Pig programme

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LIVERPOOL’S ROYAL COURT PRESENTS

WRITTEN BY

DEBORAH MORGAN DIRECTED BY

PAUL GOETZEE STARRING

DEBBIE BRENNAN, LEWIS BRAY & SHARON BYATT

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2 to 19 October 2019

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Downstairs at Liverpool’s Royal Court, 1 Roe St, Liverpool L1 1HL

Youth Theatre Our fresh, new, innovative and relevant Youth Theatre is based here at the iconic Royal Court Theatre. It has been developed by young people for young people and delivers a range of opportunities FREE of charge for young people aged 11-25 from every part of the city.

If you are interested in a career in the arts or just looking for something to do and somewhere to make friends, then come along and take part in singing, dancing, or even writing scripts!

Joining the Youth Theatre Do you know a young person who has a passion for theatre, acting, singing, dancing or writing?

Tell them to complete an expression of interest form by visiting liverpoolsroyalcourt.com/youththeatre. Alternatively you can call 0151 702 5892 or email education@royalcourttrust.org

Everybody is welcome at the Royal Court Youth Theatre, there are no auditions or waiting lists to join. Thank you for buying a programme today and supporting the Youth Theatre. The funds we raise help us with ongoing running costs and keep the youth theatre free for all to access.

The

Eleanor Rathbone Foundation

Community Choir Our Community Choir has been running for four years and sessions are open to everyone aged over 16 so bring along the whole family!

Choir sessions are FREE to attend and open to all abilities – there is no audition process.

Come along, have a laugh, make new friends, learn some new songs and remember some old ones.

Joining the Choir If you are interested in coming along to or if you just want to find out more information, contact education@royalcourttrust.org or phone 0151 702 5892.

NEW WRITING WORKSHOP Here at the Court we are not just interested in what is happening tomorrow, we are looking at next year, the year after and well into the next decade. With that in mind we have set up a programme to support new theatre writing called Stage Write.

Writers can submit their work to us, whether finished pieces or just a couple of scenes. These pieces will then be read by experienced professionals and some may be chosen for a reading in front of an audience at one of our regular Stage Write nights, or workshopped with a cast and director. They can come from new or established writers, we just want to see the best new work.

Submissions are invited on a rolling basis, with no deadlines and no fees. All types of work will be considered, comedy or drama, as long as they have been written for the stage and are submitted in a stage script format.

If you have any questions or would like to submit a script, then please e-mail stagewrite@royalcourtliverpool.com. If you would like to be among the first to see these new pieces then join us for one of our showcases.

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24 September, 19 November

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Downstairs at Liverpool’s Royal Court, 1 Roe St, Liverpool L1 1HL

Rehearsal Photos

Cast & Company

Lucy Maria

Abigail Middleton Karen Young

Writer Director Designer Lighting Designer Tech SM Sound Designer Wardrobe Supervisor Head Carpenter

Sarah Power Olive Pascha Ellie LIght Matt Jones Helena Harvey Kate Harvey Marie Jones Mick Bawden

Production Manager Studio Tech SM

Andy Edwards Helena Harvey

Set by Sightlines Workshop Team Jonathan Defty Mike Gray Mick Gunnigle

Please note that Pig contains themes that some audience members may find upsetting. If you have any concerns please speak to a member of staff.

Cast Biographies Abigail Middleton Lucy

Abigail is excited to be back at the Royal Court after recently finishing Scouse Pacific last month and Our Day Out ten years ago.

Abigail’s recent credits include: Sister Mary Gamble/Ensemble in Scouse Pacific (Royal Court Theatre Liverpool); Nancy in Kiss Me Quickstep (Hornchurch/ Ipswich/Clwyd, Queens Theatre Hornchurch); Tiger Lily in Peter Pan (St Helens Theatre Royal).

Television: Commercial, Host Girlfriend, Kätcher (The Party); The Evermoor Chronicles (Disney Channel).

Training: Rose Bruford Collage BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship.

Karen Young Maria

Karen is graduate of the Acting course at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and was a finalist for the Spotlight Prize in 2017. Since graduating, she has worked with Hiccup/Derby Theatre, as well as emerging Liverpool companies Despite the Monkey and Coachhouse Productions.

Originally from Aberdeenshire, she stayed on in Liverpool after graduating and it since has become her home. She is also a keen musician and can be found at the various trad nights around the city with her fiddle!

You may also recognise Karen from our Box Office here at the Royal Court and she is honoured to have been lovingly dubbed an honorary Scouser by the Box Office Beauts!

4 October to 2 November Tickets from ÂŁ14 No booking fees!

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Company Biographies Sarah Power Writer

Sarah studied Writing for Stage at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Pig is her debut full-length play and she still can’t quite believe it’s on in the Royal Court Studio - it’s so dreamy. Previously to Pig she’s had short plays performed at the Everyman Theatre Liverpool, the Arcola Theatre and the Bunker Theatre in London.

Olive Pascha Director

Since leaving school in 2013, Olive has been passionate in exploring different styles of directing in communities taking place in Britain, India and Russia. She is currently a mature student in second year at LIPA studying Applied Theatre and Community Drama and is dedicated to continuing to learn about and make theatre that questions the world we live in. Pig is Olive’s first professional production.

Ellie Light Designer

Ellie Light is a recent Theatre and Performance Design graduate from LIPA. During her time at university she designed the set for A Matter of Life and Death, directed by James Baker, and co-designed set and costume for Noughts and Crosses, directed by Monique Touko. Since

graduating in July she has been the design assistant for Jerry Springer: The Opera at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre. She intends to continue working in the North West as a designer and maker.

To see more of her work, go to ellielight.co.uk

Kate Harvey Sound Designer

Kate has been working in technical theatre specifically working in sound for around 20 years. Having worked on a variety of events/ productions in the past, she always loves coming back to theatre design and mixing theatre shows.

A list of sound credits include: Corporate/Outdoor : Labour, Conservative, NUT, TUC and many more conferences.

Various exhibitions. Symphony in the Park (Hoghton Tower).

TV: Stan James World Match Dartsplay (Sky Sports), Strictly Ballroom (ITV), Danny La Rue (BBC), Spirit of Shankly (Granada DVD).

Cruises : P&O World Cruises, Island Cruises, Celebrity.

Arena : Hot Ice (Stageworks Worldwide Productions); You’ll Never Walk Alone (Alterean Media and Liverpool FC).

Music: The Christians, Chesney Hawkes, Sinita, Slade, Bad Manners, Toyah, Limahl, Cream UK Tour, Petula Clarke, Bobby Crush, East 17, Liberty X, Jane McDonald, Coldplay.

Comedy: Jason Manford, Peter Kay, Roy Walker, Norman Wisdom, Jim Bowen,

Brian Conley, Brendan O’Carroll, Paddy McGuiness.

Live Theatre: Aladdin and Sleeping Beauty (King Georges Hall, Blackburn); Mystique (Stageworks); Original TV Comedians (Blackpool Opera House); Paul Zerdin (Paradise Room Blackpool); Flags (Manchester Exchange); Mam I’m Ere (Life in Theatre); Eight Miles High, Lucky Numbers, Council Depot Blues, Funny Money, Ladies Day, Scouse of the Pacific, Bouncers, Night Collar, Our Day Out, The Salon, Shirley Valentine, Sex in the Surburbs, Reds and Blues, Ladies Night, Lennon, Noises Off, Scouse of the Antarctic, Canoeing for Beginners, Lost Soul, Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels 1&2, The Scouse Nativity, Golden Oldies, The Royal, The Scouse Cinderella, Maggie May, Yellow Breck Road and Lost Soul 2 (Royal Court Liverpool); Twopence to Cross the Mersey (Empire Theatre and National Tour, Pulse Records); Shout! (Max Emmerson Productions); Out of Order and It Runs In The Family (Ray Cooney Comedy Company); Bang Bang (A production for John Cleese at Mercury Theatre, Colchester) Omnibus (Unity Theatre) Judy and Liza National Tour (Produced by Royal Court Liverpool); Lennon’s Banjo (Epstein Theatre) and By The Waters Of Liverpool (Empire Theatre, Pulse Records).

Marie Jones Costume Supervisor

Marie studied fashion and then moved on to theatre costume interpretation at Mabel Fletcher College. Marie’s work as a freelance costumier has included costumes for Oldham Coliseum, The Royal Exchange, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Jimmy

McGovern’s film Liam, Beyond Friendship for Mersey Television and the many pantomime dames who have appeared on the Everyman stage.

She has worked extensively at the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and has recently been employed as full time Wardrobe Supervisor at the Royal Court. Most recently Marie’s work at the Everyman and Playhouse has included: Much Ado About Nothing, The Electric Hills, The Flint Street Nativity, The Tempest, Unprotected, Billy Liar, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe, Urban Legend, Fly, Breezeblock Park, The Entertainer, Still Life And The Astonished Heart, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Anniversary, Dr Faustus, The May Queen, Cruel Sea and All My Sons.

Marie’s other credits include: Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels, Lost Soul, Good Golly Miss Molly, Stags and Hens - The Remix, On The Ledge, Misery, Eight Miles High, Council Depot Blues, Night Collar, Dirty Dusting, Shirley Valentine, Our Day Out - The Musical, The Salon, Funny Money, Merry Ding Dong, A Fistul Of Collars, Lucky Numbers, Lennon, Scouse Pacific, You’ll Never Walk Alone, Little Scouse on the Prairie, Reds And Blues - The Musical, Ladies Day, Bouncers, Scouse Of The Antarctic, Pharaoh ‘Cross The Mersey and Down The Dock Road, amongst many others, for Royal Court Liverpool, Brouhaha International Street Festival, Working Class Hero on the recent Imagine DVD, Costume Supervisor for many shows at LIPA, The Splash Project at MYPT and Twopence To Cross The Mersey at the Liverpool Empire.

September to December 2019 FOURPLAY

19 & 20 September

£12

Commissioned by Old Vic New Voices, FourPlay is a terrific new comic play about sex and commitment in the 21st century.

Liverpool’s Royal Court present

STAGE WRITE NIGHT 24 September, 19 November

£5

Join us for an evening of script in hand readings from the Royal Court’s new writing programme.

Liverpool’s Royal Court present

PETE PRICE HOLDS COURT 25 September, 20 November

£12

Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire in this classic variety night!

Gag Reflex present

LAURENCE CLARKE

AN IRRESPONSIBLE FATHER’S GUIDE TO PARENTING

28 September

£12 / £10

Comedian Laurence Clarke presents his new show, about what it’s like to bring up a baby when you have cerebral palsy.

Liverpool’s Royal Court present

KNEE DEEP IN PROMISES 2 to 19 October

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Dean’s mum has just died. It’s OK though, he’s making her a coffin out of Weetabix boxes. Deborah Morgan’s new play looks at what life can throw at you while you try to do your best.

Liverpool Irish Festival present

IRELAND’S CALL 21 October

£14 / £12

Follow the lives and family histories of three young men as they grow up in Coolock on Dublin’s northside. What shapes them and entices them to a life of crime?

Liverpool Irish Festival present

WEAVE

28 to 30 November

£14 / £12

The Story of a Scouse Girl with Possessed Hair Extensions. Liverpudlian Arabella is going out tonight, with the intentions of painting the town red and every other colour she can. Little does she know what is about to happen.

Liverpool’s Royal Court present

MERRY CHRISTMAS, CAROL 9 to 21 December

From £12

A show that is full of great music and laughs that will keep you warm in the winter.

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Royal Court Staff Executive Producer Kevin Fearon Chief Executive Gillian Miller Finance Director Kevin Dunn Producer Jess Bolger Production Manager Andy Edwards Marketing Manager Iain Christie Executive Chef David Assall Finance Officer Alison Ward General Manager Thomas Wright In-House Designer Jamie Jenkin Production Co-Ordinator Clare Carlucci Marketing & Social Media Officer Aisling Davis Chief LX Jamie Haining Technical Stage Manager Matt Jones Box Office & Sales Manager (Maternity Cover) Laura Lees Community & Education Manager Miriam Mussa Costume Supervisor Marie Jones Workshop Manager Mick Bawden Finance Administrator Izzie Litwin Admin Assistant Phil McLoughlin

Deputy Front of House Managers Emma Keig, Kathryn Heffron Front of House Supervisor Kathy Hutson Front of House Jordan Barkley, Hazel Bawden, Colette Burgess, Sally Britton, Emma Clarke, Ellie Dunn, Audrey Flynn, Megan Franey, Bethany Fry, Finn Goulden-Jennings, Michael Hardy, Jennifer Heffron, Olivia Heffron, Paul Imrie, Jake Jones, Beth Karaski, Aimee Kelly, Lizzie Kendrick, Abbie Kenworthy, Jamie Kenyon, Sven Key, Phil Lyne, Faye McCutcheon, Cora Mason, Sam Massen, Michael Mountain, Phil Mcloughlin, Mia Molloy, Michael Nelson, Calum Norbury, Joe O’Neill, Jack Owens, Jamie Peacock, Jake Pendleton, Millie Quayle, Chloe Thorpe, Evan Trudgil, Odessa Walsh, Emma Walters, Alex Williams and Gina Zotova Cleaners Cleaning Supervisor: Debbie Chisam, Billie Chisam, Carla Cole,Joanne Kinsella, Kevin Tristram and Nick Watson.

And a big thank you to all of our security staff for their hard work throughout the year.

Youth Theatre Officer Zain Salim Community Choir Master Jay McWinen Box Office Assistants Pat Breen-O’Neill, Erika Drummond, Finn Goulden-Jennings, Izzie Litwin, Anna Miller, Joe Morris, Ashleigh Owen, Jamie Peacock, Susan Segar, Angela Varley, Karen Young.

Stage Door Allan Dodd & John Evans.

Kitchen Daniel Ambrose, Daniel Awotwi, Steven Banks and Kyle Wardale.

Kitchen Porters Billie Chisam, Debbie Chisam, Daniel Dunn, Thomas Thorpe, Kevin Tristram and Nick Watson.

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Written by Gerry Linford • Directed by Chris Mellor • Designed by Foxton Lighting Design by Ian Scott • Sound Design by Kate Harvey

30 August - 21 September 2019 Tickets from £14

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