New York and Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit play Cassie and the Lights will receive a limited run at Southwark Playhouse Borough this April.
Based on real-life events and interviews with children in care and featuring live music, this play celebrates the resilience of teenagers and is a tender and playful examination of what makes a family and what holds it together.
Cassie and the Lights is created and directed by Alex Howarth who was named one of ‘Ten Stage Sensations to Watch Out For in 2023’ by The Guardian and has a background of working with people in care. Alex has worked extensively with disabled artists, and recently co-created one man show Strictly Lawrie with disabled artist Lawrie Morris. His play about a girl with autism, We Live By the Sea, received Critic’s Pick and Top Theatre of the Year in The New York Times, won the Best Theatre Award and the Critic’s Choice Award at Adelaide Festival, the Grahame F. Smith Peace Foundation Award for promoting human rights through theatre, and was nominated for a Fringe First and the Off West End Awards for Best Production and Best Ensemble.
Cassie and the Lights features music by Imogen Mason and Ellie Mason with set and costume design by Ruth Badila.
Casting for the run is to be announced.
Cassie and the Lights runs at Southwark Playhouse Borough, from 3 April and runs until 20 April 2024. Upcoming shows at Southwark Playhouse Borough include Afterglow (to 10 Feb), Cable Street (16 Feb – 16 Mar) with Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula The Sea Witch currently playing at their other venue, Southwark Playhouse Elephant until 16 February 2024.
Book tickets to Cassie and the Lights at Southwark Playhouse Borough in London
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