Image of an Unknown Young Woman
Dates
Friday 10 February at 7:30pm
Saturday 11 February at 2pm
Monday 13 February at 7:30pm*
Tuesday 14 February at 2pm
Wednesday 15 February at 7:30pm
The running time is approximately 1 hour 35 minutes.
*This was a relaxed performance. Find out more.
About the show
She is a young woman in a yellow dress. She has been shot by the police. As a video goes viral, she quickly becomes an icon of resistance and a revolution begins to stir. Ali and Leyla are panicking - they uploaded the footage and now the authorities are after them. Across town, Yasmin is desperate to know if her missing mother is still alive. Halfway around the world, a woman in London wants to help. As a tornado of dissent and violence spreads, everyone's life is going to change.
Elinor Cook is a playwright whose work includes: a version of Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea (Donmar Warehouse, 2017), Out of Love (Paines Plough / Theatr Clwyd / Orange Tree tour, 2017), Pilgrims (HighTide / Theatr Clwyd / The Yard, 2016), Image of an Unknown Young Woman (Gate Theatre, London, 2015), and The Girl’s Guide to Saving the World (HighTide, 2014).
She was the winner of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2013.
Rachel has recently worked as the Assistant Director on the Smith & Brant/ATG UK Tour of Fatal Attraction (dir. Loveday Ingram), starring Kym Marsh, Oliver Farnworth, Susie Amy and Louise Redknapp. She has also worked as the assistant director on Dublin Carol (dir. Abbey Wright) at the The Donmar Warehouse, and Dream of the Dog (did. Katie McAleese) at Finborough Theatre (and subsequent West End transfer to Trafalgar Studios) starring Dame Janet Suzman, amongst others.
Rachel directed the theatrical performance of Pussy Riot’s Refugees In at the closing evening of Banksy’s Dismaland. Refugees In was featured in Vice, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Time Magazine.
Explores challenging topics and themes, including death, violence, kidnapping, sexual violence, grief, physical abuse, live fire and sudden loud noises.
Photos: SRTaylor Photography
Creative Team
* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
Director
Rachel Heyburn*
Designer
Nicky Bunch*
Musical Director
Luke Byrne*
Assistant Director
Anna Sharp
Voice Director
Gurkiran Kaur*
Movement Director
Sophie Shaw*
Lighting Designer
Avery Elliott
Sound Designer / Production Sound Engineer
Poppy Morley
Intimacy Director
Christina Fulcher*
Fight Director
Sam Behan*
Costume Supervisor
Niamh Turton*
Costume Assistant
Tabitha Stock*
Cast
Nia
Camilla Anvar
B & Girl
Larissa Crafford-Lazarus
A
Joshua Ely
Yasmin
Chaya Gupta
Candace
Kiziana Jean-Louis
Leyla
Florencia Latagliata
C
Peace Oseyenum
Ali
Rohan Rakhit
Production Team
Stage Manager on the Book
Chloe Alexander
Technical Stage Manager
Maia Thompson
Production Manager
Stephanie Leeson
Chief LX
Summer Collier
Photos: SRTaylor Photography
