Event info
Start Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £16.00 Concessions: £13.50
Description
"Superb ... potently atmospheric" - Break A Leg
"the People’s rightly revelling in giving us drama that might otherwise pass us by" - Cultured. North East
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“They will call me The Daughter, and they will dress me in a robe of net and sail … and I shall dance.”
Midsummer. The residents of a remote fishing village prepare to re-enact an ancient legend. A new Daughter must be chosen to sail out with the boats and bless the waters, keeping them safe from the roaming pods of orcas for another year.
Young Fan is desperate to be chosen. Her sister Maggie is desperate for her not to be. Because something happened to Maggie out there, but no one will admit it.
Winner of the 2016 Papatango New Writing Prize, Orca is an unnerving and bold exploration of the pressure to conform and what makes a community tolerate the unthinkable.
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This amateur production of “Orca” is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books
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Audience information: this play explores difficult and challenging themes including sexual abuse and pregnancy loss.
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CAST
Fan. Holly Stamp
Maggie. Minnie Dobson
Joshua. Mark Burden
Gretchen. Ashton Matthews
The Father. Sean Burnside
Mother. Rhiannon Wilson
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director. Sara Jo Harrison
Assistant Director. Kay Edmundson
Musical Director. Craig Fairbairn
Stage Manager. Catherine Hope
Set Design and Build. Tim Swinton
Set Painting. Megan Hewitt, John Pearson, Lorna Scott, Ashton Matthews, Francesca Rombi, Peter Rhodes, Ellie Pullen, Debbie Higgins, Dolores Porretta-Brown
Lighting Design and Operation. Tim Swinton
Original Score. Craig Fairbairn, Rhiannon Wilson
Sound Operation. Craig Fairbairn
Props. Katy Watkins Ben Watkins
Props Supervisor. Livvy Watkins
Rehearsal Prompt. Anna Dobson
Publicity. Ashton Matthews, Alison Carr
Photography. Paul Hood, Lauren Aspery
