We Know Where You Live - casting announced
Casting news
CASTING has been announced for the world premiere of Steven Hevey’s We Know Where You Live, which plays at the Finborough Theatre on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays from Sunday, August 2 to Tuesday, August 18, 2015.
The line up comprises Ritu Arya (as Asma), Gary Beadle (Roy/Policeman), Ross Hatt (Estate Agent/Young Man/Town Council Official), Paddy Navin (Mary), Matt Whitchurch (Ben) and Daniel York (Keith/Policeman 2).
We’ve always been here. People like us made this city what it is.
In a city buckling under the weight of a severe housing crisis, Ben and Asma have discovered a borough of London they can finally call their home. However, with its earthy character and village feel, it isn’t long before this hidden gem soon becomes the prime location for every other trendy urbanite in the city.
As they find themselves under siege from a brutal wave of gentrification, powerless to stop the many charms that had attracted them to the area from being erased, Ben and Asma reach out to the local community for support, but start to question whether or not the damage has already been done.
Originally seen as a staged reading as part of Vibrant – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights 2013, We Know Where You Live is a timely and important play about the changing face of London.
We Know Where You Live is directed by John Young, a former Resident Assistant Director at the Finborough Theatre where he assisted on Chicken Dust and Our American Cousin. His directing credits elsewhere include High Windows (Camden People’s Theatre), Ten, Ten and Ten (Commercial Theatre), Scattered (Clwyd Theatr Cymru Theatre for Young People), Sticky Labels (Paupers Pit and Lantern Theatre) and a staged reading of An Incident at the Border (Clwyd Theatr Cymru).
Steven Hevey is a Playwright on Attachment at the Finborough Theatre. He is also under commission by Old Vic New Voices and was winner of OffWestEnd’s Adopt a Playwright Award 2014. A recipient of several Peggy Ramsay Foundation awards and a graduate of the Royal Court and Soho Theatre Young Writers Programmes, he has worked extensively with Old Vic New Voices and Paines Plough.
His plays include Short Plays by Steven Hevey (Soho Theatre), Pay As You Go (Cock Tavern Theatre) and In My Name (Old Red Lion and Trafalgar Studios 2).
Presented by Robert F Bradish Ltd in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre, We Know Where You Live has lighting by Jamie Platt and sound by David Gregory.
Tickets: £18, £16 concessions – available from the box office on 0844 847 1652 or online at www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/.
Times: Sunday and Monday evenings at 7.30pm; Tuesday matinees at 2pm.
Running Time: Approximately 90 minutes with no interval.