Kenneth Ives

Movies

The Birthday Party
Director
It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects.
One for the Road
Director
Powerful statement about the abuse of human rights by totalitarian governments, finds an unctuous and "civilized" interrogator humiliating the doomed members of a family who have become enemies of the state.
The Dumb Waiter
Director
In the kitchen, two assassins await the arrival of their victim. But someone keeps sending them messages via the dumb waiter.
Vicious Circle
Director
A Kind of Alaska
Director
A masterly study of a middle-aged woman waking up after 30 years passed in a coma induced by sleeping sickness. In her mind she is still 16, and her attempts to fathom the changed world into which she re-emerges is not only poignant and emotionally charged but, in the end, devastatingly brilliant theatre as well.
Landscape
Director
A dysfunctional couple remember a better time.
The Caretaker
Director
The story of two brothers and a tramp. Harold Pinter's first major success as a dramatist.
The Executioner
Director
Jan and Meg Citron are on holiday in Germany. Their car is stopped by the police. A simple traffic offence? But their seemingly innocent past is ripped open and life will never be the same again.
Donkeys' Years
Director
Michael Frayn's play about a college reunion.
Don't Be Silly
Director
Play about middle class domestic abuse.
Butterflies Don't Count
Director
"Whether priest or thespian, never once let yourself doubt that the role you're playing is real. Lead your little flock from childhood to the grave via God's sweet sacraments and let no doubts intrude -ever. Once you start to question - you're finished."
Angels Are So Few
This neat, intense drama, labelled “a fable for television”, stars Tom Bell as the scruffy, childlike Michael Biddle, who is invited in from the cold of a suburban street by sexually frustrated, bored housewife Cynthia, played by Christine Hargreaves. He declares that he’s an angel, and Cynthia needs an angel, but in a way Michael fears...
The Right Prospectus
Classics Master
A school story with a noticeable difference - the adults regress to children.
The Lion in Winter
Queen Eleanor's Guard
Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.
Doctor Who: The Dominators
Toba
When two belligerent Dominators and their robotic servant Quarks land on the peaceful planet Dulkis planning to drop a radioactive seed into the planet's core to refuel their spaceship, the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe must attempt to inspire the pacifist Dulcians to resist.
Treasure Island
Hunter
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel.