Deafinitely Theatre Announce Full Cast For Sarah Kane's 4.48 PSYCHOSIS UK Tour

Deafinitely Theatre today announce the full cast of Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis UK tour. Artistic Director of Deafinitely Theatre, Paula Garfield, directs William Grint, Erin Hutchings, Esther McAuley and Jamie Rea. Opening at New Diorama Theatre on 31 October, with previews from 29 October and running until 6 November; the production then tours to Derby Theatre from 8- 10 November, before concluding its run at Wales Millennium Centre from 20 - 23 November.

"I had a night in which everything was revealed to me.

How can I speak again?"

The early hours of the morning. You're alone, with only your thoughts. How did you get here? And how do you get out?

Following its sold-out run at New Diorama Theatre and Derby Theatre in 2018, the award-winning Deafinitely Theatre revives its ground-breaking bilingual production of Sarah Kane's searing, final play about mental health.

In addition, Deafinitely Theatre will run a training and education programme to accompany the production, including post show talks, events and access to additional resources. Further details to be announced.

4.48 Psychosis contains strong language and explores issues of mental health, depression and suicide. Recommended age: 16+

Sarah Kane was born in 1971. Her first play, Blasted, was produced at The Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1995. Her second play, Phaedra's Love, was produced at The Gate Theatre in 1996. In April 1998, Cleansed was produced at The Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, and in September 1998, Crave was produced by Paines Plough and Bright Ltd at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Her last play, 4.48 Psychosis, premièred at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in June 2000. Her short film, Skin, produced by British Screen/Channel Four, premièred in June 1997. Sarah Kane died in 1999.

William Grint's theatre credits include Sirens (UK tour), A Midsummer Night's Dream (New Diorama Theatre), Imogen (Shakespeare's Globe), The Who's Tommy (Theatre Royal Stratford East/UK tour), Moonbird (Pleasance Theatre, London), You've Got Dragons (UK tour), Blackout (Tricycle Theatre), and The Ritual and The Beauty Manifesto (Soho Theatre). For television his credits include This Country.

Erin Hutching's previous theatre credits include Boy in a Dress, Peeling (UK tours) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (German tour). For television her credits include Deaf Funny; and for film The Ballad of Des & Mo.

Esther McAuley's theatre credits include Troilus and Cressida (Royal Shakespeare Company), Frankenstein (Royal Exchange Theatre), The Mousetrap (UK tour), I Promise You Sex and Violence (Northern Stage), Horizontal Collaboration (Traverse Theatre), Macbeth (Warwick Arts Centre), 13, A Woman Killed with Kindness, Greenland, The Emperor Jones (National Theatre), Whiter Than Snow (Unicorn Theatre) and Sam Wanamaker Festival (Shakespeare's Globe). For television her credits include Call The Midwife and Smack the Pony.

Jamie Rea's previous theatre credits include Summit (Shoreditch Town Hall) and Beats Per Minute (George Square, Glasgow). For television his credits include Scot Squad.

Paula Garfield directs. She previously directed 4.48 Psychosis at New Diorama Theatre and Derby Theatre, for which she was shortlisted for Best Director by Broadway World UK 2018. Her other credits for Deafinitely Theatre include Horrible Histories - Dreadful Deaf, Contractions - which won the Off West End Award for Best Production, Two Chairs, Motherland, Children of a Greater God, Playing God, Double Sentence and Gold Dust. She also devised and directed The Boy and the Statue for Deafinitely at the Tricycle Theatre and on a London schools' tour. Garfield has directed two productions at Shakespeare's Globe - Love Labour's Lost, for the Globe to Globe Festival as part of Deafinitely's 10th anniversary, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her other directing work includes Tanika's Journey (Southwark Playhouse) Grounded (Park Theatre). This year Garfield was the recipient of a Tonic Award for her work with Deafinitely Theatre.

An actor, director, workshop leader and organiser, Garfield has worked on a variety of television, film and theatre projects over the past fifteen years. In 2002 she established Deafinitely Theatre with Steven Webb and Kate Furby after becoming frustrated at the barriers that deaf actors and directors face across the arts and media. She has produced and directed many plays and worked extensively in TV, including Channel Four's Learn Sign Language, Four Fingers and a Thumb, BBC's Hands Up and Casualty, plus appearances in every series of the BBC's deaf drama, Switch.