17TH-18TH APRIL 2013RAVENSFIELD THEATRE, LONDON

WILLIAM BOWDEN DirectorWilliam is co-artistic director of Thrust. Directing for Thrust: Not I, The Bell Jar, 6 Characters In Search Of An Author, Washed Up. As assistant/staff director: Beast (White Bear), The Secret Listeners (Pascal Theatre). While training: Ubu Roi, The Chairs, Hated Nightfall (MDX).

ALEX BOXALL LarsAlex trained at Middlesex University and with the RADA Youth Theatre. Performance includes: The Crucible, The Seagull (Theatre of Thin Air). While training: A Resounding Tinkle, Ubu Roi, Hated Nightfall (MDX), Doctor Faustus (RADA Youth Theatre Company).

ADAM HAMMET MikeTrained at Middlesex University. Performance includes: Journeyʼs End (Theatre Royal Margate). While training: Judgment Day, A Circus Story, Ubu Roi, Hated Nightfall (MDX). Solo: The Moron Barber Of Fleet Street. As director: A Resounding Tinkle (MDX).

ZAKK HEIN Designer/WaiterZakk is an associate artist at Thrust, and trained at Middlesex University as a performer and multi-disciplinary designer. With Thrust: Not I, The Bell Jar. Design and performance while training includes: Dying For It, Mysteries Of Love, Ubu Roi, Hated Nightfall (MDX).

LUKE JOYCE HalTrained at Middlesex University and Central School of Speech & Drama. While training: Philistines, Handbag (Central), A Resounding Tinkle, Dying For It, Hated Nightfall (MDX). Solo: Confessions Of A Drag Queen. Other performance: Trent Park: This Is Your Life. TV: The Gospel Of Us, Caerdydd Pobolyecym.

SOPHIE NAPLETON PaigeWith Thrust: The Bell Jar. Other performance includes: Spineless (Theatre503), The Wizard Of Oz, Robin Hood, Alice In Wonderland, 101 Dalmatians, She Stoops To Conquer (Nuffield, Southampton). While training: Dying For It, Mysteries Of Love, Lulu (MDX).

VICKY OʼNEILL Stage managerTrained at Middlesex University. With Thrust: The Bell Jar. Other credits include: Finding Neverland (Weinstein Company), Miles Ahead (B.O.P.), Lost In Mozart (Tabernacle), Tempus (Actorsʼ Centre). While training: Itʼs Not Too Late To Do A Play, The Sea, The Gas Heart, Ubu Roi, Trumpets & Raspberries (MDX).

MAIREAD RYAN SiânMairead trained at Middlesex University. With Thrust: 6 Characters In Search Of An Author. Other performance includes: Our Space (Theatre503), Eat Your Heart Out (Old Vic Tunnels). While training: A Resounding Tinkle, The Breasts Of Tiresias, Ubu Roi, Come And Go, Lulu (MDX).

HARRIET WAKEFIELD WynneWith Thrust: The Bell Jar. Other performance includes: The Secret Listeners (Pascal Theatre). While training: Judgment Day, A Circus Story, Lulu (MDX). Film: Fall From Grace (dir. Jack Prouse). Music videos: ʻPlace For The Mendedʼ, ʻLove Ratsʼ (dir. Mike Berwick).

DINNER A PLAY BYMOIRA BUFFINI

DirectorWilliam Bowden

CastAlex BoxallAdam HammetZakk HeinLuke JoyceSophie NapletonMairead RyanHarriet Wakefield

DesignerZakk Hein

Sound designBruce Adams

Stage managerVicky OʼNeill

Dinner and Pornography will play at Brighton Fringe from 6th May 2013. Visit www.dinnerandporn.tk for more information and to book tickets.

MOIRA BUFFINI studied English/Drama at Goldsmithʼs College and trained as an actor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She won a Time Out award for her performance in Jordan. Writing for theatre includes Greenland, Welcome To Thebes, Dinner (National), Loveplay (RSC), The Games Room (Soho), Silence (Birmingham Rep), Gabriel (Machine Room) and Jordan (Lilian Baylis/BAC/Gate), which won the Writerʼs Guild Award for Best Fringe Play. Upon its transfer to the West End, Dinner was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Comedy._____________________________________

DINNER WAS FIRST PERFORMED IN THE LOFT AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE ON 18TH OCTOBER 2002, AND WAS REVIVED AT WYNDHAMʼS THEATRE, LONDON ON 9TH DECEMBER 2003.

Special thanks: Sam Beale, Bruce Allen, Mark Huxley, Becca Chester, Lesley Lightfoot, Dianne Jamieson-Greaves, Joyce Hytner, David Lasserson, Roger Walkinton, Mark Ford, Otherplace Productions.

Thrust unites a family of directors, designers and performers to make daring new work with a young voice and a bold heart. Multi-disciplinary collaborative practice is at the heart of everything we do.Artistic directors: Bruce Adams & William BowdenCompany producer: Rosanna Grimeswww.thrusttheatrecompany.co.uk

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