The House of Shades

The Webster House.
1965. 1979. 1985. 1996. 2019.
Death silences no one, least of all the dead.

Beth Steel’s revelatory new play spans five decades of the lives, and deaths, of the Webster family.

Inside their home, set against the ever-changing industrial landscape of working-class Britain, some chase dreams of a brighter future and others are haunted by the nightmares of the past.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Agnes
Alistair
Aneurin Bevan / The Entertainer / Corpse
Constance
Eddie / Neil
Edith
Helen / Neighbour 2 / Sarah
Jack
Laura / Lena Nowak
Neighbour
Teenage Agnes / Teenage Natalie
Teenage Jack

Crew

Assistant Director
Casting
Costume
Costume Designer & Associate Set Designer (2022)
Costume Supervisor
Design
Dialect Coach
Director
Fight Director
Light
Movement Direction (2020)
Movement Director (2022)
Resident Director
Sound
Video Designer
Writer

Photographs

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Photo credits

  • The House of Shades by Helen Murray, Creative Commons Attribution

Observations

  1. On 28th July 2020 at 10:13 p.m., alexpacker noted:

    This production was postponed due to UK theatres shutting down in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is presumed this production will be reprogrammed when the Almeida Theatre reopens in late 2020 or in 2021.

  2. On 21st April 2022 at 11:44 p.m., alexpacker noted:

    This production was remounted almost exactly two years after its original scheduled performance which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the creative team returned with the production.

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