Rose Collis

Events

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‘TROUSER-WEARING CHARACTERS’ AT FREEDOM TO BE FESTIVAL, COLLIERS WOOD, JUNE 1

Acclaimed writer and performer Rose Collis unbuttons her Trouser-Wearing Characters, in what is possibly the first original, one-woman cabaret-style musical show ever performed by a British author.

This original entertainment, written and performed by one of Brighton’s favourite personalities, is a unique mixture of music, history and comedy. It combines stories, vignettes and songs (evergreens and originals) about some of her favourite, eclectic ‘trouser-wearing characters’, from Nancy Spain to Colonel Barker, Dougie Byng to the ‘f**king lady’ herself, Coral Browne, with cameo ‘appearances’ by the likes of Noel Coward, Marlene Dietrich and Vincent Price.

FIVE STARS, OUTSTANDING SHOW, BRIGHTON FRINGE 2012

‘Rose Collis has the air of someone moving to the next level: all the elements of her previous experience researching, writing and performing unite during this show in a natural and self-assured way. As an author of several books, this show is crammed full of facts and unexpected connections. It’s more than just a lecture, however: in a theatrical exploration of colourful characters who defied expectations in order to reinvent themselves, she also sings and presents the material with enough theatricality to bring her subjects to life. Lucy Nordberg, Fringe Review

‘Collis has excelled in creating something that has moved beyond any general label. Although the show has a distinctly queer theme, the way in which Collis skilfully illuminates the lives of her trouser-wearing characters means that they each shine simply as interesting and outstanding human beings irrespective of any gender judgements – which was arguably what each of them was trying to achieve in life anyway. Trouser-Wearing Characters is a highly-entertaining and personal piece of cabaret theatre that will be appreciated by a broad audience.’ Theatre Review New Zealand

‘It’s a pleasure to spend an hour with Rose Collis and her tales of masculine women and feminine men, a look at the gay British sub culture of the last century’. Ewert Shaw, The Advertiser (Adelaide)

‘Collis is interesting, entertaining and delightfully comical. Can an historian ever be entertaining? When the historian is Rose Collis and the subject is delightfully decadent and debauched, the answer is a big ‘over the top’ YES!’ Brian Godfrey, Adelaide Theatre Guide

SATURDAY 1 JUNE 7.30pm, £5 pay on entry

ST JOSEPH’S HALL, 63 High St, Colliers Wood, London SW19
Nearest tube: COLLIERS WOOD /SOUTHBOUND NORTHERN LINE

Rose Collis: ‘On The Town’

rose — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:13 +0000

Following her hugely successful ‘Up Your Street‘ Supper Club events at The Swan in 2011, writer, historian and performer Rose Collis launches a new season of thematic events, focusing on Science, Literature , Politics, Art, Royalty, Cinema and Theatre in Kemp Town and its environs.

TUES SEPTEMBER 25: Places, please! From music-hall to musicals, Rose Collis conducts you on a backstage tour of the lives of some of the area’s best-loved stage personalities: Lord Olivier, John Clements and Kay Hammond, Max Miller, Jack Tripp and Flora Robson.

Booking essential. Doors 6:30pm, supper from 7pm, talk begins 8:30ish. Tickets £20 inc. talk and three-course supper. 10% discount for Kemptown Society members. Special deal: book all seven evenings for the price of six. The Swan, 9 Rock St, Brighton BN2 1NF, 01273 606138.

Rose Collis: ‘On The Town’

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TUES JULY 24: Break out the popcorn, as Rose Collis settles down in the balcony for a close-up (Mr De Mille) of the Kemp Town area’s silver screen history, including Herbert Wilcox and Anna Neagle, Tom Bell, Frank Finlay, David Watkin, Elsie Cohen, the Carry Ons and the area’s ‘lost’ cinemas.

Rose Collis: ‘On The Town’

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TUES JUNE 26 :Rose Collis dusts off her bunting and waves a flag at the Kemp Town area’s many royal connections, including Queen Victoria, the Earl of Bristol, Queen Adelaide, King Edward VII, Princess Diana and, of course, Queen Elizabeth II.

Rose Collis: ‘On The Town’

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TUES MAY 22: As England’s biggest arts festival commences, with its ever-popular ‘Open Houses’, Rose Collis unveils portraits of some of the area’s visual artists, including Angus McBean, Ronald Searle, D’Oyly John, Walter Sickert and Aubrey Beardsley.

Rose Collis: ‘On The Town’

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Rose Collis; ‘On The Town’

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TUES APRIL 24: Join Rose Collis on the stump, as she delves into the ballot box and announces the political winners and losers in the Kemp Town constituency, including George Canning, David James, Dennis Hobden and Lord Lewis Cohen.

Rose Collis: ‘On The Town’

rose — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:33:41 +0000

TUESDAY MARCH 27: As ‘City Reads’ returns, Rose Collis takes a leaf or two out of the pages of Kemp Town’s rich literary history, including Lewis Carroll, Martin Amis, Charles Dickens, Kay Dick, Kathleen Farrell, George Augustus Sala and Harrison Ainsworth.

Rose Collis: On The Town

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TUESDAY FEB 28: To coincide with the Brighton Science Festival, Rose lights up the Bunsen burner and peers down a microscope at some of the Kemp Town area’s great inventors and inventions, including Magnus Volk and his railways; the Chain Pier; Gideon Mantell and William Constable.

‘Trouser Wearing Characters’ (work-in-progress)

rose — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:29:22 +0000

Come and see a sneaky peek at what will be one of the Fringe Festival’s most talked about show. Followed by a feedback session.

Acclaimed writer and performer Rose Collis unveils her first one-woman (plus banjoleles) cabaret-style show. This original entertainment — devised and performed by one of Brighton’s favourite personalities — is a unique mixture of music, history and comedy, featuring stories and songs about some of her favourite eclectic ‘trouser-wearing characters’, from Nancy Spain to Colonel Barker and the ‘f**king lady’ herself, Coral Browne.

Thursday Feb 23, 8pm. Entry by donation.

The Marlborough Theatre, 4 Princes Street, Brighton Tel: 01273 570028