{"id":771857,"date":"2026-02-18T04:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/771857\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T04:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:52:17","slug":"full-cast-announced-for-living-at-sheffield-theatres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/771857\/","title":{"rendered":"Full cast announced for Living at Sheffield Theatres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce the full casting for the world premiere of\u00a0<strong>Living<\/strong>, from award-winning Sheffield playwright\u00a0<strong>Leo Butler<\/strong>\u00a0(Redundant),\u00a0and directed by\u00a0<strong>Abigail Graham<\/strong>\u00a0(The Merchant of Venice \u2013 The Globe).\u00a0This state-of-the-nation drama follows one Sheffield family and their friends and neighbours from 1969 to 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The cast includes\u00a0<strong>Harki Bhambra<\/strong>\u00a0(Two Doors Down)\u00a0as Rajesh and others,\u00a0<strong>Michelle Bonnard<\/strong>\u00a0(House of the Dragon)\u00a0as Jules and others,\u00a0<strong>Samuel Creasey<\/strong>\u00a0(The Book Of Dust: La Belle Sauvage)\u00a0as Mike,\u00a0<strong>Kenny Doughty<\/strong>\u00a0(Vera)\u00a0as Brian,\u00a0<strong>Andrew Macklin<\/strong>\u00a0(The Witcher)\u00a0as Sean and others,\u00a0<strong>Melina Sinadinou<\/strong>\u00a0(Beyond Paradise)\u00a0as Maya and others,\u00a0<strong>Abby Vicky-Russell<\/strong>\u00a0(Here We Go)\u00a0as Rebecca and\u00a0<strong>Liz White<\/strong>\u00a0(Life on Mars)\u00a0as Kathy.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/xWeb_Photo_Editor-9.jpg.pagespeed.ic._cxMc0tXcN.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24791\" style=\"width:702px;height:auto\"\/>Photo courtesy of Sheffields Theatre<\/p>\n<p>The cast of eight will perform over 30 roles, embodying numerous characters that span the 55 year narrative of the play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrow up wantin\u2019 to change the world. Spend yer twenties n\u2019thirties in a daze. Fifty turns to sixty n\u2019yer suddenly fightin\u2019 the urge not to kill everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019ve got their whole lives ahead of them.<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Living plays at Sheffields Theatre Sat 14 March \u2013 Sat 4 April. Tickets are available <a href=\"https:\/\/sheffield-theatres.co.uk\/c\/AQi2tgoQh8i1ARjL_u2MAiDdrdslKL6zoRDtSawJWiv7VaR8ggCVAdC1ejrUeVPNIxEkrS-hsWg-5A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t Post Views: 0&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We are excited to announce the full casting for the world premiere of\u00a0Living, from award-winning Sheffield playwright\u00a0Leo Butler\u00a0(Redundant),\u00a0and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[220168,220170,213466,213467,213468,748,393,4884,213469,213470,213471,3391,213472,213473,213474,213475,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-771857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-centralnorth","9":"tag-sheffieldtheatres","10":"tag-abby-vicky-russell","11":"tag-abigail-graham","12":"tag-andrew-macklin","13":"tag-britain","14":"tag-england","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-harki-bhambra","17":"tag-kenny-doughty","18":"tag-leo-butler","19":"tag-living","20":"tag-liz-white","21":"tag-melina-sinadinou","22":"tag-michelle-bonnard","23":"tag-samuel-creasey","24":"tag-sheffield","25":"tag-uk","26":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116089844169109211","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}