Iris leaflet

WEDNESDAY 6 TO SATURDAY 30 APRIL 2016

A Live Theatre Production. World Premiere

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A new play by Alison Carr Directed by Max Roberts Designed by Patrick Connellan Starring Katy Cavanagh (Coronation Street), Journal Culture Award-winning actor Joe Caffrey and Sam Neale

THURSDAY 30 JUNE TO SATURDAY 23 JULY 2016 A Live Theatre Production. World Premiere

The Savage Written by David Almond Directed by Max Roberts An adaptation by David Almond of his popular novel in his first commission with Live Theatre, The Savage will mark the opening of the new children’s writing centre, Live Tales.

Blue imagines a ‘truely wild’ character in order to escape the neighbourhood bully and come to terms with the loss of his father.

This is a family friendly play with music that will appeal to both adults and young people aged 9 and above, in a contemporary fable about the importance of creativity in making us whole.

Iris is gone and Julie has the mother of all hangovers.

Tickets £22-£10, over 60 concs £16-£12, other concs £15-£6 For more information and to buy tickets see www.live.org.uk

Box office: (0191) 232 1232 Book online: www.live.org.uk Live Theatre, Broad Chare, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DQ

Approximately a 10 minute walk from Monument, Central and Manors Metro stations, next to Newcastle Law Courts

Box office: (0191) 232 1232 Book online: www.live.org.uk Follow #Iris on Live Theatre, Broad Chare, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DQ

Tickets: £22-£10 Over 60s concs £16-£12 Other concs £15-£6 Supported by the Friends of Live Theatre

About the cast

WEDNESDAY 6 TO SATURDAY 30 APRIL 2016

A Live Theatre Production. World Premiere DATES: Wed 6 to Sat 30 Apr

Katy Cavanagh Julie

LOCATION: Main Theatre

No one’s touched the buffet, there’s a big gap on the wall where a mirror’s fallen off and something is stinking the place out.

OPENING NIGHT: Thurs 7 Apr

Katy makes her Live Theatre debut having recently bid a fond farewell to Weatherfield where she spent seven years playing Julie Carp in Coronation Street. Katy’s Theatre credits include Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance (Oxford Stage Company), Two and Two/2 (Bolton Octagon), Ghosts and Mad For It (Manchester Royal Exchange). Her many television appearances include Cracker (ITV), Shameless (C4) and Dalziel & Pasco (BBC) amongst others and her films include Rehab and Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise.

Katy has also worked extensively on BBC Radio 4.

FRIENDS 241: Wed 6 Apr, 7.30pm & Sat 9 Apr, 2pm

Joe Caffrey Gerry

Julie and Ruby are sisters coming to terms with the death of formidable matriarch Iris who still manages to control their lives from beyond the grave. On the night of the funeral, Julie gets off with Gerry, the crime scene cleaner.

Maybe that’ll help. It doesn’t.

TICKETS: £14-£10, over 60 concs £12, other concs £6 Wed 6 Apr, 7.30pm Thurs 7 Apr, 7.30pm Sat 9 Apr, 2pm Tues 12 Apr, 7.30pm Wed 13 Apr, 7.30pm Thurs 14 Apr, 2pm Sun 17 Apr, 4pm Tues 19 Apr, 7.30pm Thurs 21 Apr, 2pm Tues 26 Apr, 7.30pm Thurs 28 Apr, 2pm

Joe trained at LAMDA and has appeared in many Live Theatre productions over the last 27 years including Wet House and Cooking with Elvis for which he was awarded Performer of the Year at the 2013 Journal Culture Awards. He acted in Live Theatre’s A Walk On Part and in its transfer to the West End, as well as The Pitmen Painters, and on its West End transfer and National Tour. Joe has also appeared in Billy Elliot The Musical and worked extensively in TV and Film.

DURATION: 2hrs, including interval

A new play by Alison Carr Directed by Max Roberts Designed by Patrick Connellan

When their mother’s unusual bequest unearths a story that leaves some indelible marks, something more than a deep clean is needed.

Iris is a heady cocktail of caustic humour and tender pathos from the writer of the hit 2015 Edinburgh show The Soaking Of Vera Shrimp (“achingly beautiful and utterly compelling” ★★★★ The Telegraph) and Fat Alice (“Carr sustains the bold premise through the vividness of her writing” ★★★★ The Times).

SATURDAY 9 APRIL (AFTER THE 2PM SHOW)

Meet the Writer

Writer Alison Carr and Live Theatre’s Literary Manager, Gez Casey discuss the writing of the play.

WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL (AFTER THE 7.30PM SHOW)

Meet the Cast

Director Max Roberts and the cast talk about the process of making the show.

SUITABILITY: 14+ PERFORMANCES: Tues to Sun PREVIEW: Wed 6 Apr

Sat 9 Apr, 7.30pm Thurs 14 Apr, 7.30pm Fri 15 Apr, 7.30pm Wed 20 Apr, 7.30pm Thurs 21 Apr, 7.30pm Fri 22 Apr, 7.30pm Sat 23 Apr, 2pm Wed 27 Apr, 7.30pm Thurs 28 Apr, 7.30pm Sat 30 Apr, 2pm

£22-£15, over 60s £22, other concs £15 Sat 16 Apr, 7.30pm £18-£12, Sat 23 Apr, 7.30pm over 60 concs £16, Fri 29 Apr, 7.30pm other concs £10 Sat 30 Apr, 7.30pm Fri 8 Apr, 7.30pm ASSISTED PERFORMANCES: Tues 26 Apr, TT Thurs 28 7.30pm Apr, 6pm Thurs 28 Apr, Thurs 28 Apr, 7.30pm 7.30pm For more information on assisted performances see www.live.org.uk/assisted

Both talks are free, booking essential.

Suitable for Arts Award and Artsmark visits.

Gez Casey, Literary Manager said: “Alison Carr has a distinct and individual voice as a playwright – witty, quirky and engaging. Following her previous work for the company, including The Girls From Poppyfield Close and The Soaking of Vera Shrimp in our Studio Theatre, I’m delighted that audiences will be able to see her first full commission in the Main House.”

Sam Neale Ruby Sam is a regular actor at Live Theatre at which her theatre credits include Nativities, The Girls from Poppyfield Close and Write Stuff. She has also acted in Continuum (Theatre Cap-a-Pie), A Bit of Respect (Operating Theatre) and most recently her own play with her new company Flaming Barstools Productions. Her Television credits include Vera (ITV), Eternal Law (ITV), Wolfblood (BBC) and Doctors (BBC) and in the films Interview with a Hitman and Frank.

and writer Alison Carr Writer

Iris is Alison’s first full length commission for Live Theatre. Alison won Live Theatre’s 40th Anniversary Bursary in 2013 for The Soaking of Vera Shrimp which transferred to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Her other plays at Live Theatre include The Girls From Poppyfield Close and Clint.

Alison is a member of the Traverse 50 group of writers and her recent plays include Fat Alice (Traverse Theatre and tour). Alison has worked with theatre companies including Paines Plough, nabokov and Old Vic New Voices. Her radio credits include Dolly Would (BBC Radio 4) and The Verb (BBC Radio 3).