The Last Cuckoo

We continue to be amazed by the number of readers hitting The Last Cuckoo e-script site – over 24,000 since the script was posted in October 2010.   To go to the script click HERE.  You can also DOWNLOAD copies of The Last Cuckoo and Julie’s Verity Bargate Award short-listed play PUNCH at BUSHGREEN

We are so overwhelmed by the success of the e-script that we are considering developing a book publication that would contain the full script along with an extended essay/interview with Julie Bokowiec that explores the circumstances that gave rise to the script, reveals her research, uncovers her inspirations, delves into the writing process, and unpicks the scripts’ complex ecology.

We are very pleased to announce that the script of The Last Cuckoo has been nominated for the 20th Meyer-Whitworth Award.  We are all crossing our fingers for success.  Julie is just thrilled to have a piece of work nominated.

Ground plan, set elevation/section (Charles Cusick Smith) and LX (Lighting Design) by Michael Lock (Opera North) are now on our TECHNICAL page.

Photography by Russ Thorne

Performances at The Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park (October 26th – Dress) Photography by Company

Plotting the lighting and sound – and the actors get to walk on the set for the first time in the technical rehearsal.

All roads lead to the Lawrence Batley Theatre – set, props, costumes – sound, lighting – all the creative team converge and we finally get the show in:

See more images from the Get-in on our Behind The Scenes page

Val Jarvin – an exclusive interview with Paul Copley

Myebook – The Last Cuckoo.

Read and download the script of The Last Cuckoo for FREE!  Yes, it’s absolutely FREE.

This is the script we took into rehearsal October 4th.

Paul Copley with singer songwriter Alan Rudkin rehearsing ‘Making Time’  the club/pub number in the show.  We’re all sat on the sidelines singing along to Alan’s incredibly catchy number…and loving Paul’s performance as his character Ethan Page re-lives the memory of that boozy night he got up on stage and belted out that soppy song!  Fantastic.

Here’s Alan singing a full studio version of ‘Making Time’ – enjoy…

Exciting day today.  Georgina Raffle (our costume maker) arrived at the rehearsal studio with the costumes for the first fitting.

There have been a string of really strange coinsidences around this show – today we discovered that Opera North is rehearsing The Gypsy Bible in the studio downstairs.  It’s like the north has invaded the People Show!  The Gypsy Bible is the next show into the LBT after The Last Cuckoo closes – wheird or what!  And, I absolutely recommend it – the music coming out of their rehearsal studio sounds amazing – great fun.