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 | Kelly Gough |
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Alistair | Stuart McQuarrie |
Aneurin Bevan / The Entertainer / Corpse | Mark Meadows |
Constance | Anne-Marie Duff |
Eddie / Neil | Daniel Millar |
Edith | Carol Macready |
Helen / Neighbour 2 / Sarah | Emily LLoyd-Saini |
Jack | Michael Grady-Hall |
Laura / Lena Nowak | Emma Shipp |
Neighbour | Beatie Edney |
Teenage Agnes / Teenage Natalie | Issie Riley |
Teenage Jack | Gus Barry |
Crew | |
Assistant Director | Emily Ling-Williams |
Casting | Annelie Powell |
Costume | Liam Bunster |
Costume Designer & Associate Set Designer (2022) | Liam Bunster |
Costume Supervisor | Natasha Prynne |
Design | Anna Fleischle |
Dialect Coach | Esi Acquaah-Harrison |
Director | Blanche McIntyre |
Fight Director | Kevin McCurdy |
Light | Richard Howell |
Movement Direction (2020) | Lucy Hind |
Movement Director (2022) | Polly Bennett |
Resident Director | Emily Ling-Williams |
Sound | Gregory Clarke |
Video Designer | Isaac Madge |
Writer | Beth Steel |
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Photo credits
- The House of Shades by Helen Murray, Creative Commons Attribution
Observations
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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.
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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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