Theatre503 Presents MANY MOONS May 17- June 11

Multi-Award winning Theatre503 continues its commitment to new writers with the UK premiere of Many Moons (press night Friday 20th May) by Alice Birch. In her first full-length play, Birch delicately weaves together the paths of four people in Church Street, Stoke Newington on a single, sweltering day.

Set to an original score by Ellis James and Benson Taylor, Many Moons delves into the minds of four neighbours. In turn hopeful and resigned, they grasp for stability as they slide past one another on a seemingly ordinary day, unaware that their lives will converge in surprising and sinister ways.

Juniper is looking for love, Robert Is trying to avoid it, Ollie doesn't know what it is and Meg has resigned herself to never having it. As these four people move through a July day in London, they orbit each other, unaware that they are hurtling towards one moment that could devastate them all.

Alice Birch graduated from Exeter University in 2009. She has since been on attachment to The National Theatre and is a graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Invitation Programme. She is currently writing pieces for Rose Bruford final year students, alongside Ben Ockrent, Ella Hickson and Nick Payne. Other writing credits include PLAYlist (Theatre 503); Bonfires (Arcola / Miniaturists); Come to Where I'm From (Paines Plough); 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic) and Limbs (Nabakov).

Many Moons is directed by Derek Bond and designed by James Perkins with lighting by Sally Ferguson and original music by Ellis James and Benson Taylor.
Derek Bond's directing credits include: PLAYlist (Theatre503); Saraband (Jermyn Street Theatre); Trying (Finborough Theatre); Girls and Dolls and Colourings (Old Red Lion); African Gothic (White Bear) and The Wonder! A Woman Keeps A Secret (White Bear and Time Out Critic's Choice Season at BAC). As Associate Director, Derek has worked on the West End productions of Desperately Seeking Susan and Cabaret. His credits as Assistant Director include: The Clean House (UK Tour); The Waltz of The Toreadors (Chichester Festival Theatre); Martha, Josie & the Chinese Elvis (Birmingham Rep and tour); The Alchemist and The History Boys (National Theatre) and Macbeth (Almeida).

Esther Hall's theatre credits include: Blue/Orange (Arcola) for which she was nominated for best actress in the Offie awards; Salt and A Whistle in the Dark (Manchester Royal Exchange); Pub Quiz is Life (Hull Truck); Four Knights in Knaresborough (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Intimate Death (National Theatre Studio) and Madame De Sade (BAC). Television includes: The Passion (BBC); True Dare Kiss (BBC) and Rome (BBC/HBO - series one and two). Film includes: Weekend Retreat (O Region); Land Girls (Skreba) and Death On Everest (Revere Productions).
Full cast: Esther Hall (Blue/Orange; Salt; A Whistle in the Dark), Jonathan Newth (Zorro - The Musical; RSC's Romeo and Juliet, Tis Pity She's A Whore, Hamlet and As You Like It), Edward Franklin (Punk Rock; Notes For First Time Astronauts; Herons) and Esther Smith (This Child; Respect; The Author).
paper/scissors/stone are a theatre collective consisting of Director Derek Bond, Designer James Perkins and Lighting Designer Sally Ferguson. They aim to create script-based theatre with high visual impact. Recent work includes Story Whores (various venues), an interactive, narrative-based piece of theatre that offered an audience the chance to buy what's most precious.

THEATRE503
Situated above the Latchmere pub in Battersea, South London, Theatre503 has been in the last few years a training ground for such hugely successful playwrights as the Olivier-Award winning Katori Hall (The Mountaintop) and Mike Bartlett (Cock, Earthquakes in London). Under Artistic Directors Paul Robinson and Tim Roseman, and without any regular government funding, Theatre503 has established a formidable reputation as a producer of fearless new writing to match any theatre of its size in the country.

Many Moons
By Alice Birch
17 May - 11 June 2011
Directed by Derek Bond
Tue-Sat 7.45pm; Sun 5pm
£14 / £9 concs.
Sundays: Pay what you can

Theatre503
Above ‘The Latchmere' Pub
503 Battersea Park Road
London SW11 3BW

Box office 020 7978 7040 / www.theatre503.com
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