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BREACH
Breach is a multimedia performance company founded by Dorothy Allen-Pickard, Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens, and produced by Ellie Claughton. They collaborate with actors to create politically engaged, formally exploratory shows that blend drama and documentary. Its True, Its True, Its True is Breachs fifth production, following Total Theatre Award-winning The Beanfield (2015), Fringe First Award-winning Tank (2016), Fair Field: The Ploughing of the Half-Acre with Penned in the Margins (2017), and The Drill (2018).
A young company with a strong creative identity
Natasha Tripney, The Stage
**** Theatrically ambitious and boldly political
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian on The Beanfield
**** Funny, dark, and strangely dreamy work about the futility and fanaticism in humankinds desire to colonise the other
Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out on Tank
**** Get[s] your mind whirring at full speed bit by bit, The Drill bores into your brain
Matt Trueman, WhatsOnStage on The Drill
Its True, Its True, Its True was created using verbatim material, a devising process with the four cast members listed below, and writing by Ellice Stevens and Billy Barrett.
CAST
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018
Artemisia | Ellice Stevens |
Tassi | Sophie Steer |
Tuzia | Kathryn Bond |
New Diorama Theatre
Artemisia | Ellice Stevens |
Tassi | Harriet Webb |
Tuzia | Kathryn Bond |
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019
Artemisia | Sophie Steer |
Tassi | Harriet Webb |
Tuzia | Kathryn Bond |
Tour
Artemisia | Ellice Stevens |
Tassi | Sophie Steer |
Tuzia | Kathryn Bond |
CREATIVES
Director | Billy Barrett |
Dramaturg | Dorothy Allen-Pickard |
Set Designer | Luke W. Robson |
Costume Designer | Kitty Hawkins |
Lighting Designer | Lucy Adams |
Dressmaker | Ronnie Dorsey (Edinburgh), Calum Harvey (Tour) |
PRODUCTION TEAM
Producer | Ellie Claughton |
Stage Manager | Rachel Pryce (New Diorama Theatre), Rike Berg (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019) |
Technical Stage Manager | Stacey Sandford (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019, Tour) |
Technical Assistant Stage Manager | Victoria Shannon (Tour) |
Production Manager | Jack Greenyer (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019) |
PR | Gregor Cubie for Borowski |
THANKS TO
Arts Council England, David Byrne, Bryony Davies, Jon Claughton, Gregor Cubie, Marina Dixon, Aisling Galligan, Rosie Gray, Shelley Hastings, Kieran Lucas, Helen Matravers, Princeton Press, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Ralph Thompson and Sophie Wallis
PERFORMANCE DATES
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Previews
Theatre 503, London: 27th-28th July 2018
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018
Iron Belly, Underbelly: 2nd-25th August, 2018
London Transfer
New Diorama Theatre,
London: 16th October-10th November, 2018
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 (British Council Showcase)
Cowbarn, Underbelly:
16th-26th August, 2019
Tour
Mala Voadora, English Family Festival,
Porto: 27th-28th September 2019
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge: 3rd October, 2019
The Spring, Havant: 5th October, 2019
HOME, Manchester: 8th-12th October, 2019
Cast, Doncaster: 15th-16th October, 2019.
Theatre Deli, Sheffield: 17th October, 2019
Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham:
18th-19th October, 2019
Live Theatre, Newcastle: 22nd-23rd October, 2019
York Theatre Royal, York: 24th October, 2019
Square Chapel, Halifax: 25th October, 2019
East Riding Theatre, Hull: 26th October, 2019
The North Wall, Oxford: 29th October, 2019
The Pound Arts, Corsham: 30th October, 2019
Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry:
31st October-1st November, 2019
Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury: 2nd November, 2019
Theatre Royal Plymouth, Plymouth:
5th-9th November, 2019
Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol: 12th-16th November 2019
Leeds Playhouse, Leeds: 21-23rd November 2019
Barbican, London: 31st March-9th April 2020
Its True, Its True, Its True was originally commissioned by New Diorama Theatre.