Performance Dates:
Thursday 9th Nov.
IMAGO created and presented by Guillaume 'Willem' Brugman
Cabaret Spectacular hosted by Matt McFarlane
Friday 10th Nov.
Nomadic Love created and presented Catherine Hassal
A Little Bird (after The Caretaker) (dir. Niz Jabour)
Saturday 11th Nov.
Straight Out coached by Niz Jabour
Krapp's Last Tape (Beckett) featuring Wayne Van Keren (dir. Dean Winter)
Pre-performance press: A Little Bird: The Newcastle Herald, Thursday 2nd November, 2006:
Remake of Classic Sure to Stir by Ken Longworth
“Fans of the Harold Pinter classic, The Caretaker can expect to have a divided reaction to director Niz Jabour's treatment of it in the forthcoming Newcastle Theatre Fest 2006.”
“Jabour and his three actors have streamlined the work... and given it a new name, A Little Bird.”
“They have changed the setting from post-World War II London to present-day Newcastle. And, probably the most contentious change, the 70-year-old vagrant is being played by a twentyish woman.”
“Niz... makes no apologies for putting together a (festival) program that offers shows which are very different from drawing room comedies and whodunnits”
“(A Little Bird) could be about a displaced person anywhere in the world”