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BY CARYL CHURCHILL.

DIRECTED BY STELLA POWELL-JONES.

12 October -
11 November 2023

Overview

“Be clean, be quick, be top, be best”

Her husband wants her dead, but Marion’s too busy to notice. With the London housing market booming, she spots a chance to make a killing of her own by flipping a house. There’s just one problem – the current tenants are her closest friends. Undeterred, she hatches a plan and makes them an offer they can’t refuse. A deal is done, and an exchange is made. But is the price worth paying?

Fifty years on from its premiere, Artistic Director Stella Powell-Jones directs this timely revival of Caryl Churchill’s wickedly funny first play about power, property, and possession.

 

This production contains haze, gun shots, loud noises, strong language, and references to self-harm, suicide, murder, and sexual assault.

 

 

 

 

 

 

People

Laura Doddington
Marion
Laura has most recently appeared at Jermyn Street Theatre as Anne in Yours Unfaithfully. She has worked extensively with Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough originating multiple roles in his new writing and reviving many roles in his previous works.
Ryan Donaldson
Alec
Ryan trained at LAMDA. He has just finished a run at Shakespeare’s Globe playing Edmund in King Lear. He recently completed filming playing Lenny in the thriller series, North Sea Connection, airing on RTE One this autumn.
Mark Huckett
Clegg
Mark is an English actor who trained at Drama Studio London and has worked in theatre ever since, from theatre in education to small- and large-scale tours (both at home and abroad) to the West End.
Pearl Marsland
Alec's Mother
Pearl has an Honours Degree in Film and Drama and has worked at Shakespeare’s Globe, the Bankside Rose and the Royal Court amongst others. Pearl was also Associate Professor of Acting at Westminster College, Oxford and Director of the Beaufoy Theatre in the City of London.
Tom Morley
Worsely
Tom is a British actor based in London. Raised in Gloucestershire, Tom moved to London to study acting at Drama Centre and LAMDA. Since then he has acted in feature films, television drama and theatres in London and across the UK.
Boadicea Ricketts
Lisa
Boadicea played the lead role in She Dares Wins at the Young Vic Theatre, and also received an Offie nomination for her debut role in East at the King's Head Theatre.
Laura Woodhouse
Mrs Arlington
Laura recently graduated from LAMDA. She has appeared in the film Black of My Eye on Amazon and in Chiara at Apollo Theatre.

Caryl Churchill
Writer
Stella Powell-Jones
Director
Cat Fuller
Set and Costume Designer
Chuma Emembolu
Lighting Designer
Sasha Howe
Sound Co-Designer
Max Pappenheim
Sound Co-Designer
Marc Frankum
Casting Director
Aida Rocci Ruiz
Assistant Director
Natalie Johnson
Assistant Designer
Agata Odolczyk
Costume Supervisor

Media

“Outrageously funny”
The Guardian

 
“A strong cast and clever staging”
Broadway World

 
“Deceptively complex and skilfully carried off”
The Spy in the Stalls

 
“An excellent cast nail their respective roles”
West End Best Friend

 
“Doddington is in blistering form”
The Reviews Hub

 
“Revived with dashing elegance”
TheatreCat

 
“An impressive cast”
ReviewsGate

 
“Protest against the wealth gap is loud and clear”
The Stage