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An urgent new play examining the world we live in today comes to Sherman Theatre this September. |
As part of its autumn programme of curated work Heroine, a co-production from HighTide and Theatr Clwyd, plays at Sherman Theatre from Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 September. Nessah Muthy’s devastating commentary on the state of Britain today tackles themes of displacement, patriotism and nativism.Grace is an ex-soldier struggling to reassimilate into society following a medical discharge from the army. Finding solace within a community group and starting to feel like she belongs, she lets down her defences almost forgetting she has a secret to keep...Soon she finds herself back on the front line, but who is she fighting? Heroine, directed by HighTide’s Artistic Director Steven Atkinson, comes to Cardiff directly following the world premiere performances at the High Tide Festival in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. The cast includes Asmara Gabrielle, Maggie McCarthy, Wendy Morgan, Lucy Thackeray and Hannah Traylen. Biographies Nessah Muthy is a writer for TV and theatre. She has written for Cardboard Citizens, National Youth Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre. Nessah is under commission to the Kali Theatre and the National Youth Theatre. For screen, Nessah has written for Holby City, following successful completion of the show’s shadow scheme and has previously written for EastEnders: E20 and currently developing an original television drama for the BBC Drama Writers' Programme. Steven Atkinson is co-founder and the Artistic Director of HighTide Theatre. His directing credits for HighTide Theatre include In Fidelity (Pleasance Theatre), The Sugar Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie (Arcola Theatre), Forget Me Not (Bush Theatre), So Here We Are (Royal Exchange Theatre), Lampedusa (Soho Theatre), Peddling (Arcola Theatre/ Off-Broadway), Pussy Riot: Hunger Strike (Bush Theatre/ Southbank Centre), Neighbors (Nuffield Theatre), Bottleneck (Soho Theatre/ UK tour), Clockwork, Bethany, Incoming, Dusk Rings A Bell (Watford Palace Theatre), Lidless (Trafalgar Studios), Muhmah (HighTide Festival) and The Pitch (Latitude). His other productions include Chicken (Paines Plough Roundabout) and The Afghan and the Penquin (Radio 4). Following the staged reading of Normal in HighTide Theatre 2015, Theresa Ikoko, a Talawa Writers’ Programme playwright, debuted Girls at HighTide Theatre 2016. Girls recently won the Alfred Fagon Award, George Devine Award and was a named finalist for the Verity Bargate Award. Asmara Gabrielle’s theatre credits include Pimp Bobby (Leicester Square Theatre). Her film credits include Finding Fatimah (BMTV), My Abuse, and How to Succeed. Maggie McCarthy’s theatre credits include Silver Lining (English Touring Theatre and Rose Theatre Kingston), We Wait in Joyful Hope (Theatre 503), Juno and the Paycock (Bristol Old Vic and Liverpool Theatres), Private Lives (Chichester Festival Theatre) and Absence of War (Headlong, Rose Theatre, Kingston & Sheffield Theatres). National Theatre credits include Children of the Sun, Cocktail Sticks and Mother Clap's Molly House. Recent television credits include Dancing On The Edge (BBC), Call the Midwife (BBC/Neal Street Productions) and Coronation Street (Granada Television). Film credits include Angela’s Ashes, Attack the Block, The History Boys, Calendar Girls and soon to be released Ghost Stories. Wendy Morgan's theatre credits include Animal Farm, Martine (Olivier and Standard Best Actress Nominations), Yonadab, As I Lay Dying, Bacchai, Streetcar Named Desire, Phedre (National Theatre) Hatched and Dispatched (Park Theatre). Film credits include Yanks (Most Promising Newcomer Award), Birth of The Beatles, 84 Charing X Road, The Mirror Crack'd', Television credits include The Jewel In The Crown (Granada TV), Midsomer Murders (Bentley Productions), Casualty (BBC), Wire in the Blood (ITV) and Emmerdale (ITV). Lucy Thackeray recently appeared in Alginate at the Bunker Theatre. Other theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe), My Beautiful Black Dog (Bush Theatre) and Bike (Salisbury Playhouse). Her television credits include Damned (Channel 4), New Tricks (BBC), The Five (Red Productions for Sky) and Casualty (BBC). Hannah Traylen graduated from Italia Conti last year and is making her professional stage debut. Her theatre credits whilst at drama school include Coram Boy, The Libertine, Time and the Conways, Three Sisters, and Twelfth Night (all Italia Conti), Oliver Twist (Italia Conti, Edinburgh Fringe) and God Bless Ye Merry Gentleman (Grindstone, Tristan Bates Theatre). Her television credits include Howards End (BBC/Starz), Doctors (BBC), Harlots (ITV Encore), Call the Midwife (BBC/Neal Street Productions) and Unforgotten (ITV). by Nessah Muthy Directed by Steven Atkinson Set and Costume by Richard Kent Lighting Design by Elliot Griggs Sound Design by Adrienne Quartly Tues 19 – Sat 23 Sept Running time: 90m (No interval) Recommended age: 14+ Contains strong language 029 2064 6900 / shermantheatre.co.uk |
| Sherman Theatre Cardiff web site: http://shermantheatre.co.uk |
| Vanessa Williams e-mail: vanessa.williams@shermantheatre.co.uk |
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 |
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