Full casting has been announced for the world première of Chris Thompson’s Albion.
The cast includes: Delroy Atkinson (Kyle), Natalie Casey (Christine), Tony Clay (Jayson), Paul Ham (Presenter/Masooma/Interviewer), Nicola Harrison (Caroline/Poppy/Manager/Teacher), Dharmesh Patel (Aashir) and Steve John Shepherd (Paul).
Albion runs at the Bush Theatre between Friday 12th September and Sayurday 25th October 2014. Ria Parry directs.
Albion runs at the Bush Theatre between Friday 12th September and Sayurday 25th October 2014. Ria Parry directs.
Chris Thompson’s explosive new play examines the turbulent rise of the new far right in modern day Britain. When they embrace diversity, just how far can the far right go?
God bless this country, God bless karaoke and God save the Queen. It’s Saturday night at The Albion, a proper East End boozer and the unofficial home of the English Protection Army. Get your names in early: it’s karaoke night and it’s gonna be big.
Little brother Jayson’s out front smashing it on the mic but behind the scenes the leadership of the EPA is falling apart. Paul knows the public won’t listen to a bunch of hooligans but his deputy Kyle wants a fight. Christine’s sure that the key to success is in the company you keep and the language you speak.
This is England and it’s time to take it back.
Chris Thompson made his professional writing debut earlier this year with Carthage at the Finborough Theatre. He previously won the Channel 4 Playwrights' Scheme (formerly the Pearson Playwrights' Scheme) and was invited to take part in the Royal Court Theatre’s most recent Studio Writers’ Group. Albion will be Thompson’s first collaboration with the Bush Theatre.
Meet The Cast
Delroy Atkinson plays Kyle. His theatre work includes I Can’t Sing! (London Palladium), All My Sons (Royal Exchange Theatre), The Amen Corner, Jerry Springer – The Opera (National Theatre), The Harder They Come (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Wah! Wah! Girls(Sadler’s Wells), Shrek the Musical (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Avenue Q (Gielgud Theatre), Rent (Prince of Wales’ Theatre) andThe Enchanted Pig (Young Vic). For television, his work includes Small Island, My Family, After You’ve Gone, No Heroics and House Party; and for film, Still Crazy, Rivers of Blood and Fish Out of Water.
Natalie Casey plays Christine. Her theatre work includes 9 to 5 (national tour), Abigail’s Party (Menier Chocolate Factory, Bath Theatre Royal, Wyndhams Theatre), Legally Blonde (Savoy Theatre), The Invisible Man (Menier Chocolate Factory), Oklahoma!(Chichester Festival Theatre), The Flint Street Nativity (Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse) and Hobson’s Choice (Watermill Theatre). For television, her credits include Dave Shakespeare, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (series regular Donna), Chopratown and Hollyoaks (series regular Carol Groves).
Tony Clay plays Jayson. Clay graduated from Arts Educational School of Acting in 2013. For television, his work includes Foyle’s War; and for film, The Second Coming and An Ordinary Life.
Paul Ham plays roles including Presenter/Masooma/Interviewer. His theatre work includes Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare’s Globe), Fortune’s Fool (The Old Vic); Guns, Love and Chemistry by Anton Chekhov and The Lights (Define Choice) and Accomplice (Menier Chocolate Factory). For television, his work includes Beautiful People, and for film, Anna Karenina.
Nicola Harrison plays roles including Caroline/Poppy/Manager/Teacher. Her theatre work includes Time and the Conways, The Glass Menagerie, Blackbird (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh), Decade (Theatre 503), Fewer Emergencies (The Print Room), Apart from George (Finborough Theatre), and Tryst and Once Upon a Dragon (Grid Iron). For television, her work includes My Mad Fat Diary, May Day, Emmerdale, Black Mirror: The Entire History of You, Misfits, Micro Men and Medea; and for film, Heaven on Earth, My Brother the Devil, The Impossible, Control and Fraud.
Dharmesh Patel plays Aashir. His theatre credits include England Away (Mo and Alf national tour), Too Clever By Half (Royal Exchange Theatre), The Snow Queen (Trestle), King Lear, Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, American Trade, The Grain Store, Morte Arthur (all RSC), Happy and Married? (Freedom Studios), Satyagraha (Improbable/New York),Beauty and the Beast, Too Close to Home (Lyric Hammersmith), Coast (Contact, Manchester), Accidental Death of an Anarchist(Octagon, Bolton), Slow Time (National Theatre), Silent Cry (Red Ladder Theatre Co.) and The Happy Prince (Leicester Haymarket Theatre). For film, his work includes Common People and Here and Now.
Steve John Shepherd plays Paul. His theatre credits include Bomber’s Moon (Park Theatre), Piaf (Donmar Warehouse and Vaudeville Theatre), Five Wives of Maurice Pinder and Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads (National Theatre). For television his credits include EastEnders (series regular Michael Moon), Lunch Monkeys, On Expenses, Being Human, Material Girl, Plus One, Cold Blood, Bad Mother’s Handbook, Bonkers, Lilies, Real Men, The Knock, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Maisie Raine and This Life; and for film, Romance, The Best Man, Too Much Too Young, Layer Cake, Boudicca, Star Wars Episode II, Me Without You and From Hell.
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