Up In Arms co-artistic director Barney Norris launches his first pamphlet of poems, FALLING, with a reading at the studio of the St James Theatre on May 23rd at 5pm. A lyrical study of attentiveness and memory, FALLING collects eight … Continue reading
This week, Barney Norris has been working with playwright Jake Brunger and actors Letty Butler, Victoria Gee and Naomi Petersen to develop Jake’s short play, SCHNAPPS, into a full-length script. First written for Waifs and Strays theatre company as a … Continue reading
The Up in Arms’ education workpack for Fear of Music, Barney Norris’s play set in 1980s Andover, is designed to give you insight into the background to the play and the ‘page to stage’ process. Continue reading
With a little help from our friends at Out of Joint, we’ve assembled a Spotify playlist of the music featured in Fear of Music. Talking Heads, Stone Roses, Erasure, The Jam and Kim Wilde among others. Enjoy!
Barney Norris on rewrites, the army, and the strange fame of Andover. In 2008 I was in a play called Through the Leaves by the German writer Franz Xaver Kroetz, in a production directed by Alice Hamilton, the director of … Continue reading
We are delighted to announce the completed company for FEAR OF MUSIC. Hasan Dixon and Jack Finch will play Luke and Andy, the two brothers who try to find their place in the world through the play. Hasan worked on … Continue reading
We’re delighted to announce that our production of FEAR OF MUSIC by Barney Norris will be supported by Arts Council England. This is a first for Up In Arms, and feels like a tremendous validation of what we do. At a … Continue reading
A few snaps from our visit to Andover, the setting of FEAR OF MUSIC, this weekend to attend the remembrance day service and present a reading of the play at our venue in Penton Mewsey.
Barney Norris’ new play in development PILLARS OF ENGLAND had its first public reading at the Southampton Nuffield Theatre on October 31st, following a workshop led by Patrick Sandford. Ashleigh Wheeler returned from the initial workshop at Salisbury Playhouse in … Continue reading
In February this year, Up In Arms presented Barney Norris’ play FEAR OF MUSIC (then titled MISSING) for a month’s run at the Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden. We had a wonderful run there – hundreds of people saw the … Continue reading
Congratulations to Joe Ledbury, who is one of three writers to win the Bristol Tobacco Factory’s ScriptSpace competition with his play MEAT. We workshopped MEAT with Joe back in the summer, and are delighted to hear of his success.
Artistic Directors Alice Hamilton and Barney Norris will both be directing new work in the next month. Barney will direct SCHNAPPS by Jake Brunger as part of a set of writer’s responses to CHAVS: THE DEMONISATION OF THE WORKING CLASS … Continue reading
Barney Norris will continue developing his new play PILLARS OF ENGLAND with a workshop led by Nuffield Theatre artistic director Patrick Sandford in October. The play, which was kick-started with a workshop this summer at Salisbury Playhouse, will be read … Continue reading
We’re delighted to announce that Max Stafford-Clark will be joining us during our workshop week at Salisbury Playhouse to support the development of this new project. Max founded Joint Stock Theatre Group in 1974 following his Artistic Directorship of the … Continue reading
Up In Arms held a workshop at Salisbury Playhouse in the week of July 16th 2012 to begin making a new play about growing up in Salisbury. Continue reading
FLUSHED by Ella Evans / MEAT by Joe Ledbury
Two new writers developed by Up In Arms
Sunday, June 24th at 5pm, Out of Joint Rehearsal Room, London Continue reading
We’re delighted to announce that John Adams, the founding artistic director of Paines Plough and former artistic director of the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, Birmingham Rep and the Basingstoke Haymarket will be working with us on WINTERREISE this week. John’s work … Continue reading
