EAST
STAGE MANAGER
THE KINGS HEAD THEATRE
ATTICIST
Tell how it chanced that we sworn mates were once the deadly poison of each other’s eye...
At the start of 2018, Atticist staged a new production of Steven Berkoff’s startling and influential masterpiece at the King’s Head Theatre, where EAST made its London debut in 1975. This was the first time the play had been resurrected in its original London home.
Assaultive, riotously funny, and entirely unapologetic, EAST catapults us into the youth of Mike and Les and Sylv - living at full throttle while Mum and Dad fantasise about the lives they lived (or wish they had). The twists and turns of EAST's profane verse plunge into interior worlds that are absurd, overwhelming - and captivating. Five characters and a pianist lure us in with tall-tales, lust, and bravado.
CAST & CREATIVES:
SYLV Boadicea Ricketts
MUM Debra Penny
LES Jack Condon
MIKE James Craze
DAD Russell Barnett
and Carol Arnopp on piano
Director Jessica Lazar
Movement Director Yvan Karlsson
Music Director Carol Arnopp
Assistant Director Siobhan James-Elliott (King's Head Theatre Trainee Director)
Stage Manager Timothy Kelly
Set & Costume Design Anna Lewis
Lighting Design David Doyle
Additional Sound Design Odinn Orn Hilmarsson
Producers Bridie Bischoff and Tom Ford
Assistant Producer Amy George
Publicist Chloé Nelkin Consulting
Photos (C) Alex Brenner
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