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a new play by Alice Birch
11 October 2019 – 30 November 2019

She can’t stay awake.
She sold drugs.
She’s good at interrogations.
She drinks in the mornings.
She ate a rabbit.
She smashed up a shop.
She stabbed a man.
She used a hammer.
She had a baby.
She can’t find her mother.
She’s covered in blood and doesn’t know why.

Alice Birch’s heartbreaking new play reaches across society to explore the impact of the criminal justice system on women and their families.

From 100 unnamed scenes, this theatrical provocation challenges the director Maria Aberg to construct an entirely unique production. [BLANK] celebrates the 40th anniversary of Clean Break, the leading theatre company working with women affected by the criminal justice system.

A Donmar Warehouse and Clean Break co-production.

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[BLANK] was first co-commissioned by Clean Break and the National Theatre.

This production and the associated Take the Stage programme is supported by Sir John Cass’s Foundation.

CAST
In alphabetical order

Ayesha Antoine
Shona Babayemi
Sophia Brown
Jackie Clune
Grace Doherty
Lucy Edkins
Zainab Hasan
Zaris-Angel Hator
Joanna Horton
Thusitha Jayasundera
Petra Letang
Leah Mondesir-Simmonds
Kate O’Flynn
Ashna Rabheru
Jemina Rooper
Taya Tower


CREATIVE TEAM

Director Maria Aberg
Designer Rosie Elnile
Lighting Designer Jess Brenberg
Sound Designer Carolyn Downing
Movement Director Ayse Tashkiran
Video Designer Heta Multanen
Musical Director Cat Beveridge
Fight Director Rachel Bown-Williams of RC-ANNIE LTD
Casting Director Anna Cooper CDG

Rehearsal and Production Photography Helen Maybanks

Photography by Helen Maybanks