Heart Productions - Theatre with a beat

Welcome ....... to Heart Productions

Heart Productions is a professional Theatre Company formed in 2002, based in the West Midlands..

Our motto ‘theatre with a beat’ kind of says everything about the nature of our approach. Good Theatre, we believe, can only be delivered if we first listen, and listen very hard at that, to the beat that is inherent in the writing, for it is this pulse that drives the rest of the work –acting, direction, design, music, scenery & props, in fact everything we do. It is the energy that flows from this that the audience should feel, for touching the hearts and minds of the audience is what it’s all about.

It all started with our very first production Time after Time. Using a mixture of Shakespeare's original words and new ones written for the piece, the play was a glorious romp through the night time dreams of William Shakespeare, where characters from his plays and real life fused into one long dream sequence.

This was followed by another Shakespeare inspired new play. Romeo & Juliet For all Time is effectively a sequel to the original tragedy, and its performances in Buxton Festival Fringe earned it a nomination of Best Writing Award. Next, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with 2 four-star reviews and then a Hairline Highlight Award for being one of the top ten plays that stood head and shoulders above other reviewed plays.

In 2005 we featured two new plays, again by Frank Bramwell. The first, Love Hurts is a contemporary piece that explores the very nature of Love and its impact on the two characters Sally and Phil. The second, Macbeth Killing Time, is in the same mould as Romeo and Juliet For all Time - this time Macbeth, who has been waiting for 400 years, is tried for the crimes of the original tragedy by two jobbing Angels, Kramm and Delos. The plays were awarded three and four stars by reviewers.

2006 saw another new Shakespeare sequel, Tempest fugit:Prospero’s Will , this time based on The Tempest, the third in the line of Frank’s specially written plays to re-energise Shakespeare’s plays. Prospero is marooned on the magical Island, and is soon joined by Caliban, Ariel, Miranda and Ferdinand, there follows a deep exploration of the original play’s inner workings as we go through Prospero’s mind.

If you would like to find out more about what we do, discuss the plays and the possibility of performing them elsewhere, or buy copies of the scripts, please contact us at:

admin@heartproductions.co.uk

Heart Productions is:

Tim Clarke - General Manager

Marcus Fernando - Associate Director

Tina Hofman - Associate Director
Victoria Grainger - Associate Director

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