The production will run at Stratford East from the 3rd September until the 3rd October.
Stratford East has announced complete casting for the upcoming world premiere of Ava Pickett’s new play ‘Bloodsport’, which will officially open in London on the 10th September.
Joining the previously announced Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey, ITV & Focus Features;
upcoming film The Queen of Fashion) as Helen alongside Laura Aikman (Gavin &
Stacey, BBC; upcoming new series of Line of Duty, BBC) as Cee will be: Olivier Award-winning actress Maimuna Memon (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of
1812, Donmar Warehouse; Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Crucible Theatre/ National Theatre)
as Dani, Gerard Monaco (Richard II, Bridge Theatre; Dear England, BBC) as Mario, Ethan
Moorhouse (The Moment, Studio365; I Know I Know I Know, Southwark Playhouse) as
Messenger, Emma Monnickendam (Sisters in Arms, BBC; Hope, Clean Break/Royal Court
Theatre) as Hermione, Jay Taylor (Wolf Hall/Bring Up The Bodies, Swan Theatre/ West
End/ Broadway; Midsomer Murders, ITV) as Marcus, Ellie Turner (Summerfolk, National
Theatre; 2:22 A Ghost Story, West End) as Woman and Joshua-Alexander Williams
(Romeo & Juliet, The Jamie Lloyd Company; Animal Farm, Stratford East/Leeds
Playhouse/Nottingham Playhouse) as Luke.
GIVE IT BACK. GIVE IT BACK NOW. GIVE IT BACK OR I’LL TAKE IT BACK.
Years after she walked out on her family, Helen has returned home after a war fought in her name. Her husband celebrates, her childhood friend Cee does not. Over the course of this first fragile night of peace time, wounds reopen, loyalties fracture and the true cost of a woman’s choice to leave her life is made clear.
A play about friendship, motherhood, and what happens when the woman whose face
started a war, returns home to finish it.
Set to be directed by Lisa Spirling, it will mark her directorial debut as Stratford East’s new Artistic Director. The creative team also includes: Costume Supervisor Sophie Fuller, Fight & Intimacy Coordinator Enric Ortuño, Voice and Dialect by Claudette Williams and Assistant Director Ariana Xeno alongside the previously announced Set and Costume Designer Polly
Sullivan, Lighting Designer Zeynep Kepekli, Sound Designer and Composer Nicola T.
Chang, Movement Director Kloé Dean, Casting Director Juliet Horsley CDG and
Dramaturg Ed Madden.
To book tickets visit: https://www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all-shows/bloodsport-after-helen-of-troy