Review from Spoonfed

The affecting social observation of Phillip Whiteman's Eschara will firmly place him among a set of British playwrights who are notable for their expressive narrative and style perhaps more so than the points they make. His collection addresses the continuing personal effects of public tragedy that scar the human psyche. Whiteman cleverly illuminates the strength required to heal from tragedy by focusing his plays on weakness...

Read the rest of the review HERE.

Exeter Northcott on the 17-20 February

Our spring 2010 tour starts next Wednesday!! Crazy. Here's our flyer with all the details on to come check out our show.


We are also currently running a little campaign to get a new crowd into the theatres. If you are from Exeter or Portsmouth you can visit your local skate shop, The Boarding House or Bored, to and purchase a ticket to see the shows through them. If you do you get entered into a prize draw to win a LIMITED EDITION skateboard with artwork by Joseph Loughborough. You can skate them or hanging them in your room. it's up to you, but you HAVE to come to the show to be in for a chance to win one. Each venue will have 2 boards up for grabs and a Bored T-shirt in Portsmouth.

Here is the first board for Exeter.

The End of Christie in Love and a Great Year

Sorry it's been a while since my last post but I'm back with some news about our latest Cheekish antics. We have just finished our run of Christie in Love with Thrill Seeker and it really was a great production. Thank you all those who made it happen, particularly these folks:

Crew:
Dan Ayling - Director and Producer
Rhiannon Newman Brown - Design
Sally Ferguson - Lighting
Zoe Crosse and Joseph Loughborough - Artwork
Paul Bull - Sound

Cast:
Mike Aherne - Inspector
Peter Henderson - John Reginald Christie
Phillip Whiteman - Constable

Also a massive THANK YOU to the friends and family who came along and supported us. You guys are great!

Cheeksih recently attended The Guide Awards 2009 at the Kings Theatre, Southsea. The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh, our first production was up for Best Professional Production gong. In our category was Chicago, Enron, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Oklahoma and The Last Cigarette. These were some big productions, some of which have transferred to the West End and Broadway.

(Above) Phillip and Grant Watson (Director) on the...red carpet.

Unfortunately we didn't win. That honour went to Chicago and A Midsummer's Night Dream and a well deserved joint win it was. For us it was amazing to just be nominated, especially as The Pillowman was our first production.

(Left) Phillip in the Pillowman.

It has been an amazing year for us. We've managed to put up 4 plays this year: Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat by Mark Ravenhill and the world premier of Eschara by Phillip Whiteman at the Brighton Fringe Festival. Both plays received 5 star reviews. Contrarotulus by Phillip Whiteman, his second work as a playwright and which won the 2009 Daffodil Award for Best Overall Piece and of course the 5 star Christie in Love by Howard Brenton. The awards and amazing reviews are all testament to the outstanding direction of Dan Ayling.

Christie in Love Taster

Here are a few shots from Christie in Love. Just a taster of things to come...

Mike Aherne as the Inspector

Peter Henderson as John Reginald Christie

Phillip Whiteman as the Constable

Christie art work

I've just finished the program for Christie in Love. Joe, as usual, did a sterling job with the art and I have to share it with you guys.

10 Rillington Place - The Christie Residence

From the front of the house

To the back where Christie buried and hid some of his victims.

It is said that Christie used a human bone to prop open his gate in his garden. It went unnoticed by the Police while they were investigating Timothy Evans for the murder of his wife and daughter. Poor old Timmy was found guilty, thanks to Christie being a key eye witness, and hung but it was Christie who killed them. Thankfully Timothy received a post-humerus pardon and could enjoy the remainder of his death!

Christie in Love

Tuesday 27 October see's Cheekish Productions's next work, Christie in Love by Howard Brenton, which we are co-producing along with Thrill Seeker, open at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town.

It's about serial killers John Reginald Christie, who was nicknames The Whispering Strangler. For those of you who don't know, John Christie killed at least 6 women, including his wife, and buried them in his back garden, the floorboards of his house, cupboard and wash room. He also liked his women cold, if you know what I mean (look up necrophilia if your still not sure).

This is going to be a great show that will be directed by Dan Ayling who worked with us on Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat and Eschara at The Brighton Fringe Festival this year. Both received 5 star reviews so you can expect the same from Christie. Click here to see the cast.

Isn't the artwork great?!! It's by Zoe Crosse.

Christie in Love will be running till the 22 November, showing Tuesday to Saturday at 9pm and Sunday at 5pm. There wont be any performances on the Monday's because the actors do need to get a little bit of rest. Make sure you come down because the rehearsals have been amazing and shouldn't be missed.

Call 08444 771 000 or click here for tickets.

Contrarotulus by Phillip Whiteman

We've had a very busy couple of weeks and it's all coming together this weekend. This Sunday (25 October) sees Phillip Whiteman's play, Contrarotulus, being performed for the first time at the Daffodil Theatre Awards at the Stantonbury Theatre in Milton Keynes, where all profits go to the Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Contrarotulus is up against 19 other finalists who will showcase their 5 minute plays after which the audience and panel of judges will vote for the Best New Writing, Best Overall Piece and Best Actor.

The play is being directed by Dan Ayling and will star Michael Andrew, Giovanni Bienne, Nina Hatchwell, Phillip Whiteman and Sophie Woods.

He's the artwork from Joseph Loughborough.

You can see more of Joe's work by clicking here.

Look out for how we get on at the Daffodil Awards on Monday.

Lets get Cheekish

Welcome to the Cheekish blog. Here you will can find out all about what we do, what we are doing and what we will be doing.

Cheekish Productions was set up by Artistic Director Phillip Whiteman in 2008. We push the boundaries of the theatrical form and have a strong passion for all the forms of art, incorporating it into our shows. Our work leans towards strong subject materials that is unorthodox and compelling.

Make sure you check out our website: www.cheekishproductions.com to find out a little more about us, what we do, what we have done and what is coming up.

If you wish to get Cheekish with us leave a comment or send us an email at: cheekishproductions@gmail.com