Harper Ray
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Harper 'Danger' Ray is an award winning theatre maker. He runs the contemporary theatre company Another Midas, which specialises in new and interactive performances. He has worked in London’s West End as Artistic Director for a large Neo-Burlesque
venue called Too 2 Much; formally The Raymond Revue Bar. Harper Ray was one of the team responsible for overseeing its transformation into a contemporary review theatre Too 2 Much ( now the Soho Revue Bar). He has a first class Honours degree in Theatre from Dartington College of Arts
. His past directing credits works included national tours of: DIRTY...little...SECRETS and 'Chaucer's Cock Tale'. His other credits include Tender Deadly Voices and Murder at Jacksons Lane
. An established director, notable for his highly visual and immersive practice, he is also a theatre critic for The Mirror Publishing Group under a selection of pseudonyms. He specialises in creating and overseeing new interactive and immersive theatre projects and commissions. He won a fringe award for Best Actor, is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts and is a Director on the Board of Scarabeus Theatre.
.He has worked closely with writer/director Bernie C. Byrnes a.k.a. Dr Bernie Byrnes. He also works with composer Jim Fowler, who was part of the BAFTA winning team for Sony
with Singstar
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compere called The Marquis of Gray. He has been called “A mix between your typical dandy and the Marquis De Sade” (peeptoe) Often using an auto-biographical style to link the composit parts of the show. He has two dancers ladies of gray, otherwise known as Miss Emma Reld and Miss Di Mond. Harper is of particular interest as he is one of the very few professional men working in the female dominated cabaret and burlesque
industry at such a high level.
Neo-Burlesque
Neo-Burlesque is the revival and updating of the traditional burlesque performance. Though based on the traditional Burlesque art, the new form encompasses a wider range of performance styles; Neo-burlesque acts can be anything from classic striptease to modern dance to theatrical mini-dramas to...
venue called Too 2 Much; formally The Raymond Revue Bar. Harper Ray was one of the team responsible for overseeing its transformation into a contemporary review theatre Too 2 Much ( now the Soho Revue Bar). He has a first class Honours degree in Theatre from Dartington College of Arts
Dartington College of Arts
Dartington College of Arts was a specialist arts institution near Totnes, Devon, South West England, it specialized in post-dramatic theatre, music, choreography, Performance Writing and visual performance, focusing on a performative and multi-disciplinary approach to the arts. In addition to this,...
. His past directing credits works included national tours of: DIRTY...little...SECRETS and 'Chaucer's Cock Tale'. His other credits include Tender Deadly Voices and Murder at Jacksons Lane
Jacksons Lane
- Theatre and performance :Jacksons Lane is a multi-arts venue in Highgate, North London. Housed in a striking red-brick gothic church conversion, the building is home to a 160 capacity theatre, a large scale dance and rehearsal studio, a cafe-bar and four other multi-purpose spaces.Jacksons Lane...
. An established director, notable for his highly visual and immersive practice, he is also a theatre critic for The Mirror Publishing Group under a selection of pseudonyms. He specialises in creating and overseeing new interactive and immersive theatre projects and commissions. He won a fringe award for Best Actor, is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts and is a Director on the Board of Scarabeus Theatre.
Collaborations
As well as his own work Harper Ray often works with top British burlesque performers Roxy Velvet and Ivy Paige on what he terms Theatre Burlesque. Harper Ray has created much of his work at South Hill ParkSouth Hill Park
South Hill Park is a site that lies in the Birch Hill estate to the south of Bracknell town centre, in Berkshire, England.-History:The original South Hill Park mansion was built in 1760 for William Watts for his retirement from service as a senior official of the Bengal Government...
.He has worked closely with writer/director Bernie C. Byrnes a.k.a. Dr Bernie Byrnes. He also works with composer Jim Fowler, who was part of the BAFTA winning team for Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
with Singstar
SingStar
SingStar is a competitive music video game series for PlayStation consoles, developed by London Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. 23 English-language instalments of the series have been released for the PlayStation 2, and six versions for the PlayStation 3 have been released...
.
The Marquis of Gray
Harper Ray performs as a cabaretCabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
compere called The Marquis of Gray. He has been called “A mix between your typical dandy and the Marquis De Sade” (peeptoe) Often using an auto-biographical style to link the composit parts of the show. He has two dancers ladies of gray, otherwise known as Miss Emma Reld and Miss Di Mond. Harper is of particular interest as he is one of the very few professional men working in the female dominated cabaret and burlesque
Burlesque
Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects...
industry at such a high level.