Nude with Violin
Following the success of our 2009 production of Noel Coward's I'll Leave It to You, (click here for Benedict Nightingale's review in The Times) we are proud to announce that our next production will be another rarely performed play by Coward: Nude with Violin: Upstairs at the Gatehouse, 9th-28th July 2013.
Nude with Violin is a light comedy from 1956, which shows Coward's sharp satirical eye for "modern" art, and the price placed on the work of certain painters in the artistic marketplace. Its first London production ran for over a year, with three different leading men, John Gielgud, Robert Helpmann and Michael Wilding.
The Social Climber
Our 2011 production was a new translation of Molière's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme. Paddy Gormley's adaptation, The Social Climber, makes this rarely performed (outside France) play accessible to 21st Century English-speaking audiences for the first time.
The playscript is published by Logos, and copies are available via this website. Click here for further information.
Logos founder Kenneth
McClellan as Firs in The
Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov.
Charitable Status
Logos Theatre Company is a registered
charity (number 1117553) and company limited by guarantee. Click here to verify our charitable status on the Open Charities website.
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New Patron:
Ranjit Bolt, OBE
We are delighted to announce that Ranjit Bolt, playwright, translator, composer of fairytales, and much else besides, has agreed to be Logos' Patron.
Former Patron:
Sir John Gielgud
Ranjit Bolt is our first patron since the death of Sir John Gielgud. Click below for a facsimile of Sir John's acceptance letter of 1990.
Archive
We are currently compiling an archive of programmes and fliers
from the early productions by our founder Kenneth McClellan. We
would be delighted to hear from you if you have any memories
to share: info@logostheatre.co.uk. Click on the image below for a facsimile of the company's original brochure (1989).
Norma Dixit writes about the foundation of Logos: "There were four of us, Ken, myself, Deirdre Barber and Arthur Kincaid. Arthur and I were in the inaugural production of Androcles and the Lion with Ken directing and Deirdre doing the costumes."
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