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| Pemberley Productions and Verdant Productions to present NY premiere of Private Peaceful, from the novel by Michael Morpurgo (War Horse), adapted and directed by Simon Reade | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 05:34 pm EDT 05/31/18 | |
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| “★★★★★!” The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Sunday Herald, Irish Mail On Sunday, Edinburgh Evening News, Scotsman “Shane O’Regan gives a truly astonishing performance.” Irish Mail On Sunday Pemberley Productions and Verdant Productions present the New York Premiere of the celebrated Irish production of PRIVATE PEACEFUL A one-man play starring SHANE O’REGAN, Adapted and directed by SIMON READE from the novel by MICHAEL MORPURGO (War Horse) Performances August 28-October 7 at TBG Mainstage Theatre Opening Night: September 6 Pemberley Productions (Andrew D Hamingson, and Tim Smith, Producers) and Ireland’s Verdant Productions are pleased to announce the New York premiere of Private Peaceful, a new play adapted and directed by Simon Reade, from the award-winning young adult novel by Michael Morpurgo (War Horse). The critically acclaimed one-man show, which earned five-star reviews from critics, will star Shane O’Regan, who recently toured throughout Ireland in the production. Private Peaceful will play a limited six-week engagement at TBG Mainstage Theatre (312 West 36th Street), from August 28 through October 7, with opening night scheduled for Thursday, September 6. Morpurgo’s young adult novel, Private Peaceful, was first published in 2003, and earned critical praise and numerous awards, including the Hampshire Book Award, the Red House Children’s Book Award, and a 2005 Best Books for Young Adults Award from the American Library Association. Simon Reade’s stage adaptation was first produced in 2004 at the Bristol Old Vic. It was later produced at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and in London’s West End, as well as tours throughout the U.K., earning five-star reviews. The current production, starring Shane O’Regan, began touring Ireland in 2017. Private Peaceful was also adapted by Mr. Reade into the 2012 film of the same name. Private Peaceful is a timely reminder of the heroic sacrifices that were made by the soldiers in World War I. The production comes to New York in the centenary year of the end of World War I. The story follows the life of a young soldier, Thomas ‘Tommo’ Peaceful (Shane O’Regan), facing the firing squad for cowardice. As Tommo sits in his cell awaiting sunrise, he thinks back on the events that made him the person he is today. Tommo recounts memories of growing up with his elder brother, Charlie. They did everything together. They went to school together, faced their problems together, slept and ate together; they even loved the same girl… but now they have to face the many facets of war together. Can a bond and loyalty between brothers overcome the brutality of the front lines and bring them safely home? When the lines of heroism and cowardice collide, what can one man or even a brother do to fight the injustices of it all? The play highlights the dreadful horrors of war while celebrating the joyfulness of life. Lighting and set design is by Anshuman Bhatia. Sound design is by Jason Barnes. Tickets start at $39 and are now on sale online at www.privatepeacefulusa.com, by calling OvationTix at (866) 811-4111, or by visiting the TBG Mainstage Box Office on performance days located at 312 West 36th Street, 3rd floor. Box office is open 90 minutes before curtain time on show days. For more information, visit www.privatepeacefulusa.com. Follow Private Peaceful on Facebook and Instagram. BIOGRAPHIES Shane O’Regan (Tommo Peaceful) returns to this role after touring in Private Peaceful in theatres throughout Ireland. He most recently appeared in The Boys at Smock Alley and in The Spinning Heart in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. O’Regan trained at The Gaiety School of Acting, where in 2013 he was awarded the Gaiety Theatre Bursary. Upon graduating in 2014, he was cast in a variety of roles including; Shaggy Callaghan in Borstal Boy directed by Conall Morrison, The Fool in King Lear with Mill Productions and Brennan in The Boys directed by Patrick Sutton. He played the lead role of Mark Renton in Reality:Check Productions’ critically acclaimed run of Trainspotting directed by Tracy Ryan. In 2016, he played the title role in Hamlet at the Mill Theatre, directed by Geoff O’Keefe. He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Reality:Check Productions Simon Reade (Adaptation/Director). His stage adaptations include Pride & Prejudice (Regent’s Park/Sheffield Crucible/Guthrie Minneapolis); Michael Morpurgo’s An Elephant in the Garden and Private Peaceful on UK tour; a musical of O.Z. Livanelli’s Bliss in Germany; UK tours of A Room with a View (director Adrian Noble, A.C.T.); Penelope Lively’s Moon Tiger; Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Polka/Bristol Old Vic, TMA Award winner); Morpurgo’s Twist of Gold(Polka), Toro! Toro! (Salisbury) and The Mozart Question (Scamp); Philip Pullman’s The Scarecrow & His Servant (Southwark Playhouse); and Geraldine McCaughrean’s Not the End of the World for Bristol Old Vic where Simon was Artistic Director with David Farr. With Tim Supple, Simon adapted Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children and Ted Hughes’ Tales from Ovid, and with Paul Greengrass he co-wrote Epitaph for the Official Secrets Act, all for the RSC where Simon was Literary Manager. His screenplays include: Journey’s End (director Saul Dibb, BFI/Metro International), Jane Austen’s Sandition(Goldcrest/Irish Film Board); Private Peaceful (Fluidity Films 2012); and What You Will for Filter Theatre, whose theatre work Simon also produced on world tour 2010-2016, including Water and Twelfth Night. In 2016 Simon directed a ground-breaking Iraqi tour of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Arabic and Kurdish. Previous direction includes: Tartuffe (Royal Welsh College); the fiftieth anniversary production of Pinter’s The Room; and Cyrano de Bergerac, Lee Hall’s Child of the Snow, Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter and The Birthday Party, all for Bristol Old Vic. He has also worked extensively as a producer/dramaturg for Theatre Royal Bath Productions and the Gate Theatre London; and as a script editor/development executive for Tiger Aspect Productions, Granada and BBC Drama. Michael Morpurgo (Author) is the award-winning author of more than 100 children’s books. Britain’s Children’s Laureate from 2003-2005, his works include War Horse, Shadow, The Mozart Question, Born to Run, and the award-winning The Wreck of the Zanzibar, The Butterfly Lion, Kensuke’s Kingdom, The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tip, and Private Peaceful. A former teacher, his many honors include England’s Red House Children’s Book Award, the Whitbread Children’s Novel Award, an OBE for services to Literature, a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government, and, with his wife Clare, an MBE for services to education. In 2005, he was named the Booksellers Author of the Year. He and his wife are founders of Farm for City Children, a charity that exposes city children to life in the country by hosting them for a week at three working farms in Devon. Michaelmorpurgo.com. Anshuman Bhatia (Lighting and Set Design)Anshu's designs for Opera, Theater and Dance have been seen at Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Soho Rep, The Public, Atlantic Theater Company, Arena Stage in Washington D.C., The Juilliard School, HERE Arts Center, LoftOpera, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Pacific Symphony, BardMusic Festival, Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Infinity Theater Company, The University of Denver, and The New School for Drama. His associate designs have been seen at the New York Philharmonic, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Central City Opera in Colorado, Gotham Chamber Opera Washington Ballet, Roundabout Theater & the Barbican Center. M.F.A. NYU. bhatiadesign.com Jason Barnes (Sound Design) has been involved in theatre sound for over 15 years, designing sound for productions throughout the UK. Jason was also Head of Sound and Resident Sound Designer for Bristol Old Vic from 1999 to 2007. West End sound designs include Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Comedy Theatre and UK tour), Private Lives (Vaudeville Theatre), Enjoy (Gielgud Theatre and UK tour), We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (Duchess Theatre and UK tour). Other Theatre includes Swallows and Amazons (Bristol Old Vic), Canary (Liverpool Playhouse, Hampstead and UK tour), Low Pay? Don’t Pay! (Salisbury Playhouse), Juliet and Her Romeo (Bristol Old Vic), Hansel and Gretel (Bristol Old Vic, Kneehigh Theatre UK tour), Quadrophenia (Plymouth Theatre Royal and UK tour), Once Upon A Time At The Adelphi, Noises Off, Dr. Faustus (Liverpool Playhouse), Home (Bristol Old Vic Studio), What the Butler Saw, Alphabetical Order (Salisbury Playhouse), A Small Family Business, We That Are Left (Watford Palace Theatre), Ma Vie En Rose (Young Vic), Unprotected (Liverpool Everyman), Arms and The Man (National Tour). As resident sound designer at Bristol Old Vic, shows included Aesop’s Fables (Bristol, Edinburgh Festivaland International Tour), The Three Musketeers, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Barber of Seville, Tamburlaine (Bristol and Barbican), Odyssey (Bristol, Liverpool and West Yorkshire Playhouse), Arcadia and Private Peaceful (Bristol and Tour), Beasts and Beauties, Paradise Lost, Up the Feeder Down the Mouth and Back Again, One Love (Bristol and Lyric Hammersmith), A Streetcar Named Desire, Blues Brother Soul Sisters. Other sound: Sound Engineer Rapunzel for Kneehigh Theatre (UK tour and adaptation for the Off-Broadway venue, New Victory Theatre, NYC). Pemberley Productions(Producers). Founded in 2013, Pemberley Productions, led by producers Tim Smith and Andy Hamingson, is a production company specializing in producing overseas tours and new commercial productions in the U.K. and U.S. The company produces European work on tour in the U.S., and American work on tour in Europe, and commercial theatre productions in London and on tour. Work has included: co-producing with David Eden Productions a European tour of The Public Theater’s Apple Family Plays in the U.K., Germany and Austria; two U.S. tours of Filter Theatre's Twelfth Night (a co-production with the Royal Shakespeare Company); Paterson Joseph’s new play Sancho on tour in the U.K. and U.S., including performances at BAM, The Kennedy Center and Chicago Shakespeare Theater; an Irish tour of the American Players Theatre production of In Acting Shakespeare, written and performed by James DeVita; A U.S. tour of the acclaimed Georgian Ensemble: Ensemble Basiani; and the Irish tour of Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful. Verdant Productions (Producer) was formed in 2011 and produces and promotes a diverse range of live theatre, music and comedy events in Ireland and internationally. The company also produces and manages events and tours on behalf of other companies and individual artists. It also works as a consultant to in artist contract management as well as arts and cultural management. |
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