Event info
Start Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £16.50 Concessions: £14.00
Description
"superbly done" - Cultured. North East
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“The second you start telling a story, you start telling a lie”
London, 2006. Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko is assassinated in broad daylight, poisoned by radioactive polonium via a cup of tea drank in a Mayfair hotel.
Welcome to the shadowy world of international espionage, where high-stakes global politics, power games, and propaganda collide.
Succession writer and co-executive producer Lucy Prebble adapts journalist Luke Harding’s book into a wildly theatrical mashup of real events, vaudeville and thriller.
Distortion and distraction abound in this bold telling of a shocking and absurd true story.
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Audience content information: this production includes haze, smoking, and loud noises.
The play includes very strong language and themes which some audience members may find upsetting. For more information, please visit our Content Advice page.
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This amateur production of “A Very Expensive Poison” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
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Cast
Emmerson: Paul Carding
Marina Litvinenko: Sara Jo Harrison
Alexander Litvinenko: Tony Sehgal
Vladimir Putin: Craig Fairbairn
Boris Bereszovsky: John MacDonald
Andrei Lugovoi: Tim Clark
Dimitri Kovtun: Jack Thompson
DI Hyatt: Ben Ostell
Ensemble: Vanessa Murphy, Steve Strouzer, Andy Aiken, Lauren Elizabeth, Malavika Adiga, Emma Chaplin, Haaris Qureshi, Hannah Backhouse, Hannah Mitchell, Viktor Danchenko, Rye Mattick, Eileen Davidson, Charlie Hope, Pete Harrison, Joey Esquejo, Martin Johnson, Phil Stainsby, Layla Genther, Jaxon Moran, Immy Whelam, Ava Welsh, Hope Howie, Sophie Richards, Alanna Barry, Hayley Gardiner
Production Team
Director: Steven Wallace
Assistant Director: Kath Frazer
Stage Manager: Ysobel Lloyd Payne
Assistant Stage Managers: Erin Robinson, Julia Redfern, Anneliese Clifton
Sound Design: Jess Williams
Lighting Design: Phil Bradley
Lighting Design Assistant: Stephen Appleby
Props Lead: Hope McDonald
Props Assistants: Peter Scott, Hayley Gardiner, Anneliese Clifton, Vanessa Murphy Wardrobe: Sarah Pearson
Rehearsal Prompt: Heather Birleson
Set Construction: Andrew De’Ath, Stephen Appleby, Ian Kane, Matt Baines, Ruby Mellor, Michele Sowerby, Olivia Hill
Set Painting: Stewart Dives, Vanessa Murphy, Pete Harrison, Matt Baines, Olivia Hill
Choreography: Ysobel Lloyd Payne, Tony Sehgal, Sara Jo Harrison, The NMTS Dancers
Composition: John MacDonald, Rye Mattick, Andy Aiken
Fight Coordination: Chris Heckels-Thompson
Rehearsal Photos: Jess Williams, Ashton Matthews
Production Photos: Paul Hood
Thanks to Kristen Spitty, Minnie Dobson, Francesca Rombi, Lesley Heckels-Thompson, Tim Swinton
