Angie founded Straight to Audience Productions to draw not just on her unsurpassed reputation as a performer and writer but also on her acknowledged expertise in direction, production and marketing, to serve the growing international market for vibrant, top quality black entertainment. This market is far wider then just the black community itself, but one the mainstream media has been unable to tap into...until now.
Straight to Audience was launched in May 2001 with the video release of Angie Le Mar the Movie making her live stand up available to eager fans for the first time. The success of the video allowed Angie to develop her work as a writer, director and producer of shows with other artists including, Will the Real Wayne Rollins Please Stand Up, Big Sister which used the Big Brother format as a vehicle to showcase up-and-coming young comics, and 26 episodes of Sharp Cuts, a radio comedy/drama which Angie wrote and starred in for Choice FM.
The success of Sharp Cuts led to the development of The Brothers, a radio drama which attracted 60,000 new listeners to the show and convinced Angie that there was a market for a live production.
The theatrical version of The Brothers sold out its first run at The Hackney Empires Bullion Room and returned by popular demand to the Theatre's 1200-seater Main Space where it became the theatre's fastest selling show in ten years, with extra nights having to be added to meet the demand.
Productions
The Brothers
Drama
Theatre
Written and directed by the multi-talented face of British comedy Angie Le Mar, The Brothers tells the story of three very close friends who have to test just how tight their friendship is when betrayal and deceit turns up at their door…
Funny Black Women on the Edge (FBW) was originally written and directed by Angie Le Mar in 1994. The sketch show was first staged at the Aylesbury Civic Centre and opened to a sell-out audience.
Do You Know Where Your Daughter Is? A fast paced play witnessing the tensions in the relationship between a mother and daughter and the devastating consequences of peer pressure.
Five school friends – one posse. Sandra (the fighter), Carol (the diplomat), Mandy (the sex kitten), Joyce (the smiler) and Jennifer (the posse’s powerhouse) are there for each other during good and bad times.
Is the brainchild of Angie Le Mar. Aimed at developing young people in theatre but more importantly reaching younger audiences, through shows and activities that they will identify with through working with cast members in theatre productions, workshops, and outreach.
Tara Brown writes about the aims and objectives of Straight to Audience Youth, and speaks to Jarreau Thompson on ALM TV about her own career and the influence Straight to Audience Youth has for younger audiences.
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