Category: News

KDC Season Launch on Tuesday 3 May – Meet the Directors

This summer KDC invites you to audition for You, Me, and Noor, KDC Theatre’s annual new writing competition and show.

Each year we set a brand new brief, and invite writers to submit new short plays. The winning entries are honed into a one-of-a-kind intertwined production, with a group of actors, directors and writers collaborating to bring the theme to life. This year we’re excited to present our re-vamped version of our Full Stack production.

Want to learn more? Come along to KDC’s Season Launch at Theatre Deli Bar, 7pm Tuesday 3 May.

KDC SUMMER SEASON LAUNCH

Tuesday 3 May 2022, 7pm
Theatre Deli bar, 2 Finsbury Ave, London EC2M 2PF

Hear the directors and showrunner speak about our summer production and answer your questions at the Season Launch. You can also talk to them about getting involved in other backstage ways.

Add the Season Launch to your calendar

Find out about audition dates here

Imprints – this week

Congratulations to our Real Inspector Hound cast for a sell out run – but it’s not over! We now present Imprints, Tuesday-Saturday at Drayton Arms Theatre.

5-9 April – Drayton Arms Theatre

Tickets on sale now

“What would you do if I died?”

In the midst of all the silly questions couples ask themselves,
sometimes a serious one will settle, and take root.
What if we could answer the unanswerable?

A new comedic play exploring the frivolous glory of relationships,
the devastating grief of loss, and the healing power of support.

Devised & written by the cast and director.

Performance 5-9 April, tickets here!

Spring season casts

Thanks to all our auditionees, we had a great turnout this season and it was difficult to turn away so much talent. But we have made our decisions and rehearsals have begun apace! Without further ado, our casts for this season:

The Real Inspector Hound

Moon — Julian Guassardo
Birdboot — Ben Harris
Mrs Drudge — Anna Kretschmer
Cynthia Muldoon — Steph Farrell
Felicity Cunningham — Izzy Boreham
Major Magnus — Omar Aga
Inspector Hound — Micky Gibbons
Simon Gascoyne — Neeraj Thakrar

The Heroine’s Journey

Grace Aldridge
Renata Garcia
Gabriella Guymer-Davies
Govind Hodgson
Anie Hussain
Becky Shepherdson
Freddie Wride

Our improv group have also started, and new writing competition also kicked off, we have a busy season ahead of us. Hope to see you at the performances 29 March-9 April!

Intro to Improv

We’re very pleased to announce the latest in our Building Blocks series of workshops – Introduction to Improv. Run by our very own Jess Rogers, it’s an 8 week course covering all the basics, which you’ll be developing along with a small group. If you’ve ever wanted to get into improvisation, or want to brush up on your skills again, or just to play (I think of it as the theatrical equivalent of a musical jam session…), this is for you. You don’t need any previous experience, of course.

All the details are here, with email address for signing up.

Auditions for spring season shows

Auditions for the shows continue on Thursday 27th – see audition information for details

KDC Season Launch on Tuesday 18 Jan – Meet the Directors

MEET THE DIRECTORS

Hear the directors speak about their project, and answer your questions at the Season Launch. You can also talk to them about getting involved in other backstage ways.

Tuesday 18 January 2022, 7 pm
Theatre Deli, Broadgate (in the ground floor bar). 2 Finsbury Ave, London EC2M 2PF

Add the Season Launch to your calendar

Auditions ahoy!

So many nice things, I cannot take it!

Hello good people of 2022 – it’s time to kick off a new year with some new show auditions! First up, we have a classic in The Real Inspector Hound, an absurdist comedy by the always-hilarious Tom Stoppard. Alongside that we will also be making a devised show, The Heroine’s Journey, a story of loss and rebuilt connection. Auditions are on 24 & 27 January, you only need to come to one evening and you can audition for both on the same evening. Please take a covid test before you come and wear a mask. Full details here:

The Real Inspector Hound Audition NoticeDownload
The Heroine’s Journey Audition NoticeDownload

But before all that, come meet the directors, hear about the shows, and have any questions you might have answered. Oh, and have a lovely lovely pint with us. Season Launch is Tuesday 18 January from 7pm, in the bar at Theatre Deli Broadgate. See you then!

Happy New Year!

A warm new year’s greetings from the KDC team – we’re right now putting the final touches to this season’s announcement. In the meantime, a little throwback extract from our Spring ’21 show “Zoomed Out”. Mercutio is phoning Romeo, to get him to come out and party…

A night out for the New Year?

That’s a wrap for 2021 & looking forward

A huge congratulations to our shows for this season – Titus Andronicus drenches us in blood (literally if you sat too close) with an energetic hard rock adaption of the most brutal of Shakespeares tales. Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons was a charming intimate story of a couple navigating behaviour restrictions and questionable laws (frustratingly relevant in our real world by recent events). We even also managed to get in an experimental project with our devising group, who came up with some beautiful and moving theatre to complement a couple of the Lemons performances. If you missed that, you can watch a recording here:

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All of this was against the extra headwinds of Covid restrictions, and I’m extra-proud of the achievements of actors, production teams, organising committee / producers, and all for making it all happen anyway.

Next up

We’re hanging back on announcing details on our next season just yet given the current Covid uncertainty, however all being well next seasons shows will be:

The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stopparddirected by Anna Markland & Dean Reilly Performing 29 March – 2 April
A new devised show (details TBA)directed by Carl FletcherPerforming 5-9 April

Auditions 24 & 27 January. Look our on our website and on the mailing list for details in the New Year!

Have a fantastic Christmas break and we’ll see you for more fun in January!