SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Low-budget student feature film. A comedy that centres around a group of enterprising students who strive to achieve their dream of acting on the big stage despite the odds being stacked heavily against them. They decide to stage Macbeth at Crewe’s Lyceum Theatre and employ a blind man to direct them - a once top director who hasn’t directed since his injury. The group is up against a professional London theatre company who are in Crewe to perform Hamlet on the theatre’s main stage.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2005

Duration

90 mins

Availability

No distributor found (6/2007).

Credits

Director

Andrew Walkington

Producer

Andrew Walkington

Cinematographer

Tania Freimuth

Screenplay

Andrew Healey; John Warburton; Sarah Nelson

Music

Dave Scott

Cast

Alexei Sayle	Police Constable Malcolm
Hildegard Neil	Aunt Mary
John Eveson	Police Officer Duncan
Norman Lovett	David Smallbridge
Phil Cool	Eric Shepherd/Lucas Richmond/J.D. Meredith

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Macbeth

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre; School productions; Student productions

Notes

Notes

Estimated budget £50,000. Filmed on Super 16mm.

General

Produced by students at South Cheshire College .

Online Availability

Online URL

http://www.s-cheshire.ac.uk/upstaged/home.asp

Production Company

Name

Cheshire Youth Film Project

Email

info@s-cheshire.ac.uk

Web

http://www.s-cheshire.ac.uk/upstaged/home.asp External site opens in new window

Phone

01270 654654

Fax

01270 651515

Address

South Cheshire College
Dane Bank Avenue
Crewe
CW2 8AB
Cheshire