THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE

THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE - Movement Director, Fight & Intimacy Facilitator 

East 15 MFA Acting International - Corbett Theatre - Mon 12 to Thurs June 15, 2023

 ABOUT THE SHOW

Sisterhood and the price of silence: Timberlake Wertenbaker’s retelling of the Greek “Philomele” myth – an ‘ancient’ tale with strong contemporary resonances.

Following the city of Athens’ liberation, after its war-time occupation, the grateful king gives his eldest daughter in marriage to his victorious ally as a reward. She dutifully accepts and travels from her culturally sophisticated birthplace to a rugged, darker northern territory over the sea.
Unable to bear her loneliness and isolation, she asks for her beloved younger sister to be sent for. Her husband agrees, and travels to Athens to fetch her.
On the return voyage events unfold which will have cataclysmic repercussions.
Epic themes played out in a stripped back arena ultimately reveal how private acts made public can strike at the heart of both political and personal life.   

CREATIVE & TECHNICAL TEAM         

DIRECTOR JULES TIPTON           

MOVEMENT DIRECTION, FIGHT & INTIMACY FACILITATION CHRISTINA KAPADOCHA

SET & PROPS DESIGNER CORY SHIPP
COSTUME DESIGN ANNA TOUMANOVA
LX DESIGN STUART WEBB
SOUND DESIGNER TOM EVANS
PRODUCTION MANAGER MATT THURSFIELD
COMPANY STAGE MANAGER CONOR LAVELLE
DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER ANNETTE EVANS
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS ALEXANDRA LEONE | EMILY HUXLEY
STAGE MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR JADE AYRES
COSTUME SUPERVISORS EMILY DOLAN | PATRICIA FORDE
CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR ALAN BOWER
CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANT SHAWN LU
VOICE SUPPORT COLIN SADLER
STUDENT FIGHT COORDINATOR ELISE HARRISON

HEAD OF MA/MFA ACTING (INTERNATIONAL) ROBIN SNELLER
HEAD OF STAGE & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT ALEX PURSER