Novanda Productions
THe Dedication
Written by Claire Novello
Synopsis
A new play about the composers Alma and Gustav Mahler.
Vienna 1902 – 1910, the time of Freud, Klimt and the birth of the Modern Movement.
Alma is twenty-one, beautiful, clever, talented and an aspiring composer. Torn between marriage to the famous Gustav Mahler and the younger, less celebrated Zemlinsky, her teacher, and supporter of her musical ambitions, she marries Mahler knowing that as his future wife he has forbidden her to compose.
Renowned today mainly as a femme fatale, what influence does this have on her future, and on her relationship with Mahler?
This psychological drama, written by Claire Novello and directed by Kenneth Michaels, marks sixty years since Alma Mahler’s death, and still resonates today.
Performed on 1-12 October at 7.30pm
Saturday Matinee at 2.30pm
White Bear Theatre
138 Kennington Park Road
London SE11 4DJ
Trailer
Rehearsal Shots
by Dawson James
our cast
Rebecca Bugeja
Alma Schindler-Mahler
Amanda Bailey
Anna Moll/Rosa Mayreder
Stephen Riddle
Gustav Mahler
Dawson James
Bruno Walter/Walter Gropius
Orsolya Nagy
Bertha Zuckerkandl
Simon Brandon
Alexander Zemlinsky/Gustav Klimt
Emma Riches
Adele Bloch-Bauer/Anna von Mildenburg
Photos
by Paddy Gormley
Our CREW
Kenneth Michaels
Director
Kenneth has enjoyed a long career encompassing acting, directing and teaching. He has worked in repertory theatre throughout the UK and has directed numerous productions on the London fringe, nationally in the commercial sector (Pinter to panto, workshops to Wilde) and for new writing initiatives. He has taught improvisation techniques and theatre history at several London drama schools and is a voiceover recording artist for government agencies.
Kenneth works regularly in Europe: Germany, Belgium and Slovenia, and appeared in Funny Turns in the West End in 2019. His recent touring productions in Germany have received several classical theatre awards.
Anita Gander
Set/Costume Designer
Sam Parry
Sound
Edmund Sutton
Lighting
