A devastating and delicately woven piece about violence, love and loss.

“There was a fork in her face. An actual fork. He dug a fork into her face. A fork stood on end in her cheek. A fork.” 

Three couples.

Thirty years.

Mothers and daughters. Lovers, partners, husbands and wives. Babies, teenagers, birthdays, holidays, honeymoons, fireworks, near-misses, rain. This is a play about all of it.

The smallest tremble. A smashed glass. The ripping apart of space and time.

An explosion.

“Will you kiss me at New Year – when the clock strikes will you?”  

Phoebe Eclair-Powell’s stunning new play was the 2019 winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. SHED: EXPLODED VIEW is a delicately woven tapestry about violence, love and loss, brought to the stage by award-winning director Atri Banerjee.

Cast

  • Hayley Carmichael / Lil

  • Jason Hughes / Frank

  • Norah Lopez Holden / Abi

  • Lizzy Watts / Naomi

  • Wil Johnson / Tony

  • Michael Workéyè / Mark

  • Written by: Phoebe Eclair-Powell

  • Directed by: Atri Banerjee

  • Photography by: Felicity McCabe

  • Designer: Naomi Dawson

  • Lighting Designer : Bethany Gupwell

  • Composer: Carmel Smickersgill

  • Movement director: Sung Im Her

  • Sound Designer: Max Pappenheim

  • Casting Director: Nadine Rennie CDG

  • Assistant Director: Amara Heyland

  • Dramatherapist: Wabriya King

  • Dramaturg : Suzanne Bell

  • Production Manager: Hannah Blamire for the Production Family

  • Stage Manager: Sophie Wright

  • Deputy Stage Manager: Amy Bending

  • Deputy Stage Manager (cover) : Natasha Guzel

  • Assistant Stage Manager: Amelia Blackburn

https://www.royalexchange.co.uk/event/shed-exploded-view/