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Thanks to:
Ayesha, Shona, Sophia, Jackie, Grace, Lucy, Zaris-Angel, Zainab, Jo, Thusita, Petra, Leah, Kate, Ashna, Jemima & Taya
Maria Aberg, Rosie Elnile, Jess Bernberg, Carolyn Downing, Heta Multanen, Ayse Tashkiran, Cat Beveridge, Diane Willmott-Stiles, Suzanne Bourke, Amy Bending, Aimee Wood, Sydney Florence, Ryan Oconner and Blythe Stewart
Risn McBrinn, Lucy Perman, Michael Longhurst, Clare Slater, Anna Cooper, Lucy Morrison, Mimi Findlay, Charlotte Gwinner, Phyllida Lloyd and Tom Lyons
Everyone at the Donmar, Clean Break and NT Connections
Giles, Geoff, Rachel, Jen, Sam and Arthur
[BLANK] was first co-commissioned by Clean Break and the National Theatre and a version was produced as part of NT Connections in 2018.
This production, a co-production between the Donmar Warehouse and Clean Break, began at the Donmar Warehouse on 11 October 2019 with the following cast in alphabetical order:
AYESHA ANTOINE
SHONA BABAYEMI
SOPHIA BROWN
JACKIE CLUNE
GRACE DOHERTY
LUCY EDKINS
ZAINAB HASAN
ZARIS-ANGEL HATOR
JOANNA HORTON
THUSITHA JAYASUNDERA
PETRA LETANG
LEAH MONDESIR-SIMMONDS
KATE OFLYNN
ASHNA RABHERU
JEMIMA ROOPER
TAYA TOWER
Director Maria Aberg
Designer Rosie Elnile
Lighting Designer Jess Bernberg
Sound Designer Carolyn Downing
Movement Director Ayse Tashkiran
Video Designer Heta Multanen
Musical Director Cat Beveridge
Fight Director Rachel Bown-Williams Of RC-Annie Ltd
Casting Director Anna Cooper CDG
Production Manager Diane Willmott-Stiles
Company Stage Manager Suzanne Bourke
Deputy Stage Manager Amy Bending
Assistant Stage Manager Aimee Woods
Costume Supervisor Sydney Florence
Props Supervisor Lisa Buckley & Ryan OConner
Dialect Coach Hazel Holder
Resident Assistant Director Blythe Stewart
Rehearsal And Production Photography Helen Maybanks
DONMAR
THE DONMAR WAREHOUSE is a 251-seat, not-for-profit theatre in Covent Garden, led by Artistic Director Michael Longhurst and Executive Director Henny Finch. We have won more than 100 awards in our 27-year history.
We bring together a wide variety of people at our intimate warehouse space and elsewhere to create, witness and participate in thrilling, world-class theatre.
Through our work on and offstage, we aim to create a more cohesive, functional and creative society by broadening horizons, inspiring empathy and offering outstanding entertainment.
We develop new artists and future audiences through our renowned training programmes and our Discover activity with schools and communities.
We believe that representation matters; diversity of identity, of perspective, of lived experience enriches our work and our lives.
Welcome to important stories, thrillingly told, widely shared.
Find out more at
www.donmarwarehouse.com
DONMAR THEATRE STAFF
Artistic Director MICHAEL LONGHURST
Executive Director HENNY FINCH
Chief Operating Officer SALLY NOONAN
General Manager BAILEY LOCK
General Manager (Maternity Cover) CAROLINE DYOTT
Deputy General Manager NICK MORRISON
Deputy Production Manager PHOEBE BATH
Executive Administrator LYDIA COTTON
Assistant to the Executive JENNIFER GLEAVE
Production Assistant JESSICA BERRY
Literary Manager CLARE SLATER
Casting Director ANNA COOPER CDG
Director of Development SILVIA MELCHIOR
Head of Trusts and Foundations GEMMA COOK
Heads of Individual Giving LUCY HOWARD-TAYLOR TAMARA WIJESEKARA
Events Manager EMMA HALSTEAD
Development Manager IMEAR DOHERTY
Corporate Development & Campaigns Officer OONAGH ODONOVAN
Memberships Officer MANISHA MAJITHIA
Director of Marketing ALEXANDER FLEMING
Marketing Manager ARABELLA PENISTON
Marketing Assistant ALICE GORDON
Advertising & Graphics AKA
Press Representative JO ALLAN PR
Head of Ticketing & Digital Systems PHILIP GOUDAL
Ticketing & Customer Service Manager ANNA EVANS
Ticketing Assistants ROB WATLING MARCUS WOODCOCK
Head of Finance JOE ROBERTS
Senior Management Accountant HARMINDER CHANA
Finance Assistant CRAIG GREAVES
Operations Manager EVE HARRIS
Operations Apprentice ALISSA ABENA
Education Manager PHIL McCORMACK
Education & Access Administrator REBECCA TARRY
Associate Artist TOM SCUTT
Associate Artist ROY ALEXANDER WEISE
Resident Assistant Directors THOMAS BAILEY BLYTHE STEWART
Junior Lighting Technician MARTHA TRENDELL
Kitchen at Dryden Street TEMPUS CATERING
Head of Wardrobe KATIE GRIFFIN
Deputy Head of Wardrobe SHARON PEARSON
Theatre Manager MICHAEL BOND
Deputy Theatre Manager EMILY KIRKPATRICK
Chief Electrician GEORGE DIVES
Master Carpenter MATT DAY-SMITH
Deputy Chief Electrician ELLIOT SMITH
Deputy Master Carpenter JACK HARDING
Head Duty Manager MEGAN STEINBERG
Cover Duty Managers
ANTONY BAKER
CLAUDIA COELHO
MATTHEW HILL
EMMA SZEPESSY
Cellar Senior Assistant EUAN HUMPHREYS
Access Senior Assistant EMMA HRYCAK
Events Senior Assistant ANNA CHRIPKO
Education Senior Assistant LEANNE COUPLAND
Cover Senior Assistant ALAIN PEREIRA
Bar Captain VICTORIA NICOL
FOH and Bar
BECCA CLEE
SARAH HUGHES
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