Yellow Leaf Theatre brings brand new drama right to your doorstep
“Yellow Leaf Theatre is becoming established as a producer of high quality, low tech small scale tours. Little wonder: the three founders – Vanessa Rosenthal, Chris Wilkinson and Alan Meadows, all in their sixties – have worked for decades as actors, writers, directors. They have an awesome combined C.V... If you want to benefit from years of theatrical experience, seek out Yellow Leaf.” (Ray Brown, writing in the British Theatre Guide)
If you want to hear more about Yellow Leaf Theatre, an article in the Times by Heather Nicholson entitled “The Rich Drama of our Later Years” describes the origin and some of the thinking behind the company.
For third party opinion on Yellow Leaf Theatre’s work see Comments from Others and Audience Response.
2012 Premiere
“Karen’s Way: A Kindertransport Life”, a play with music by Vanessa Rosenthal
Based on her autobiographies and poems, and using two actors – Vanessa Rosenthal and Lindesay Mace – and two musicians – David Riley (violin) and Marion Raper (piano) – ‘Karen’s Way’ is an ingenious and highly original dramatisation of the life of the Kindertransport survivor and poet, Karen Gershon.
The play opens at York Theatre Royal Studio on Tursday, April 17th 2012, continuing a relationship the company began in 2005. Two performances follow at Seven Arts in Leeds, on Friday and Saturday, 27th & 28th July, where Yellow Leaf were the first professional company to perform in their opening week in 2007.
In August, from the 13th to the 25th, ‘Karen’s Way’ will be presented at the Edinburgh Fringe, in Venue 45 at The Space.
For Tour Schedule see here.
Recent Events
While mainstream Yellow Leaf productions have been temporarily on hold, the founder members have been busy on other projects. (See our News page).
Shows on the Shelf
Published texts of past productions – Modelling Spitfires, Double Dutch, Old Skool Ties and Bobbles & Bowls are now available from the Scripts page of this site.
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