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The Restoration of Nell Gwyn

Co-producers: Ensemble and York Theatre Royal

In association with Park Theatre

About ENSEMBLE

Ensemble was formed in 2001 by Elizabeth Mansfield and Steve Trafford to work collaboratively with other artists in creating and touring new theatre work exploring the relationship between music, text and song, alongside educational programmes for young people.

The company has produced seven original theatre, music pieces, all of which have toured extensively in the UK, and some in the USA: Portraits in Song - Edith Piaf and Bertolt Brecht; The Greatest Drummer in the World; The Uninvited – Songs and Stories of Exile; Clara’s Gift (based on Robert Schumann’s song cycle ‘Frauenliebe und Leben’); Ludwig’s Ghost (with the Peabody Trio, Baltimore USA) featuring Goethe’s ‘West-Östlicher Divan’ and Beethoven’s E flat and ‘Ghost’ piano trios.

Ensemble enjoys a special relationship with York Theatre Royal who supported and co-produced with us: A Cloud in Trousers by Steve Trafford, about the Russian Futurist poet Vladimir Myakovsky; Ay Carmela by Jose Sanchis Sinisterra, translated by Steve Trafford; Souvenir d’Anne Frank, devised by Elizabeth Mansfield, to the music of Colin Decio’s ‘ Het Achterhuis’ piano trio. Also, a revival of Marie by Steve Trafford, which had previously enjoyed two runs at the Fortune Theatre, London.

Ensemble has also produced in association with Theatre by the Lake Keswick, the Drill Hall London, Z-arts Manchester and Leeds Lieder. Ensemble’s work has been supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and by Spelthorne Borough Council.

We have taken workshops accompanying several productions into schools, and also, alongside Souvenir d’Anne Frank, worked with Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST) in Manchester to create an exhibition to accompany the show on tour. The Uninvited – Songs and Stories of Exile was performed in Bronzefield Prison to launch a workshop programme with women prisoners encouraging them to tell their own stories. The workshops culminated in a show, written and performed by the prisoners themselves.

Ensemble is Registered Charity 1134292, and the company’s Patron is Josette Bushell-Mingo.

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