Alice Birch's

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Writer
Alice Birch

Director
Sonnie Beckett

Location
The Carne Studio Theatre

Dates
Monday 9 June at 7pm
Wednesday 11 June at 7pm
Friday 13 June at 2pm
Saturday 14 June at 7pm
Tuesday 17 June at 2pm

About the show

She can’t stay awake.
She sold drugs.
She’s good at interrogations.
She drinks in the mornings.
She ate a rabbit.
She smashed up a shop.
She stabbed a man.
She used a hammer.
She had a baby.
She can’t find her mother.
She’s covered in blood and doesn’t know why.

Alice Birch’s heartbreaking play reaches across society to explore the impact of the criminal justice system on women and their families.

Sonnie is a freelance director, acting coach and founder of Grindstone, whose original work includes R.I.P (The Kings Head) and The Glasshouse (Tristan Bates, 53Two). She is passionate about unleashing an actors potential and has a rather large crush on all things Shakespearean. 

She strives to make dynamic and powerful theatre, with a populist soul and her work is physically and emotionally bold, visually striking and powerful in aesthetic.

Sonnie is drawn towards stories for women and about women and enjoys subverting plays that are originally written from the male gaze.

“I am inextricably drawn towards telling stories that speak of the wonder of life and love, juxtaposed with loss and longing.” - S.B

Alice is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose recent plays include The House of Bernarda Alba (National Theatre); [BLANK] (Donmar Warehouse / Clean Break); Orlando (Schaubühne, Berlin) and Anatomy of a Suicide (Royal Court Theatre).

Alice wrote the critically acclaimed original series Dead Ringers, inspired by the Cronenberg film of 1988, for Annapurna and Amazon. She was the lead writer and an executive producer and the series starred Rachel Weisz. Previously Alice wrote on the TV adaptation of Normal People, alongside Sally Rooney and Mark O’Rowe, for which she and Sally were nominated for an Emmy.  She also wrote on the TV adaptation of Conversations with Friends and she worked as Story Editor on Season 2 of Succession for HBO.

Her first feature was Lady Macbeth which won 5 British Independent Film Awards in 2017 including Best Screenplay. Her second feature was an adaptation of the Graham Swift novel Mothering Sunday for Number 9 Films and Film 4. She co-wrote The Wonder with Sebastián Lelio and Emma Donoghue, and most recently she wrote an adaptation of The End We Start From which was directed by Mahalia Belo and starred Jodie Comer.

Other Awards include: Winner Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2018, George Devine Award (for Revolt. She said. Revolt again); Arts Foundation Award for Playwriting.  

Contains strong, offensive language and themes of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual abuse, addiction, and mental health struggles. Depictions of neglect, incarceration, grief, substance abuse, and trauma. References to death and self-harm. 

This is an amateur production. 

Booking

Booking opens soon. 

Once you have booked a ticket, you will receive an email confirmation. Read up on our latest audience guidelines here.

Members of the industry: secure your complimentary seat by emailing the Box Office​​​ on [email protected]

Pricing and concessions 

Tickets cost £14, but we have £7 concessions tickets available to Hammersmith & Fulham residents, schools, students, or people who are over 65, under 18 or are on Job Seeker's Allowance. You'll just need to provide proof of your eligibility when you collect your tickets at the Box Office. We offer a complimentary ticket for carers, to book please call the box office on 020 8834 0500. If you belong to our Pathways Programme or work with any of our Pathways Partners you are entitled to complimentary tickets. Please contact the box office to book.

Accessibility 

If you have any additional requirements, you would like us to be aware of, please contact box office on 020 8834 0500. 

Booking your tickets 

Book your tickets online or by calling our box office on 020 8834 0500. 

Industry booking 

If you're a member of the industry, please email [email protected] to book your tickets. 

Group tickets 

We're pleased to offer discounted tickets to groups of 10+ people. Standard tickets are discounted to £9 per person, while under 18's tickets are discounted to £5 per person. To book, please contact [email protected]

E-Tickets

There is no need to collect tickets. You will be send an E-Ticket via email which you can present on arrival.

Refunds 

Unfortunately, all tickets are non-refundable.

Creative Team

* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist

Director 
Sonnie Beckett*

Designer 
Finlay Jenner*

Producer
Rebecca Lyle*

Assistant Producer 
Bobby Harding*

Costume Supervisor
Hannah Danson*

Voice Director 
Jeremy Finch*

Lighting Designer / Green Book 
Captain 

Patrick McAneny

Sound Designer
Megan Parker

Assistant Director 
Haonan Wang

Cast

Jessica Eden Anderson

Tamika Bennett

Mostyn Crawford

Jamar Morgan

Muireann Ní Fhaogáin

Gloria Olajide

Lily Olufemi-Bywaters

Rita Silva

Maggie Zhang

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Production Team

* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist

Stage Manager on Book 
Olivia Wolfenden*

Assistant Stage Manager
Paige Fernandez

Production Manager / Green Book 
Captain 

Alexander Hoppe

Production Lx
Abigail Brophy

PSE
Holly Higgs

Production Carpenter
Peter Johnston

Deputy Production Carpenter
Ace Turner

Construction Crew 
Phoebe Bennett 
Simon Calahan
Tilly Cox
Torrin Gieler
Amelia Hill
Arthur Moore
Indianah Raymond
Aryan Sherifi