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A fresh & funny take on a medieval classic Everyman adapted by Carol Ann Duffy in the Studio Theatre

14th - 18th Feb 2023

Event info

Start Time: 7.30pm

Tickets: £15.00 Concessions: £13.00


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All performances are now full. Any returned tickets will be put back on sale as-and-when they are received, so it's worth checking back to see if any seats have become available. (There is no waiting list for returns)

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Carol Ann Duffy’s stunning reimagining updates a fifteenth century morality play into an assault on the modern consumer age, and a reminder of our own mortality.

God is a cleaner in marigolds, Death wears motorcycle leathers not a cowl, and the eponymous protagonist Everyman is a bad-boy banker who swaggers his way through a life of sex and drug-fuelled self-gratification.

The former Poet Laureate’s reworking brings this medieval classic bang up to date, and is both poignant and bitingly funny in its spiritual and ecological message.

Its premiere at the National Theatre in 2015 was hailed for its sparkle, boldness and wit, and we’re excited to bring this vibrant and exhilarating adaptation to our intimate Studio Theatre.

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This amateur production of “Everyman” Copyright © Carol Ann Duffy. Is reproduced by permission of the author c/o Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd., 20 Powis Mews, London W11 1JN.

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Cast

Everyman: Craig Fairbairn

God / Good Deeds: Kay Edmundson

Death: Mike Smith

Knowledge: Steven Wallace

Father: Keith Wigham

Mother: Ann Zunder

Sister: Frances Mulholland

Everyboy: Dexter Brissenden-Lang (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday) / Gilbert Simpson (Wednesday, Friday, Saturday)

Fellowship: Lauren Aspery, Sean Burnside, Ruth Gibson, Charles Hope, Patrick Johnson, Molli Lloyd-James, Rye Mattick, Stephanie Moore, Chris Neal, Ben Watkins, Cat White

Production Team

Directors: Tony Childs & Chris Heckels-Thompson

Production Design & Technology: Tim Swinton

Stage Manager: Lesley Heckels-Thompson

Music: Rye Mattick

Movement: Ruth Gibson

Rehearsal Prompt: Catherine Hope

Technical Operator: Alex Tate

Props: Sheila Bone & Kay Worswick

Wardrobe: Sarah Pearson

The company would like to thank: Peter Hinton for the chainsaw, Paul Edwards for Death’s leathers, Kirsty Smith of ‘Live Easy’ at The Dene Centre for the wheelchair.

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