Two plays which integrate live performance and video design to explore our fascination with violent crime and how our perception of it is manufactured.
Director Steven Dykes
Assistant Director Justin Lenderking
Designer Courtney Larner
Lighting Designer Luke Middleton
Video Designer Ben Gittos
Sound Designer Chris Atkins
Original Compositions and Arrangements Naphtali Sinclair and Darcey O’Rourke. Performed by the Cast
False Flag
By Steven Dykes
You’re in the basement. The elevator’s final stop. Shining a flashlight into the corners. Turning over rocks. That’s how you see me. I scuttle away when you turn on the lights. I get it. But still, you’re down here. You’re down here with me. You stayed.
Friday 24 May – 7.00pm
Saturday 25 May – 5.30pm
Tuesday 28 May – 7.00pm
Wednesday 29 May – 8.30pm
Venue: The Rose Theatre
Admission: £5 full price
The running times allow you to see both productions on the same day.
Cast
Laura, an actor Sophie Todd
Rowley , a conspiracy-theorist Samuel Chapman-Mills
Cleo, casting agent Naphtali Sinclair
Agent June Jana Petrova
Agent April Georgia White
Agent August Aruna Jalloh
‘Sonya’, an actor Keely Runton
‘Wendy’, an actor Amber Rose Carr
‘Tina’, an actor Sara Lindbach
‘Stephanie’, an actor Anna Ajobo
‘Amanda’, an actor Chloe Boulger
‘Paul’, an actor Joseph Mark
The Liberation Hypothesis
by Steven Dykes based on the writings of Patricia Pearson
I cannot even say I want the madness to end. I kid myself this is the realm of darkness, the writer’s natural home,where lesser mortals fear to tread. I can kid myself for now, but for how much longer… I’m not sure.
Friday 24 May – 8.45pm
Saturday 25 May – 4.00pm
Tuesday 28 May – 8.45pm
Wednesday 29 May – 7.00pm
Venue: The Rose Theatre
Admission: £5 full price
The running times allow you to see both productions on the same day.
Cast
The Reporter Josephine Box
The Producer Olivia Ahmadi
The Journalist Halldora Thoell
The Interviewee Yasmin Dawes
The Suspect Morgan Ashley
The Female Detective Darcey O’Rourke
The Male Detective Ryan Ellis
Production Team
Production Manager Olivia Ellis
Technical Manager Mark Matthews
Stage Manager Ben Edwards
Deputy Stage Manager Ólöf Bjarnadóttir
Assistant Stage Manager Reece Woodhouse
Assistant Stage Manager Rachel Kimber
Live Camera Technician Liam Daly
Media Server Programmer Jay Mayer
Assistant Lighting Designer Espen Hammerstead Karlsen
Lighting Programmer Nathan Brown
Chief Production Electrician Luke Jeffrey
Sound Operator & Production Sound Engineer Tom Laing
Costume Supervisor Katie Helen Unwin
Scenic Project Manager Rachel MacLoughlin
Scenic Workshop Manager Grace Blagden
Workshop Assistant Beth Rientoul
Workshop Assistant Gemma Randall-McBride
Workshops Assistant Sophie Child
Workshop Assistant Dani Friedman
Company Movement Jonathan Young
Company Voice Sarah Nichols
These shows contain adult material, strong language and descriptions of violence. Recommended minimum age is 16.