Gloria Relaxed Performance Guide

Relaxed Performance 7th December @ 2.00pm Linbury Theatre, LAMDA Running Time: 2 Hours 10 Minutes, including a 20 minute interval.

Content warnings: Contains adult themes, scenes of a distressing nature and gun violence.

RELAXED PERFORMANCES AT LAMDA • You are welcome to come and go from the theatre as you need.

• There is a break-out room available.

• House lighting is on low throughout, never going to full black-out.

• Loud noises are reduced in sound level.

• No strobe lighting Is used.

• You are welcome to react to the show however you may need.

• At the end of this document is a show synopsis/sensory guide.

Here is a guide to sensory information symbols in this document: Indicates potentially loud or sudden noises

Indicates bright or sudden lighting changes

Indicates a sad or potentially distressing scene

Indicates fighting, or use of guns/weapons

Arriving at LAMDA When you arrive at LAMDA, the box office is to your right. You should pick up your ticket here, using your name.

You will be asked to show proof of double vaccination using the NHS App, or a negative lateral flow result taken in the last 24 hours.

Unless you are exempt, you will be asked to wear a mask at all times while in the building.

Toilets are located right next to box office.

LAMDA staff will be wearing LAMDA branded T-Shirts. If you need any assistance whilst in the building,

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please ask them.

This is the Theatre Foyer. You may be asked to wait here until the house is open.

You will be shown how to get to the Linbury Theatre by an Usher.

This performance will take place in the Linbury Theatre.

This is the entrance.

When you enter the theatre, an Usher will take your ticket from you.

You are welcome to sit where you like.

This is what the stage will look like when you enter.

You can come and go from the space whenever you like. The house lights will stay on low throughout the show.

There is a break-out space called ‘The Rittner Room’ which you are welcome to use at any point during the performance. It can be accessed via the stairs or lift in the main entrance foyer.

If you aren’t sure at any point during your visit where to go, please ask an usher.

Before the show begins, the actors will introduce themselves and the characters they are playing.

Jordan Barton is playing Miles / Shawn / Rashaad

Hari MacKinnon is playing Lorin

Here is a photo of Jordan

Here is a photo of Hari

Patrick Flannery is playing Dean / Devin

Brandie Peterson is playing Gloria / Nan

Here is a photo of Patrick

Here is a photo of Brandie

Rebecca Lewis is playing Ani / Sasha / Callie

Sabrina Wu is playing Kendra / Jenna

Here is a photo of Rebecca

Here is a photo of Sabrina

There is an interval in this performance. This will be indicated by the lights getting brighter. It will be 20 minutes long. You are welcome to stay in your seat.

An usher will let you know when the show is starting again. The house lights will dim.

At the end of the show the actors will come on and bow.

You are welcome to clap at this point if you would like.

The lights in the theatre will become brighter, and you can exit the theatre through the door you came in through.

SHOW SYNOPSIS / WHAT TO EXPECT The play takes place in modern-day Manhattan. It starts on a normal work day for a group of aspiring writers who are growing tired of the monotony of their desk jobs. Dean stumbles in hungover from a party at the home of someone else who works in the office, Gloria, the night prior. As the day goes on, everyone goes about their business, though tensions are high with a dispute over who should be allowed to write a story on a deceased singer, and Gloria begins to act stranger than usual. In a sudden shift in tone, Gloria shoots and kills many workers, including Miles and Ani, leaving Dean, Kendra, Nan, and Lorin alive. The story then follows the fallout of each character's life as they try to cope with the stress of witnessing the events and feud over who deserves a book deal based on the events of the shooting.

Throughout the show shooting, gun violence, and emotional distress is discussed at regular intervals. The actors slam the phone headsets down occasionally.

At the start of the show, the lights will dim, and the photocopier will make loud noises.

The actors talk about someone dying by overdose. The actors sing a song loudly.

The actors shout at one another, having an argument. This happens a couple of times. The actor playing Lorin will come on stage and shout over them.

Screaming will be heard from offstage. Two people dressed in white suits will enter the auditorium and spray fake blood on the white board and the windows. The sound of gunshots will be heard.

Gloria enters the stage. Using their hands in the shape of a gun the actor playing gloria shoots Miles and Ani. The actors playing those characters will pretend to die.

The actor playing Gloria will then use her hands in a gunshape to indicate that she is shooting herself. The lights will go out.

INTERVAL (The interval is 20 minutes long. During the interval the stage will change and the fake blood will be cleared away.)

The lights will dim, and the setting is now a Starbucks coffee shop.

During this scene, the actor playing Shawn will talk a bit about racism. The actor playing Dean will talk about depression and trauma, with regards to the shooting.

The actors playing Kendra and Dean talk about the shooting in detail. They get into a big argument. The actor playing Dean pretends to slap Kendra.

Shortly after the actors playing Nan and Sahsa enter the space, Dean will return. He has a panic attack. Nan and Sasha discuss the shooting in detail.

There is a blackout, during which the actors will change the scene on stage to look like another office space. It is the office of a film company.

The actor playing Lorin will put their headphones on towards the end of the scene. The actor playing Rashaad will shout a series of names at him. The lights will go out and music will play.

The End of the Show.