Darwin in Malibu (2010)
Directed by Naomi Liddle
Performances: Tue 16th – Sat 20th March 2010, Prompt Corner
Contents
Introduction
"No, really, who needs evolution when you have plastic surgery?"
Malibu, California. The present. Charles Darwin has wound up in a beach house overlooking the Pacific with a girl young enough to be his daughter. One hundred and forty-five years have passed since the publication of The Origin of Species, and over a hundred and twenty years since Darwin's own death. But his peace is rudely disturbed when his old friend Thomas Huxley washes up on the beach, closely followed by the Bishop of Oxford. Darwin suddenly finds himself entangled in a sparkling comedy of life and death, love and loss, and the sex lives of hermaphroditic barnacles.
Cast
- Charles Darwin – Peter Medd
- Sarah - Roberta Zuric
- Thomas Huxley – Simon Gleisner
- Samuel Wilberforce - Michael Wilson
Crew
- Stage Manager - Kay George
- Lighting Design - James Webb
- Lighting & Sound Operator - Caroline Doyle
- Sound Design - Dave Hollander
- Props - Emma Kerby-Evans, Cast & Crew
- Set Construction - Charles Doyle, Cast
- Set Painting - Michael Wilson
- Set Concept - Alan Buckman
- Costume - Val Williams, Cast
- Poster - Hazel Hindle
- Show Photography - Phil Gammon
- Guitarist - James Webb
- Theatre Rep - Carole Coyne
Huge thanks to.... ...James Hough and the cast and crew of The Ruling Class (2010), Maria, Stuey and Peter, James Webb for being generally smashing, Kay George for keeping us in line, Emma Kerby-Evans for the furniture, Val Williams for her wardrobe magic, Chris VS, Jenny Gammon, Matthew Lyne and his merry band of bar volunteers, Chaz for his infinite patience, and of course Mark Bullock, for originally submitting the show - I hope we've done you proud.
Reviews
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Gallery
Reminiscences and Anecdotes
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See Also
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