Guildhall School presents its spring drama programme

Guildhall School’s spring drama programme includes 'Fury' by Phoebe Eclair-Powell, Lisa D’Amour’s 'Detroit', 'Towers' by Ameera Conrad and the Company and 'Orestes' by Euripides

Fury

by Phoebe Eclair-Powell

1 – 12 February 2019, Milton Court Theatre

Nicole Charles director
Rafaella Marcus associate director
Charlie Cridlan designer
Tom Mackay lighting designer*
Eleanor Coxall sound designer*

*Student on the BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts programme

Cast for Fury

Brandon Ashford (Man); Isabella Brownson (Woman); Lydia Fleming (Sam); Joseph Potter (Tom); Kristina Tonteri-Young (Fury)

Directed by Nicole Charles and designed by Charlie Cridlan, Fury is set in a council flat in Peckham and tells the story of Sam: a young single mum fighting to survive. The play about motherhood and class has been described as a modern retelling of the classical Greek play Medea by Euripides. Written by Phoebe Eclair-Powell, the production received its premiere in 2016 at London’s Soho Theatre. The piece was a finalist for the 2015 Verity Bargate Award and was also winner of the Soho Theatre Young Writer’s Award.

Detroit

by Lisa D'Amour

4 – 14 February 2019, Milton Court Theatre

Charlotte Westenra director
Charlie Cridlan designer
Shona Robertson lighting designer*
Eleanor Coxall sound designer*

*Student on the BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts programme

Cast for Detroit

Nick Apostolina (Kenny); Poppy Gilbert (Mary); Oliver Higginson (Ben); Wyatt Martin (Frank); Laurel Waghorn (Sharon)

Detroit, a fresh, offbeat and timely play, explores what happens when we dare to open ourselves up to something new. New neighbours arrive in the area, leading to new friendships rapidly veering out of control. The Obie Award winning play, set in an American suburb, is written by Lisa D’Amour and directed by Charlotte Westenra.

Towers

A new play created by Ameera Conrad and the Company

11 – 16 February 2019, Milton Court Studio Theatre

Ameera Conrad director
Susannah Henry designer
Sofia Di Lorenzo lighting designer*
Abigail Palmer sound designer*

*Student on the BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts programme

Company for Towers

Jordan Angell; Declan Baxter; Chloe Caemmerer; Emma Canning; Harvey Cole; Elena Faverio; Dominic Gilday; Jasmine Lee-Jones; Uri Levy; Mirren Mack; Matthew Nikitow; Naomi Preston-Low; Julia Randall; Erica Nicole Rothman; Kalungi Ssebandeke

Towers, a new production created by Ameera Conrad and the Company looks at the conflicting views of developers, architects, researchers and residents over the development of a South London estate. Directed by Conrad, the play deals with the humanity (or inhumanity) of moving in and moving out. It aims to respond to the housing crisis in London, and the phenomenon of the regeneration projects in areas that used to be social housing.

Orestes

by Euripides, translated by Kenneth McLeish

22 – 17 March 2019, Silk Street Theatre

Charlotte Gwinner director
Simon Daw designer
Elizabeth Purnell composer/sound designer
Christopher Harmon lighting designer*
Jordan Lindsay associate sound designer*

*Student on the BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts programme

Cast for Orestes

To be announced.

The Spring drama programme concludes with a production of Orestes, a radical reworking of Euripides’ drama in a translation by Kenneth McLeish. Directed by Charlotte Gwinner and designed by Simon Daw the play sees a brother and sister face a death sentence for the murder of their mother. Disenfranchised and without shelter, they hatch a terrible plot to alter their fate.