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Playhouse 2020

is born of the passion of actor/director/producer Henry Graham Murray to explore the newly creative art form world of Zoom theatre and film; to innovate and have fun with like minded enthusiasts of the performing arts. He is joined by playwright / actor / producer Stephen Olson in this mission to create, entertain and astonish. Here is a selection of some of our projects.

 

Scenes from Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen with Devorah Williams Nelson as Hedda Gabler & Henry Graham Murray as Judge Brack

Our most recent project is Scenes from Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen with Devorah Williams Nelson as Hedda Gabler & Henry Graham Murray as Judge Brack


One of our favorite projects has been five live streamed performances of Hamlet Now, Thy Name Is Woman.

We used a one hour condensed script of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Hamlet, Horatio and Polonius were played by women as women. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were play by a male/female couple. The 5 live performances were as a stage run with a preview and a Saturday matinee. The cast had the immense and intense pleasure of exploring their characters through the progress of the run with all the glitches and technical hitches that “live” is heir to (click for cast list). I suggest the 3rd performance as being the most complete, however you may find it fun to explore the different ways in which each of the performances played out.

Here are recordings of the live streams.

 

And whilst we are on the subject of Shakespeare. . .

Henry appeared as John of Gaunt in this live streamed production of Richard II by the 60 Hour Shakespeare Company produced out of England with an international cast of actors. Henry’s principal scenes at 42mins and 51mins into the video.

Public Deaths by Rex McGregor followed by cast and crew talkback

A short play inspired by Noel Coward’s ‘Private Lives’ with Maria Wolf as Manda and Henry as Elli. Henry also did the fancy editing. Directed by Shon Wilson.

 

Here are five short plays by Stephen Olson directed by Henry - Zoom Out, Come Back Wayne, The Booth, Blanket City & The Choice with more coming soon.