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2021 Season

‘BU21’

by Stuart Slade
by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

9 September 2021 at 8 pm

An On-Line Performance
to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11

'Could I even cope if that stuff happened to me?

Nah, that's totally never going to happen to me - right?

And then it does. It does happen to you. And nothing prepares you for how fierce it is.'

Six very different people attending a trauma recovery group find their own ways of coping in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in the heart of London. Nothing will ever be the same again for any of them, but their shared experience, new relationships, new purpose and the sheer urge to live, keep them hoping and loving. By turns terrifying, inspiring, brutal, tender, heart-breaking and hilarious, BU21 is verbatim theatre for the 21st Century.

Stuart Slade's play premiered at Theatre503, London, in 2016, in a co-production with Kuleshov, before transferring to the Trafalgar Studios, London, in January 2017

Please note that this play deals with adult themes and uses strong language. It is not suitable for children.

                                           Cast 
                                           Matthew Pert - Alex
                                           Millie Jackson - Izzy
                                           Geoff Prutton - Graham
                                           Emily Carmichael - Ana
                                           Guy Muneesamy - Clive
                                           Amanda Nash - Flossie

                                           Directed by Jane Jones

Image Credit: Tom Barrett on Unsplash

Available to view on Zoom  |  Tickets £3.00
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2022 Season

'Cranford' by Elizabeth Gaskell
adapted by Robert Alderman

Performances in London, early July 2022, and
The Minack Theatre, on the cliffs at Porthcurno, Cornwall,
5-8 September 2022

Robert Alderman has written and is directing an original adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, which will be performed in London in July 2022 and at the stunning Minack Theatre, on the cliffs at Porthcurno, Penzance in Cornwall in September 2022.

In Cranford the idiosyncratic but endearing ladies hope to preserve their gentility, lifestyle and social customs from change. They combat the changing world around them. Chief among the setters of norms and customs are the Jenkyns sisters, Miss Deborah and Miss Matty, who are challenged when Captain Brown comes to town with his more worldly approach to life. At the same time Dr Frank Harrison arrives to assist Dr Hoggins but ends up opposing the older doctor who is set in his ways. The unmarried ladies of the town vie for his affections but his heart is set on Sophy Hutton, the vicar's daughter.

The tranquillity of the town is disturbed by tragedy, blooming romance and comic mishaps.

Cast

Deborah Jenkyns/ Lady Glenmire         Liz Kogan
Mathilda Jenkyns                                  Margaret Johnson
Mary Smith                                            Mary Crabtree
Dr Frank Harrison                                  Matthew Pert
Dr Hoggins                                            Colin Joseph
Miss Pole                                               Lynn Fidler
Mrs Forrester                                         Carol Wakefield
Mrs Jamison                                          Kate Salinger
Miss Tomkinson                                     Cathy Love
Caroline Tomkinson                               Clare Janew
Sophy Hutton                                         Naomi Smallwood
Revd. Hutton/Johnson                           Geoff Prutton
Captain Brown                                       Adam Baxter
Jessie Brown                                         Caroline Knell
Mrs Rose                                               Samantha Charles
Martha                                                   Emily Carmichael
Jem Hearn                                             Edwin Coutts
Peggy/Mrs Brunoni                                Mary Groom
Holbrook/Muliner/Roberts                      John Savage
Dr Jack Marshland/
Sedan Chair Carrier 1/Workman 1        Max Donen
Major Gordon/Peter Jenkyns
Sedan Chair Carrier 2/Workman 2        Pete Franklyn

Last updated: 10 July 2021