Our Autumn Season of classic plays, performed by students on our BA (Hons) Acting and BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship programmes, concludes with The Mandate by Nikolai Erdman translated by Declan Donnellan.
Director Annie Fitzmaurice
Lighting Designer Daisy Grindrod
Designer Tereza Hudáková
Sound Designer Hope Brennan
Choreographer Caleb Russell
Music composed and arranged by Jo Eaton-Kent and company
In this wild, anarchic farce, we observe the Guliachkin family reeling from the fallout of the Russian revolution: they urgently need some authentic working-class relatives and some officials to bribe or they’ll lose their house. In times like this, how is Nadejda to marry off her daughter – especially when her cook is mistaken for the lost Romanov Princess Anastasia, or for a prostitute, depending on what she’s wearing? Annie Fitzmaurice, associate artist of renowned physical theatre company Told by an Idiot, brings that company’s verve and inventiveness to Erdman’s satirical masterpiece.
Please be advised that this performance contains some nudity and scenes which may cause offence. The recommended audience age is 16 years and over.
Performances
Thursday 23 November – 7pm
Friday 24 November – 2.30pm & 7pm
Saturday 25 November – 4pm
Ticket prices:
Standard – £7
Concessions (Over 65s, Students) – £5
Rose Bruford College Students – £1.50
Cast
Daniel Takefusa
Pavel Sergeevich Guliachkin, a young man
Ella Rides
Nadejda Petrovna Guliachkin, Pavel’s mother
Rachel Benson
Varvara Sergeevna Guliachkina, her daughter
Jordan Laidley
Ivan Ivanovich Shironkin, their lodger
Benjamin Mowbray
An organ grinder
Fanta Barrie
Nastia (Anastasia Nikolaevna), their cook
Conley Wehner
Tamara Leopoldovna & Ilyinkin
Jake Beltran
Olymp Valerianovich Smetanich
Josh Macgregor
Valerian, his elder son
Alex Ayliffe
Analtoly, his younger son
Harry Clarke
Autonom Sygizmundovich
Tomi Ogbaro
M Agafangel, a servant, former soldier
Ariadna Pavlinovna Zarkhina, his wife
Owen Alun
Stepan Stepanovich
Jo Eaton Kent
Felitsiata, his wife Krantic Narkis Smarkagdovich
Caleb Russell
Ilyinkina & Siusia
Julia Grogan
Zarkhin & woman with parrot
Benjamin Mowbray
Tosia
Production Team
Production
Production Manager Matt Mortimer
Technical Manager Stephen Carter
Head of Lighting Rhodri Morris
Head of Sound George Hartop
Stage Management
Stage Manager Emily Walters
Deputy Stage Manager Victoria Lewis
Assistant Stage Manager Samuel Arencibia
Assistant Stage Manager Thomas Webb
Assistant Stage Manager Faisa Ibrahim
Technical
Production Electrician Johnny Myers
Production Sound Engineer Christopher Atkins
Lighting Operator/Programmer Stephen Carter
Sound Operator Ieuan Newman
Assistant Lighting Designer Natalya Fineron
Scenic
Ellie Jones
Bex Nicholson
Jay Bassett
Costume
Costume Supervisor Grace Taylor-Shaw
Costume Assistant Zoe Brown
Costume Assistant Amy Kettridge
Costume Assistant Millie Ross
Visit our Autumn Season page to book tickets for our other productions.