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Silver Pine Productions is a multi-award winning independent theatre company, based in the beautiful town of Buxton in Derbyshire. We say ‘theatre‘ but we don’t believe in limiting ourselves. As well as stage shows, we produce audio dramas and film.
We are honestly and genuinely, completely and utterly blown away that PIG IN A GINNEL won both the Audience Prize and the Jury Prize, at this afternoon’s Buxton Shorts.
Thank you so much to Buxton Film for putting on this wonderful event. Congratulations to all the other entrants for making such a rich and wonderful variety of films. And thank you also to Buxton Festival Fringe for another terrific Fringe.
Pig in a ginnel has been selected for Buxton Shorts, the showcase event put on by Buxton Film during the Fringe every year. It will be shown at the Pavilion Arts Centre cinema, along with the other entries, on Sunday 27 July.
Our short film, Pig in a ginnel, is all wrapped up and ready to go. It was entirely shot on location in Buxton, with a universally-wonderful local cast and crew.
It’s been submitted to Buxton Film for their Buxton Shorts exhibition at Buxton Fringe on 27 July. We’ll be on a knife edge until we hear whether or not we’ve been accepted.
But you don’t have to wait that long. You can take a sneaky peak right here: Pig in a ginnel
Thank you so much to everyone at Birmingham Fest 2023 and particularly to everyone at the gorgeous Blue Orange Theatre for hosting Laudable Pus (from Galen to Gallstones).
Sarah Gordon and Anna Girolami returned as the formidable Dr Ruth Levin and her hapless assistant Neville to entertain and inform the good people of the West Midlands.
We had two wonderful evenings. At the end of the festival, we were absolutely thrilled to be awarded Best Show.
Buxton Festival Fringe is always a magical time, whether you’re an artist or an audience member or both.
The workshop room at the Green Man Gallery was such an evocative place to stage Trieste. The sunlight filtering through the windows, the ramshackle feel of the room, the view over the beautiful roofs of Buxton – they all suited the piece perfectly. Sarah and Carl performed magnificently, casting their spell over two sell-out audiences.
We were delighted to be nominated for four – yes four – awards and to win one of them, Best New Writing.
Wear Pearls and Smile is a show of five short plays, written and produced by myself and Beverley Green and directed by Beverley. The show was performed five times in all by the truly stellar cast that we had the good fortune to assemble.
It premièred at The Old Dancer in Wilmslow on Tuesday 24th October and Thursday 26th October, 2017 and reprieved at The King’s Arms in Salford on Friday 26th January and Sunday 28th January 2018.
Matthew from Manchester Salon attended one of the King’s Arms shows and, luckily, he loved it! He gave us this very favourable review.
Full Cast:
27 Clayton Road: Gail – Rachel Howard, Lawyer – Emma Tugman, Officer of the Court – Tom Addison
Home is where you go to: Maggie – Wendi Walker, Ted – Colin Titley, Janey – Angela Wityszyn, Sam – Andrew Husband
Chuddy: Heather – Fiona Egan, Jax – Ali Donohue, Kris – Lee Fletcher
Control: Karl – Ciarán Griffiths, Lisa – Lindsay Bennett, Dan – Greg Kelly, Steve – Ste Whitfield, Nigel – Lee Fletcher, June – Wendy Patterson, Claire – Beverley Green
Middlepause: Marjorie – Beverley Green, Sandra – Wendi Walker, Janet – Wendy Patterson, Jean – Betty Webster, Doreen – Emma Tugman, Barry – Ste Whitfield, Rona – Fiona Egan, Zara – Teresa Powell, Edward – Andrew Husband, Maureen – Ali Donohue
A book containing all the plays and pictures of the cast is available to buy from Amazon.
Slippers, a Silver Pine short, underwent the Manchester ADP treatment in April. A script-in-hand reading followed by audience discussion and feedback. It’s always a great night – four new short plays performed and directed by local talent in the very congenial surroundings of the King’s Arms in Salford. What’s not to love?
It’s a great way to try out new things and see whether or not they work. The feedback for Slippers was positive and constructive. A very useful experience before we use it in our next full production.
For this production, it was directed by Abey Bradbury. Lydia was played by Deborah Sekibo and Mum by Anne Baron.
(Colour photography by Mark Russell, with grateful thanks. x)
Three script-in-hand readings of short plays written, acted and directed entirely by women. As ever, audience participation and feedback was lively, warm and constructive. The experience will be put to good use when we stage our next full production in September.
This production was directed by Naomi Albans. Mr Tall was played by Ellen Mitchell, Mr Average by Lucy Avison and Mr Small by Hannah Hughes.
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