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Diary of a Teenage Girl – casting

 Casting announced for the UK premiere of

 The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Wednesday 1 March – Saturday 25 March 2017

at Southwark Playhouse

 

Rona Morison, Rebecca Trehearn and Saskia Strallen star alongside Mark Caroll and Jamie Wilkes

Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner which was turned into a major film in 2015. 

 

Atomicus Entertainment presents

 

THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL

Adapted by Marielle Heller.

Directed by Alexander Parker.

Designed by Andrew Riley.

Lighting Design by David Howe.

Sound Design by James Nicholson.

 

Cast

Mark Carroll

Rona Morison

Saskia Strallen

Rebecca Trehearn

Jamie Wilkes

 

The Diary of a Teenage Girl recounts the coming-of-age adventures of Minnie Goetze, a San Francisco teenager growing up in the counterculture haze of the 1970s.

Lonely and artistic, Minnie chronicles her trials through expressive drawings and painfully honest missives confided to a tape recorder. One fateful evening alone with her mother’s boyfriend, Minnie is confronted with her burgeoning sexuality for the first time, and suddenly this precocious teen is in way over her head.

Based on the critically acclaimed graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner, which was later turned into a major award-winning motion picture film starring Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård and Kristen Wiig, Marielle Heller’s explosive play is a sharp, funny and provocative account of one girl’s sexual and artistic awakening, without judgment.

Rona Morison plays Minnie. Recently at Southwark Playhouse she starred in Orca. She has just finished filming Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg which will be released in 2018. Other theatre credits include Julie (Northern Stage), The Crucible (Bristol Old Vic), Buckets (Orange Tree), Scuttlers (Manchester Royal Exchange), The James Plays (National Theatre), To Kill a Mockingbird (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) and The Second Mrs Tanqueray (Rose Theatre).

Rebecca Trehearn plays Charlotte (Minnie’s mother). She trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Theatre includes The Night Before Christmas (Salisbury Playhouse), A Little of What You Fancy (Salisbury Playhouse), Floyd Collins (Wilton’s Music Hall), Show Boat (New London Theatre/Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), City Of Angels (Donmar Warehouse), Dogfight (Southwark Playhouse), Ghost (UK National Tour), Bernarda Alba (Union Theatre). Recording includes film soundtracks for Into The Woods, The Da Vinci Code and Mamma Mia! Rebecca can also be heard as Rosalia on the 50th Anniversary recording of West Side Story, on the Love Story original cast recording and as Abby on Bobby Cronin’s The Concrete Jungle studio cast recording.

Saskia Strallen plays Kimmie. Her theatre credits include Oklahoma!, Fame, Scrooge, 9 to 5 The Musical (National Tour), Miss Atomic Bomb (St. James Theatre), Street of Dreams (MEN Arena), The Best Little Whore House in Texas, Dames at Sea, Bells are Ringing (Union Theatre), Billy Elliott (Victoria Palace), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Scrooge (Palladium), Jesus Christ Superstar (UK tour), Whistle Down the Wind, Annie (New Victoria Theatre) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (New Wimbledon Theatre).

Mark Carroll plays Pascal. He trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Theatre includes The Threepenny Opera (National Theatre), Memphis the Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Marguerite, Jesus Christ Superstar, Oliver!, Miss Saigon (West End). Television includes Doctor Who.

Jamie Wilkes plays Monroe. He trained at LAMDA. Theatre includes The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Rover, Oppenheimer, Shoemaker’s Holiday, Wendy & Peter Pan (all RSC), The Comedy of Errors, Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare’s Globe), Howl’s Moving Castle, The Boy James, Lorca is Dead, Atrium, Tartuffe (all Southwark Playhouse), The Beggar’s Opera, Macbeth (York Theatre Royal), Dracula (Edinburgh International Festival), Metamorphosis (NSDF Spotlight Award for Best Actor). Television includes Mr Selfridge and Downton Abbey.

Listing

THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL

Wednesday 1 March – Saturday 25 March 2017

Monday to Saturday at 8pm
Tuesday matinees at 3.30pm
Saturday matinees at 3.30pm

 

77-85 Newington Causeway
London SE1 6BD

Box Office

Online

www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk

24 HOURS/NO BOOKING FEES

By Telephone

020 7407 0234

NO BOOKING FEES

Ticket Prices

Preview from 1 March – all tickets £12
From 6 March: £20, £16 (conc.)

Concessions

Students, Under 16’s, Unwaged, Registered disabled, Over 65’s

Registered disabled patrons can bring one companion free of charge.

 

 

 

A lie of the Mind

announces

REVIVAL OF SAM SHEPARD’S

 

A LIE OF THE MIND

AT SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE

4 – 28 May

 

 

With rehearsals underway for Defibrillator’s production of Stephen Karam’s Speech and Debate opening at Trafalgar Studios on 24 February, the company announces a revival of Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind.  Defibrillator Artistic Director James Hillier directs the production opening at Southwark Playhouse on 8 May, with previews from 4 May running until 28 May. 

 

“Love… its a disease that makes ya’ feel good. While it lasts. Then, when it’s gone, yer worse off than before you caught it.”

 

America. The great wide open. Two families torn apart by more than one brutal marriage. Out of this bleak landscape emerges a human spirit that burns bright in its fight for salvation.
At heart a love story, this poetic and gritty play explores the ambivalence of family relationships, of love lost and found, against the backdrop of a macho American West. Humorous, dark and mystical A Lie of the Mind was written by Sam Shepard at the height of his powers.
James Hillier said,  

“In 2017, with a post-truth President in the White House, this play which charts the carnage that ensues from self-deception is as relevant now as when first performed in 1985.”

Sam Shepard (b 1942) is a playwright, actor, director and author. He has written over 45 plays (11 of which have won Obie Awards) including True Love, Fool for Love and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child, recently seen at Trafalgar Studios starring Ed Harris. He also wrote the screenplay for Wim Wender’s Paris, Texas for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.  
James Hillier is Artistic Director of Defibrillator. His directing credits include, most recently, Terry Johnson’s Insignificance at Langham Place, New York, the première production of Tennessee Williams’ The Hotel Plays at the Grange Hotel in 2012 and The Langham, London in 2014, The Armour (also The Langham, winner of an award at Le Miami Rebels) and Hard Feelings (Finborough Theatre).  Hillier has directed a number of short films, including How To Make A Good First Impression Part 1 which went on to win awards at Tribecca Film Festival and Cannes.  As an actor, he has worked at the National, Almeida Theatre, Bush Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange and the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. He is currently shooting the second season of The Crown.
DEFIBRILLATOR is an award-winning London based company with a growing reputation for delivering inspiring and entertaining theatre in both conventional and non-theatre settings. With a history of bringing to life material that may have been forgotten, the company is increasingly developing and discovering new works from UK and international writers for audiences around the world. Defibrillator is led by Artistic Director James Hillier and Executive Producer Trish Wadley, supported by the Stage One Bursary Scheme for New Producers.

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Listing

 A lie of the Mind

4 – 28 May

7:30pm Monday – Saturday

3pm matinees on Tuesdays and Saturdays

 

Southwark Playhouse

77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD

southwarkplayhouse.co.uk

020 7407 0234

 

 Tickets:

Standard £20

Concessions £16

Previews £12