Step into the belly of the Blue Whale, where the dancers are hot and the music is cool. You’re handed a drink sent over by a mysterious woman at the end of the bar and she invites you to take a trip on her own special rollercoaster.
Brainville at Night is a stylish and involving adventure into the film noir-ish world of Ingrid’s memories and imagination. So what if the doctors tell her that she lacks insight and the ability to empathise? Nothing is going to stop Ingrid – labels like “fronto-temporal dementia” never meant anything to her anyway. Whatever happens, she carries the love, excitement and romance of her life within her. The play is a love story; a trip down memory lane and a blast into the past as Ingrid and those closest to her join her within the memories of a remarkable life.
Now if only we could convince the doctors to come along.
Cast
- Ingrid: Illona Linthwaite
- Sven: Robert Hickson
- Carer/Young Sven: Eddie Usher
- Maria/Young Ingrid: Sophie Dora Hall
- Daughter/Young Lottie: Fleur Shepherd
- Lottie: Julia Faulkner
Creatives
- Writer: Alex Moschos
- Director: Matthew Parker
- Producer: Laura Harling for First Draft
- Design: Sara Polonghini
- Lighting: Joshua Pharo
- Sound: Amy Smith
- Projection: Mafalda Cruz
- Movement: Alyssa Noble
- Stage Manager: Christine Hollinshead
- DSM: Tracey Booth
- ASM: Karen Whyte
- Production Assistant: Clodagh Power
- Publicity Design/Photography: Laura Harling
this is a splendid piece of theatre
First Draft Theatre deserve your support as they are doing noble and important work which deserves recognition… this is a unique and interesting show, one quite unlike anything I’ve seen before