Circle Mirror Transformation  

Circle Mirror Transformation

by Annie Baker

Directed by Emma Cornford

Wednesday 8 - Saturday 18 July, 2026

At the Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington

Photography by Pau Ros

Cast List

Marty : Sangita Modgil
James : Alan Maddrell
Schultz : Cameron Jones
Theresa : Siobhán Callaghan
Lauren : Cerys McLaren

 

Production Team

Director : Emma Cornford
Set Design : Wendy Parry
Costume Design : Angela Large
Lighting Design : Steven Cox
Sound Design : Matthew Ibbotson

Stage Manager : Paige Leavy
Assistant Director : As Richards
ASM : Tara Atri
Lighting Operator : Jonathan Ringshall
Sound Operator : Peta Barker or Chris Shiel
Wardrobe : Keethiya Selvanath
Intimacy Coordinator : Trinidad Prieto Asensio
Set Construction and Get-in : Max Batty, Fabrel Parraga-Michitsch, Alex Burton



Sangita Modgil
Sangita Modgil joined the Tower in 2018, first appearing in Henry V; she has since performed in a number of shows including Twelfth Night, Kensuke's Kingdom, The Fan and The Mirror Crack’d. She can also be seen in short films including Public House and Hanging. She spent last year on tour with Moby Dick both as a Fury and as Production Manager and ended the year as the Servant in Blood Wedding. Have recently assisted backstage with Jerusalem, she is looking forward to appearing on stage again.
  Alan Maddrell
Alan Maddrell's first show at the Tower was Telstar in 2014. Since then he has appeared in Travesties, All That Fall, Pal Joey, The Night Alive, The Chimes, The Playboy of the Western World and Translations. He dedicates his performance to the memory of a beloved mentor and friend, Stewart Monkhouse.
Cameron Jones
Cameron Jones makes his Tower Theatre debut in Circle Mirror Transformation. After studying Drama at the University of Exeter, he played the Narrator in Hot Stuff at the Queen's Theatre, earning an Offie nomination, before taking the lead role of Johnnie Hamlet in Roll Over Beethoven. He then stepped away from acting to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter, followed by a near-decade hiatus from the performing arts. Circle Mirror Transformation marks his return to the stage.
  Siobhán Callaghan
Siobhán Callaghan is an actor and writer from Dublin, Ireland. A graduate of The Lir Academy (2018), her notable stage and screen credits include Vikings: Valhalla (Netflix/MGM), Tulipomania (Condor Pictures, Italy), Translations (Friel Days: Arts Over Borders), The Valley of the Squinting Windows (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin), and Home (Abbey Theatre, Dublin). She is also the writer and performer of the award-winning short film Quicksand, and has created work for stage, screen, and radio, including Lady Mary Heath and Benched. Siobhán is represented by The Agency, Dublin.
Cerys McLaren
This will be Cerys McLaren's second production at the Tower, following a fabulous run of Brighton Rock earlier this year. Hailing from rural Alberta, Canada and the daughter of two professional ballet dancers, Cerys has the love of the stage in her blood. Recently graduated from Identity School of Acting, she looks forward to treading the boards once again and putting her years of drama exercises to use.
  Emma Cornford
Emma Cornford has appeared at the Tower in Death and the Maiden, A Ten Minute Play About Rosemary’s Baby, All That Fall, That Almost Unnameable Lust, The Railway King, Crime and Punishment, Moby Dick and The Secret Garden. She was assistant director on The Children. She is an assistant artistic director of the Tower. Emma has been teaching Drama in London comprehensives for many years and currently works in a secondary school in Walthamstow.