New Play POST-MORTEM to Premiere April 16th

Fusing physical theatre and gripping new writing, this is an honest and comic look at young love and old trauma from award winning playwright Iskandar R. Sharazuddin. The perfect play for people who have signed up for Tinder more than once, Post-mortem is an intimate two hander that looks at the lies we tell ourselves when love ends. The awe and giddy joy of young love is contrasted with a mature understanding of how relationships can make, or even break us.

Nancy and Alex are two ex-lovers who meet at a friend's wedding and are forced confront their comforting myths and mismatching memories to unpack what really happened when their lives shattered all those years ago. Who hurt who, and who is holding on too tightly to that trauma? Emotionally complex and with instantly regognisable characters, Post-mortem digs deeps into its two protagonists to unearth insights and surprises.

Iskandar R. Sharazuddin - Writer and Actor

Iskandar is an award-winning British-Southeast Asian playwright & actor. In 2015 he was long- listed for the Bruntwood Playwriting Prize in the Top 100 Plays and was part of a development lab at the National Theatre. As a playwright he has been long and short listed for the Old Vic 12, Bread & Roses Playwriting Award, and Adopt a Playwright. Recent work includes: Silently Hoping & The Apologists (VAULT 2019) & E?lan & Mort (White Bear Theatre)

Essie Barrow - Actor

Essie is an actor, dancer, and physical perfomer who trained at The Oxford School of Drama and has a BA (hons) in English Literature and Theatre from The University of Shef eld. Since graduating from drama school, Essie has appeared in Happy Yet? (The International Theatre of Frankfurt).

Jessica Rose McVay - Director

Jessica is a director, movement director and producer who has worked in Russia, America and the UK. She set up Jessica Rose McVay Productions to focus on producing new work by and with underrepresented and unheard voices in theatre and lm. Her recent work includes: Leave A Message (VAULT 2019), A Shit, A Shave, or A Haircut (Canal Cafe?), The M Word (Weston Studio, Bristol Old Vic), and Out in the Streets (White Bear Theatre). JRM will be producing Leave a Message at Gilded Balloon at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Booking link: https://space.org.uk/event/post-mortem/