The Royale. Marco Ramírez

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       Bush Theatre

      The Bush Theatre presents the UK premiere of

       THE ROYALE

      by Marco Ramirez

      13 March – 18 April 2015

      Bush Theatre, London

       THE ROYALE

       by Marco Ramirez

      Cast (in order of appearance)

Max	Ewan Stewart
Fish	Gershwyn Eustache Jnr
Jay	Nicholas Pinnock
Wynton	Clint Dyer
Nina	Frances Ashman

       Creative Team

Playwright	Marco Ramirez
Director	Madani Younis
Designer	Jaimie Todd
Lighting Designer	James Whiteside
Sound Designer	Ed Clarke
Associate Director	Omar Elerian
Dialect Coach	Rick Lipton
Casting	Gemma Hancock CDG & Sam Stevenson CDG
Movement Director	Lucie Pankhurst
Costume Supervisor	Annelies Henny
Company Stage Manager	Kate Wilson
Assistant Stage Manager	Megan Glynn
Production Electrician	Nic Farman
Set Builder	Ridiculous Solutions

      The Bush would like to thank Arthur Beale, Clinton McKenzie and Roberts A. R. Watch and Clock Repairs.

      The Royale is supported by MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins.

       Cast

      Ewan Stewart Max

      Ewan’s theatre credits include: Dunsinane (RSC), Beautiful Burnout (National Theatre of Scotland / Frantic Assembly), Much Ado about Nothing (Globe Theatre), Jumpy (Royal Court), Let The Right One In (National Theatre of Scotland / Royal Court), and In Time O’ Strife (National Theatre of Scotland).

      TV credits include: The Professionals, Only Fools and Horses, The Bill, Rebus, Taggart, River City, The Escape Artist and The Interceptor.

      Film credits include: Titanic, Rob Roy, The Big Brass Ring, Valhalla Rising, Flight to Berlin and Stella Does Tricks.

      Gershwyn Eustache Jnr Fish

      Gershwyn’s theatre credits include: The Comedy of Errors (Globe), Home (National Theatre), nut (National Theatre), Macbeth – Staging It (Globe), Romeo and Juliet (UK Tour), The Malcontent (White Bear) and As You Like It (Lion and Unicorn).

      TV credits include: C4 drama series Run and New Worlds.

      Film credits include: Starred Up and Second Coming.

      Nicholas Pinnock Jay

      Nicholas is a British theatre, television and film actor currently on screen in Sky’s Fortitude alongside Stanley Tucci, Sofie Gråbøl, Christopher Eccleston and Michael Gambon. He played Dr Evan Farleigh in ITV’s The Ice Cream Girls and featured in Channel 4’s award-winning drama Top Boy. He recently wrapped on A.D., NBC’s follow up to The Bible, and in summer 2015 will star in the sequel to Monsters, Monsters: Dark Continent and The Keeping Room, Daniel Barber's critically acclaimed drama.

      Stage credits include: Topdog / Underdog (The Citizens Theatre), Born Bad (Hampstead Theatre) and Portraits of a Posterity (Arcola Theatre).

      Clint Dyer Wynton

      Clint’s theatre credits include: The Big Idea: The New Order (writer / actor, Royal Court), Perseverance Drive (Bush Theatre), Sus (The Young Vic & Tour, Stratford East), Big White Fog (Almeida Theatre), A Carpet, A Pony & A Monkey (Bush Theatre), Skaville (Soho Theatre Company), Babycakes (Traverse Theatre / Drill Hall) and It’s A Great Big Shame (Theatre Royal Stratford East).

      TV credits include: Hope Springs, Fallout, Trial & Retribution XII, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, The Commander and Prime Suspect.

      Film credits include: Mine, Montana, Arthur Christmas, Unknown, Sus (Winner – Screen Nation Award for Best Actor; Winner – Liege Film Festival Award for Best Actor; Winner – Texas Black Film Festival – Best Actor), Agora, Mr Bean’s Vacation, Love Me Still, La Piste (The Trial), Sahara, Cherps, and Mr Inbetween.

      Frances Ashman Nina

      Frances’ theatre credits include: Hopelessly Devoted (Paines Plough), Perseverance Drive (Bush Theatre), This May Hurt a Bit (Out of Joint), Our Ajax (Southwark Playhouse), People (National Theatre), Bang Bang Bang (Royal Court Theatre), After the Accident (The Brewery / Soho Theatre), In the Blood (Finborough Theatre), Pornography (Birmingham Rep), Cockroach (National Theatre of Scotland), Macbeth, Macbett, The Winter’s Tale and Pericles (RSC).

      TV credits include: Birds of a Feather (ITV), Mayday, The Reckoning, Doctor Who, Law and Order, Missing, Trial & Retribution and Gunrush.

      Other credits include: The Ones Below (feature film) and Excluded (Radio 4).

       Creative Team

      Marco Ramirez Playwright

      Marco has had plays produced at Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles), The Old Globe (San Diego), The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (DC), and Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival of New American Plays. He’s currently an artist in residence at Atlantic Theatre Company, and is under commission at both Playwrights Horizons and Center Theatre Group. On television, he’s been nominated for WGA and Emmy Awards, and his writing credits include Sons of Anarchy (FX), Da Vinci’s Demons (Starz), Orange is the New Black (Netflix), and Marvel’s forthcoming Daredevil (Netflix).

      Madani Younis Director

      Madani took over as Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre in 2012. For 2013 he programmed the company’s most successful season to date, which saw the theatre play to 99% capacity, and for which the theatre was awarded the Groucho Club Maverick Award 2013. For the Bush Theatre he has previously directed Perseverance Drive and Chalet Lines. Prior to his appointment at the Bush, he was Artistic Director of Freedom Studios in Bradford, Yorkshire where his work included the site-specific work, The Mill – City of Dreams. He has also worked nationally and internationally as a theatre director, writer and practitioner. Whilst at Freedom Studios he collaborated with the Bush Theatre through workshops culminating in Freedom’s two-week residency in 2010 at the theatre. He was previously Director of Red Ladder Theatre Company’s Asian Theatre School. He originally trained in film, and his debut short film Ellabellapumpanella, commissioned by the UK Film Council, was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007. He was the recipient of the Decibel Award at the South Bank Awards show in 2006.

      Jaimie Todd Designer

      Jaimie’s previous designs at the Bush Theatre include Disgraced and Perseverance Drive.

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