Bloody, Minimalist Take on THE SPANISH TRAGEDY Opens at the Old Red Lion

Thomas Kyd's THE SPANISH TRAGEDY, directed by Dan Hutton, opened 11 February and runs through 5th March 2016 at the Old Red Lion. A group of six actors takes on Kyd's revenge tragedy and bring a world of villainy, vengeance and warped justice to life.

The cast features Rebecca Crankshaw as Hieronimo, Lee Drage as Andrea, Janet Etuk as Lorenzo, Jamie Satterthwaite as Balthazar, India Semper­Hughes as Bel­Imperia and Leo Wan as Revenge. All other roles will be taken by members of the company.

Dan Hutton said: "I'm thrilled to be working with such an exciting, talented cast. We're going to have a great time bringing Kyd's characters to life and I can't wait to put our own spin on this early modern classic."

How far would you go to get revenge? You'd unfriend them. You'd sell your story to the tabloids. You'd kill a man. Or men. In THE SPANISH TRAGEDY, Thomas Kyd shows us a place where people will use any any means necessary to get their own back. This bold new production takes the first revenge tragedy and turns it inside­out, serving it up with a generous dollop of blood and a serving of sweet sweet justice. Hieronimo has lost her son, and there's only one way to settle the score. The world shouldn't be like this, but that's the way it is.

Directed by Dan Hutton, with design by Lizzy Leech, lighting by Nic Farman, sound by Kieran Lucas and dramaturgy by Ellie Horne.

IF YOU GO:

THE SPANISH TRAGEDY

Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington

Now through 5th March 2016, 15:00 and 19:30 (80 mins approxx)

Tickets: £12.00­£16.50

Info: www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk

Dan Hutton is a director and theatremaker. Previous directing credits include Blood Wedding (Theatrical Niche), Joy Child (mac), Posh, Attempts on Her Life, Faustus (all Warwick Arts Centre) and Fascism, Anyone? (IATL). As an assistant director, Dan has worked with Headlong, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, Royal and Derngate, Royal Exchange, Northern Stage and curious directive. He is also a founding member of touring company Barrel Organ who have been described as "the future" by The Guardian. In early January, he was featured as one of eleven "faces to watch in 2016" in WhatsOnStage.

Lizzy Leech trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School where she was awarded the John Elvery Prize for exceptional design work. Recent designs include Vanity Fair (Middle Temple Hall) Love for Love (Bristol Old Vic) Treats (Tobacco Factory) and costumes for The Heresy of Love (Bristol Old Vic). An experienced assistant designer, she is a Creative Associate of The Gate Theatre, Notthing Hill. She is currently designing Noye's Fludde at Blackheath Halls with Trinity Laban. Prior to training she studied English Literature at Warwick University, designing the sets for Pornography and RENT for the National Student Drama Festival 2013 and 2014.

Nic Farman was the inner of the Francis Reid Award as part of the ALD Michael Northen Bursary 2013. Nominated for Best Lighting Designer in the 'Off West End Awards' 2015 for 'Shock Treatment' at Kings Head Theatre and 'The Win Bin' at Old Red Lion Theatre. Lighting Design credits include: F*cking Men; Shock Treatment (Kings Head Theatre); Positive (Park Theatre); Daisy Pulls it Off (Shoreditch Town Hall); A Level Playing Field (Shoreditch Town Hall, UEA Studio); The Heart of Things (Jermyn Street Theatre, The Kenton Theatre Henley­on­Thames); Dracula! (Soho Theatre); Macbeth (LOST Theatre); Pig Girl; The Immortal Hour; Hostage Song; Valley of Song (Finborough Theatre); Empires (Bush Theatre's Radar Festival); Tartuffe; Lysistrata; Still the Beating of my Heart; Blood Wedding; Mac­Beth; Last of the Red Hot Lovers; The Woyzeck (National Tour); Romeo and Juliet (Newbury Corn Exchange & National Tour); Richard III (Cockpit Theatre, Marlborough College, Greenwich Theatre); The Little Mermaid (Riverside Studios); The Win Bin; The Bald Prima Donna; The Upstanding Member (Old Red Lion Theatre); The Blind/The Intruder (Old Red Lion Theatre, The Tabard); The Mobile Phone Show (Deafintely Theatre); Cinderella (Leicester Square Theatre); Fulfill Me Fully, Phil; A Life in Monochrome (The Space); Twelfth Night (The Courtyard); The Laramie Project (Leicester Curve). Associate/Assistant Lighting Designer: The Glass Menagerie (Headlong); Phenomenal People (FUEL); The White Carnation (Jermyn Street Theatre); Sixty­Six Books (Bush Theatre).

Kieran Lucas is a sound designer and theatre­maker and founding member of Barrel Organ theatre company. Kieran works with various theatre companies as a sound designer, musician, composer, technician and performer as well as creating and devising his own work with Barrel Organ. Sound and music credits include The Other Minute Hand (Radio) (Venice As A Dolphin, Mayfest Radio), A Third (Finborough Theatre, Fat Git), Some People Talk About Violence (Barrel Organ, Touring/Summerhall), I'm Not Lonely (Barrel Organ, mac Birmingham/touring), LARDO (Metal Rabbit Productions, Old Red Lion Theatre), Lost In Blue (Debs Newbold, Touring), (i feel fine) (Fat Git Theatre, Redbridge Drama Centre/Warwick Arts Centre/New Diorama/VAULT Festival), CANS (Kuleshov & Etch, Theatre 503), CrowdPlay (Coney, Generator Malta Festival, Poland/w00t Festival, Denmark), Kill Your Speed (Venice as a Dolphin, Theatre Delicatessen), REMOTE (Coney, Camden People's Theatre), YEN (Anna Jordan, Bush Theatre), Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body (Stuart Slade, Finborough Theatre), FuturePlay (Coney, with Chris Branch for Brains & Hunch, Shoreditch Town Hall), Water Under the Board (Kibo Productions, Baron's Court Theatre), Specie (Fat Git Theatre, Pleasance Dome/New Diorama), Buoy (The Revolving Shed, C Venues), Uninvited (Fat Git Theatre, New Diorama), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, The Hothouse, Faustus (all Warwick University Drama Society, Warwick Arts Centre).

Ellie Hornei is a dramaturg and writer. She is currently a reader for Headlong, Hampstead Theatre and the Bush Theatre and is a member of the Almeida Theatre's 2015­16 Creative Board. As a writer, she has been involved in creating material for various university productions and was one of the winners of Lyric Hammersmith/Secret Theatre/Warwick Arts Centre's 2015 playwriting competition. Ellie's credits as a director include Edgar and Annabel (IATL).