Removal Men. M.J. Harding

      

Cast In alphabetical order
George	Barnaby Power
Beatrice	Clare Perkins
Mo	Mark Field
Credits
Written by	M. J. Harding,
	with Jay Miller
Directed by	Jay Miller
Designed by	Bethany Wells
Music composed by	M. J. Harding,
	with Jonah Brody
Lighting and projection by	Joshua Pharo
Sound by	Josh Anio Grigg
Movement direction by	Project O
Casting by	Lotte Hines
Assistant director	Ruby Thompson
Stage manager	Bethan McKnight
Assistant stage manager	Lizzie Laycock
Videography and production photography	Caleb Whissun-Bhide
Publicity photography	Ben Hopper
Publicity design	Kia Tasbihgou
	and Rida Hamidou
With additional text by	Barnaby Power,
	Clare Perkins
	and Mark Field

       First produced by The Yard Theatre.

       The first run of Removal Men was supported byArts Council England, Arts Patrons Trust, The London CommunityFoundation and Cockayne Grantsfor the Arts, and Unity Theatre Trust.

       BARNABY POWER

       George

      Theatre includes: The Destroyed Room for Vanishing Point, Narrative (Royal Court Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Edinburgh Lyceu), Casablanca: The Gin Joint (Gilded Balloon Edinburg, Theatre Dejazet Paris), Bedroom Farce (New Wolsey Theatre), Somersaults (National Theatre of Scotland), Interiors for Vanishing Point (UK & International tour), The Perfect Child (Glasgow Oran Mor), The Girls of Slender Means for Stellar Quines Theatre Company, Twelfth Night and Comedy of Errors (Royal Shakespeare Company), The Wonderful World of Dissocia (National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Court Theatre), Laurel and Hardy, Faust, Trumpets and Raspberries (Edinburgh Lyceum), Vanity Play for Fuel (Battersea Arts Centre), I Am Dandy for the David Gale Company, (Edinburgh International Festival), and Edward Gant’s Amazing Feat of Loneliness (Plymouth Theatre Royal).

      Radio includes: Stamp Collecting With Legs, Be Prepared, Inside Alan Francis, and (writer) Self Storage, all for BBC Radio 4.

       CLARE PERKINS

       Beatrice

      Clare trained at Rose Bruford College on the community theatre arts course, graduating in 1985. She then worked for several years in Theatre in Education, and is very proud of this work with new writers in great companies; most notably, Theatre Centre, Perspectives, The Women’s Theatre Group. Clare has since worked with Almeida Theatre, Tricycle Theatre, Young Vic, the Royal Court, National Theatre, Shared Experience and many more. She played the original Lizzie in Stamping, Shoutin and Singing Home by Lisa Evans, and was part of the original company in Double Edge Theatre company’s seminal production Ragamuffin. Clare will be playing the role of The Ringmistress in Visible’s Roundelay at Southwark Playhouse in Spring 2017.

      Film and TV includes: Family Affairs, All in the Game, Clapham Junction, Bafta-winning Pig Heart Boy, Holby City, EastEnders and Damned. Clare has worked with Ken Loach (Ladybird, Ladybird) and Mike Leigh (Secretes and Lies), and won best Actress for Bullet Boy (screen nation, Dinard). Clare has worked extensively in Radio drama, playing Mel in the BBC World Service soap Westway for 8 years, and was recently part of the BBC Radio Drama Company.

      Clare is a Patron of the youth arts charity Brixton Inclusive.

       MARK FIELD

       Mo

      Theatre includes: The Rubenstein Kiss (Nottingham Playhouse), The History Boys (National Tour), The Conquest of the South Pole (Rose Theatre Kingston, Arcola), The Grapes of Wrath (Chichester Festival Theatre & English Touring Theatre), An Inspector Calls (National Theatre International Tour), The Critic (Chichester Minerva Theatre), Vincent River (West End, New York), Everyman in his Humour – Read not Dead (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre)Mad Funny Just (Theatre 503), The Revenger’s Tragedy & Henry V (Old Red Lion Theatre), Wedding Day at The Cro-Magnons (Soho Theatre), Carries War (Sadler’s Wells Theatre), The Promise (Mercury Theatre) 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic Theatre).

      Film/TV/Radio includes: Fortitude – Season 2 (Sky Atlantic), Brideshead Revisited (Miramax), Lawn of the Dead (Curve Films), How Not to Live Your Life (BBC Television), Doctors (BBC Television), Model Planes (FFFilms), Jim (Mellow 9), Doctor Who (BBC Radio).

      Directing includes: August Osage