COUNT OEDERLAND by Max Frisch
Cerberus Theatre presents COUNT OEDERLAND
Directed by Chistopher Loscher
The Arcola Theatre, London
10th January - 21st January 2012
The White Bear Theatre, London
1th - 19st November 2011
Barra Collins is appearing as Mario / The Gendarme / Herr Direktor in Cerberus Theatre's production of Count Oederland.
A private act of revolt becomes an infectious underground movement. A Swiss bank clerk commits the seemingly senseless murder of a colleague. The public prosecutor assigned to the case finds he understands the murderer better than himself. Thousands join in and ‘take to the axe’ as those in power struggle to understand and contain the violence.
It is a movement without politics and without demands - a movement for freedom, but from what and at what cost?
Max Frisch is Switzerland’s best-known and most controversial author and dramatist, most famous for plays such as The Fire Raisers and Andorra.
AWARDS
Count Oederland has been nominated for 3 OFF WEST END AWARDS (OFFWESTEND.COM). Barra Collins for Best Male Perfromance, Eyelyn Adams for Best Female Performance and Philippa Herrick for Best Sound Design.
REVIEWS
"The cast of 11, playing twice that number of charcters, work vigorously...Barra Collins has great fun with the extremely bizazarre Clairvoyant."
THE TIMES by Jeremy Kingston
"Christopher Loscher's production… drives the action forwards, and gets sparky performances from Evelyn Adams as a series of dream-females and Barra Collins as an eccentric clairvoyant."
THE GUARDIAN by Michael Billington
"Performances are strong and engaging across the board, including Simon Norbury as a smiling, axe-wielding Prosecutor; Evelyn Adams as a character half-servant, half-wraith; Barra Collins as a ludicrously entertaining clairvoyant with a golden gun belt buckle; and Nesba Crenshaw as a fascistic Minister of the Interior who sounding suspiciously like the Iron Lady. This is a quality presentation of a play that deserves our attention. It sets us up nicely for 2012, a year during which street violence and government crackdowns seem unlikely to go away."
THE LONDONIST by Tom Bolton
"Christopher Loscher’s production is staged on designer Mike Lee’s dazzling white ramped diamond backed by a montage of mug shots that could be electioneering politicians or wanted criminal posters. It is fluid and fast moving, its scenes punctuated by the ominously echoing drumbeats of Philippa Herricks sound composition. The wildly different styles of the playing, as actors double several parts, reflects the play’s structure. It ranges from Barra Collins’s extravagantly gesticulating clairvoyant to the baffled ordinariness of Christopher Birk’s murderer, Nesba Crenshaw’s champagne-fuelled Minister of the Interior to David Meyer’s grumpy woodcutter."
THE BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE by Howard Loxton
"Natasha Alderslade’s Elsa was impressively rounded, as was Christopher Birks’ murderer with other notable performances by David Meyer, Katerina Stearman and Barra Collins."
PLAYSTOSEE.COM by Mary Norfolk
“While political theatre continues to fill our stages, it is refreshing and disturbing in equal measures to see a play that sets forth a figure who is naked of any ideological trappings. Cerberus have produced a strange, disquieting theatrical experience and one that is not easily brushed aside.”
EXEUNT MAGAZINE by Catherine Love
BARRA FEATURES IN LECOOL LONDON'S COUNT OEDERLAND PREVIEW
"Its run south of the river got critics very excited, with the Guardian giving it a whopping four stars, commenting on Barra Collins' sparky performance as Mario in particular. Having seen him playing Phileas Fogg last week at the Brockley Jack Theatre, this actor is surely destined for bigger boards."
READ PREVIEW IN FULL HERE HERE
Cerberus Theatre presents COUNT OEDERLAND
Directed by Chistopher Loscher
The Arcola Theatre, London
10th January - 21st January 2012
The White Bear Theatre, London
1th - 19st November 2011
Barra Collins is appearing as Mario / The Gendarme / Herr Direktor in Cerberus Theatre's production of Count Oederland.
A private act of revolt becomes an infectious underground movement. A Swiss bank clerk commits the seemingly senseless murder of a colleague. The public prosecutor assigned to the case finds he understands the murderer better than himself. Thousands join in and ‘take to the axe’ as those in power struggle to understand and contain the violence.
It is a movement without politics and without demands - a movement for freedom, but from what and at what cost?
Max Frisch is Switzerland’s best-known and most controversial author and dramatist, most famous for plays such as The Fire Raisers and Andorra.
AWARDS
Directed by Chistopher Loscher
The Arcola Theatre, London
10th January - 21st January 2012
The White Bear Theatre, London
1th - 19st November 2011
Barra Collins is appearing as Mario / The Gendarme / Herr Direktor in Cerberus Theatre's production of Count Oederland.
It is a movement without politics and without demands - a movement for freedom, but from what and at what cost?
Max Frisch is Switzerland’s best-known and most controversial author and dramatist, most famous for plays such as The Fire Raisers and Andorra.
AWARDS
Count Oederland has been nominated for 3 OFF WEST END AWARDS (OFFWESTEND.COM). Barra Collins for Best Male Perfromance, Eyelyn Adams for Best Female Performance and Philippa Herrick for Best Sound Design.
REVIEWS
"The cast of 11, playing twice that number of charcters, work vigorously...Barra Collins has great fun with the extremely bizazarre Clairvoyant."
THE TIMES by Jeremy Kingston
"Christopher Loscher's production… drives the action forwards, and gets sparky performances from Evelyn Adams as a series of dream-females and Barra Collins as an eccentric clairvoyant."
THE GUARDIAN by Michael Billington
"Performances are strong and engaging across the board, including Simon Norbury as a smiling, axe-wielding Prosecutor; Evelyn Adams as a character half-servant, half-wraith; Barra Collins as a ludicrously entertaining clairvoyant with a golden gun belt buckle; and Nesba Crenshaw as a fascistic Minister of the Interior who sounding suspiciously like the Iron Lady. This is a quality presentation of a play that deserves our attention. It sets us up nicely for 2012, a year during which street violence and government crackdowns seem unlikely to go away."
THE LONDONIST by Tom Bolton
"Christopher Loscher’s production is staged on designer Mike Lee’s dazzling white ramped diamond backed by a montage of mug shots that could be electioneering politicians or wanted criminal posters. It is fluid and fast moving, its scenes punctuated by the ominously echoing drumbeats of Philippa Herricks sound composition. The wildly different styles of the playing, as actors double several parts, reflects the play’s structure. It ranges from Barra Collins’s extravagantly gesticulating clairvoyant to the baffled ordinariness of Christopher Birk’s murderer, Nesba Crenshaw’s champagne-fuelled Minister of the Interior to David Meyer’s grumpy woodcutter."
THE BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE by Howard Loxton
"Natasha Alderslade’s Elsa was impressively rounded, as was Christopher Birks’ murderer with other notable performances by David Meyer, Katerina Stearman and Barra Collins."
PLAYSTOSEE.COM by Mary Norfolk
“While political theatre continues to fill our stages, it is refreshing and disturbing in equal measures to see a play that sets forth a figure who is naked of any ideological trappings. Cerberus have produced a strange, disquieting theatrical experience and one that is not easily brushed aside.”
EXEUNT MAGAZINE by Catherine Love
BARRA FEATURES IN LECOOL LONDON'S COUNT OEDERLAND PREVIEW
"Its run south of the river got critics very excited, with the Guardian giving it a whopping four stars, commenting on Barra Collins' sparky performance as Mario in particular. Having seen him playing Phileas Fogg last week at the Brockley Jack Theatre, this actor is surely destined for bigger boards."
READ PREVIEW IN FULL HERE HERE
REVIEWS
"The cast of 11, playing twice that number of charcters, work vigorously...Barra Collins has great fun with the extremely bizazarre Clairvoyant."
THE TIMES by Jeremy Kingston
"Christopher Loscher's production… drives the action forwards, and gets sparky performances from Evelyn Adams as a series of dream-females and Barra Collins as an eccentric clairvoyant."
THE GUARDIAN by Michael Billington
"Performances are strong and engaging across the board, including Simon Norbury as a smiling, axe-wielding Prosecutor; Evelyn Adams as a character half-servant, half-wraith; Barra Collins as a ludicrously entertaining clairvoyant with a golden gun belt buckle; and Nesba Crenshaw as a fascistic Minister of the Interior who sounding suspiciously like the Iron Lady. This is a quality presentation of a play that deserves our attention. It sets us up nicely for 2012, a year during which street violence and government crackdowns seem unlikely to go away."
THE LONDONIST by Tom Bolton
"Christopher Loscher’s production is staged on designer Mike Lee’s dazzling white ramped diamond backed by a montage of mug shots that could be electioneering politicians or wanted criminal posters. It is fluid and fast moving, its scenes punctuated by the ominously echoing drumbeats of Philippa Herricks sound composition. The wildly different styles of the playing, as actors double several parts, reflects the play’s structure. It ranges from Barra Collins’s extravagantly gesticulating clairvoyant to the baffled ordinariness of Christopher Birk’s murderer, Nesba Crenshaw’s champagne-fuelled Minister of the Interior to David Meyer’s grumpy woodcutter."
THE BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE by Howard Loxton
"Natasha Alderslade’s Elsa was impressively rounded, as was Christopher Birks’ murderer with other notable performances by David Meyer, Katerina Stearman and Barra Collins."
PLAYSTOSEE.COM by Mary Norfolk
“While political theatre continues to fill our stages, it is refreshing and disturbing in equal measures to see a play that sets forth a figure who is naked of any ideological trappings. Cerberus have produced a strange, disquieting theatrical experience and one that is not easily brushed aside.”
EXEUNT MAGAZINE by Catherine Love
BARRA FEATURES IN LECOOL LONDON'S COUNT OEDERLAND PREVIEW
"Its run south of the river got critics very excited, with the Guardian giving it a whopping four stars, commenting on Barra Collins' sparky performance as Mario in particular. Having seen him playing Phileas Fogg last week at the Brockley Jack Theatre, this actor is surely destined for bigger boards."
READ PREVIEW IN FULL HERE HERE
THE TIMES by Jeremy Kingston
"Christopher Loscher's production… drives the action forwards, and gets sparky performances from Evelyn Adams as a series of dream-females and Barra Collins as an eccentric clairvoyant."
THE GUARDIAN by Michael Billington
"Performances are strong and engaging across the board, including Simon Norbury as a smiling, axe-wielding Prosecutor; Evelyn Adams as a character half-servant, half-wraith; Barra Collins as a ludicrously entertaining clairvoyant with a golden gun belt buckle; and Nesba Crenshaw as a fascistic Minister of the Interior who sounding suspiciously like the Iron Lady. This is a quality presentation of a play that deserves our attention. It sets us up nicely for 2012, a year during which street violence and government crackdowns seem unlikely to go away."
THE LONDONIST by Tom Bolton
"Christopher Loscher’s production is staged on designer Mike Lee’s dazzling white ramped diamond backed by a montage of mug shots that could be electioneering politicians or wanted criminal posters. It is fluid and fast moving, its scenes punctuated by the ominously echoing drumbeats of Philippa Herricks sound composition. The wildly different styles of the playing, as actors double several parts, reflects the play’s structure. It ranges from Barra Collins’s extravagantly gesticulating clairvoyant to the baffled ordinariness of Christopher Birk’s murderer, Nesba Crenshaw’s champagne-fuelled Minister of the Interior to David Meyer’s grumpy woodcutter."
THE BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE by Howard Loxton
"Natasha Alderslade’s Elsa was impressively rounded, as was Christopher Birks’ murderer with other notable performances by David Meyer, Katerina Stearman and Barra Collins."
PLAYSTOSEE.COM by Mary Norfolk
“While political theatre continues to fill our stages, it is refreshing and disturbing in equal measures to see a play that sets forth a figure who is naked of any ideological trappings. Cerberus have produced a strange, disquieting theatrical experience and one that is not easily brushed aside.”
EXEUNT MAGAZINE by Catherine Love