IMMACULATE by Oliver Lansley

Quay Arts March 2nd and 3rd 8pm doors/bar open from 7pm

£7 (students £5)

Directed by Eve Cardew & Helen Reading

With Imogen Evans, Hebe Gregory, Sam Robertson, Bill Holland, Lewis Wheeler & Ben Curtis

You're young, free and single and haven't had sex for the last eleven and a half months, then one morning you wake up pregnant and to make matters worse the Angel Gabriel is on your doorstep claiming parentage!

Hilarious, rude, irreverent and unique.


Contains strong language throughout – advised 16+

Coming soon ..... RedTIE 2011 @ Quay Arts

Iron by Rona Munro

January 19th & 20th 8pm

£7 (£5 students) Box office: 822490

Faye is coming to terms with the arrival of her daughter whom she has not seen since she was imprisoned for a horrific murder. Her daughter, Josie, has no memory of the first 11 years of her life. Faye helps her recollect her past and her relationship with her father - a lovely man who pushed things too far, with fatal consequences.

Directed by Helen Reading

Starring Fiona Gwinnett and Marie Hickman.

Coming soon - Mother Courage

Feedback from The Goat

STAGE REVIEW: ARE there no limits to the talents of Helen Reading and her innovative RedTIE Theatre company? Having walked off with an armful of awards at the last County Press theatre awards for her work on and off stage with RedTIE, Helen last week directed one of the most powerful pieces of drama ever staged on the Island.The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, by Edward Albee, is an explosive black comedy about a long-married couple whose lives fall apart when the husband falls in love... with a goat called Sylvia.Like a rollercoaster, the play grips you and shakes you to the core. You stumble out of the theatre afterwards, your mind racing with broken taboos, existential questions and profound revelations about life, love and the universe.The script is crammed with hard-hitting one-liners: "Nothing means anything." "Things happen." "I don't know if there are any rules..." "Kill her? I think I might as well."The performances, by Terrie Burland (Stevie), Phil Burland (Martin), Steve Reading begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting (as family friend, Ross) and Ben Curtis (the couple’s son, Billy) were exceptional — courageous, polished, breath-taking. As good as it gets.This was certainly not entertainment for the faint-hearted. Plates were smashed by the dozen, profanities came thick and fast.RedTIE theatre is known for tackling daunting plays about pithy issues — murder and forgiveness, domestic abuse, learning difficulties, to name a few. But after The Goat, are there any taboos left to challenge?

Hi Helen.
Just a line to say how much we enjoyed this production. As you said, it's a well written play that treads in areas that are difficult to engage with at the best of times. I think the acting was really accomplished and delivered with a natural fluid pace. Personally, I don't particularly like to hear too much gratuitus bad language but it was entirely appropriate within this piece. We really appreciated the way that one was taken from real comedy to serious issues within the blink of an eye!It would obviously not be everyone's cup of tea (I noticed that John Hannam left at the interval) but it would have certainly demonstrated to those who missed it, how this kind of production should be accomplished. Congratulations to you and the cast.

On 26th March at Cowes Yacht Haven RedTIE theatre performed "What Are You Waiting For?" a piece devised and scripted by Rosie Rae and young people she has been working with. The piece highlighted the plight of children in situations where they rely on the intervention of adults to save them from harm or neglect, and aimed to encourage concerned adults to act, rather than wait for someone else to take charge.
This is the feedback from the event.


Dear Helen and all the Red Tie players!!

Where do I start to tell you how fabulous you all were on Friday. I wrote that piece as you know, on the back of the input from some locals teenagers who had been involved with services, then watched you rehearse is and so to be honest I thought I had become pretty hardened to the impact. How wrong could I be…. It was so beautifully performed and so very real that I was hugely moved by the acting and presentation – you were all awesome, some of the very subtle intonations and body language made such an impact and so WOW is all I can say!! Thank you!!

The feedback from the floor? Here are some examples;
Hugely moving, powerful.
Those Young people said all that needed to be said – amazing impact!
This brought it all home to me, I wont wait before acting
I could see children I have taught in school in those young actors
Thank you for reminding me what matters!
I have nothing left to say that could sum up what they said.

And more of the same… on every evaluation sheet!!


So please pass on out thanks to your brilliant talented group of actors, I know you are going to be flooded with requests at other events and we would absolutely love to work with you again (so save a space for me!!)
There is still the likelihood that we will look to turn our piece into a DVD so will be in touch.

Lets catch up soon as we agreed!
My huge thanks again
Rosie