Summer Festival: Some People Talk About Violence

The Wardrobe Theatre

Key Information
  • Dates Thu 20 Jun 2024 - Sat 22 Jun 2024
  • Location The Wardrobe Theatre
  • Tickets

    Single ÂŁ10
    Double Bill ÂŁ15
    Season Ticket ÂŁ40
  • Creative Team

    Written by Lulu Raczka
    Directed by Helen Morley
    Designed by Millie Richmond

“Whatever that thing is – sitting on the sofa all day – doing whatever it is that it does. She doesn’t want to talk to it. And she knows that isn’t good.”

What if you didn’t pay rent? What if you never left the house? What if you stopped talking? What if you never stopped talking? What if you cut your arm off? What if you told me to f*ck off? What if you punched me in the face? What if I scared you?

Violence is sewn into the fabric of our everyday – it’s on our TV, our relationships, our work, our language. When violence is so ubiquitous, how do we keep talking about it? How do we keep noticing it?

This play is showing as a double bill with Hymns. Find out more about the BOVTS Summer Festival at the Wardrobe Theatre here.

  • Content Advisories

    Suitable for ages 14+

    Contains mature and sensitive themes, such as mental illness, sexual content, violence and self-harm/suicide.

    For those affected by these themes, please visit mind.org.uk for additional support.

Cast

The Girl Niamh Keller
The Narrator Hafsah Godsil
The Father Callum Burns
The Brother Noah Lukehurst

Creative, Technical & Production Staff

Director Helen Morley
Production Designer Millie Richmond
Movement Director JoĂȘl Daniel
Combat Director Jonathan Howell
Intimacy Director Clare Fox
Voice & Dialect Coach Toby Underwood
Link Tutor Ali de Souza
Production Manager Steve O’Brien
Production Supervisor Bryony Rutter
Stage Manager Jacob Clear
Deputy Stage Manager Tegan Askey
Assistant Stage Manager Daisy Anthony
LX Designer & Operator Blue Harrison
Sound Designer & Operator Sam Hart
Prop Making Supervisor Katrina Richards
Prop Makers Zoe Del Carlo, Kit Gannon, Shellie London, Jack McMahon, Frankie Neville, Aidan Toombs, Chris Wierzbicki
Construction Manager Jocelyn Chen
Construction Assistants Alice Boal, Joe Collins, Blue Harrison, Jacob Manston, Max O’Malley-Mesher, Izzy Phillips, Archie Tong
Costume Supervisor Bessy Mo

 

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