
People of the Abyss
Adapted from books by Jack London and Charles Dickens
In collaboration with Prodigal UPG
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
February - March 2019
‘The question naturally arises, how do they live? The answer is that they do not live. They do not know what life is.’
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.
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
Cast:
Yik-Sau Chung
Sophie Jacob
Suzy Kohane
Ari Oskarsson
Jacob Seelochan
Sound Designer: Chris Umney
Associate Sound Designer/Production Sound Engineer: Rhi Lawrence
![]() LightingSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin | ![]() Emerging from the AbyssSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob, Ari Oskarsson, Suzy Kohane, Yik-Sau Chung, Jacob Seelochan | ![]() Ari OskarssonSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Ari Oskarsson |
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![]() PB_190226_0127A4Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Jacob Seelochan, Sophie Jacob, Ari Osckarsson, Suzy Kohane, Yik-Sau Chung | ![]() TypewriterSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Yik-Sau Chung, Suzy Kohane, Ari Oskarsson | ![]() RunSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Yik-Sau Chung, Jacob Seelochan, Ari Oskarsson |
![]() Corrie HarrisSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Alex Walton Seen: Corrie Harris | ![]() MovementSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob, Yik-Sau Chung | ![]() Ari & JacobSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Ari Oskarsson, Jacob Seelochan |
![]() Sir William Thiselton-DyerSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Yik-Sau Chung | ![]() Jack LondonSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob, Yik-Sau Chung | ![]() Fight SceneSet 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 NancySet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Yik-Sau Chung, Suzy Kohane | ![]() Jack LondonSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob, Yik-Sau Chung | ![]() Waiting for the WorkhouseSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob, Suzy Kohane, Yik-Sau Chung, Jacob Seelochan, Ari Oskarsson |
![]() CafeSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Suzy Kohane, Yik-Sau Chung, Sophie Jacob, Jacob Seelochan | ![]() Political SpeechesSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob, Yik-Sau Chung, Ari Oskarsson | ![]() Political SpeechesSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Yik-Sau Chung, Jacob Seelochan |
![]() PotA FocusSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Alex Walton Seen: Corrie Harris, Michael Glanville | ![]() PauperSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Sophie Jacob | ![]() Workhouse - SleepingSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Yik-Sau Chung, Jacob Seelochan, Sophie Jacob, Suzy Kohane |
![]() WorkhouseSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Ari Oskarsson, Yik-Sau Chung, Sophie Jacob, Suzy Kohane | ![]() SikesSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Ari Oskarsson | ![]() Sikes FamilySet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Suzy Kohane, Yik-Sau Chung, Sophie Jacob, Ari Oskarsson, Jacob Seelochan |
![]() PB_190226_1098A4Set Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Suzy Kohane, Sophie Jacob, Yik-Sau Chung | ![]() Return to the AbyssSet Design: Arabella Ockenden Lighting Design: Corrie Harris Photography: Patrick Baldwin Seen: Suzy Kohane, Yik-Sau Chung, Ari Oskarsson |