Vicki Weitz

For Frequency Theatre: ACTOR ~ DIRECTOR

Vicki has been working as a live artist since 2005. As part of Live Art Collective East (LACE), Vicki was a runner-up for The Olympic Artist Taking the Lead project. Encouraged by the Arts Council, LACE applied for and received funding to create eight live art projects in the region in the build up to the Olympics. Vicki was part of the research and development team for both bids and is now working on one of the eight projects: Three Step Endeavour, which celebrates the simple joy of temporarily leaving the ground beneath your feet.

As a solo artist, Vicki has created and performed live art pieces at a variety of places in the region, including Colchester, Cambridge, Luton, Ipswich and Chelmsford.

Vicki works as an actor with Father Hen Theatre Company, based in Colchester. Father Hen aims to approach text with a non-rational way, keeping the interpretation open, fluid and playful.

Vicki also works as a freelance practitioner at The Mercury Theatre in Colchester, running drama workshops for a variety of groups, ranging from toddlers and parents to the Over 50 group.

Vicki is also a Clown Doctor with Suffolk Artlink, working in local hospitals to help children deal with fear, anxiety and boredom.

www.liveartcollectiveeast.com

www.fatherhentheatre.co.uk

www.vickiweitz.co.uk

 

People Bethany Sharp, John Brindley, Sian Notley, Thomas Edwards, Tim Freeman, Vicki Weitz, Wendy Bailey

Finnegan’s Wake

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Written by John Brindley

Finnegan is dead. The wife, the former wife, and the business partner have all assembled to pay their last ‘respects’.

 

People Bethany Sharp, Emily Dixon, Judith Rae, Judy Upton, Matthew Vere, Ricardo Mussi, Vicki Weitz

Milk

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Written by Judy Upton

Milk is milk, right? And beef is beef… except when its horse, of course.

 

People Bea Svistunenko, Bethany Sharp, Nicholas Barton-Wines, Nicholas Freestone, Peregrin Maturin-Baird, Rex McGregor, Ricardo Mussi, Rich Chilver, Robert Crighton, Vicki Weitz

Contains Nudity

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Written by Rex McGregor

Bringing the concept of having an ‘active’ old age to a new level!

 

People Bethany Sharp, Christopher Kell, Peter Fogarty, Rich Chilver, Vicki Weitz

Identity Crisis

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Written by Christopher Kell

Pamela finds a lost handbag, and wishes she owned the life which went with it...

 

People Bethany Sharp, Chris Magee, Danny Solomon, Gabby Wong, Graham Watts, Natalie Songer, Rich Chilver, Richard Hornsby, Simon Kirk, Tim Freeman, Vicki Weitz

The Man Who Tended Dahlias

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Written by Graham Watts

Based on true stories from the conflict in Singapore during the Second World War.

 

People Bethany Sharp, David Kantounas, Rich Chilver, Simon Kirk, Thomas Edwards, Vicki Weitz

The Party

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Written by David Kantounas

This topical play draws inspiration from the developments in Cyprus over the weekend of 23rd-24th of March 2013.

 

People Bethany Sharp, David Norton, Graham Young, Jo Palmer-Tweed, Kim Bennett, Liz Mullen, Nicholas Barton-Wines, Paul T. Davies, Ricardo Mussi, Rich Chilver, Rosalyn Cayle, Scott Sophos, Thomas Edwards, Vicki Weitz

Playlets

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Written by Rosalyn Cayle and researched by David Norton

A pair of separate tiny plays, telling stories in the shortest time.

 

People Bethany Sharp, David Norton, Paul T. Davies, Phoebe Lambert, Rich Chilver, Vicki Weitz

Calling the Tune

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Written by Phoebe Lambert

A divorcee and a widow meet and tentatively spend more time together.

 

People Bethany Sharp, David Norton, Gari Jones, Megan Rogers, Nicholas Barton-Wines, Rich Chilver, Vicki Weitz

Two Thirds

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Written by Nicholas Barton-Wines, Gari Jones & Rich Chilver

A fractured relationship; we hear three different accounts.

 

People Bethany Sharp, Nicholas Barton-Wines, Tilly Hawkins, Vicki Weitz

What Ma Taught Me

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Written by Luke Hayes

Is it Pauline or Ma who is making the dinner? Is it Pauline or Ma who has walked through the door?