The Soft of Her Palm. Chris Dunkley
Franklin Productions Ltd in association with Ground Rush Productions and Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre presents
The World Premiere
THE SOFT OF
HER PALM
by Chris Dunkley
First performed at the Finborough Theatre as a staged reading as part of Vibrant – An Anniversary Festival of Finborough Playwrights: Friday, 4 June 2010. First performance at the Finborough Theatre: Sunday, 7 October 2012
THE SOFT OF HER PALM
by Chris Dunkley
Cast in order of speaking
| Sarah | Tilly Gaunt |
| Phil | Simon Bubb |
| Poppy | Abigail Cole Jarvie |
| Poppy | Carmelina Meoli |
| Lucy | Siubhan Harrison |
| Mick | Sean Murray |
The play takes place in Northampton and moves backwards in time between 2012 and 2011.
The performance lasts approximately ninety minutes.
There will be no interval.
| Director | Ola Ince |
| Designer | Daniel Harvey |
| Lighting Designer | Elliot Griggs |
| Sound Designer | Max Pappenheim |
| Movement Director | Jenny Ogilvie |
| Fight Director | Kevin McCurdy |
| Stage Manager | Ben Karakashian |
| Assistant Director | Suzanne West |
| Producer | Georgina Ratnatunga for Franklin Productions Ltd |
| Associate Producer | Alan Sharpington for Ground Rush Productions |
Our patrons are respectfully reminded that, in this intimate theatre, any noise such as rustling programmes, talking or the ringing of mobile phones may distract the actors and your fellow audience-members.
We regret there is no admittance or re-admittance to the auditorium whilst the performance is in progress.
The Soft of Her Palm is performed in repertoire and on the set of A Life, designed by James Turner, which plays Tuesday to Saturday evenings, and Saturday and Sunday matinees, until 27 October 2012
Simon Bubb | Phil Trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Theatre includes The Habit of Art, War Horse and Saint Joan (National Theatre), Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing and King John (Royal Shakespeare Company), The Philanthropist (Donmar Warehouse), 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic New Voices), Hay Fever (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester), Unless (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough), Stealing Sweets and Punching People (Theatre503) and The Edge of the Land (Eastern Angles). Television includes EastEnders.
Radio includes The Archers, Clare in the Community, A Tale of Two Cities, My One and Only, Pilgrim, Blurred, Life and Fate, The Haunted Hotel, The Spy, Disconnected and Nightingale Wood.
Tilly Gaunt | Sarah Trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Theatre includes Translations (Curve Theatre, Leicester), The Yellow Wallpaper (Royal Festival Hall), The Count of Monte Cristo (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Peter Pan, A Doll's House and Ruby Moon (Northern Stage, Newcastle), Noises Off (National Theatre Tour and Piccadilly Theatre), Charley's Aunt (National Tour for Bill Kenwright Ltd), Twelfth Night (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton), The Memory of Water (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton and Guildford), The Real Thing, Lovers and War (Strindberg Intima Theatre, Stockholm) and Silence (National Theatre Studio). Television includes several episodes of Holby City, The South Bank Show, The Bill, People Like Us and the BBC comedy Moonmonkeys.
For Radio, Tilly won the Carleton Hobbs Radio Award and has performed in over one hundred radio productions.
Siubhan Harrison | Lucy At the Finborough Theatre, Siubhan appeared in In Quest of Conscience (2011). Trained at the Guildford School of Acting. Theatre includes Earthquakes in London (National Tour and National Theatre for Headlong), Rich Isn't Easy (Tristan Bates Theatre), Grease (Piccadilly Theatre), The Stripper (National Tour), Marguerite (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Marianne Dreams (Almeida Theatre), We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre), Bad Girls the Musical (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Les Misérables (Queen's Theatre), Carmen (New Vic and Regional Tour) Castaway Café (Edinburgh Festival), Whale Music (Medena Theatre) and a special concert version of Les Misérables performed at Windsor Castle for the Entente Cordiale.
Film includes the Cannes-nominated film The Man Who Met Himself, Well Prepared and Little Deaths which opened the Glasgow Fright Fest last year.
Television includes Al Murray's Happy Hour, Saturday Night Takeaway, This Morning, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and The Song of Lunch.
Abigail Cole Jarvie | Poppy Abigail trains at Phoenix Theatre School. Theatre includes Annie, Christmas Production and Fairytale Mashup! (Phoenix Theatre School).
Carmelina Meoli | Poppy Carmelina trains at Stagecoach Fulham and is part of the street dance group at GEMS Hampshire School. She has previously trained at Chelsea Ballet School and Dance Attic Ballet. Theatre includes On the Roof and a number of open-air performances for Stagecoach Fulham.
Sean Murray | Mick At the Finborough Theatre, Sean appeared in Death of Long Pig (2009).