Roadkill. Cora Bissett
Pachamama Productionsand Richard Jordan Productions Ltd in association with
Traverse Theatre
Present
Conceived and Directed by Cora Bissett
Text by Stef Smith
London season presented by
the Barbican and Theatre Royal Stratford East
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Mary – Mercy Ojelade Martha – Adura Onashile Various Male Roles – John Kazek
Concept and Direction – Cora Bissett Text – Stef Smith Set and Costume Designer – Jessica Brettle Lighting Designer – Paul Sorley Sound Designer / Assistant Director (Edinburgh 2010) – Harry Wilson Production Manager – Gemma Swallow Stage Manager – Sarah Scarlett Technical Manager – Andrew Gannon Digital Media Artist – Kim Beveridge Animation Artist – Marta Mackova Movement Direction – Natasha Gilmore Dramaturg – Pamela McQueen Assistant Director (London 2011) – Elly Hopkins Photo by Tim Morozzo
Produced by Pachamama Productions and Richard Jordan Productions Ltd
RoadKill was originally produced by Ankur Productions and Pachamama Productions
London season presented by the Barbican and Theatre Royal Stratford East London season supported by the London Borough of Newham
RoadKill is currently supported by the Made in Scotland Touring Fund
CONCEPT AND DIRECTION: CORA BISSETT
Cora Bissett is an actor/director/musician and Artistic Director of Pachamama. After surviving formative years in a major record deal and subsequent rock-n-roll swindle, Cora trained at RSAMD and has gone on to work in an incredibly eclectic range of theatre styles professionally for the past fourteen years. She won The Stage Award for Best Actress for her role in the Traverse Production of David Greig’s hit rom-com Midsummer in 2009 which went on tour internationally and will launch an Australia-wide tour at Sydney Opera House in 2012. She won the Arches Award for New Directors in 2008 and devised and directed her first professional production Amada based on an Isabel Allende short story, which toured nationally and gained critical acclaim and a CATS nomination for Best Use of Music in Theatre. She has also directed freelance for the RSAMD (Fugee) and Oran Mor (Hephaestos), and directed the world premiere of David Greig’s Ramallah at the Tron Theatre as part of The Mayfesto Season. RoadKill, her multi-award-winning production, premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010 and garnered 9 awards. It recently enjoyed a sold-out run in Paris, and will transfer to the Barbican in London presented as part of their BITE season with Theatre Royal Stratford East in October 2011 before touring to further international dates.
TEXT: STEF SMITH
Stef Smith studied Drama and Theatre Arts at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. Since graduating in 2009, she has worked professionally as a director and writer. Her last production was an intertwining duologue entitled Falling/ Flying which sold out at The Tron theatre in Glasgow. During this time, Stef was awarded the 2011 New Playwrights’ Award by the Playwrights’ Studio Scotland to develop her next show Jamais Vu. Stef has also worked extensively as assistant director for David Leddy/Fire Exit, working on Sub Rosa, White Tea and Susurrus. She has also written a radio drama for BBC Scotland entitled Tea and Symmetry, which will air in the autumn of 2011. Most recently, Stef has become writer on attachment with The National Theatre of Scotland. For all enquiries please email Stef. [email protected]
MERCY OJELADE (Mary)
Mercy Ojelade’s theatre credits include The Walworth Farce (Druid Theatre); The Container (Young Vic, Fringe First and Amnesty International Award Winner, Edinburgh Festival 2007); The Lion and the Jewel (Barbican Pit); and Eclipse (Sydney Opera House Studio and Royal National Theatre). TV and Film credits include Ezra (Cinefacto, France); Incendiary (Archer Street Films/Film Four); Holby City; Doctors (BBC) and Ørnen/ The Eagle (DR/Denmark). Mercy won The Stage Award for Best Actress and The CATS Award for Best Actress 2010 for her role in RoadKill.
ADURA ONASHILE (Martha)
Adura Onashile trained at Oxford School of Drama and Dartington College of Arts. Theatre credits include David Leddy’s Untitled Love Story (FIRE EXIT at Edinburgh Festival 2011); RoadKill (Pachamama/Ankur/Richard Jordan Productions Ltd at Traverse Theatre and Theatre de la Ville); Arabian Nights (RSC); The Rover (Southwark Playhouse); The Icarus Girl (Arcola Theatre); Ma Vie en Rose (Young Vic); Medea (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Macbeth