The Last Of The Pelican Daughters (2022)
Performances: Tuesday 27 September - Saturday 1 October 2022, Old Fire Station
Contents
Introduction
In folklore, pelican mothers feed their young on their own blood. Today, four sisters are trying to come to terms with their mother’s death – and divide their mother’s house between them. Mum’s presence still seeps through the ceiling and the floors. The Pelican Daughters are home for the last time.
First performed in 2019 and produced in collaboration with Complicite, this play written by The Wardrobe Ensemble is a blunt, beautiful and funny exploration of family, grief, entitlement and trust. You can love your siblings, but you may not always like them, and when conflict springs between you and the people that know you best, you can only hope that blood really is thicker than water.
Cast
- Joy - Elly Meacham
- Storm - Bex Law
- Sage - Jess Shiner
- Maya - Hannah Duncan
- Luke - Louie Chapman
- Derren - Will Howells
- Dodo - Omar Sattaur
- Solicitor / Granny / Lara - Jackie Ozorio
Crew
- Stage Manager - Graham Clements
- Assistant Director - Tom Mathias
- Assistant stage manager - Mark Ireson
- Set construction - Graham Clements, Sean Thomas, Mark Ireson. Han Evans, Tom Mathias and the cast, assisted by the Woyzeck company
- Lighting design -
- Sound design -
- Projections -
- Set design - Mark Ireson
- Rigger - Sean Thomas
- Programming and Operator (up to show) - Jo Boniface
- Operator Han Evans
Thanks
To Giselle, Martin for all the help behind the scenes, Alice for the dresses, Emaus in West Norwood for the furniture, all the incredible Front of House and Bar volunteers, and Benny, Minnie and Omar's dog for their vital moral support.
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