Chandler, Chris, Cox Star In WOMEN, POWER, POLITICS; Post Show Discussions Set

The cast for the Tricycle's Women, Power and Politics - a season exploring the history and current role of women in politics in Great Britain - will comprise Simon Chandler, Oliver Chris, Claire Cox, Heather Cranley, Niamh Cusack, Stella Gonet, John Hollingworth, Amy Loughton, Tom Mannion, Kika Markham, Lara Rossi and Felix Scott. The season, presented through nine different plays, a film festival, three curtain raisers (in conjunction with the National Theatre Studio) and an exhibition in the Tricycle's Gallery, previews from 4 June, with press performances at 3pm and 7pm on 11 June, and runs until 17 July 2010. Designs are by Rosa Maggiora, lighting is by Matthew Eagland and sound by Tom Lishman.

Directed by Indhu Rubasingham with Associate Director Amy Hodge, Women, Power and Politics presents the world premieres of plays by Bola Agbaje, Moira Buffini, Zinnie Harris, Sam Holcroft, Marie Jones, Lucy Kirkwood, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Sue Townsend and Joy Wilkinson, as well as verbatim monologues, edited by Gillian Slovo from interviews that she has conducted with politicians including Oona King, Edwina Currie, Clare Short, Ann Widdecombe, Chloe Smith, Jacqui Smith and Baronesses Pauline Neville-Jones and Shirley Williams. In addition the season will include curtain raisers by young playwrights Lydia Adetunji, Abbie Spallen and David Watson. Women, Power and Politics is produced by Indhu Rubasingham with the Tricycle's Artistic Director Nicolas Kent.

The season, presented in two parts -Then, examining the historical aspects of women and politics; and Now, with a more contemporary focus - will be performed on alternate evenings, with an opportunity to see both parts on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Simon Chandler's stage credits include All Mouth for the Menier Chocolate Factory, King Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Invisible Friends for the National Theatre, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest at the Garrick Theatre, Democracy at the National and Wyndham's Theatres, Clandestine Marriage at the Queen's Theatre and Man Of The Moment at Shakespeare's Globe. His screen credits include Place of Execution, Judge John Deed, The Taming of the Shrew, Perfume and Stoned.

Oliver Chris' stage credits include Rain Man on tour in the UK, Well at the Apollo Theatre, Portrait Of A Lady at Bath Theatre Royal and on tour and The Taming of the Shrew at Wilton's Music Hall. His screen credits include Hotel Babylon, Bonkers, Sharpe's Challenge, Green Wing, Bridget Jones's Diary 2:The Edge of Reason, The Other Boleyn Girl and The Gathering.

Claire Cox's stage credits include Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe, White Devil at the Menier Chocolate Factory, The Voysey Inheritance and A Little Night Music at the National Theatre and House of Desires, Pedro, The Great Pretender, The Dog In The Manger and Julius Caesar - for which she was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award - all for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her screen work includes Wallander, Spooks, A Touch of Frost and Shooting Fish.

Heather Cranley's stage credits include Joe Guy for Soho Theatre, I Like Mine With A Kiss for The Bush Theatre, Sugar Mummies and Stoning Mary for The Royal Court Theatre, Still Life and Astonished Heart for Liverpool Playhouse and Passion Play for the Donmar Warehouse. Her screen work includes Dangerous Parking, Vera Drake - for which she was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress, All Or Nothing, Topsy Turvy and Life of Riley.

Niamh Cusack's is currently in Sebastian Barry's new play Andersen's English at Hampstead Theatre. Other stage credits include Dancing at Lughnasa at the Old Vic, Ghosts at the Gate Theatre, Mammals at the Bush Theatre, The Enchantment and His Dark Materials at the National Theatre, Breathing Corpses at The Royal Court Theatre, The Three Sisters and A Doll's House at the Gate, Dublin, As You Like It, The Art of Success, Romeo and Juliet and Othello for the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Maids at the Donmar Warehouse. Her screen credits include 5 Minutes of Heaven, Playboys, Fools Old Fortune, Midsomer Murders, Jeeves and Wooster, Miss Marple and Little Bird.

Stella Gonet's theatre work includes Skylight, Racing Demon, The Shaughraun, The Voysey Inheritance, Hamlet and Command or Promise for the National Theatre, Measure for Measure, After Easter, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Divine Gossip, Three Sisters, The Revenger's Tragedy, Jew of Malta and Heresies all for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Memory of Water at the Vaudeville. Her screen credits include Mo Mowlem, Rebus, Persuasion and The House of Elliott.

John Hollingworth's stage work includes The Power of Yes and For King And Country at the National Theatre and on screen, Wuthering Heights, Pelican Blood and Dorian Gray.

Amy Loughton's theatre credits include Nation for the National Theatre, All You've Ever Needed at Hampstead Theatre and Angels and Accidents for the New End Theatre. Her screen work includes Emma and Holby City.

Tom Mannion's theatre credits include Copenhagen for the Royal Lyceum, A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Shakespeare's Globe, Metamorphosis at the Lyric Hammersmith, The Cherry Orchard and The Romans in Britain for the Crucible Theatre, Hamlet for the Old Vic, Coriolanus, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Night of the Soul and Julius Caesar for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Cyrano De Bergerac for The Almeida Theatre and in the West End, Closer at the Lyric Theatre and Art at Wyndhams Theatre. His screen work includes Moving On, Losing My Religion, Lip Service, Identity, Spooks, Life On Mars, Iris and Beautiful Creatures.

Kika Markham's stage credits include Bufonidae at the Bush Theatre, The Permanent Way at the National Theatre, Gaudeamus at the Arcola, Homebody/Kabul at the Young Vic, A Wedding Story at Soho Theatre and on Tour and Song At Twilight at The Globe, for which she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1999. Her screen credits include Franklyn, Wonderland, Midsomer Murders, Spooks, Poirot and The Double Clue.

Women, Power and Politics marks Lara Rossi's professional theatrical debut. She graduates from LAMDA later this year.

Felix Scott's stage work includes Sudden Loss of Dignity at the Bush Theatre, The Man Who Had All The Luck at the Donmar Warehouse, In The Heart Of America at the Gielgud Theatre and Lost Yet Found at Hampstead Theatre. His screen credits include Missing, Wire In The Blood, Watch Over Me, Inception, and Blitz.

Post Show Discussions

In addition to the previously announced season Reeta Chakrabarti, Bonnie Greer and Clare Short will host post show talks as follows.

Thursday 1 July, The Electoral System - A Masculine Democracy? chaired by Reeta Chakrabarti.
Thursday 8 July, Women in Politics vs Sexuality and Media, chaired by Bonnie Greer.
Thursday 15 July, Women in Parliament - Why is Britain So Far Behind The Rest of Europe?, chaired by Clare Short.

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