Faithful Ruslan programme by Citizens Theatre

A CITIZENS THEATRE, BELGRADE THEATRE COVENTRY AND KP PRODUCTIONS LTD. CO-PRODUCTION

BY GEORGI VLADIMOV TRANSLATED BY

MICHAEL GLENNY ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY

HELENA KAUT-HOWSON

THIS PROGRAMME IS FREE!

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20 Sep – 7 Oct 2017

THE CAST HUNTER BISHOP | INSTRUCTOR/MURDERER/R9

Hunter moved from Glasgow to pursue his studies on the BA Acting course at Drama Centre London, where he graduated in 2015. Roles in training include: Bunce in One Flea Spare and the title role in Eddie Howell’s production of The Wolf Man. Theatre credits include: The Enchanted (Pharmacy Theatre, York, London and Edinburgh Festival Fringe). Writer & producer credits include: A Hog in a Bin (Prevalent Grit, with Theatre N16). Hunter Bishop is extremely proud to have joined the cast of Faithful Ruslan: The Story of a Guard Dog. This will be his first time performing on the stages of the Belgrade Theatre and Citizens Theatre.

PAUL BRENNAN | SHABBY MAN/R12

Paul Brendan trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Theatre credits include: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Richard II, King Lear, The Cherry Orchard, On the Evils of Tobacco (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory); Medea (Headlong/Citizens Theatre/Watford Palace Theatre); The Comedy of Errors, The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Shakespeare’s Globe); All My Sons (The Watermill Theatre); Dial M for Murder (New Vic Theatre); The Scarecrows’ Wedding (Scamp Theatre); Oscar Wilde on Trial (Reading Between the Lines); Molière (Finborough Theatre); A Model for Mankind (The Cock Tavern); Stone Cold Murder (The Mill at Sonning); Twelfth Night (The Lord Chamberlain’s Men); Four for Jericho (Menagerie Theatre Company); Blowing (Company of Angels); Gizmo Love (Pins and Needles); Brooklyn (Arcola Theatre). Television credits include: Guerrilla (Sky Atlantic); A Life Divided/Flying High (Rosamunde Pilcher series, ZDF, Germany).

MARTIN DONAGHY | MASTER/R11

Martin trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He was the Citizens Theatre Robertson Trust Actor Intern in 2014/2015 and the recipient of the Citizens Theatre Christina Chalmers Award for Most Promising Newcomer in 2016. Theatre credits include: Fever Dream: Southside, Rum and Vodka, A Christmas Carol and Hamlet (Citizens Theatre); Anything That Gives Off Light (National Theatre of Scotland/The TEAM); Ring Road (Traverse/Òran Mór); Macbeth (Southwark Playhouse); and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bard in the Botanics). Film and television credits include: Beats (Sixteen Films),The SecretAgent (BBC).

MARK JAX | CHIEF MASTER/WEIGHTLIFTER/FAT OFFICIAL/R1

Mark Jax trained at RADA under Hugh Cruttwell as principal. Theatre credits include: Richard III, The Lower Depths (Arcola Theatre); Sons Without Fathers (Belgrade Theatre/ Arcola Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch); Romeo and Juliet (HOME); As You Like It (Transport); A Soldier in Every Son, King John, Richard III (Royal Shakespeare Company); The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain (Belgrade Theatre/ English Touring Theatre/Traverse); Fast Labour (Hampstead Theatre); Rough Crossings (Headlong/Birmingham Rep/ Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse/West Yorkshire Playhouse/ Lyric Hammersmith); Jamaica Inn, Barbarians, The Norman Conquests (Salisbury Playhouse); Macbeth/The Way of the World, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Atheist’s Tragedy (Birmingham Rep); Romeo and Juliet (Sheffield Crucible); Mansfield Park (Chichester Festival Theatre); A Chorus of Disapproval (Stephen Joseph Theatre); The Futurists, Pravda and The Government Inspector (National Theatre). Film and television credits include: Doctors, Casualty, The Road to 1984, The Most Dangerous Man in the World (BBC); Marco Polo, Merlin, Mary, Mother of Jesus, In the Beginning (Hallmark); The Prime Minister/De Premier (FBO); Desi Boyz (Eros); Frankenstein (Silverstar Limited); The Vice (ITV); Stealing Heaven (Jadarin Films).

ISABELLE JOSS | STIURA/PRISONER/R6

Theatre credits include: Men Should Weep (National Theatre); Great Expectations (National tour, West End); Sub Rosa (Fire Exit/Citizens Theatre); Breaker (Underbelly); Faster, Louder, I Heart Maths (Òran Mór); The Story of the Little Gentlemen, The Voice Thief & Lifeboat (Catherine Wheels Theatre Company); The Pokey Hat (Grinagog Theatre); Good Things (Leon Sindon Award winner for Best Supporting Actress), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Servant o’ Twa Maisters, The Life of Stuff (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Gilt (7:84); Shining Souls (Vamp/Tron Theatre); Uncle Vanya (Theatre Babel), The Reel of the Hanged Man (Stellar Quines). Film and television credits include: Pale Star (Makar Productions); Afterlife (Gabriel Films); American Cousins (Bard Entertainment); Small Faces (Channel 4 Films); Scrotal Recall (Channel 4/ Clerkenwell Films); Silent Witness, Life of Riley, Feel the Force, Goths (BBC); Taggart, The Bill (STV). Radio credits include: Kidnapped, Forever Young, For the Love of Willie, Iona, Whoever You Choose to Love, Love for Lydia.

MAX KEEBLE | RUSLAN

Max has just graduated from the BA (Hons) course at Drama Centre London. Theatre credits include: The Cherry Orchard, The Country Girl, Tartuffe, As You Like It, Hedda, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Herons (Drama Centre London); The Infinity Mirror (Here Now Ensemble); Mydidae (Wimbledon College of Arts); Goodnight Macbeth (Plesion); Prometheus Drowned (NOVA).

VINTA MORGAN | DJULBARS/GUARD/R2

Theatre credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre Royal Bath); reading of Dreamland (Arcola Theatre, PlayWROUGHT); The Merchant of Venice (Almeida); Richard III (Ambassador Theatre Group); In the Blood (Finborough Theatre); Chimps, Mr Equiano’s Visit (The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich); Othello (Icarus Theatre Collective); Romeo and Juliet (Royal Shakespeare Company); 35 Cents (Crying in the Wilderness); Aladdin (The Wilde Theatre, Bracknell); Natural Breaks and Rhythms (Royal and Derngate Theatres, Northampton/Theatre Writing Partnership, Nottingham Playhouse); To Kill a Mockingbird (West Yorkshire Playhouse/Birmingham Rep, UK tour); Tamburlaine the Great (Bristol Old Vic/Barbican Theatre); Pedro the Great Pretender, Tamar’s Revenge, The House of Desires, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Royal Shakespeare Company); Mighty Dread (Gilded Balloon); Millennium Mysteries (Belgrade Theatre); The Tempest (Holders Season).

TILDA O’GRADY | ALMA/PRISONER/R7

Tilda graduated from Manchester School of Theatre in 2015, where she was nominated for the Carleton Hobbs Award and Sam Wanamaker Festival. Theatre credits include: The Chit Chat Chalk Show (Hawk Dance Theatre/The Knotted Project); You Must Be the One to Bury Me (Babel Theatre at HOME); Bluebeard’s Castle (OperaUpClose and the North Wall) Dancing at Lughnasa, The Women of Troy, Blue Stockings (Manchester School of Theatre).

CAMRIE PALMER | MOTHER/BARMAID/R8

Camrie recently graduated from Manchester School of Theatre and was the Citizens Theatre Robertson Trust Actor Intern in 2015/2016. Theatre credits include: Blackbird, Rapunzel, Lanark: a Life in Three Acts (Citizens Theatre); Dick McWhittington (Horsecross Arts, Perth); Fragments (Iron Shoes/The North Wall); Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, The Women of Troy, Dancing at Lughnasa (Manchester School of Theatre).

NICHOLAS RALPH | BAIKAL/PRISONER/YOUNG BOY/R3

Nicholas graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland this year. He is this year’s Citizens Theatre Robertson Trust Actor Intern. Theatre credits include: Pleasure and Pain, Simon’s Magical Christmas Socks, The Burial at Thebes, Romeo and Juliet, Death of a Salesman, Love Despite Life (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Dunsinane (National Theatre of Scotland/Royal Shakespeare Company); Dream On! (BBC Arts Live); Beyond the Trenches (Play Pieces). Film and radio credits include: The Wife (Meta Film London LTD); Kidnapped (BBC Radio Scotland/Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).

SINÉAD SHARKEY | ERA/YOUNG GIRL/R4

Sinéad graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland this year. She is this year’s Citizens Theatre Actor Intern. Theatre credits include: Pleasure and Pain, Burial at Thebes, Snow Queen, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Death of a Salesman, Ghosts (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Recoil (On the Verge); Peter Pan, Teenage Kicks (Millennium Forum Derry); Closing Time, The Pride, Kirk Session, The Promised Land, The Last Supper (Blue Eagle Productions); The Wood of the Crows (Playhouse Derry). TV and film credits include: Mercy (Out of Orbit); Dracula Untold (Universal Pictures); First Shall Be Last (Blue Eagle Productions); Spill It (BBC Blast). Radio credits include: Looped (BBC Radio Scotland); Kidnapped (BBC Radio Scotland/Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).

EWAN SOMERS | DRIVER/TREASURE/STOOL PIDGEON/R5

Ewan trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. On graduating, he was the recipient of the 2015 Citizens Theatre Actor Internship and the 2016 Dundee Rep Graduate Scheme. Theatre credits include: Travels with My Aunt, Lanark, Lot and his God, Rapunzel (Citizens Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing, Love Song, Little Red and the Wolf, Witness for the Prosecution (Dundee Rep); Tomorrow (Vanishing Point, international tour), Dick McWhittington (Horsecross Arts, Perth).

PAWEŁ ZDUN | INGUS/PRISONER/SKINNY OFFICIAL/DOG BREEDER/R10

Paweł is a Polish actor living in UK. He trained at the Ludwik Solski Drama School in Wrocław (Poland). Theatre credits include: Pan Tadeusz, Epitafium for the Loser, Pamiętajcie O ogrodach, Polish Specialities (Theatre Scena Polska UK); The Miser (Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre); Victory, Speaking in Tongues and Low Meadows (Wrocławski Teatr Współczesny); They Shoot Horses Don’t They?, Kufehek/Trunk, Momo, Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy (Drama Theatre, Wałbrzych); The Liberty Square, A Port Tale (Modjeska’s Theatre in Legnica); Fire in the Head (Wybrzeże Theatre, Gdansk); The Trap (Schiller Theatre, Berlin). Polish television credits include: The Pianist, Wirtul@ndia, Life Examination, Perfect Afternoon, The Secret of the Fortress Codes, Tomorrow We’ll Be Righteous, Rise and Fall of the City.

CREATIVE TEAM HELENA KAUT-HOWSON | WRITER/DIRECTOR

Born in Poland, Helena trained as a director at the PWST in Warsaw and later at RADA in London. Working both in UK and abroad, (Poland,Canada, USA, Japan, Israel and the Republic of Ireland) she has directed over 100 theatre and opera productions. Between 1991 and 1995, she was Artistic Director of Theatre Clwyd raising its profile to an international league and gaining awards for her outstanding body of work. She’s directed in London as well as in all major regional theatres from Citizens Theatre (Man and Superman, 1990) to the Royal Exchange Manchester and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She regards as her landmark production King Lear with Kathryn Hunter. Recent work includes, Sons Without Fathers at the Belgrade Theatre, Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass at MMU, Manchester, both plays written by herself, and The Lower Depths at the Arcola Theatre, London.

MARCELLO MAGNI | MOVEMENT DIRECTOR

Marcello studied at Jaques Lecoq School. Co-founder of Complicite, Marcello has worked with Complicite for over 25 years: The Visit, Streets of Crocodiles, A Minute Too Late, The Winter’s Tale and Help I Am Alive. He has collaborated with his wife, Kathryn Hunter, since 1987 including: Fragments and The Valley of Astonishment directed by Peter Brook (Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord) With Peter Brook, he has also collaborated as a movement director on A Magic Flute and as a performer in The Tightrope. In 2015, he created and performed the two-hander theatre show Marcel with Jos Houben. Theatre Credits include: Hearts (directed by Robert Lepage); Red Demon, The Bee (Hideki Noda); King Lear, The Rose Tattoo (Helena Kaut-Howson); The Birds, The Comedy of Errors, Pericles, Wiseguy Scapino (Kathryn Hunter); Arlecchino. Solo show Directing: Spoonface Steinberg, Tell Them I Am Young and Beautiful. Film and TV credits include: Mr Turner, Nine and Doctor Who. Marcello is the voice of Pingu.

PAWEŁ DOBRZYCKI | SET, COSTUME AND LIGHTING DESIGNER

Paweł is a stage, costume and light designer, pedagogue, painter and architect. He trained at the University of Technology and in Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Paweł is a professor of Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; Dean of Scenography Faculty; has created about 320 works with the best Polish directors in the best Polish theatres and in the UK, Russia, Germany, Greece, Holland, France and Israel) including 50 opera productions and is a member of Education Commission of OISTAT, representing Poland. Opera credits include: Faust, Carmen, Aida, Die Fledermaus, Onegin, Lucia di Lammermoor, Macbeth, Nabucco, L’elisir d’amore, Turandot, Le nozze di Figaro. Musicals credits include: Evita, Rent, Shrek, Korczak, Jekyll & Hyde, Fiddler on the Roof. Other credits include: King Lear (Haymarket Theatre, Leicester/ Young Vic and Panasonic Globe Theatre, Tokyo); Bellini’s I Capuletie i Montecchi (Kraków Opera); Schneewittchen (Zurich Summer Festival Switzerland); Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy (Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar); Antigone and Oedipus the King (Epidaurus Ancient Theatre, Greece); Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Novosibirsk Theatre); Boris Godunov, Macbeth (Opera Wrocławska Centennial Hall, Wroclaw); The Phantom of the Opera (new production for Teatr Roma, Warsaw); Devils (Clywd Theatre Wales); Sweet Bird of Youth (Hajfa, Israel); Measure for Measure (Słowacki Theatre, Kraków) and Spring Awakening (Powszechny Theatre, Warsaw).

BOLESŁAW RAWSKI | COMPOSER

Bolesław is a theatre composer. Born and resident in Kraków, Poland, after graduating from the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy he specialised in composition for theatre. He is a founder member of Studio for Spatial Music at the Słowacki Theatre, Kraków where he was Musical Director from 1984 to 1999. Since 2003, he has been musical associate for the Rafał Kmita Company, composing music for all their shows, including for acclaimed musical: O! Vey! or Stories Spiced With Cinnamon (Stu Theatre, Kraków and Music Theatre in Łódz). Bolesław has composed music for over 150 theatre and television productions, ballet productions. TV, ballet and theatre credits include: Don Juan (Stary Theatre, Kraków); Hamlet, Master Builder Solness (Contemporary Theatre of Athens); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon, Tokyo); Tropical Madness ( Rozmaitości Theatre, Warsaw); Shadows of the Great City (Kraków Opera Ballet); The Tailor (TV Theatre, Kraków). This will be Bolesław’s fourth collaboration with director Helena KautHowson King Lear (Haymarket Theatre, Leicester/ Young Vic and Panasonic Globe Theatre, Tokyo); Uncle Vanya, Sons Without Fathers (Belgrade Theatre and Arcola Theatre, London).

MARTYN DAVIES | SOUND DESIGNER

Martyn has been working as a sound engineer and designer for many years. Sound operation has taken him from Churchill Theatre in Bromley, around the world and back to the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. Sound designs include: Of Mice and Men, Demon Headmaster, Telstar, Shoot the Crow, One Night in November, Three Minute Heroes, Cougar and numerous pantomimes for Qdos and the Belgrade Theatre. He has operated festivals from Leeds to the Stratford-upon-Avon Folk Festival.

THE CITIZENS COMPANY STAFF Thomas Abela Neil Anderson Amy Angus Fin Bain Paul C Bassett Catherine Bird Marissa Bonnar Alex Brady Suzanne Brady Laura Briggs Marion Brochard Louise Brown Andrew Bunton Theo Cherry Jen Clokey Steph Connell Lisa Corr Sullivan Natalia Cortes Peter Cowan Elaine G Coyle Carol Cull Caroline Darke Lesley Davidson Saul Davidson Denise Differ Louise Dingwall Michael Dorrance Katie Doyle Ann Dundas Lisa Dundas Paul Dundas Amir Ebrahim Archie Fisher Robyn Ferguson Sophie Fernie Barry Forde Neil Francis Jacky Gardiner Harvey Gardner Anne Gillan Elly Goodman Jessica Griffiths Daniel Hamilton Davy Harrop Stephen Harrop Jamie Hayes Dominic Hill Neil Hobbs Guy Hollands Olivia Hughes Caroline James Miles Jarvis Euan Jenkins Stuart Jenkins Arthur Johnston Debbie Jones Simon Jones Niamh Kane Judith Kilvington

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Sarah Kinsey Jenny Knotts Campbell Lawrie Jamie Leary Karen Lee-Barron Niall MacDonald Alison MacKinnon Rose Manson Collette Marshall Carly McCaig Erin McCardie Sarah McGavin Morna McGeogh Michael McGurk Rachel McGurk Hazel McIlwraith Lawrie McInally Lauren McLean Jason McQuaide Kat Moir Tess Monro Debbie Montgomery Christina Morrison Jim Morrison Jacqueline Muir Jack Mullen Denis Murphy George Nichols Keren Nicol Petriece O’Donnell Alfie Packham Neil Packham Sam Packham Tom Penny Frances Poet Marion Quinn Mo Serpehri Doust Jatinder Singh Mags Smillie Andy Smith Angela Smith Ann Smith Laura Smith Lorna Stallard Colin Sutherland Graham Sutherland Nicky Taylor Erin Tighe Chris Traquair Martin Travers Andrew Turner Shiona Walker Colin White Clare Wilde Ross Williamson Gary Wong

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Board: Professor Adrienne Scullion (Chair), April Chamberlain (Vice Chair), Susan Aitken, Laurence Fraser, Alex Gaffney, Dominic Hill, Ryan James, Alex Reedijk, Mike Russell and Irene Tweedie

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Set (build and paint) and costumes by Belgrade Production Services www.belgradeproductionservices.co.uk Opening night drinks generously provided by Belhaven and Alliance Wines. Special thanks to: Siobhan Bracke for advice on casting; Kathryn Hunter for ‘Stiura’s Dream’, Vinta Morgan for composing the Tractor Rap; George Nichols for typewriter projections; Agata Rogulska, Paweł Dobrzycki’s assistant; Anna Zubrzycki for the text and melody of ‘Nadu’ folk song.

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