Barnaby Power – Man / G
Barnaby Power – previously worked with Anthony Neilson in Narrative and Wonderful World of Dissocia at the Royal Court Theatre. Other stage appearances include Laurel and Hardy, Faust, Charlie Sonata and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh); Removal Men (The Yard Theatre); Interiors; The Destroyed Room (Vanishing Point/Edinburgh International Festival); Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night (RSC) and Somersaults (National Theatre of Scotland).
Robert Stocks – He
Robert Stocks – Theatre credits include Warburg in Mrs Orwell (the Old Red Lion and Southwark Playhouse), Seppings in Jeeves and Wooster (World Tour) and Hare in The Butcher and the Thief (Edinburgh Festival) His previous credits with Anthony Neilson include Bernard in Get Santa (The Royal Court) and Bufty in The Menu (National Studio).
Temi Wilkey – She / M
Temi Wilkey – trained at Cambridge University. Her theatre credits include: Jubilee (Lyric Hammersmith, Royal Exchange); Hamlet and Cymbeline (RSC), The Comedy of Errors (National Theatre); and How To Hold Your Breath (Royal Court); TV credits include Manhunt (ITV).
Hannah Young – Woman
Hannah Young – Theatre: The Tempest, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, The Winter’s Tale, Coriolanus, The Drunks, Little Eagles (RSC), Corporate Rock (Nabokov), The Lady From The Sea (Birmingham Rep), The French Lieutenant’s Woman (Yvonne Arnaud), As You Desire Me, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (West End), Time and the Conways (Theatre Royal Bath), First Love (Royal Court), A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (Almeida), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Liverpool Everyman), Screen: The Robinsons, Offenders, Alan’s Breakfast.
Lars Norén – Writer
Lars Norén – playwright, poet and novelist – is thought by many to be the greatest living Swedish writer. For many years Artistic Director of the Riksteatern, the National Touring Theatre of Sweden, his work is hugely influential, interrogating the human psyche in a style that veers between realism and fantasy, with devastating results. An heir to August Strindberg, this is the literary tradition behind the much-acclaimed Nordic-noir drama. “Considered the most important playwright since August Strindberg in his native Sweden.” New York Times
Anthony Neilson – Director
Anthony Neilson is one of the most extraordinary – and controversial – dramatists working today. His previous work, including The Prudes, Narrative, Unreachable and Relocated at the Royal Court Theatre, The Wonderful World of Dissocia and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and Realism at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Nigel Edwards – Lighting Designer
In Britain, Nigel is best known as the lighting designer for Forced Entertainment designing 27 of their shows since 1990. Other shows of interest include Lanark for The Citizens, the premieres of Sarah Kane’s Cleansed and 4:48 Psychosis at The Royal Court, and Crave; Roberto Zucco for Paines Plough; The Mysteries, Victoria, The Tempest and Troilus and Cressida (with the Wooster Group) for the RSC; Opening Skinners Box by Improbable; Hands Off, Story of Us and Last Straw by the People Show. Dance includes 50 Acts, Dance Dance Dance, Desert Island Dances, Wendy Houstoun; Pigg in Hell, Total Masala Slammer, The HCA project, Solo and Fassbinder, Faust and The Animists for Remote Control. West End Shows include Sexual Perversity in Chicago, When Harry Met Sally and The Postman Always Rings Twice. Operas include Jenufa, WNO; The Maids, ENO; Hansel and Gretel, Opera North. Concerts: Nigel has designed and toured with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Carsten Nicolai, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Jeff Beck Diamanda Galas and Nightmares on Wax.
Laura Hopkins – Set and Costume Designer
Laura has worked on numerous experimental and devised productions, at the ICA, the Barbican, Tate Britain and many non-theatre spaces. She has also designed productions for the Globe, RSC; Royal Exchange, Royal Court NTS and the NT. She is an associate artist with Imitating the Dog and Duckie, and collaborates regularly with artist and writer Tom McCarthy.
Recent designs include: The Divide (Old Vic); Opening Skinner’s Box (Improbable Theate); Grapes of Wrath (Nuffield Theatre); Tosca (Teatro delle Muse, Ancona), Cosi Fan Tutti (ENO/The Met costumes only); Lanark (Citz/EIF – Best Design, Critic’s Awards Theatre Scotland); The Oresteia (Home Manchester – nominated for best design Manchester Theatre Awards); Annie get your Gun (Sheffield Crucible); The Seagull (Headlong Theatre); Troilus and Cressida (The Wooster Group/RSC); Dr Faustus (Headlong Theatre – Best Design TMA awards).
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