Name: London Road
Start: 2022-03-07T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2022-03-07T22:00:00+00:00
Location: Embassy Theatre, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

This event has multiple dates:

Monday 7 March 2022, 7.30-10pm
Tuesday 8 March 2022, 7.30-10pm
Wednesday 9 March 2022, 7.30-10pm
Thursday 10 March 2022, 7.30-10pm
Friday 11 March 2022, 2.30-5pm
Friday 11 March 2022, 7.30-10pm
Saturday 12 March 2022, 2.30-5pm
Saturday 12 March 2022, 7.30-10pm

by Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork

Performed by BA (Hons) Acting (Musical Theatre)

Designed & produced by BA (Hons) Theatre Practice

Placement with MA/MFA Movement: Directing & Teaching

In late 2006, Steven Wright murdered five women. London Road is a verbatim musical that centres the serial killer’s neighbours: the residents of London Road, Ipswich. Using the exact words, rhythms, and intonations of interviews with members of the community, playwright Alecky Blythe and composer Adam Cork present a forensic account of how a group of ‘ordinary’ people experience the horror and frenzy of a high-profile crime.

In director Julia Locascio’s production, the operatic and the hyper-real meet in the intricately woven voices of the BA (Hons) Acting Musical Theatre students and the cinematic detail of the BA (Hons) Theatre Practice designers and technicians.

By arrangement with Nick Hern Books.

Showtimes

Monday 7 – Saturday 12 March, 7.30pm*
Friday 11 – Saturday 12 March, 2.30pm

Approximate running time: 2 hours 30 minutes including an interval

*Friday 11 March 7.30pm performance followed by Post-show Talkback event

Location

Embassy Theatre, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Post-show Talkback Event

London Road with Dr Louise Owen and director Julia Locascio

Friday 11 March, following the 7:30pm performance
Louise Owen is Lecturer in Theatre and Performance at Birkbeck, University of London, where she directs the BA Theatre Studies programmes. Her research examines contemporary theatre and performance in terms of economic change and modes of governance. Her writing has been published in various edited collections and in the journals Performance Research, Frakcija, Contemporary Theatre Review and TDR. She co-convenes the intercollegiate London Theatre Seminar and is director of Birkbeck’s Peltz Gallery and co-director of the Birkbeck Centre for Contemporary Theatre. Her monograph Agents of the Future: Theatre, Performance and Neoliberalizationin Britain is forthcoming from Northwestern University Press.

Booking and Venue Information

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Tickets

Tickets: £10 general admission / £5 concessions.
Complimentary tickets: industry and associated professionals.
NB: Tickets are non-refundable.
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Accessibility

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Band

* Visiting Professional or ** Central Staff

Musical Director Wendy Gadian**

Assistant Musical Director/ Keys Fintan Kealy*

Reeds 1 Ruth Whybrow*

Reeds 2 Elaine Booth*

Reeds 3 Paul Sanders*

Guitar Steve Smith*

Kit/Percussion Gareth Roberts*

Creative and Production Team

BA (Hons) Theatre Practice students, unless indicated, * Visiting Professional or ** Central Staff

Director Julia Locascio*

Associate Musical Director Fintan Kealy**

Choreographer Lynne Thomas*

Movement Director Jim Managanello*

Singing Tutor Verona Chard*

Accent Coach Stephen Rashbrook*

Lighting Design Mentor David Kidd*

Production Lighting Mentor Adam Squire*

Programming Mentor Sarah Brown*

Acting Musical Theatre Course Leader Wendy Gadian**

Theatre Practice Head of Programme Dr Kathrine Sandys**

Set Designer Suzanne Emerson

Costume Designer Yijing Chen

Lighting Designer Graeme Smith

Sound Designer Leeluu Dallas King

Assistant Lighting Designer Jennifer Cashman

MA/MFA Movement: Directing & Teaching placement student Phoebe Stapleton

Production Manager Sean Laing

Technical Manager Daniel Yazdani

Company Manager Jack Freestone

Stage Manager Rebecca Natalini

Deputy Stage Manager Beth Dixon

Assistant Stage Managers Rebecca Elsey, Fae Hochgemuth, Megan Le Marchant, Joseph Newport

Production Supervisor Jack Greenyer*

Costume Supervisor Alison Cartledge*

Assistant Costume Supervisor Eleni Beaumont Hulme

Dressers & Costume Maintenance Team Evelyn Butcher, Eleni Beaumont Hulme, Irma Pastarnokaite

1st Head of Scenic Painting Miya Tsuruda-Behan

2nd Head of Scenic Painting Emilia Perrone

Scenic Artists Alice Greenacre, Jessica Linsey, Sophia Logan

Construction Overview Illusion Design & Construct Ltd.*

Construction Crew Bartosz Chimielak, Theo Ellis, Ben Tarman

Additional Construction Edward Dennis**, Kristen Gilmore**

Head of Props Samuel Gingell

Prop Makers Rachel Bowyer, Rose Fraser, Aaron Oliver, Jacob Wimpress

Chief LX Luca Serra

Deputy Chief LX Iris Willems

Lighting Programmer Ciara Moss

Lighting Crew Giovanni Barros-Mota, Jack Fone, Max Streeter

LX No.3 Kelsey Guidera

LX No.3 / Follow Spot Operator Natalie Moreton

Follow Spot Operators / Construction Crew Lewis Champney, Georgina Keck, Kelsey Guidera, Alasdair Hood

Production Sound Engineer Dylan Saberton

Sound No.1/3 Alex Baker, Jessica Cluff

Sound No. 2 Isobel Mackintosh

Sound Design Supervisor James Melling*

PSE Supervisor Tim Lynn*

Sound Crew Patrick O’Sullivan

Head of Flys James Maginn

Fly Crew Sophie Andrews, Willow Burrows, Bolu Dario, Sophie Davis, Greta Dietz, Jiayi Ding, Yifei Ma, Will Tighe, Le-Shaun Williams

Additional Rigging Kaur Kivilo

Thanks to: Neg Earth Lights, Static Light Company, Ambersphere Solutions, Ben Linwood & Collaborative Creations, Light Motif, White Light, Gobo-Plus, T&P Department, Gareth Wide, Sam Smith, Mark Cunningham & Malachy Orozco, Autograph Sound, Shaw Sound, Orbital Sound, Amy Blower, Emily Gaskin, Harriet Norman, National Youth Theatre, Duncan, Vanessa & Ruth. Special thanks to Common Wealth Theatre, United Sex Workers, and UN Women UK.

Cast

Grace Ackary - Orange Girl, Stella, Lidl Woman, Rebecca, Reporter, Inga

Andre Antonio - Terry, Hector, Wicked Bloody Man

Jessie Armer - Helen

Jordan Ashley - Dodge, Mark, Harry

Morgan Demetre - June, Pub Server

Patrick Dineen - Santa, Alec / Kirsty’s Boyfriend, Jason, Male Reporter 2

Cliona Flynn - Stephanie, Old Lady, Producer 2, Nicola, Ward Councillor Carol

Olivia Gaidry - Rosemary, Wicked Bloody Woman 2

Jack Huckin - Ron

Anna-Fay Jackson - Leaflet Girl 2, Carol Creams, Wicked Bloody Woman 1, Kelly McCormack / Female Reporter, Alana

William Marr - Graham, Grahame Cooper, ITN Cameraman, Chris

Gigi Noel-King - Radio Techie, Starbucks Girl 1, Policewoman, Reporter, Jean

Felix Price - Tim, Lidl Man

Philip Protheroe - Alfie, Wayne, Policeman, Simon Newton

Ellie Stones - Kirsty, Starbucks Girl 2, Producer 1, Sarah, Gemma

Jenni Walker - Jan, Leaflet Girl 1

Grace Whyte - Julie

Rhys Wild - Gordon

Franco Yan - Radio DJ, Yokel, Chris Eakin / Male Reporter 1, Seb, Policeman

Ensemble

BA (Hons) Acting Musical Theatre 2023

Maeve-Anna Allen, Sam Astbury, Abigail Campbell, Katie Diver, Josh Dodding, Jasmine Elcock, Gemma Eshkeri, Gracie Follows, Mya Fox-Scott, Conor Gormley, Sami Green, Michaella Kumli, Danny Lingwood, Josh Roberts, Harry Simmons, James Spence, Imogen Strachan, Jacob Tanner, Max Taptygin, Alex Ward