You’ll see that we have rebranded. New logo… new work… same brains. Massive thanks to Kathy and the team at Bullet Creative.
We are really excited about our collaboration with Sh!t Theatre for their show EVITA TOO at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre. We have all seen EVITA, right? Now that it’s over, and Rachel Zegler has flown across the pond, it is time to learn about the unbelievable history of the woman that is Isabel Péron, the first ever female president in the history of the world. The world has forgotten her completely, let Sh!t Theatre teach you through their poignant and touching show. Booked your ticket yet? 9-31 December, see you there.
We have some very exciting news concerning another project with Armando Iannucci… actually, we can’t say too much… just keep your eyes peeled.
We are delighted to announce some new members to the team! Our newest board member, Nathalie Curtin, has spent twenty years in the charitable sector, and we are so excited to have her as part of our board.
We also have Tallula White joining us as production assistant. Tallula says she is very excited to be working with the team and joining Judith making these incredible projects come to life.
Faye Castelow, Amalia Vitale, Natasha Jayetileke, Debra Gillett in Pandemonium by Armando Iannucci. Photo: Marc Brenner.
We started 2024 with a sell-out season of PANDEMONIUM by Armando Iannucci, directed by Patrick Marber at Soho Theatre. This was a funny and tragic look at the Covid years and the shenanigans of the Conservative government.
Spring saw us co-produce PRINCESS SMARTYPANTS with the Wardrobe Ensemble for children ages 5 and upwards. We played in London, Bristol and Newbury and the Wardrobe Ensemble will be touring the show again in Spring 2025.
We’re thinking ahead and look forward to sharing our plans in the New Year.
Meanwhile, at Judith Dimant Productions this winter we’re reading Water by John Boyne, Happiness Falls by Angie Kim, Booker prize winner Orbital by Samantha Harvey and My Family by David Baddiel.
Patrick Marber, Judith Dimant and Armando Iannucci outside Soho Theatre. Photo: Jack Jeffreys
We are thrilled to have started rehearsals for Pandemonium: Being a Scornful Account of the Activities of Mr Boris Johnson and ‘Others’ during the Pandemic and its Aftermath by Armando Iannucci and Directed by Patrick Marber. Our company of actors, The Pandemonium Players, are Faye Castelow, Paul Chahidi, Debra Gillett, Natasha Jayetileke and Amalia Vitale.
The irony is not lost on us, that as we sit in the rehearsal room with Armando and Patrick cutting, changing, rewriting while on our televisions the Covid Inquiry is playing out in a similar vein. It’s rather alarming.
“I wanted to write something furious and energetic about the past three years. Pandemonium is partly about us wanting those in charge to be up to the job, to be heroes, and the anger that started building when the news of the drinks parties began to emerge. And yes, I wanted to write something funny (don’t forget, we also had Liz Truss!). Laughter is a great release, and my aim is for the audience to have a good time and a good laugh, but I also hope it helps people process the tumultuous and crazy time we went through.”
Armando Iannucci
Lastly, at Judith Dimant Productions this winter we are reading Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, I Strongly Believe in Incredible Things by Rob Auton, Atomic Habits by James Clear, In Memoriam by Alice Winn, The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman, Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake and Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson.
Back: Tinuke Craig, Teri Ann Bobb Baxter, Natasha Brown (author), Gloria Obianyo, Tanika Yearwood. Front: Mimi M Khayisa, Dipo Baruwa-Etti. Photo: Dan Balfour.
We’ve just completed a workshop on Natasha Brown’s award winning debut novel, Assembly. We spent a week working with a stellar group of artists including writer Dipo Baruwa-Etti, director Tinuke Craig, movement director Ingrid Mackinnon and performers Teri Ann Bobb-Baxter, Mimi M Khayisa, Gloria Obianyo and Tanika Yearwood starting to adapt the novel, which was published in 2021 to universal acclaim. Supported by Arts Council England.
“An elegiac examination of a Black woman’s life and an acerbic analysis of Britain’s racial landscape. Brown’s rhythmic, economic prose renders the narrator’s experiences with breathless clarity, especially the steady, gnawing stream of racial and sexual harassment she faces. Assembly is a smart novel that takes risks with the questions it raises.”
The New York Times
And we’ve also just spent some time in a room with Tracy-Ann Oberman, Annabel Arden and others, exploring the life of Licoricia of Winchester – the life of a remarkable Jewish Businesswoman in Medieval England.
And at Judith Dimant Productions this Autumn, we’re reading Oldladyvoice by Elisa Victoria, Days Like These by Brian Bilston, Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney, Confessions of a forty-something ###k up by Alexander Potter, Where to now, Blue? by Adrien Stoutenburg and Tyger by SF Said.
