PAST PRODUCTIONS
The Bunker Theatre, Seaview Productions and Desara Production
DEVIL WITH THE BLUE DRESS
The Bunker Theatre
WRITER | kevin armento
DIRECTOR | joshua mctaggart
DESIGNER | basia bińkowska
LIGHTING DESIGNER | jess bernberg
SOUND AND MUSIC DESIGNER | anna clock
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR | erin eloise
VOICE COACH | rebecca gausnell
SAXOPHONIST | tashomi balfour
CASTING DIRECTOR | emily jones
★★★★
"A clever, fascinating play... a barbed, fluent production.... highly recommended"
The Independent
"This isn’t like those other ones. This gets called something different.
It gets called the Monica Lewinsky Scandal."
January 1998: America gets rocked by one of the biggest political sex scandals of all time: The Monica Lewinsky Scandal.
Slyly exhuming the little blue dress that launched the biggest media circus of a generation, the five women who were at the centre of this infamous scandal collide on stage in this political thriller. A First Lady, a secretary, a daughter, a confidant, and an intern take us through the corridors of power and behind the closed doors where the abuse of that power took place.
A theatrical battle emerges over how it all went down, who were the heroes and villains, and why, twenty years later, we're only beginning to grapple with one of the most challenging questions in American political history: How do we respond to women seeking power, and the men who misuse that power?
As the world faces a new dawn in how it thinks and talks about historic and recent cases of abuse of power, DEVIL WITH THE BLUE DRESS takes us to the heart of the first sex scandal of the internet age.
CAST INCLUDES
emma handy
David Sandison (C)
David Sandison (C)
David Sandison (C)
David Sandison (C)
Olivier Award Winning
THE MOUNTAINTOP
Young Vic Theatre
WRITER | katori hall
DIRECTOR |JMK WINNER roy alexander weise
DESIGNER | rajha shakiry
LIGHTING DESIGNER | lizzie powell
SOUND DESIGNER | george dennis
VIDEO| nina dunn
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR | jennifer jackson
FIGHT DIRECTOR | bret yount
VOICE COACH | hazel holder
CASTING DIRECTOR | arthur carrington
dawn hope
daniella isaacs
flora montgomery
kristy philips
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Friday 7 October – Thursday 3 November 2016
"I am a man, I am just a man."
April 3, 1968. Room 306, the Lorraine Motel, Memphis. The smell of cigarettes and coffee hangs thick in the air as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. winds down from a day of preaching and marching.
An intimate look into the quieter moments of King’s life, The Mountaintop chips away at the myth of the great man to expose his fears about his family, his country and the ever-looming threat of a violent death.
Set during the height of America’s Civil Rights Movement, Katori Hall’s sharp and powerful play confronts the legend and his legacy. Are we really free or do we live in a world of false liberation?
Roy Alexander Weise, winner of the JMK Award 2016, directs this revival of the Olivier Award-winner about King’s last night on earth.
★★★★
"Weise directs with bounce and brio"
Evening Standard
★★★★
"Riveting performances from Gbolohan Obisesan and Ronke Adékoluejo"
The Times
THE JMK AWARD
James Menzies-Kitchin was a theatre director of thrilling promise. The JMK Trust was founded in his memory to give practical learning opportunities to young theatre directors of similar ability and vision. The JMK Award allows one such director a year to stage their own production of a classic text.
The JMK Award is kindly supported by Philip Hooker, the Martin Bowley Charitable Trust and all its individual donors. Patrons: Dame Judi Dench, Baroness Howe, Sir Ian McKellen and Tom Morris (Founding Chair) Registered Charity No. 295080
CAST INCLUDES
ronke adekoluejo
gbolahan obisesan
STONE FACE
Finborough Theatre
WRITER | eve leigh
DIRECTOR | roy alexander weise
DESIGNER | loren elstein
LIGHTING DESIGNER | simon gethin thomas
SOUND DESIGNER | odinn orn hilmarsson
ANIMATION| ben walden
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR | jennifer jackson
FIGHT DIRECTOR | bret yount
CASTING DIRECTOR | carla morris
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER | jo royce
ASSISTANT PRODUCER | jasmin gooding
“Impressive two-hander that asks probing questions about modern Britain…The power of Leigh’s story lies in its unflinching approach and the trust it places in its performers.”
★★★★ Four Stars, The Stage
The world premiere
Tuesday 17 May – Saturday 11 June 2016
“No scars at all. Which, when you think about it, is maybe not such a good sign”
Catherine was fifteen when she was found.
She and her mother shared a secret world in an anonymous one-bedroom flat in London. No one is even sure if she's ever left the room she was found in. She can't walk and can't speak.
Her recovery seems impossible. But young people can be shockingly resilient, especially with inspired medical care. Sponsored by a fundraising drive led by a tabloid newspaper, her only living relative has been able to get Catherine the best private care that money can buy. She responds well to the experimental treatment. But she seems to be getting more violent, and remains stubbornly resistant to language. Or is she?
Soon, Catherine's doctors and half-sister begin to discover what it is, exactly, that they've uncovered...
A fairytale of modern Britain, inspired by true events.
Nominated for three Off West End Awards
CAST INCLUDES
ellie turner
liz jadav
PRIMADONNA
Wednesday 17 Feb – Saturday 21 Feb 2016
at the VAULT FESTIVAL
WRITER AND PERFORMER | rosie kellett
DIRECTOR | jamie jackson
DESIGNER | anna reid
LIGHTING DESIGNER | raj pattani
TECHNICAL STAGE MANAGER | remi smith
ASSISTANT PRODUCER | lily staff
