Boundless Theatre have announced the cast for Charlie Josephine’s play Flies, which will premiere at Shoreditch Town Hall in February.
The production will star Afriya-Jasmine Nylander, Annabel Gray, Ellie-Rose Amit, Louisa Hamdi, Pearl Adams, Rosa Amos and Willow Traynor. Many of the young performers will be making their professional debuts in this production, which has been co-produced and co-commissioned by Boundless Theatre and Shoreditch Town Hall.
Flies is directed by Julia Head (Romeo and Juliet, Bristol Old Vic; Massive, Audible; Wild Swimming, FullRogue). Head is also artistic director of FullRogue, company director of YoungSixSix and an associate artist at Bristol Old Vic. The production is designed by Cat Fuller (The Sweet Science of Bruising, Theatre Royal Bath; Romeo and Juliet, Bristol Old Vic.
Josephine is a playwright and actor who focuses on making honest and visceral theatre which focuses on working class women and queer people’s stories. Josephine is an associate artist at the NSDF and is this year’s resident artist at Headlong Theatre. Their work includes Bitch Boxer, Soho Theatre; Massive, Audible; and I, Joan, The Globe, and they are also under commission at the RSC, Headlong Theatre and NT Connections.
Josephine said: “I’m so excited to be making Flies! The creative team is sick, such clever brains and big, big hearts wrestling with this piece with such care and humour. The young performers are proper brilliant and proper brave. I can’t wait for people to come see this.”
Flies will play at Shoreditch Town Hall from Wednesday 22 February to Saturday 11 March 2023.
Words by Jess Boot-Cowie
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