Bertha and Hal by Joyce Mulvey Directed by Katie Smith
		Tuesday 5 - Saturday 9 March, 2024 At the Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington

One of three plays performed together as part of Spring Forward - a collection of short plays directed by members of the Tower's New Directors' scheme.

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Photography by Robert Piwko

Cast List Bertha : Katerine Holt Hal : Sam Alan Production Team Director : Katie Smith Assistant Director : Stephanie Irvine Set Design : Olga Iliou & Yasemin Buyurgan Costume Design : Laura Coulton

For Spring Forward Artistic Team Lead : Landé Belo Lighting Design: Nick Insley Sound Design and Operation: Matthew Ibbotson Stage Manager: Anna Kidd Assistant Stage Manager : Richard Davies Lighting Operator: Sandra Reveira

	Playing Bertha in this incredible new play is Katerine Holt’s debut Tower performance, having joined as an acting member in August 2023. She is thrilled to be part of this amazing production, ensemble and team.			Sam Alan is a Scottish actor and Tower Theatre member since July 2023. This is his second production after The Little Prince last October. Sam graduated from Actors Space-Berlin in 2018, subsequently returning to London to pursue acting professionally.
	Since joining the Tower Theatre in 2013 Katie Smith has performed in several productions including Under The Blue Sky, An Enemy of the People, Clybourne Park, Sherlock Holmes, Sweat, Penny from Heaven (the Tower's Love [and Survival] in a Time of Covid festival), Passing the Spoon, Waiting for Grotto for the Tower's Writers' Room, Lynndie (in a fetching clown costume) in Lynndie’s Gotta Gun and, most recently, The Gift. Katie has assistant directed on the Tower productions of Frankenstein and Antigone; this is her first production as director.			Having a lifelong love of theatre, Joyce Mulvey became a member early in 2023. She is thrilled that this amazing team have chosen to debut her first play at the Tower Theatre. Bertha and Hal is now available at Lazy Bee scripts.