News
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in Click Clack Moo, Ensemble Activities, Fillet of Solo, General Thoughts, Neverwhere, Posts by Dorothy, Treasure Island, Wuthering Heights | No Comments »Welcome to new ensemble members, Hainsworth and Walsh! We are joyful and proud to announce our newest ensemble members: Chris Hainsworth and Christopher Walsh. You've seen them both a number of times at Lifeline (most recently Treasure Island and ...
Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry visit Neverwhere
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 Posted in Author Events, Neverwhere, Posts by Dorothy | No Comments »Neil Gaiman and his friend, actor/TV producer Lenny Henry (co-creator and producer of the Neverwhere BBC miniseries), came to see our production of Neverwhere on Sunday, June 13th. It was a top-secret, stealth situation. Their publicists told ...
Neverwhere adds four week extension!
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 Posted in Neverwhere | No Comments »To accommodate extraordinary ticket demand, Lifeline Theatre is thrilled to announce a four week extension of our world premiere adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere! We are adding Fri-Sun performances through our new closing date of July 18, 2010. To date, the ...
Updates
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 Posted in General Thoughts, Neverwhere, Outside Events, Posts by Dorothy, Staff | No Comments »Benefit 2010: The Floating Market It was crazy ambitious. We had just a few hours to install a Floating Market into the Preston Bradley Hall in the Chicago Cultural Center. And due to the masterminds on our team, ...
Process and Obsolescence
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 Posted in Neverwhere | No Comments »Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. This post is by Maren Robinson, our production dramaturg. Process and Obsolescence I wanted to expand on what Paul had ...
Previews
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 Posted in Neverwhere, Posts by Paul | No Comments »Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Previews We have been through three incredible previews thus far. Previews are full runs of the show with lights and sound ...
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 Posted in Neverwhere, Posts by Paul | No Comments »Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Oh, the Places You'll Go! Tonight begins the first time we rehearse on the nearly completed set, constructed in wood and ...
First Run Through: Fragile Things, Magic and Darkness
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 Posted in Neverwhere | No Comments »Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. This post is by Maren Robinson, our production dramaturg. First Run Through: Fragile Things, Magic and Darkness I was having ...
Down and Out in Earl’s Court
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 Posted in Neverwhere | No Comments »Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. This post is by Maren Robinson, our production dramaturg. Down and Out in Earl's Court The earl in Neverwhere is ...
First Weeks
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 Posted in Neverwhere, Posts by Paul | No Comments »Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. First Weeks We are now out of the theoretical and in practical research mode, testing staging theories on an approximation of ...