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Pip Piacentino
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Pip Piacentino
Actor: Play It Again Sam; Arsenic And Old Lace
Performance Director: The
Accrington Pals, Fallen
Angels;
Pip fell in love with Britain when stationed here with the US Navy and
decided to make it his home. His links with Kent, especially Deal, stretch
back to 1964.
Pip first appeared on stage in New York when his father brought the
three-year old Pip on stage to liven up his act. He is equally at home
as an actor, director or playwright. A member of the South London Theatre
Centre, he directed many plays for them including Peter Whelan’s
"The Accrington
Pals" which he also directed in April 2007 with Canterbury Players.
Pip is to direct Canterbury Players in "Fallen
Angels" by Noel Coward. |
The main body of his work was with the South London Theatre
where he directed many plays including a previous production
of The Accrington Pals, A Life In the Theatre, Rashomon, The
Lark, Shakers, Dark of the Moon, Lear's Daughters, Female Transport,
Same Time Next Year, and the black comedy Oh Dad, Poor Dad,
Momma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad. He directed
the world premieres of There's One in Every Unit, the winner
of a National play competition, John Godber's Happy Families
and Debbie Isitt's Nasty Neighbours (both BT Biennial sponsored
plays for the Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain), and has
been in the original casts of four plays by Deal playwright
Bettine Walters. A great admirer of Arthur Miller, Pip has had
leading roles in A View from the Bridge, The Price, and All
My Sons.
Play It Again, Sam is Pip's second stage encounter with the
zany world of Woody Allen having previously appeared in the
one-act black farce Death. A critic wrote, "The piece was
played with a swirling momentum which reached its crescendo
with the appearance of Pip Piacentino, hugely enjoying his moment
of glory as the maniac killer." He is the author of one-act
plays The Writer's Strings and Poppa Called, both of which had
London studio productions. He is currently redrafting his thriller
A Quiet Murder. He is the co-author of an adaptation of Pinocchio
and directed a professional London theatre company's touring
production of Pantomime Tonight!. A former member of Deal's
Guild Players he first appeared in their production of Pull
the Other One and subsequently directed their productions of
Gaslight and the pantomime Sleeping Beauty.
Now retired, Pip is a voluntary worker for the Stroke Association
teaching a stroke patient to speak, Chairman of the Deal Stroke
Club and recently took on the role of secretary for the Dover
District Disability Association. A keen traveller, he enjoys
visiting foreign theatre groups as well as bonding with elephants.
Pip has also directed:
- David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre, Rashomon
- Anouilh’s The Lark
- John Godber’s Shakers
- Howard Richardson & William Berney’s Dark of
the Moon
- Bernard Slade’s Same Time, Next Year
- Koppit’s Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You
in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad
- Schnitzler’s Anatol
- Howard Lindsay & Russell Crouse’s Life With
Father, The Women’s Theatre Group & Elaine Feinstein’s
Lear’s Daughters
- Steve Gooch’s Female Transport, and Gut Girls.
Pip directed the World Premieres of:
- There’s One In Every Unit, a National play competition
winner
- John Godber’s Happy Families and Debbie Isitt’s
Nasty Neighbours (both BT Biennial sponsored plays for the
Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain)
and has been in the original casts of four plays by Deal
playwright Bettine Walters.
Pip, a great admirer of Arthur Miller, has portrayed leading
roles in Miller’s A View from the Bridge, The Price,
and All My Sons.
PIP PIACENTINO'S REVIEWS:
" This was a resoundingly successful production of a play that could,
without the company's dramatic skills, have floundered in the first act."
( The
Accrington Pals reviewed by Elaine Godden, Kentish Gazette.)
"It's no coincidence that Allan' name echoes the surname of the playwright
Woody Allen, wonderfully captured in this production by Pip
Piacentino, encapsulating Allen's personality, by turn self-deprecating and
Bogartesque."
( Play It Again Sam reviewed by
Elaine Godden, Kentish Gazette.)
"..... and Pip Piacentino's skilled direction all contributed to a stunning
production"
(Fallen Angels, reviewed by Delia
Dengeon, Kentish Gazette.)
"All the actors demonstrated the hilarity of Kesselring's marvellous
play."
(Arsenic And Old Lace, reviewed by Nina Del
Gedoe, Kentish Gazette.)
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