Fractured Time Productions Will Present THE DYING WISH
The Dying Wish will run September 30 through October 1 at the Golden Goose Theatre as part of the Lambeth Fringe Festival. Tickets are £16 and the running time is 75 minutes.
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The Dying Wish at Drayton Arms Theatre
Dates: 19/01/2027- 23/01/2027
📍 Theatre: Drayton Arms Theatre
Alice Hoskyns & Olivia Marcus
Drayton Arms Pub & Theatre, 153 Old Brompton Road, London, SW5 0 LJ
London,
Tickets: $18
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"It's 1984 meets Waiting for Godot!"
Rooney and Ingmar are seasoned hangmen doing their best to survive a job that no longer makes sense. When a new case tests the limits of reason, the cracks in the system — and in themselves — begin to show.
Following its sold-out run at the Golden Goose as part of the Lambeth Fringe Festival, Fractured Time Productions brings this fresh new production to the Drayton Arms Theatre. Darkly comic. Uncomfortably human. Unexpectedly moving.
CAST
Benjamin Press - Rooney
Chris Gallagher - Ingmar
Chris Machari - Paul Freeman
Romeo Olukotun - The Engineer & Kiddy
Barbara Mariposa - The Cleaner
Kay Boggett - The Attorney & Mum
CREATIVE TEAM
Director D.C Jackson
Writer Mauro Fazion
Technician / Lighting Designer Rebecca Lyon
Sound Designer Efe Yuksel
Set Designer Zac Adam Richardson
Poster Design Rafael Castro
Produced by Fractured Time Productions
Content warnings: Discussion of political corruption and violence. Depiction of drug abuse and addiction. Language may be offensive and may reflect racial or colour bias as a criticism of society. Overall, it is handled with absurdist humour and satirical style. Some scenes contain mild strong language, flashing lights, and loud sounds.
Cast and Creative Team for The Dying Wish at Drayton Arms Theatre
Cast
Benjamin Press
Rooney
Training: The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre (NY).
Theatre credits include:
Dr. Watson in The Hound of the Baskervilles (Hamburg);
Urving Balthazar Green in The Accountant (New York Theatre Festival); Phil in The Worst Person I Know (New York Theatre Festival); Dr. Rank in A Doll’s House (Sanctuary Theater Company, NYC); Khlestakov in The Government Inspector (London and Edinburgh); Ensemble in Candide (Bridewell Theatre, London); Captain/Paco in Man of La Mancha (Bridewell Theatre, London); Ensemble in Victor Victoria (Bridewell Theatre, London).
Theatre credits while training include: Ourselves Alone (Neighborhood Playhouse); Six Degrees of Sondheim (Neighborhood Playhouse); Frozen Dog (Neighborhood
Playhouse).
Instagram: @benjaminpress
Chris Gallagher
Ingmar
Training: Drama Centre London
Theatre Credits include:
Ingmar in The Dying Wish (Lambeth Fringe - Golden Goose Theatre) No More Silence - Survivor (Wordsmith Theatre - Victorian Tour) Peaked Caps and Khaki - Jack O’Sullivan (Wordsmith Theatre - Bendigo Theatre) The Music Hall Royale - The Chairman (Golden Soil Productions) Snout/Flute in Shakespeare’s Best Bits (Australian Shakespeare Company)
Screen Credits include:
Date Me Not - Steve (Lady Loud Productions) Fifth Story - Jacob (Pantrum Pictures) The Escape Room - Ryan (DCL)
Aunty Donna 1999 (Haven’t You Done Well Productions)
Chris Machari
Paul Freeman
Chris trained at the Actor's Temple.
Theatre includes THE LONG SONG (Chichester Festival Theatre), SANKARA (Cockpit Theatre) and ICARUS IN LOVE (The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter). TV includes DOCTORS (BBC), CORONATION STREET (ITV), IT'S A SIN (Channel 4) and THE BAY (ITV). Film includes AGENT FROM ABUJA (Road 2 Redemption Films) and PLAYTIME (Dimmer Darker Productions). Chris is also an award-nominated voiceover artist and a children's educational presenter.
Romeo Olutokun
The Engineer / Kiddy
Training:
Scene Study Veronica Sarno (2022-2024) - Weekly acting class focusing on using Stanislavski in script analysis
Meisner With Skye: Drop-in Meisner Technique Workshop (2024) - Practical class for actors wanting to get to grips with Meisner's work and apply it to characters
Advancing Repetition Practice with John Beschizza (2024) - Class to practice and develop repetition skills in Meisner to help actors become more open, receptive and integrated
Milaeon Screen Acting workshop (2011) - Weekend intensive workshop with Mike Ogilvie to develop skills as a screen actor
Theatre credits include: The Dying Wish (Lambeth Fringe &
The Golden Goose Theatre)
Barbara Marisposa
The Cleaner
Training:
Professional Acting Diploma, Academy of Creative Training (2009).
Theatre credits include:
Eleanor in The Harding Case (The Drayton Arms Theatre, London); Harriet in Man of Property (Southwark Playhouse, London); Mavis in Empty Mirrors (BOB Productions); Veronique in Memories (Southwark Playhouse, London); Franceschina in a production by Mark Ravenhill (Museum of Comedy, London); Meredith in Nesting on the Shore (StageBase); Angela in Matched (Bread & Roses Theatre, London); Joy Newton in the Centenary Performance (Royal Ballet School); and A Secret in the Garden (Cockpit Theatre, London).
Screen credits include:
Dr Rose Bush in Stitched Up (web series); Ursula Kemp in the feature film The Caged; Cult Leader in Flo's music video Leak It; as well as numerous commercial, short film and screen appearances.
Instagram: @barbara.mariposa
Kay Boggett
The Attorney / Mum
Training:
A (Hons) Media & Performance, University of Salford; further training at the Manchester School of Acting & Run At It Shouting (London).
Film & Television credits include:
Janet in Funny Cow alongside Maxine Peake (available on Amazon Prime); Mrs Hedges in Tapped (Amazon Prime); Excited Traveller in Where To? (Disney+); Julie Winters in City of Mask (feature film, post-production); Janice in Theyyam (feature film, post-production); & Bernice in Cowboys at Dark (vertical film drama, currently filming).
Theatre credits include:
Mary Stiles in The Harding Case (The Drayton Arms Theatre, London); Marie in Matched (Bread & Roses Theatre, London); Tickety Boo by Mark Ravenhill (Museum of Comedy, London); Run At It Horny by Mark Ravenhill (Wilton's Music Hall, London);
Creative Team
D.C Jackson
Director
Mauro Fazion
Writer
Rebecca Lyon
Lighting Designer / Technician
Efe Yuksel
Sound Designer
Zac Adam Richardson
Set Designer
News About The Dying Wish at Drayton Arms Theatre
About the Theatre
The Drayton Arms was originally built in 1860 and then rebuilt to its current design in 1891.
Originally a function room the first theatrical use of the space was just after the war as a rehearsal room for many of the actors from the newly formed BBC TV who lived locally.
In 1985 The upstairs room at the Drayton Arms was then being used as a rehearsal studio for Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Hilary Wood had recently been appointed head of acting and at her suggestion it was decided to turn the space into a theatre to give the students their own performance space in central London.
In the autumn of that year the studio was converted into a theatre with the space being designed by Hilary and Newton Jones the technical director of the Academy.
The Drayton Studio - as it was then - continued in use for the next twenty years, with twelve public performances running each year. Many of the students who presented their work there have gone on to real achievement in Theatre, Film and Television.
The Theatre was used as a rehearsal space on and off for a few years with couple of public performances for charity in 2009.
In late 2010 it was decided to get the theatre back up and running on a more permanent basis. Work was undertaken to upgrade the space and then in April 2011 the theatre licence was granted and the Drayton Arms Theatre was reopened as a professional fringe venue.
From Shakespeare to new plays, musicals to improv, classics to comedy, we are always showing something new.
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