Supporting Wall

Supporting Wall is an award-winning London-based theatre and general arts production, promotion and management company, founded in 2008 by producers Ben Monks and Will Young. The company's own productions have primarily focused on new writing and contemporary theatre, while management and publicity work has included projects across theatre, comedy, film, live music and dance.[1]

This article is about the theatre company. For the structure in construction, see Load-bearing wall.

Productions

Supporting Wall's original productions include:

ProductionWriterDirectorVenueYear
Blue HeavenTennessee WilliamsAbigail GrahamFinborough Theatre, London[2]2009
Big Breath InOscar Wood & CompanyMatthew EvansTour, London & South East2009
Three Shit Hot ShortsDean StalhamSam Miller, Emily Lim, Pam BrightonCamden Fringe2009
MoonfleecePhilip RidleyDavid MercataliLondon & UK Tour2010
Election DramaVariousVariousNew Players Theatre2010
The Jewish Wife (JMK Award Winner[3])Bertolt BrechtMatthew EvansBattersea Arts Centre2010
Tender NapalmPhilip RidleyDavid MercataliSouthwark Playhouse[4]2011
YellowDaniel SaleebDaniel SaleebTete a Tete Festival / Riverside Studios2011
Shallow SlumberChris LeeMary NighySoho Theatre[5]2012
Tender NapalmPhilip RidleyDavid MercataliUK Tour[6]2012
Dark Vanilla Jungle (Fringe First Award winner[7])Philip RidleyDavid MercataliSoho Theatre, London; Royal Exchange, Manchester and Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival2013
Our AjaxTimberlake WertenbakerDavid MercataliSouthwark Playhouse[8]2013
Jonny & the Baptists: The Stop UKIP TourJonny Donahoe & Paddy GerversThe companyUK Tour / Soho Theatre [9]2014
Dark Vanilla JunglePhilip RidleyDavid MercataliUK Tour & Soho Theatre [10]2014
Jonny & the Baptists: The Satiric VersesJonny Donahoe & Paddy GerversThe companyThe Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival [11]2014
Bull (Olivier Award Winner[12])Mike BartlettClare LizzimoreYoung Vic Theatre [13]2015
Radiant VerminPhilip RidleyDavid MercataliTobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol / Soho Theatre, London [14]2015
Jonny & the Baptists Rock The VoteJonny Donahoe & Paddy GerversThe companyUK Tour & Soho Theatre [15]2015
You Look Tasty (A Play By A Tiger)Stewart PringleDavid MercataliThe Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival [16]2015
Tonight with Donny StixxPhilip RidleyDavid MercataliPleasance, Edinburgh Festival [17]2015
Jonny & the Baptists: The End Is NighJonny Donahoe & Paddy GerversThe companyPaines Plough Roundabout Theatre (Southbank Centre / Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival) [18]2015
OctagonKristiana ColonNadia LatifArcola Theatre, London [19]2015

Awards and nominations

Supporting Wall's productions have won or been nominated for various awards, including for Bull the 2015 Olivier Award for Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre;[20] for Dark Vanilla Jungle a Fringe First Award[7] and a nomination for lead actress Gemma Whelan for the Stage Award for Best Solo Performance;[21] for Tender Napalm, winning the OffWestEnd.Com Award for Best Actress for Vinette Robinson[22] and a nomination for the Evening Standard Outstanding Newcomer Award for director David Mercatali;[23] for Shallow Slumber, nominations for the OffWestEnd.Com Best Actress Award for both Amy Cudden and Alexandra Gilbreath, as well as for Best New Play at the same awards;[24] and for The Jewish Wife, winning the JMK director's award for Matthew Evans.[3]

For Supporting Wall Ben Monks and Will Young were jointly nominated for the OffWestEnd.Com Best Producer Award twice consecutively in 2011[25] & 2012.[26]

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References
  1. "supporting wall". supporting wall. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  2. http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/transition-archive/2009/blueheaven.php
  3. http://www.jmktrust.org/alumni/winner-2010/
  4. http://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/archives/tender-napalm/
  5. http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/shallow-slumber/
  6. http://www.tendernapalm.co.uk/
  7. http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/news/08-2013/latest-fringe-firsts-include-waller-bridges-fleaba_31666.html
  8. http://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/the-large/our-ajax/
  9. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/mar/28/this-weeks-new-live-comedy
  10. http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/theatre-comedy-dance/philip-ridley-on-the-return-of-dark-vanilla-jungle-1-3316034
  11. http://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/jonny-the-baptists-the-satiric-verses/
  12. "Olivier Awards success for Angela Lansbury and Sunny Afternoon". BBC News. 2015-04-13.
  13. http://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/bull
  14. http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/radiant-vermin
  15. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/apr/27/jonny-and-the-baptists-rock-the-vote-review-comedy-songs
  16. https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/you-look-tasty-play-tiger#overview
  17. https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/tonight-donny-stixx#overview
  18. http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/jonny-the-baptists-92495
  19. https://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/octagon
  20. "Olivier Awards 2015: full list of winners". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2015-04-12.
  21. https://www.edfringe.com/media/award-winners#StageAward
  22. http://exeuntmagazine.com/2012/02/the-2012-off-west-end-awards/
  23. https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/london-evening-standard-theatre-awards-longlist-revealed-6359103.html
  24. http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/153
  25. https://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/87
  26. http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2012/01/finborough-and-landor-lead-offies-nominations/


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