

“It is required, you do awake your faith.”
“They’ve disgraced our trade. Ruined our art. They put a woman on the stage!”
July —
August
2019
Company
Director
Robert Forknall
Design
Robin Soutar
Music
Alex Scott
Dramaturg
Charlotte Quinney
Choreography
Julia Cave
Movement
Jessica Rose Boyd
Casting Director
Suzy Catliff CDG
Company Stage Manager
Guy Benedict Jones
Assistant Stage Manager
James Kiell
Administrator
Dawn Archer
Marketing Director
Howard Corley
Graphic Design
Dan Bull
Photography
Nic Dawkes
Cast
Leontes – Scott Ellis
Hermione – Jess Nesling
Maximillius/Perdita – Tegan Steward
Camillo – Rory Fairbairn
Antigonus/Autolycus – Beth Mullen
Paulina – Rhianna McGreevy
Polixenes – Nicholas Masters-Waage
Florizel – Matt Penson
Young Shepherd – Albert Graver
Dion – Layomi Coker
William Shakespeare
‘It is required, you do awake your faith.’
The Winter’s Tale, a wonderful fairy story set in Sicily and Bohemia. Leontes has everything a man could want, Wealth, power, a family that loves him and friends. But he is not at peace. Inside he harbours a bitter jealousy that drives him to destroy all he holds dear. Many years later, in a distant country, a journey begins that may ultimately heal his pain and reunite his family. With all the crazy antics of the Changeling magic, plus beautiful costumes and just hint of …ABBA
The play contains Shakespeare’s most famous but challenging stage direction: ‘Exit, pursued by a bear.’
Nell Gwynn
Jessica Swale
“They’ve disgraced our trade. Ruined our art. They put a woman on the stage!”
London, 1660, King Charles II has exploded onto the scene with the love of all things loud, extravagant and sexy. And at Drury Lane a young Nell Gwynn is causing stirrings amongst the theatregoers. Nell Gwynne charts the rise of an unlikely heroine, from her roots in Coal Yard Alley, to her success as Britain’s most celebrated actress, and her hard won place in the heart of the King. But at a time when women are second class citizens, can her charm and spirit protect her from the dangers of the court?
The British playwright Jessica Swale’s Nell Gwynn premiered at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2015 and was nominated for five awards, winning a 2016 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. Similarly to Gwynn’s controversy within the plot, the plays premiere also created debate for drama-lovers due to the casting of Gugu Mbatha-Raw as the protagonist Nell Gwynn. The mixed-race woman was to play a historically white figure, nevertheless the actors remarkable performance which led to her nomination for Best Actress at the 2015 Evening Standard Theatre Awards, quelled all questioning.