Auditions: “Twelve Angry Men”

17 September 2016 by David
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Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)
Twelve Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose, is a compelling courtroom drama which focuses on a jury’s deliberations in a first degree murder trial. A 19-year-old youth is accused of stabbing his father to death. A guilty verdict means the death sentence. A jury of twelve men must decide his fate … Twelve Angry Men is a play written in 1954 for television. In 1957 it was made into a very successful film starring Henry Fonda. Continue reading →

Remember my name

26 September 2016 by David
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Fame Jr
Young Actors Theater presents Fame Jr in six performances between 7 and 16 October. Set during the last years of New York City’s celebrated High School for the Performing Arts in the early 1980s, FAME JR. is the bittersweet but ultimately inspiring story of a diverse group of students who commit to four years of grueling artistic and academic work. Continue reading →

Dreaming at the Lieu d’Europe

9 September 2016 by David
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Cervantes/Shakespeare
On Wednesday, 14 September, Tagora will be participating in a celebration of two great European renaissance dramatists who died 400 years ago this year: Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare. The celebration is being held at the initiative of the Austrian Consulate General in Strasbourg. Tagora’s contribution will, as might be expected, concentrate on Shakespeare, examining in speech and song his treatment of some themes significant to today’s Europeans. It will form part of a varied programme involving spectacle and dance inspired by the work of the Continue reading →

Audition postponed: “A Game of Honesty”

18 June 2016 by David
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Auditions will be held some time in September. Watch this space. Our colleague, Aygen Becquart, proposes to stage her self-penned play A Game of Honesty. With a view to casting it, she will be holding an audition session in the Tagora rehearsal room on Wednesday 29 June at 18.00. The cast of 6 includes: George and Susan, a married couple (mid-40s) Their children: Bertha and Alex (teenagers) Leonard (a waiter, in his 20s) Louise (mid-40s). Please contact Aygen if you intend to come, both so Continue reading →

“The School for Scandal” auditions: change of date

12 June 2016 by David
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School for Scandal
Auditions for the play scheduled to be produced at the Cube noir during the first week of February 2017 will now take place in the rehearsal room on Thursday 16 June at 18.30 and Wednesday 22 June at 18.30. Members and friends interested in being involved in any capacity will be most welcome but the usual security requirements concerning access to the building apply. Please contact Tagora at least three days before the event if you need us to make arrangements.

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