By by Giannis Chrysoulis
Directed by Anastasia Revi
Riverside Studios, London, 2002
UK Tour 2003
Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex, Colchester
The Old Market, Hove
Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham
Pleasance Theatre, London
There is no limit to what can happen in a city, quite ordinary things, quite extraordinary things or seemingly nothing at all. Urban Stories is a virtual journey through everyday life in a city with a twist that revolutionises the mundane and makes the extraordinary look surreal. It captures moments from everyday life and takes them to another level… funny, sad, happy, cynical and controversial. Anything can happen in the city…
Credits
Performers
Gareth Brierley
Liana Gould
Ashley Green
Steve Hinds
Siri Ingul
Julie Mayhew
Simon McLinden
Pavel Rimburg
Liam Smith
Creative and Production Team
Directed by Anastasia Revi
Designed by Erofili Politopoulou
Original Score by Jonathan Bratoeff
Video by Oisin Tymon
Photography by Christos Hatziioannou
Lighting design by Peter Harrison
Assistant director Josephine Teale
Production by Christos Kouimtsidis, Martina Reynolds, Theodore Spyrou
Press
…the style of story telling gets the upper hand…strong cast… tantalisingly good ideas…
TIME OUT, LONDON, 2003
…urban stories is many things…not in a conventional sense…personal details that we try to glimpse beneath… excellent ensemble cast… this clarity of performance brings the pieces of the plot to life beautifully… challenging, interesting, very rewarding play…
CAMDEN NEWS JOURNAL, LONDON, 2003
…A play about living in London shows how people are linked inextricably to the place they live…
HACKNEY GAZETTE, LONDON, 2003
…urban stories is an exciting and innovating theatre project…
SUSSEX LIFE, UK, 2003
…diverse and illuminating contemporary play with some big ideas…
IN2STAGE, UK, 2003
…blurring the boundaries of contemporary performance with media based art, urban stories is a snapshot of life in a fictional city…
METRO, BIRMINGHAM, UK, 2003
…an innovative production full of images, sounds, senses, life experiences in a metropolitan city… a surreal picture of the 21st century… a dynamic process that communicates with the audience on a very deep level… inspirational direction…
ELEFTHEROTIPIA, ATHENS, 2003
…the style of story telling gets the upper hand…strong cast… tantalisingly good ideas…
TIME OUT, LONDON, 2003
