The Big House to Re-Stage PHOENIX RISING at Smithfield Meat Market in Memory of Cast Member

Four years after the phenomenal success of their debut play 'Phoenix' - praised by critics, industry peers and audiences alike - The Big House is re-staging the play that launched them in 2013 in memory of one of the original cast members.

Now re-imagined and recast, but true to the original premise, 'Phoenix Rising' will run from the 8th November to the 2nd December in the underground car park of London's iconic Smithfield Meat Market.

You can't control Callum. You can't help him. You can't catch him, so quick are his feet.

Written by Andrew Day, 'Phoenix Rising' follows the first steps of an 18-year-old leaving care - steps that lead him straight into poverty, bad company and the constant attacks of his worst enemy: himself. Out on the track, he is untouchable. No-one can get near him. But when his wings start to fail him, he will have to face his demons, to make one final flight. 'Phoenix Rising' explores this raw and bitter truth, and the hard road to a hopeful future.

Cast to be announced.

IF YOU GO:

The Big House Re-Stages 'Phoenix Rising' at Smithfield Meat Market

WHEN: 8th November - 2nd December 2017

PRESS NIGHT: Tuesday 14th November

WHERE: Smithfield Car Park. Box office & audience meeting point: THE HOPE, 94 Cowcross St, Clerkenwell, EC1M 6BH.

TIME: 19:45 DURATION: 90 minutes (no interval)

Ticket price: Early bird £10 & £12. Standard £17.50
Box Office: billetto.co.uk/users/the-big-house

CREW:

Writer Andrew Day

Director Maggie Norris

Assistant Director Francisca Olivares

Producer Adam Paulden

Associate Director Sammy Glover

Set & Costume Designer Emma Bailey

Lighting Designer Zoe Spurr

Composition & Sound Designer Ed Clarke

Fight Director Kate Waters

Stage Manager Sophie Stoddart

Movement Director Joeseph Toonga

Production Manager Nick Slater

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Graphic Design Rich Jackson

The Big House has a simple mission: to enable care leavers and at-risk young people to fulfil their potential. Through our intensive programmes, The Big House uses drama, life and employment skills, counselling and wrap-around long-term support to develop emotional well-being and enable marginalised young people to live independently. Each project culminates in a three-week run of a full-scale theatre production. Developed by the young people with a professional writer, The Big House productions explore imagination and collective experience, raise awareness of the challenges these young people face, and provide a platform for their voices to be heard.

"Within all of us there is a poem, within all of us there is a painting, within all of us there is a novel, within all of us there is a real expression of what we want to see of the world. And what The Big House does is open it up and bring it out. It's wonderful. I loved every minute of it." Rt. Hon. Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party.

Visit thebighouse.uk.com for more information.

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