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Cycling around central Paris last summer I whizzed past a large wall plastered with photos. Some sort of official document and passport style portraits. It was dark, I was hungry. The next day I went back. The wall was in … Continue reading
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A series of readings and performances of scenes from the plays of the New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. A commemoration to the life of one our friends and benefactors, John Retty, who died earlier in the year.
Marney Walker
One year, in the gap between Christmas and new years, I went to see Midnight Cowboy. Going to see a film is always a good antidote to festive indulgence. It was freezing outside. The heating didn’t seem to have been … Continue reading
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An intervention as part of ‘A Journey through U’ curated by Same Sky at Phoenix Gallery, Brighton. 20th Feb -28th March 2010. The corridor is visible through large, street facing windows along its length. Lit at night, it could be … Continue reading
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To Moscow To Moscow. The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. London (2009) Following the life of Chekhov, including his crusading trip to examine the dire living conditions of the inhabitants of the island of Sakhalin in 1890.
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176 gallery. London Futurist opera produced by The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor as part of Matt Stokes residency.
© 2009 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
© 2009 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
New Factory’s dynamic romp through the numerous trips to London made by the radical socialist thinker Alexandra Kollontai in the years before the Russian revolution. Written by Penny Dimond and presented as part of International Womens Day.
© 2008 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
This mundane Halifax on Frith St in London is on the site of the Moka, Soho’s first expresso bar. Opened with flamboyant style by film star Gina Lollobrigida in 1953 it was closed in a different manner by the novelist … Continue reading
Chronic City. Jonathan Lethem. Faber Faber 2010