People of the Abyss

Adapted from books by Jack London and Charles Dickens

In collaboration with Prodigal UPG

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The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

February - March 2019

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‘The question naturally arises, how do they live? The answer is that they do not live. They do not know what life is.’

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Prodigal UPG with final year Acting CDT students blend performance-parkour with Charles Dickens, Jack London and contemporary political speakers on a journey into the dark heart of capitalism. Inspired by London’s undercover odyssey amongst the dispossessed of the East End, we’ll meet the people who cling to the slopes of the Abyss and fight never to fall all the way in.

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Directors: Miranda Henderson, Alister O'Loughlin

Designer: Arabella Ockenden

Production Manager: Shaz McGee

Stage Manager: Kathryn Sanders

Assistant Stage Manager: Alexa Zetzsche

Lighting Designer: Corrie Harris

Chief Electrician: Michael Glanville

Lighting Programmer & Operator: Alex Walton

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Cast:

Yik-Sau Chung

Sophie Jacob

Suzy Kohane

Ari Oskarsson

Jacob Seelochan

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Sound Designer: Chris Umney

Associate Sound Designer/Production Sound Engineer: Rhi Lawrence

 
Lighting

Lighting

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin

Emerging from the Abyss

Emerging from the Abyss

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob, Ari Oskarsson, Suzy Kohane, Yik-Sau Chung, Jacob Seelochan

Ari Oskarsson

Ari Oskarsson

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Ari Oskarsson

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PB_190226_0127A4

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Jacob Seelochan, Sophie Jacob, Ari Osckarsson, Suzy Kohane, Yik-Sau Chung

Typewriter

Typewriter

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Yik-Sau Chung, Suzy Kohane, Ari Oskarsson

Run

Run

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Yik-Sau Chung, Jacob Seelochan, Ari Oskarsson

Corrie Harris

Corrie Harris

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Alex Walton Seen: Corrie Harris

Movement

Movement

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob, Yik-Sau Chung

Ari & Jacob

Ari & Jacob

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Ari Oskarsson, Jacob Seelochan

Sir William Thiselton-Dyer

Sir William Thiselton-Dyer

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Yik-Sau Chung

Jack London

Jack London

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob, Yik-Sau Chung

Fight Scene

Fight Scene

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Suzy Kohane, Ari Oskarsson, Jacob Seelochan, Sophie Jacob, Yik-Sau Chung

Jack London and Nancy

Jack London and Nancy

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Yik-Sau Chung, Suzy Kohane

Jack London

Jack London

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob, Yik-Sau Chung

Waiting for the Workhouse

Waiting for the Workhouse

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob, Suzy Kohane, Yik-Sau Chung, Jacob Seelochan, Ari Oskarsson

Cafe

Cafe

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Suzy Kohane, Yik-Sau Chung, Sophie Jacob, Jacob Seelochan

Political Speeches

Political Speeches

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob, Yik-Sau Chung, Ari Oskarsson

Political Speeches

Political Speeches

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Yik-Sau Chung, Jacob Seelochan

PotA Focus

PotA Focus

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Alex Walton Seen: Corrie Harris, Michael Glanville

Pauper

Pauper

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob

Workhouse - Sleeping

Workhouse - Sleeping

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Yik-Sau Chung, Jacob Seelochan, Sophie Jacob, Suzy Kohane

Workhouse

Workhouse

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Ari Oskarsson, Yik-Sau Chung, Sophie Jacob, Suzy Kohane

Sikes

Sikes

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Ari Oskarsson

Sikes Family

Sikes Family

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Suzy Kohane, Yik-Sau Chung, Sophie Jacob, Ari Oskarsson, Jacob Seelochan

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PB_190226_1098A4

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Suzy Kohane, Sophie Jacob, Yik-Sau Chung

Return to the Abyss

Return to the Abyss

Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Suzy Kohane, Yik-Sau Chung, Ari Oskarsson