Photo Flash: SECRETS At The Cock Tavern Theatre

We all have secrets. Does that make us all liars?  Or just actors, playing parts but hiding the truth?  Devised by eight actors, whose true-life secrets have been woven together to create an intimate story; SECRETS is an explosive new play, opening at the c*ckTavern Theatre on November 17.  It dissolves the barrier between fact and fiction, exploring why we keep secrets, what happens when we decide to disclose them and the nature of secrecy itself.

Theatre company Flexible Productions aims to produce honest theatre with the power to touch the audience. Focussing on autobiographically-based writing that explores the actors’ own experiences, the company seeks to open up a little-known area and to create fluid, meaningful productions.

Director Danielle Coleman is Artistic Director of Flexible Productions.  Directing credits include: TheVagina Monologues, (Luxembourg) and A Celebration of Monty Python, (Luxembourg).  Danielle was Artistic Director of Sweet Whispers Theatre Company in Australia where her directing credits included: Shirley Valentine, Sweet Phoebe, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Out of the Box and The Best of Byron.  (Abridged)

Dramaturg Hamish MacDougall is the Literary Manager at The c*ckTavern Theatre.  Writing credits include Deptford Tales (National Youth Theatre) and Urban Chic Saved My Life (Cockpit Theatre).

Cast includes: Rachel Boulton who was nominated for the Spotlight prize in 2008, Andrew CleaverFor Ed (King’s Head) and Happily Ever After (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), theatre credits include: The Vagina Monologues (New Players Theatre) and Jeremy Williams theatre credits include Henry V (RSC) and The Maids (National tour). theatre credits include: Emilie Cohen-Boulakia