Lorraine Stanley Stars in Hampstead Theatre's WILDEFIRE, Beginning Tonight
The cast for Roy Williams' new play, Wildefire, which plays on the Main Stage at Hampstead Theatre today 6 - 29 November will be led by Lorraine Stanley as Gail Wildefire, with Cian Barry, Ricky Champ, Fraser James, Simon Manyonda and Sharlene Whyte (Biographies below) and Eric Kofi Abrefa, Danny Dalton, Sammy Hayman, Tara Hodge and Noof Ousellam.
The play, which is directed by Maria Aberg, looks at the maelstrom of urban policing and the mental and physical impact it has on the people we rely on to keep the peace.
Gail Wilde is an average policewoman, but one who lives up to her nickname, 'WILDEFIRE'. Suspicions surrounding her professional conduct reach fever pitch when a fellow officer is involved in a serious incident on the beat. Conspiracy theories and rumours are rife - at work, but also at home - and a cycle of accusations and recrimination ensues, spiralling out of control.
One of the UK's leading dramatists, Roy Williams' work includes Antigone, currently on a UK tour, Kingston 14 (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Advice for the Young at Heart (Theatre Centre) and Sucker Punch (Royal Court) - nominated for the Evening Standard and Olivier Awards for Best New Play. His television work includes Let It Snow, Fallout (Screen Nation Award for Achievement in Screenwriting), Offside (Winner of BAFTA Children's Film & TV Award) and Babyfather. For film he has co-written Fast Girls. Roy was awarded an OBE for Services to Drama in 2008.
Maria Aberg previously directed Belongings at Hampstead Downstairs which transferred to the West End, and The God's Weep in 2010. Her other work includes As You Like It, King John and Romeo and Juliet (all RSC) and Fanny & Alexander, Amerika and Kreig Der Builder at Staatstheater in her native Sweden. She directed Roy Williams' Days Of Significance.
THE CAST:
Cian Barry's stage work includes Translations (Sheffield Theatres/ETT, Rose Kingston), The Love Girl and the Innocent (Southwark Playhouse), Our Boys (Duchess Theatre) and Present: Tense - May Containe Nuts and Public Displays of Affection (Nabokov). TV includes two series of Shameless, Father Brown and Titanic, and film Nina Forever and RPG.
Ricky Champ's stage appearances include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hang of the Goal, Love's Labour's Lost and Hamlet (RSC), Days of Significance (Tricycle), and Bent (Trafalgar Studios). TV includes regular appearances in 600 Days, Him and Her and Youngers, The Ruins of My Life and Dead Boss. Film includes Girls Night Out, Mortdecai and AmStarDam.
Fraser James's stage roles include Mogadishu (Lyric Hammersmith and Manchester Royal Exchange), Love The Sinner (National Theatre), and The Frontline, Troilus and Cressida and King Lear (Shakespeare's Globe). TV includes series regular in Law and Order, The Ark, Strike Back and Outnumbered.
Simon Manyonda's stage work includes King Lear, Greenland and Welcome to Thebes (National Theatre) and Midsummer Night's Dreaming and Julius Caesar (RSC). TV includes Suspects, Holby City and Whitechapel. Film includes World War Z and Julius Caesar.
Sharlene Whyte's stage work includes Nut (NT Shed), Treasure Island (Haymarket) and Julius Caesar (RSC/Lyric Hammersmith). TV includes Doctors, Jonathan Creek, Sadie J, Spooks and Waterloo Road. Film includes Second Coming and Honey Trap.
Lorraine Stanley's stage appearances include Epsom Downs (Salisbury Playhouse), Mine (Shared Experience), Frontline (National Theatre) and Days of Significance (RSC). TV includes Chasing Shadows, Mayday, Little Dorrit and Call the Midwife. Film includes A Hundred Streets, Legend and Suffragette.
DETAILS:
Dates: Wildefire 6 - 29 November 2014
Times: Mon - Sats at 7.30pm Sat Mats at 3pm and Weds Mats at 2.30pm
Prices: Full Price £32/29, Mondays/Previews/Matinees £25/22, Concs/Seniors £18/15
To Book:
Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, London, NW3 3EU
Tel: 020 7722 9301
Online: hampsteadtheatre.com
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