Tower Theatre Company : Opening Up : The Unknown

The Unknown

by Janet South

Directed by Simona Hughes

Wednesday 2nd - Saturday 5th June, 2021

At the Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington

**One of five short plays in Opening Up, a programme curated by David Taylor to celebrate the reopening of the theatre after the lengthy closure during the Covid lockdown of 2020/2021

Photography by David Sprecher

Cast List**

She: Jasmine Rachelle
He: Samuel Bulgin

Production Team

Director : Simona Hughes
Set Design : David Taylor
Lighting Design : Nick Insley

Stage Manager : Laura Corkill
Technical Support : Laurence Tuerk
Set Construction and Rigging : Jude Chalk, Peter Foster, Isaac Insley, Stephen Ley

Janet South started writing short plays for the 10 Minutes a Month Playwriting Collective and enjoys the challenge of researching and writing about different themes. She is also co-administrator of the Tower Writers’ Room which runs a regular session for both new and experienced writers to share ideas and build confidence. Janet has appeared in many plays and musicals at the Tower and recently appeared in Gainsborough’s Girls as Mrs Gainsborough, and A Passage to India as Mrs Turton, a rock and parts of an elephant.

Simona Hughes completed her MFA in Advanced Theatre Practice at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated (with distinction) in 2019. She has been a Tower Theatre Company member for 20 years, during which time she has served on the Management Committee and both acted and directed. Directing credits at Tower include Little Nell, Brontë, Love Love Love, Table and A Passage to India. She has also directed short pieces at Theatre 503, Vault Festival, The Bread and Roses and The Pit (Barbican) and has written and directed her own play About 500, which is nominated as an OnComm finalist. Simona has also executive produced a feature film, County Lines, which was recently released on BFI player/Curzon Home cinema.

Jasmine Rachelle has just recently completed her first feature film called Intervention, playing the role of Diana, a young Detective Constable. Earlier this year, she was in Penzance for the role of Katie in the short film Grave. Since the pandemic began, Jasmine has performed in radio plays and zoom play readings for the Tower. In 2019, Jasmine played the lead role of Alice in Fix Up. Previously, she played Helen Robinson in To Kill A Mockingbird. While studying for her A Level, she played Scout in Popcorn. Jasmine spent two years training with the Young Actors theatre and performed with Haringey Shed in a variety of productions including Macbeth, The Tempest, Alice in Wonderland and One Thousand and One Nights.

Samuel Lorenzo Bulgin trained at Identity Drama School. He also attended Anna Scher, 1956 Studios and currently attends Actor in Sessions. He played Danny in the play Motortown at the Tristan Bates Theatre before the lockdown. His most recent film/tv credits include BBC1's Small Axe directed by Steve McQueen and ADR in the James Bond film No Time To Die. This is his second production with the Tower Theatre, following a zoom play performance of The Chip Woman’s Fortune last year for Virtual Tower.

	Janet South started writing short plays for the 10 Minutes a Month Playwriting Collective and enjoys the challenge of researching and writing about different themes. She is also co-administrator of the Tower Writers’ Room which runs a regular session for both new and experienced writers to share ideas and build confidence. Janet has appeared in many plays and musicals at the Tower and recently appeared in Gainsborough’s Girls as Mrs Gainsborough, and A Passage to India as Mrs Turton, a rock and parts of an elephant.			Simona Hughes completed her MFA in Advanced Theatre Practice at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated (with distinction) in 2019. She has been a Tower Theatre Company member for 20 years, during which time she has served on the Management Committee and both acted and directed. Directing credits at Tower include Little Nell, Brontë, Love Love Love, Table and A Passage to India. She has also directed short pieces at Theatre 503, Vault Festival, The Bread and Roses and The Pit (Barbican) and has written and directed her own play About 500, which is nominated as an OnComm finalist. Simona has also executive produced a feature film, County Lines, which was recently released on BFI player/Curzon Home cinema.
	Jasmine Rachelle has just recently completed her first feature film called Intervention, playing the role of Diana, a young Detective Constable. Earlier this year, she was in Penzance for the role of Katie in the short film Grave. Since the pandemic began, Jasmine has performed in radio plays and zoom play readings for the Tower. In 2019, Jasmine played the lead role of Alice in Fix Up. Previously, she played Helen Robinson in To Kill A Mockingbird. While studying for her A Level, she played Scout in Popcorn. Jasmine spent two years training with the Young Actors theatre and performed with Haringey Shed in a variety of productions including Macbeth, The Tempest, Alice in Wonderland and One Thousand and One Nights.			Samuel Lorenzo Bulgin trained at Identity Drama School. He also attended Anna Scher, 1956 Studios and currently attends Actor in Sessions. He played Danny in the play Motortown at the Tristan Bates Theatre before the lockdown. His most recent film/tv credits include BBC1's Small Axe directed by Steve McQueen and ADR in the James Bond film No Time To Die. This is his second production with the Tower Theatre, following a zoom play performance of The Chip Woman’s Fortune last year for Virtual Tower.

		The Unknown by Janet South Directed by Simona Hughes
		Wednesday 2nd - Saturday 5th June, 2021 At the Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington