Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents...
MASTERPIECES Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Lynn Farleigh Fri 14 - Sat 15 May 2021
Warning: This play contains graphic verbal accounts of sexual violence, intense scenes, scenes containing violent intent, explicit images and language which some audience members might find offensive.
Birmingham City University
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Director’s Note Masterpieces is set in London and events take is still relevant, provocative and upsetting. shifts back and forth throughout that year. As a company we have laughed, cried, been Although first produced in 1983 the play challenged and angered.
Lynn Farleigh Lynn Farleigh has had an extensive career on stage, radio, television and film that has included seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the Royal National Theatre. Lynn is a Bristolian, originally training as a teacher of Speech and Drama at the Guildhall School. In 2017 she fulfilled a childhood ambition which was to act in a play at the Bristol Old Vic, playing Calpurnia in Julius Caesar – though not her dream part. However, to be on the stage in the beautiful theatre where, as a young girl, she
Corey Collin Judge Man in Street Teacher The Consumer Yiwen Covacevich
Trevor
Emmeline Hartley
Hilary
Nick Hessling Man in Tube Station Policeman Prosecutor The Peddler Giullianna Martinez
Yvonne
Gabriel Macedo Clive The Baron had seen so many actors and plays was a very emotional experience. She loves working at The Old Rep, another theatre full of history. Masterpieces is her third production for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire there, after Waste and Mary Stuart. When lockdown came last year Lynn had just opened in The Tempest at Jermyn Street Theatre, playing Gonzalo. They very much hope to resume in the autumn.
Dara Callie Silverman
Jennifer
April Singley Irene Wade Judge Policewoman Nilufar Zaifi
Rowena
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Production Department Production Manager
Jacqui Findlay
Scenic Designer
Robert Dicks
Lighting Designer
Mark Pritchard
Sound Designer
Simon McCorry
Head of Wardrobe
Jacki Cottom
Head of Props
John Bailey
Production Technician Staff Stage Manager
Jonathan Pearce
Stage Manager
Helen Gibbs Emily Jowett***
Deputy Stage Manager Georgia Thornton** Vision Mixer Afua Nuamah*** Camera Operators Alice Chapman** Rosie Johnston*** Sound Operator Zaq Sawyer Coffey Production Assistants Claire D’Angelo Melissa Peet Wardrobe Assistant Julie Poutney Scenic Assistant
Richard Constable
Tech Assistant
Dermot Finnegan
Lighting Assistant Sound Assistant Set Assistants
Alice Chapman** Amy Regan** Emilia Benetatos** Ryker Young**
Wardrobe Assistants
Emilia Benetatos** Myra Cauchi Bonnici** Jasper Mattel**
Props Assistants Myra Cauchi Bonnici** Jasper Mattel** Ryker Young** Carpenters Matt Willets Steve Willets Voice Support
Ellie Forrest
* 1st Year Stage Management Students **2nd Year Stage Management Students ***3rd Year Stage Management Students