Supporting Wall

This article is about the theatre company. For the structure in construction, see Load-bearing wall.

Supporting Wall is an award-winning London-based theatre and general arts production, promotion and management company, founded in 2008 by producers Ben Monks and Will Young. The company's own productions have primarily focused on new writing and contemporary theatre, while management and publicity work has included projects across theatre, comedy, film, live music and dance.[1]

Productions

Supporting Wall's original productions include:

Production Writer Director Venue Year
Blue Heaven Tennessee Williams Abigail Graham Finborough Theatre, London[2] 2009
Big Breath In Oscar Wood & Company Matthew Evans Tour, London & South East 2009
Three Shit Hot Shorts Dean Stalham Sam Miller, Emily Lim, Pam Brighton Camden Fringe 2009
Moonfleece Philip Ridley David Mercatali London & UK Tour 2010
Election Drama Various Various New Players Theatre 2010
The Jewish Wife (JMK Award Winner[3]) Bertolt Brecht Matthew Evans Battersea Arts Centre 2010
Tender Napalm Philip Ridley David Mercatali Southwark Playhouse[4] 2011
Yellow Daniel Saleeb Daniel Saleeb Tete a Tete Festival / Riverside Studios 2011
Shallow Slumber Chris Lee Mary Nighy Soho Theatre[5] 2012
Tender Napalm Philip Ridley David Mercatali UK Tour[6] 2012
Dark Vanilla Jungle (Fringe First Award winner[7]) Philip Ridley David Mercatali Soho Theatre, London; Royal Exchange, Manchester and Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival 2013
Our Ajax Timberlake Wertenbaker David Mercatali Southwark Playhouse[8] 2013
Jonny & the Baptists: The Stop UKIP Tour Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers The company UK Tour / Soho Theatre [9] 2014
Dark Vanilla Jungle Philip Ridley David Mercatali UK Tour & Soho Theatre [10] 2014
Jonny & the Baptists: The Satiric Verses Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers The company The Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival [11] 2014
Bull (Olivier Award Winner[12]) Mike Bartlett Clare Lizzimore Young Vic Theatre [13] 2015
Radiant Vermin Philip Ridley David Mercatali Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol / Soho Theatre, London [14] 2015
Jonny & the Baptists Rock The Vote Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers The company UK Tour & Soho Theatre [15] 2015
You Look Tasty (A Play By A Tiger) Stewart Pringle David Mercatali The Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival [16] 2015
Tonight with Donny Stixx Philip Ridley David Mercatali Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival [17] 2015
Jonny & the Baptists: The End Is Nigh Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers The company Paines Plough Roundabout Theatre (Southbank Centre / Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival) [18] 2015
Octagon Kristiana Colon Nadia Latif Arcola Theatre, London [19] 2015

Awards and nominations

Supporting Wall's productions have won or been nominated for various awards, including for Bull the 2015 Olivier Award for Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre;[20] for Dark Vanilla Jungle a Fringe First Award[7] and a nomination for lead actress Gemma Whelan for the Stage Award for Best Solo Performance;[21] for Tender Napalm, winning the OffWestEnd.Com Award for Best Actress for Vinette Robinson[22] and a nomination for the Evening Standard Outstanding Newcomer Award for director David Mercatali;[23] for Shallow Slumber, nominations for the OffWestEnd.Com Best Actress Award for both Amy Cudden and Alexandra Gilbreath, as well as for Best New Play at the same awards;[24] and for The Jewish Wife, winning the JMK director's award for Matthew Evans.[3]

For Supporting Wall Ben Monks and Will Young were jointly nominated for the OffWestEnd.Com Best Producer Award twice consecutively in 2011[25] & 2012.[26]

References

  1. ↑ "supporting wall". supporting wall. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  2. ↑ http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/transition-archive/2009/blueheaven.php
  3. 1 2 http://www.jmktrust.org/alumni/winner-2010/
  4. ↑ http://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/archives/tender-napalm/
  5. ↑ http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/shallow-slumber/
  6. ↑ http://www.tendernapalm.co.uk/
  7. 1 2 http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/news/08-2013/latest-fringe-firsts-include-waller-bridges-fleaba_31666.html
  8. ↑ http://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/the-large/our-ajax/
  9. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/mar/28/this-weeks-new-live-comedy
  10. ↑ http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/theatre-comedy-dance/philip-ridley-on-the-return-of-dark-vanilla-jungle-1-3316034
  11. ↑ http://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/jonny-the-baptists-the-satiric-verses/
  12. ↑ "Olivier Awards success for Angela Lansbury and Sunny Afternoon". BBC News. 2015-04-13.
  13. ↑ http://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/bull
  14. ↑ http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/radiant-vermin
  15. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/apr/27/jonny-and-the-baptists-rock-the-vote-review-comedy-songs
  16. ↑ https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/you-look-tasty-play-tiger#overview
  17. ↑ https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/tonight-donny-stixx#overview
  18. ↑ http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/jonny-the-baptists-92495
  19. ↑ https://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/octagon
  20. ↑ "Olivier Awards 2015: full list of winners". The Daily Telegraph (London). 2015-04-12.
  21. ↑ https://www.edfringe.com/media/award-winners#StageAward
  22. ↑ http://exeuntmagazine.com/2012/02/the-2012-off-west-end-awards/
  23. ↑ http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/london-evening-standard-theatre-awards-longlist-revealed-6359103.html
  24. ↑ http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/153
  25. ↑ https://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/87
  26. ↑ http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2012/01/finborough-and-landor-lead-offies-nominations/

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