We are excited to announce the full casting for the world premiere of Living, from award-winning Sheffield playwright Leo Butler (Redundant), and directed by Abigail Graham (The Merchant of Venice – The Globe). This state-of-the-nation drama follows one Sheffield family and their friends and neighbours from 1969 to 2024.
The cast includes Harki Bhambra (Two Doors Down) as Rajesh and others, Michelle Bonnard (House of the Dragon) as Jules and others, Samuel Creasey (The Book Of Dust: La Belle Sauvage) as Mike, Kenny Doughty (Vera) as Brian, Andrew Macklin (The Witcher) as Sean and others, Melina Sinadinou (Beyond Paradise) as Maya and others, Abby Vicky-Russell (Here We Go) as Rebecca and Liz White (Life on Mars) as Kathy.
Photo courtesy of Sheffields Theatre
The cast of eight will perform over 30 roles, embodying numerous characters that span the 55 year narrative of the play.
“Grow up wantin’ to change the world. Spend yer twenties n’thirties in a daze. Fifty turns to sixty n’yer suddenly fightin’ the urge not to kill everyone.”
Sheffield, 1969. Kathy and Brian move into that big old house on Burngreave Road. Just turned twenty, a couple of babies on the way, they’ve got their whole lives ahead of them.
But living is a funny business. Kids, money, work. Thatcherism, Blairism and Trump. As the world turns around them, will Kathy and Brian keep their home together through sixty years of change?
Living plays at Sheffields Theatre Sat 14 March – Sat 4 April. Tickets are available here.
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