Rise Up. Lisa Evans
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Theatre Centre presents
RiseUp
By Lisa Evans
First performed at Redbridge Drama Centre, 17 September 2015
CAST
| Em | Emma Dennis-Edwards |
| CJ | Sam Kacher |
| Dayz | Kimisha Lewis |
| Ty | Edward Nkom |
CREATIVE TEAM
| Director | Natalie Wilson |
| Dramaturg | Gwenda Hughes |
| Designer | Emma Donovan |
| Lighting Designer | Charlie Lucas |
| Sound Designer/Composer | Dan Steele |
| Voice Coach | Joel Trill |
| Movement Director | Frank Wilson |
| Production Manager/Company Stage Manager | Vicki Heathcock |
THEATRE CENTRE STAFF
| Artistic Director | Natalie Wilson |
| Interim Executive Director | Helen Jeffreys |
| Associate Producer | Marigold Hughes |
| Production Coordinator | John May |
| Marketing Manager | Tom Davies |
| Development Manager | Linda Mannheim |
Theatre Centre, Shoreditch Town Hall,
380 Old Street, London EC1V 9LT
Telephone: 020 7729 3066
www.theatre-centre.co.uk Company No: 0585723 (England & Wales) / Charity No: 210262
CAST
Emma Dennis-Edwards
Em
Emma trained at East 15 Acting School. Her theatre credits include: Upper Cut (Southwark Playhouse); Fast Track (The North Wall Arts Centre); Clean (The Traverse Theatre and 59e59 Theatres, New York); Crash (North Wall Arts Centre and Arcola Theatre); Hurried Steps (Brighton Dome, The Cockpit Theatre, Dukes Theatre Lancaster); A New World Order (Shoreditch Town Hall, Barbican and Hydrocracker Theatre); Bussin It (Oval House Theatre, Camp Festival) and Millennium (Vineyard Theatre, New York). Emma’s screen work includes: Trap for Cinderella (Forthcoming Productions); The Naked Poet (Triple Threat Media) and the BBC Over The Rainbow Promo (Red Bee Media).
Sam Kacher
CJ
Sam has recently graduated from ALRA where he enjoyed a diverse range of roles. He played Edward Knowles in You Can Still Make A Killing and Will Bennett in Blue Stockings. Other productions at ALRA include The Comedy of Errors, Sense and Sensibility, Richard III, Electra and The Crucible.
Kimisha Lewis
Dayz
Training: Rose Bruford. Credits whilst training: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Tituba in The Crucible and Sister Hope in Table. Kimisha is making her professional debut in this production.
Edward Nkom
Ty
Edward trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. In the theatre he played Holgy/Wade in Guantanamo Boy for Brolly Productions and on screen he was recently seen in the four-part TV series The Marriage of Reason & Squalor for Sky Arts. While at drama school Edward enjoyed playing a variety of parts including Zak in Moonfleece, Butch in Absolute Hell and Cornwall in King Lear.
CREATIVE TEAM
Lisa Evans
Playwright
Lisa Evans is an award-winning playwright whose plays include Up The Duff, Glory Glory, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Angel Tide and Cat’s Eye. Alongside a highly successful career in television and radio, she has been Writer in Residence at Theatre Centre, London, and for Temba Theatre Company, and Associate Writer at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick. Getting to the Foot of the Mountain, Jamaica Inn, Once We Were Mothers, East Lynne, Keep Smiling Through, Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home, Villette, and The Day the Waters Came are published by Oberon Books.
Natalie Wilson
Director
Natalie studied Theatre Studies at Glasgow University. She was awarded a Scottish Arts Council Trainee Director Bursary with 7:84 (Scotland) before becoming Associate Director at the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme. She set up Truant Company in 2005, and was appointed Artistic Director of Theatre Centre in 2007, leading the company into its 60th year and beyond.
Her directing credits include: Valley Song (7:84); Travels With My Aunt, Loot, East Is East (New Vic); Amy’s View (Salisbury Playhouse); Beautiful Thing (Nottingham Playhouse); Brighton Beach Memoirs (Oldham Coliseum); Smilin’ Through (Birmingham Rep/Contact Theatre); Martha Loves Michael (Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe); Rigged, The Day The Waters Came, Advice for the Young at Heart, The Muddy Choir (Theatre Centre). In 2011, she received a New Writing Encouragement Award from the Writers Guild of Great Britain.
Emma Donovan
Designer
Credits include: The Muddy Choir (Theatre Centre); Kes (Cast Doncaster); Sing Yer Heart Out For The Lads, Abigail’s Party (Pilot Theatre); The Importance of Being Earnest (York Theatre Royal); Eugine Onegin (Scottish Opera); The Shop at Sly Corner (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Smilin’ Through, Forward (both Birmingham Rep Theatre Company).
Emma also lectures in Theatre Design at Nottingham Trent University.
Charlie Lucas
Lighting Designer
Charlie’s lighting designs include The Muddy Choir, Advice for the Young at Heart (Theatre Centre); The Match Box (Liverpool Playhouse & Tricycle); Equally Divided, Mother Goose (Watford Palace); The Magic Flute (Garsington Opera); Von Ribbentrop’s Watch (Oxford Playhouse); Cautionary Tales (Opera North); Jealousy (The Print Room); Red Riding Hood (Theatre Royal Stratford East). Charlie trained at RADA.
Dan Steele
Sound Designer/Composer
Dan is a musician, composer and sound designer who has worked for companies including Gecko, Red Ladder, English Touring Theatre, the National Theatre, Breaking Cycles, Birmingham Rep, Contact, and Theatre Centre, amongst others.
As one half of Mellor & Steele, Dan co-created the duo’s successful