TOUR DATES
London | Ovalhouse | 1920 October 2018 (previews)
London | Hackney Showroom | 23 October3 November 2018
Manchester | Royal Exchange Theatre | 1317 November 2018
Liverpool | Homotopia | 18 November 2018
Berlin | Hebbel Am Uffer | 2730 June 2019
Edinburgh | Traverse Theatre | 125 August 2019
Dublin | Dublin Theatre Festival | 912 October 2019
Newcastle | Northern Stage | 11 November 2019
Glasgow | Buzzcut / Double Thrills | 13 November 2019
Coventry | Warwick Arts Centre | 1516 November 2019
Birmingham | SHOUT Festival | 17 November 2019
Bristol | Old Vic | 20-23 November 2019
Cambridge | Cambridge Junction | 27 November 2019
London | Southbank Centre | 29 November1 December 2019
COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES
Travis Alabanza
Travis Alabanza is a writer, performer and theatre-maker. Since 2014 they have been blending their unique mixture of poetry, performance, fashion and politics to establish themselves as one of the most prominent trans artistic voices within the UK (as noted by Gay Times, Dazed and MOBO). A regular performer at the RVT, Duckie and Bar Wotever, they were Artist-in- Residence at the Tate in 2016/17. Their writing has appeared in The Guardian, Huck Magazine, Dazed, BBC, Independent and Gay Times and in 2017 released their poetry book Before I Step Outside (you love me). Recent performance credits include: Putting Words in Your Mouth (Roundhouse) and Jubilee (Royal Exchange Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith).
Lee Curran
Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar (Regents Park); Summer and Smoke, Dance Nation (Almeida); Constellations, Gundog, Road, Nuclear War, a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun), X, Linda (Royal Court); Jubilee (Royal Exchange/Lyric Hammersmith); The Lady From The Sea (Donmar); Hamlet (Royal Exchange); Woyzeck (Birmingham Rep); Black Men Walking (Eclipse); Doctor Faustus (RSC); Imogen (Globe); Depart (LIFT); Kissing The Shotgun Goodnight (Christopher Brett Bailey); A Number (Young Vic/Nuffield); Protest Song (NT).
Dance and Opera: Blak Whyte Gray (Boy Blue); Rosalind, Within Her Eyes (James Cousins); Sun, Political Mother, In Your Rooms, The Art Of Not Looking Back, Uprising (Hofesh Shechter); Untouchable (Royal Ballet); Clowns (NDT); Tomorrow, Frames (Rambert), Orphee Et Eurydice (ROH); Tosca (Opera North).
Sam Curtis Lindsay
Sam is co-founder and Co-Artistic Director of Hackney Showroom. As Director: Class (Scottee, Assembly Festival); Thank You for Your Patience (Inkonst Sweden, Futurefest & Hackney Showroom); Burgerz (Hackney Showroom/Ovalhouse/ Royal Exchange Manchester); Waiting for Godot (Hackney Showroom/Culture Device); Heartbreak Hotel (at the Jetty in North Greenwich); Stay Happy Keep Smiling (Hackney Showroom); Cutting Off Kate Bush (Paines Plough/Gilded Balloon Edinburgh); The Box (Leicester Square Theatre).
Soutra Gilmour
Theatre credits include: Pinter at The Pinter, Guys and Dolls (Manchester Royal Exchange); Knives in Hens (Donmar Warehouse); Pitchfork Disney, Killer (Shoreditch Town Hall); Twelfth Night (RNT); Strictly Ballroom (West End); Les Blancs, Evening at the Talk House, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, From Morning to Midnight, Strange Interlude, Antigone (Evening Standard Award) Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, Double Feature, Shadow of a Boy (RNT); I See You, The Pride (Royal Court); Richard 111, The Maids, The Homecoming, The Ruling Class, The Pride, The Hothouse, Macbeth (Traf Transformed at Trafalgar Studios); Bull, When the World Was Green (Young Vic); Cyrano de Bergerac (Roundabout NYC; Tony nomination); The Crucible, The Duchess of Malfi, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (Old Vic); Inadmissible Evidence, Piaf (Olivier nomination; Donmar Warehouse); Angels in America, Thrse Raquin (Citizens, Glasgow); The Birthday Party, The Caretaker (Olivier & ES Award nomination; Sheffield Crucible/Tricycle); Bull (Sheffield/ Broadway); Into The Woods, Turn of The Screw (Regents Park/ Public Theater NY).
Vita Ingram-Anichkin
Vita is a stage manager, technician and writer. A graduate of the University of York, she has worked with many fringe companies and has a particular interest in political and site-specific theatre. She is also co-artistic director of Raising Ashes theatre company, at various times writing, directing, designing and performing in their first two shows: A Nightmare in Ashcroft (as part of the London Lovecraft Festival) and The Sisters Grimm (Great Yorkshire and Camden Fringe Festivals).
Beth Lewis
Beth graduated from the University of York in 2017 having studied Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance. Previous credits include as Stage Manager: Midnight A New Musical (Union Theatre); as Assistant Stage Manager: The Rink; as Assistant Stage Manager: Bananaman the Musical (Southwark Playhouse).
Nina Lyndon
Nina is co-founder and Co-Artistic Director of Hackney Showroom. As dramaturg: For All the Women Who Thought They Were Mad by Zawe Ashton (Hackney Showroom); Thank You for Your Patience by Hector Dyer (Inkonst Sweden, Futurefest & Hackney Showroom); Run by Lorna Gayle (Hackney Showroom).
Shaz McGee
Shaz McGee is a freelance Production Manager. Her Production Management credits include: Red Velvet (Tricycle and New York); Handbagged, Broken Glass, The Price (West End);
