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By Sophie Treadwell
Director - Suzanne GormanLighting Designer - Kathrine SandysAccent Coach - Rebecca GausnellMovement Coach - Vanessa EwanVoice Coach - Claudette WilliamsCostume Supervisor - Alison CartledgeDresser - Kate PeachamProduction Manager - Shaz McGeeBA (Hons) Acting Course Leader - Nick Moseley
Creative Team - BA (Hons) Theatre Practice Students
Assistant Director - David O’ConnellSet and Costume Designer - Conor SmartSound Designer - Jack BaxterAssociate Lighting Designer - Lewis Watson
Production Team - BA (Hons) Theatre Practice StudentsAssistant Costume Supervisor - Maizie HardyLighting Programmer - Oliver PartridgeDeputy Chief LX - Bradley Coleiro-SwainProduction Sound Engineer - Daniel RaddingsStage Manager - Alexa ZetzscheAssistant Stage Managers - Connor Hill & Rosie O’RileyProps Buyer - Suzie DubowskiSet Constructors - Oliver Chapman & Lucy Mewis-McKerrow
Performed by BA (Hons) Acting, working alongside students from the BA (Hons) Theatre Practice
Overview
Inspired by the real-life events surrounding the murder trial and execution of Ruth Snyder in 1920s America, Machinal highlights a young woman’s experience of a society in which free choice, power and agency are the privilege of the few.
This young woman, an ordinary young woman, cannot find her place, cannot find peace in an industrialised world where ordinary people are compelled to submit to the repetitive machinery of life. When she finds herself caught in a loveless marriage, our ordinary young woman’s bid to be free leads to devastating consequences.
Machinal is presented through special arrangement with the Roman Catholic Church Diocese of Tucson.
Cast
Filing Clerk / Bellboy / Doctor / Man at Table 2 / Lawyer for Prosecution / Priest / Boy’s Voice / Huckster Simon Bigg
George H. Jones / Man at Table 3 / Judge / Barber / Man’s Voice Jerry Iwu
Young Woman / Woman at Table 1 Tasha Lim
Adding Clerk / Young Doctor / Lover / Bailiff / Husband’s Voice / Janitor / Death Guard / Dancer Sam Meakin
Telephone Girl / Lawyer for Defence / Matron / Wife’s Voice / Dancer Amelia Pitcher
Stenographer / Nurse / Boy at Table 2 / First Reporter / Woman’s Voice Georgia Sansom
Young Woman / Policeman / Second Reporter / Small Boy’s Voice Maddie Stoneman
Mother / Waiter / Court Reporter Esther Tan
Young Woman / Man at Table 1 / Third Reporter / Dancer May Walker
Young Woman / Court Clerk / Jailer / Girl’s Voice / Dancer Abigail Weinstock
Additional Information
Approximate running time: 1 hour 45 minutes without an interval.
Showtimes
- Wednesday 13 November, 7:30pm
- Thursday 14 November, 7:30pm
- Friday 15 November, 2:30pm & 7:30pm
- Saturday 16 November, 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Location
Webber Douglas Studio, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Other information
NB: Tickets are non-refundable. Please check in with the box office 15 minutes prior to the start of the show where you will receive an entrance token.
Proof of eligibility is required for all concessionary rate tickets.
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is fully wheelchair accessible, please speak with our box office team on 02077228183 if you have any further enquiries.
Event price
Tickets: £10/ £5 concessions. Complimentary tickets: industry and associated professionals