Some Explicit Polaroids by Mark Ravenhill Directed by Nick Edwards
		Wednesday 16 - Saturday 26 September, 2026 At the Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington

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Photography by Pau Ros

Cast List Nick : James Stephen Finn Helen : Rachel Bothamley Nadia : Lulu Freeman Victor : Alexander Astaniotis Tim : Andrew White Jonathan : Elisha Sessions

Production Team Director : Nick Edwards Set Design : Millie Weston and Emma Brown Costume Design : Lucy Moss and Grace Easterbrook Lighting Design : Samuel Littley Sound Design : Stanley Piper Projection Design : Max Maxwell Stage Managers : Bella Cavicchi, Lucy Glass Assistant Directors : Sibila Diaz-Plaja, Athena Spillius ASM : Sumair Shaikh Lighting Operator : Flavia Corina Di Saverio Sound Operator : Jen Louamba Movement Director : Yasmin Cogan de Abreu Intimacy Co-ordinator : Emilia Teglia Costume Alterations : Kate Els Set Construction and Get-In : Angelika Michitsch, Jude Chalk, Jen Black, Ezra Johnson, Jamie Paterson, Ben Wilson, David Dragonetti, Alex Burton, Meily Denys, Andy Hind, Max Batty, Céline Barrière, Stephen Ley and members of the crew

	Some Explicit Polaroids is James Stephen Finn's fourth performance at the Tower after having acted in Brighton Rock and Julius Caesar earlier this year and in After Life in 2025. James is an actor and musician, trained at Salon Collective and specialising in Meisner Technique and Practical Aesthetics, who has previously performed in theatrical plays, radio plays and art performances. As a musician he composes, records and performs live with Band Of Holy Joy. The band also produce the weekly live radio show Bad Punk on Resonance FM.			Rachel Bothamley has been a member of the Tower Theatre since 2015. Her previous on-stage credits include Lady Montague in Romeo and Juliet, Susannah in Bedroom Farce, Alice in Mosquitoes, Emina in Old Bridge and Pip in Things I Know to Be True. Off stage, she has worked as Assistant Stage Manager for Much Ado About Nothing and The Fan, Costume Designer for Trainspotting and the Writers’ Room production of Home, and Assistant Director for Kafka’s Dick and Death and the Maiden. In recent years, Rachel has devoted much of her time to supporting the company behind the scenes as a member of the Management Committee, championing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Safeguarding. She is also a familiar face behind the bar. Rachel is delighted to be returning to the stage as Helen in Some Explicit Polaroids and to be working with such a wonderful cast and creative team. By day, she is Head of Engagement and Co-Director of the revolutionary suicide prevention charity Body & Soul.
	Lulu Freeman made her Tower Theatre debut playing Parsons and Tanya in Jerusalem. Before joining the Tower, she did most of her performing in East Sussex, with credits spanning plays, musicals and the occasional opera at Glyndebourne. Previous roles include Rita in Educating Rita in 2023. Lulu is delighted to be returning to the Tower stage in Some Explicit Polaroids. She writes plays in her spare time, trains with Home Studio London and is also a vinyl DJ, so if anyone has a 50th birthday coming up, see Lulu after the show.			Alexander Astaniotis is making his Tower Theatre debut as Victor in Some Explicit Polaroids. Before joining the company, he began acting in a drama society at university where he performed in Othello and A Christmas Carol. Later he signed up to acting workshops in London during his placement year. Alongside acting, Alexander is involved in the London Rebetiko scene, playing bouzouki and guitar and also singing wherever he can find a venue sorry enough to facilitate him and his cronies.
	This is Andrew White's debut performance at the Tower. Previous stage credits include The Three Musketeers and Chariots of Fire with the Oxford Theatre Guild, as well as The Bald Soprano at California State University. When he’s not on stage, Andrew works as a set designer, so if he’s not delivering his lines, he’s probably quietly admiring the scenery. Following a prolonged absence from performing, Andrew is pleased to return to the stage as Tim in this production of Some Explicit Polaroids. He is grateful to the cast and creative team for making his return such an enjoyable experience.			Elisha Sessions joined the Tower last year for a staged reading of The Letter. He studied at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York, appearing in The Inner Workings Of A Man (Off Broadway) and in Class (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) before embarking on a career in media, where he commissioned, produced and presented podcasts for the BBC and others.
	Nick Edwards previously directed Cock for the Tower Theatre in 2024, as well as Breathing Corpses for KDC Theatre in 2015. He has also acted in a large number of productions for the Tower and other theatre companies, most recently appearing in My Night With Reg this February. Other notable appearances for the Tower include roles in Consent, Sweat, Clybourne Park and London Wall. Nick is thrilled to be directing a play by Mark Ravenhill and remains passionate about championing LGBTQ+ voices and stories on stage.