have fun being someone else.
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Written & Directed by Joe Gilmour, with Company
Music by Bill Connor
Produced by ExEl Theatre Company with support from Royal Exchange and 53two.