Boudica
By Tristan Bernays
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
September - November 2019
Her land invaded. Her throne usurped. Her family abused. Boudica will fight. AD 60. Britain is the latest conquest of the sprawling Roman Empire. Queen Boudica intends to rise up against the foreign power, but the native tribes are at each other's throats. Can a fragile coalition of warlords beat back the power of Rome? And what will be lost if they can't?
Premiered at the Globe in 2017, Tristan Bernays reimagines the Shakespeare history play as a female-driven epic narrative of scope and spectacle, asking who lives on this cold island on the fringes of Europe, and who we could be. Original music by Penny Ashmore, Harry Ryan and Issie Riley. First performed at the Courtyard Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London for a week, the production then transferred to the Studio space the Curve Theatre, Leicester. Each run featured a relaxed matinee performance.
Director: Jon Pashley
Movement Director: Mandy Gordon
Fight Director: Bethan Clark (RC-Annie Ltd)
Production Manager: Shaz McGee
Stage Manager/Fight Captain: Parker Hollants-Van-Loocke
Deputy Stage Manager: Roan Torrance
Assistant Stage Manager: Chloe Wilson
Set and Costume Designer: Abigail Caywood
Assistant Designer: Lisa Howaniec
Costume Supervisor: Imogen Brown
Wardrobe Manager/Costume Maker: Abbie Johns
Costume Maker/Dresser: Harriet Larkins
Costume Makers: Esme Lowrey, Helen McFarlane,
Charlie Pyne
Lighting Designer: Harry Owen
Chief Electrician: Alex Walton
Deputy Chief Electrician: Daniel Parrot
Lighting Programmer/Operator: Alex Thomas
Puppetry Director: Christopher Gadd
Props Makers - Naomi Feld (HOD), Michael Lloyd
Puppet Makers - Josh Macrow, Millie Wise, Yonghan Yao
Cast: Penny Ashmore, Harry Davies, Jonahan Deakin, Anya de Villiers, Will Huke, Stephen Louis, Gabi Lechtig-Martinez, Amelia Muus, Imogen Opie, Jonty Peach, Alun Rees, Issy Riley, Ellie Ruiz-Rodriguez, Harry Ryan, Ellie Sayles, Maya Thompson, Doxah Wesley.
Sound Designer: Rhi Lawrence
Production Sound Engineer/Operator: Raffaela Pancucci
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 LightingSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |  Shadow ForestSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Puppetry Directer: Christopher Gadd Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |  Andraste (Penny Ashmore)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |
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 The RoyalsSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Eleanor Sayles, Doxah Dzidor, Anya de Villiers |  Catus and SuetoniusSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Stephen Louis, Jonty Peach |  Catus and the RoyalsSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Doxah Dzidor, Eleanor Sayles, Stephen Louis, Anya de Villiers |
 The RoyalsSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Doxah Dzidor, Eleanor Sayles, Anya de Villiers |  Flogging (Anya de Villiers)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Puppetry Director: Christopher Gadd Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |  Suetonius (Jonty Peach)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |
 Suetonius (Jonty Peach)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran, Alex Walton |  Post Flogging WoundsSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Anya de Villiers |  Clothen and BoudicaSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Harry Ryan, Anya de Villiers |
 Boudica (Anya de Villiers)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |  Druid TortureSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Alun Rees, Gabi Lechtig Martinez, Jonty Peach |  Badvoc's PalaceSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Anya de Villiers, Amelia Kinu Muus, William Huke |
 Badvoc (Amelia Kinu Muus)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |  Alonna (Eleanor Sayles)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |  SistersSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Doxah Dzidor, Eleanor Sayles |
 On WatchSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Harry Davies, Issie Riley, Deakin Van Leeuwen |  Boudica (Anya de Villiers)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |  Boudica Rally 1 (Anya de Villiers)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran, Alex Walton |
 Boudica Rally 2 (Anya de Villiers)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran, Alex Walton |  FireSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Imogen Opie, Doxah Dzidor, Gabi Lechtig Martinez, Anya de Villiers, Eleanor Sayles, Amelia Kinu Muus |  Message to RomeSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Ellie Ruiz Rodriguez, Imogen Opie, Stephen Louis |
 Catus Deciamus (Stephen Louis)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |  Andraste (Penny Ashmore)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |  Forest 1Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Anya de Villiers, Doxah Dzidor |
 Forest 2 (Anya de Villiers)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |  Boudica's Suicide (Anya de Villiers)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Puppetry Director: Christopher Gadd Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |  Andraste (Penny Ashmore)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |
 Suetonius finds BoudicaSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Anya de Villiers, Jonty Peach |  Blodwynn (Doxah Dzidor)Set/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran |  Sylvia & AlonnaSet/Costume Design: Abigail Caywood Lighting Design: Harry Owen Photography: Nick Moran Seen: Gabi Lechtig Martinez, Eleanor Sayles |