THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE, Starring Chester's Cate Hamer, to Arrive at Storyhouse This Autumn

In four weeks, the critically acclaimed production of Things I Know To Be True arrives in Chester, featuring a fantastic cast including Chester born Cate Hamer and Liverpool actor John McArdle.

Things I Know To Be True is presented by Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company South Australia.

As beautifully touching as it is funny and bold, Andrew Bovell's Things I Know To Be True tells the story of a family and marriage through the eyes of four grown siblings struggling to define themselves beyond their parents' love and expectations.

Things I Know To Be True comes to Storyhouse from Tuesday 7 November to Saturday 11 November. The run includes matinees on Wednesday 8 November and Saturday 11 November.

Featuring Frantic Assembly's celebrated physicality, and co-directed by Frantic Assembly's Tony and Olivier Award nominated Artistic Director Scott Graham and State Theatre Company's Artistic Director Geordie Brookman, Things I Know To Be True is a complex and intense study of the mechanics of a family that is both poetic and brutally frank.

Original UK cast members, Matthew Barker and Kirsty Oswald, return to reprise their roles as Mark and Rosie respectively. Joining them in the company are Chester born Cate Hamer as Fran, John McArdle as Bob, Seline Hizli as Pip, and Arthur Wilson as Ben.

Cate Hamer, who originally hails from Chester, has extensive credits across stage and television. Her theatre work includes Machinal (National Theatre), The Love of the Nightingale, Mary & Lizzie, The Tempest (RSC), Dona Rosita, The Tower, Volpone (Almeida Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare's Globe Tour), A Bed Amongst the Lentils (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Indian Ink (Salisbury Playhouse), Scenes From An Execution (Hackney Empire Studio), A Christmas Carol and Crime and Punishment (Glasgow Citizens) amongst many others. Her television credits include EastEnders, Holby City, The Town, Doctors, The Bill, Coronation Street, When I'm 64, Casualty, Inspector Lynley, and Without Motive.

Liverpool actor John McArdle's acting credits across stage and screen span 37 years. He is known best for his work on television, including the roles of Billy Corkhill in Brookside and Ronnie Hale in Emmerdale. Other screen credits include Mersey Beat, New Tricks, Waterloo Road, Prime Suspect 5, Waking the Dead, Law and Order UK, Vera, Casualty and Holby City amongst others. His extensive theatre credits include Lennon (Liverpool Everyman), Our Country's Good (Liverpool Playhouse), The Crucible (Sheffield Crucible), Brassed Off (York Theatre Royal & UK Tour), The Arbour (National Theatre), with film credits including There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, Charlie Noades R.I.P, Through My Eyes and The Rochdale Pioneers. For BBC Radio 4, his work includes A Clockwork Orange, The Spire, King of the Hill, and Stockport, So Good They Named It Once. John has also written and published his autobiography titled You Never Said Goodbye.

Tickets are priced from £16.50. Storyhouse has a dynamic pricing policy on the majority of shows, ensuring the earlier you book your tickets, guarantees the best seats at the lowest price.

IF YOU GO:

THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE

Storyhouse Chester

Tuesday 7 November to Saturday 11 November

Tuesday 7 November 2017 at 7.30pm

Wednesday 8 November 2017 at 2.30pm

Wednesday 8 November 2017 at 7.30pm

Thursday 9 November 2017 at 7.30pm

Friday 10 November 2017 at 7.30pm

Saturday 11 November 2017 at 2.30pm

Saturday 11 November 2017 at 7.30pm

Running time approximately 2 hours, including an interval

Contains strong language

Suitable for ages 14+

Tickets: From £16.50 (Dynamic Pricing: Book early to guarantee cheapest and best seats)

HOW TO BOOK

Online: Visit www.storyhouse.com

By Phone: Call 01244 409 113

In person: Visit the Ticket Kiosks at Storyhouse, Hunter Street, Chester, CH1 2AR

Visit Chester Visitor Information Centre.

Storyhouse is a new public attraction - a theatre, library and cinema, home to a year-round programme of home-made and touring theatre, film along with a host of activities across its considerable public spaces.

Designed by Bennetts Associates and featuring an 800/500 seat-theatre; a 100-seat cinema; a 150-seat flexible Studio Theatre; library spaces; digital production and broadcast facilities; a café bar and restaurant.

Storyhouse is carved from the Grade II Listed art deco 1936 Odeon cinema and a brand-new state of the art glass extension. Storyhouse is predicted to receive 600,000 visits per year, it brings cinema and theatre back to Chester city centre after a decade long absence.

Cheshire West and Chester council has committed an inspirational £32.5million to fund the creation of Storyhouse.

Award winning theatre company Frantic Assembly's method of devising theatre has been impacting theatrical practice and unlocking the creative potential of future theatre-makers for up to 22 years. One of the most exciting theatre companies in the UK, Frantic Assembly is led by Artistic Director and co-founder Scott Graham, and has toured extensively across Great Britain, and worked in 40 countries internationally collaborating with some of today's most inspiring artists.

Frantic Assembly is currently studied as leading contemporary theatre practitioners on five British and international academic syllabuses. The success of the company's distinct approach has influenced contemporary theatre-making and foregrounded the use of movement directors and choreographers in new dramatic works. With a history of commissioning writers such as Mark Ravenhill, Abi Morgan, Simon Stephens and Bryony Lavery the company has been acclaimed for it's collaborative approach. In 2016 the company started delivering practical modules on a new Collaborative Theatre-Making MA it has created with Coventry University (UK Modern University of the Year 2014, 2015, 2016 and UK University of the Year 2015). Frantic Assembly runs Ignition, a free national training programme for young men aged 16-20, increasing involvement in and access to the arts in places of low cultural engagement.

Frantic Assembly productions include Othello, Beautiful Burnout (UK, Australia, New Zealand and New York), Lovesong, (Stockholm, UK and Australia), The Believers, Fatherland (Manchester International Festival 2017 and Lyric Hammersmith 25 May-23 June 2018). They are also the Movement Directors on the award-winning National Theatre of Great Britain, production The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (West End, Broadway, UK & Ireland Tour). Television credits include Movement Direction on BAFTA winning British - American series Humans (AMC, Channel 4 & Kudos).

Frantic Assembly is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Visit www.franticassembly.co.uk or follow @franticassembly.

State Theatre Company South Australia is one of Australia's leading theatre companies performing an annual season of new Australian writing, reimagined classics and exceptional international writing in its home city of Adelaide. The Company is committed to the nurturing of Australian playwrights and to the development of South Australian theatre makers.

State Theatre Company also plays an important role in the wider Australian theatre industry, with an extensive touring program and frequent co-productions with other Australian theatre companies. Throughout its 45 year history, the Company has played a pivotal role in the careers of many of Australia's leading actors, writers and directors, attracting artists of the calibre of Miriam Margolyes, Xavier Samuel, Neil Armfield, Ruth Cracknell, Judy Davis, Gale Edwards, Mel Gibson, Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sharman, Hugo Weaving andJacki Weaver.

Geordie Brookman is the Artistic Director of State Theatre Company South Australia. He has directed productions throughout Australia and Asia for companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir, Griffin, Malthouse, Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre, the Adelaide Festival of Arts and MONA FOMA. Geordie's productions have Helpmann, Greenroom, Sydney Critics Circle, Adelaide Critics Circle and Curtain Call awards.