Saving Jason - Park Theatre
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
SAVING Jason, created by Peter Quilter, the two-time Olivier Award nominated writer of the West End/Broadway hits Glorious! and End of the Rainbow, runs at the Park Theatre (Park90) from November 7 (previews from November 2) to December 3, 2016.
Saving Jason is set in a 1996 suburban household, where Trevor and Linda continue to struggle with their rebellious teenage son, Jason. In a moment of madness, they hatch a plan to change his lifestyle of midnight raves, suspicious friends and Ecstasy tablets.
By staging a fake funeral for Jason in the family living room, Trevor and Linda hope their bleak vision of their son’s future will change his hedonistic ways. As the wider family joins in the charade, the evening descends into a whirlwind of drink, pills and muffins in a bid to save Jason’s soul.
Steven Dexter directs a cast that includes Jacques Miché (as Jason), Tor Clark (Linda), Cory Peterson (Derek), William Oxborrow (Trevor), Julie Armstrong (Angela) and Paddy Navin (Mary).
Jacques Miché’s most recent stage performances include Bugsy Malone (Lyric Hammersmith); Isaac Tallentire in The Hired Man (NYMT, Nikolai Foster); Brett in 13 The Musical (NYMT); The Artful Dodger in Oliver! the Musical (Cameron Mackintosh Ltd); Chip in Beauty and the Beast (UK Productions) and Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol (The Royal Northern Ballet Company).
On television, he played Daniel in The Revolting World Of Stanley Brown (Retort Productions).
Tor Clark’s most recent stage credits include Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Hague Shakespeare Festival), Mrs Marchmont in An Ideal Husband (Stanhope Productions) and Mrs Dubose in To Kill A Mockingbird (West Yorkshire Playhouse/Birmingham Rep). Her recent screen work includes Fiona in Humans and Joanne in Not Going Out (TV) and Sam in Nil By Mouth (film).
Cory Petersen trained at the Guildford School of Acting. His most recent screen credits include roles in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, The Crown, Genius and The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.
William Oxborrow trained at LAMDA. His most recent stage credits include Lieutenant Brannigan in Guys and Dolls (Savoy Theatre/UK Tour), Charlie Davenport in Annie Get Your Gun (UK Tour) and As You Like It and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe). His screen credits include Sweeney Todd, directed by Tim Burton.
Julie Armstrong was nominated for Best Female at ‘The Offies’ 2016 for her performance in Spend Spend Spend at the Union Theatre. Her most recent stage credits include Mari Hoff in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Chipping Norton/Greenwich Theatre), Aggie in Mrs Henderson Presents (Theatre Royal Bath) and Mrs Kipfer in From Here To Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre).
Paddy Navin, who recently played Sarah Good in The Crucible at The Old Vic Theatre, has also appeared on stage in Chicken Dust and Unidentified Item In The Bagging Area. Her screen credits include The Firm.
Tickets: £14.50 Previews, £18 Full, £16.50 Concessions. To book, call 020 7870 6876 or visit www.parktheatre.co.uk/.
Times: Tuesday to Saturday evenings at 7.45pm; Thursday and Saturday matinees at 3.15pm.