The Programme
Welcome to our end of season celebration of plays that have been on tour and plays that have yet to be.
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Getting There
A dad wants to be a good dad. His eleven year old son just wants some space. A fun and tender piece for dads and eleven year olds and for anyone who has been eleven.
Cast
Zaki Ali as Mario
Miles Jovian as Dad
Written & directed by Michal Wicherek.
Macbeth
Vibrant language and physical theatre chart the devastating effect that one act of evil can have on an otherwise honourable and loyal man.
Cast
Samater Ahmed as Macbeth
Emma O’Dwyer as Lady Macbeth
Josh Tucker as Macduff
Adapted by Michal Wicherek
Directed by Iqbal Khan
Fights by Riad Richie
Future Clever
A lively discussion about Box Clever’s role in theatre, in education, in society. David Ajao and Joseph Mawle chair a discussion about the exciting possibilities that the future may hold for the company. All welcome.
Warrior Blood
Spoken word from the heart, from the soul from real life. Commissioned by Box Clever to celebrate 25 years of boxing clever, four pieces of spoken word that speak of pain, joy and redemption.
Written and performed by Lateshia Howell
The Inspector
A workshop based on An Inspector Calls, delivered live online to a school in the north of England. An example of how the company adapted in the pandemic to keep connected with young people, teachers and schools.
Workshop leaders
Emma Butcher, Jack Blakey and Darrel ‘Old’ Bailey.
Romeo and Juliet
The adaptation fully realises the characters of the lovers and brings to life their world. Through the inclusion of the Narrator our re-imagining ensures that Romeo and Juliet themselves do not remain literary creations distant from the 21st century.
Cast
Josh Tucker as Romeo
Emma O’Dwyer as Juliet
Samater Ahmed as The Narrator
Adapted by Oneness Sankara & Michael Wicherek.
Movement by Emily Orme.
Aftersound
Ezra and his Dad both love music – it’s what binds them together. But what happens when the chaos of the world threatens to jeopardise this bond?
The role of music in the lives of a father and a son is intrinsic to this new play commissioned by Box Clever to celebrate 25 years of boxing clever. Music is what connects the father and the son. It’s what they have in common and in the end, it is what saves and strengthens the bond between them.
Read by Joel Nash and Jack Blakey
Written by Joel Nash
Mark and the Marked
A play without words. By witnessing and getting involved in a story of how destructive bullying and hate can be, children are invited to be at the forefront of the resolution process and in the advocacy of positive friendship over conflict.
Cast
Lucy Wordsworth
Joel Nash
Zaki Ali
Directed by Kitty Winter.
Resource material designed by Maya Twardzicki.
Music by Jack Blakey.
Domino
Through a magnificent medley of rhythyms and rhymes and words carefully chosen, a young man seeks to come to terms and be at piece with, who he is. At times, angry, at times very funny and at times deeply moving, the play is the third play to be commissioned by Box Clever in celebration of 25 years of boxing clever.
Written & read by Lloyd Thomas
Special thanks to Sorcha Corcoran our Lead Designer and Pip Thurlow our Production Manager