A couple of weeks ago we gleefully announced that after more than a year of zero theatre work, our play If This Is Normal was going out on a UK Tour starting in April 2022. It’s so exciting to be able to return to a show that we were having such a great time producing pre-pandemic, so we’re back with an updated script and a lot of excitement.
Talking of excitement, it’s the cherry on top to be able to announce that our full original cast will be returning to the production. This is a pretty big deal for us because the past two years have been so different for everybody and the theatre industry is recovering at a fairly glacial pace, so it was impossible to know who would be available and willing.
During the Edinburgh Fringe and a subsequent run at VAULT 2020, the cast worked together to support each other on and offstage, as well as delivering remarkable performances. In a matter of weeks they’ll all be walking back into that rehearsal room together and we just can’t wait.
For PR enquiries please contact Olivia and Caitlin at Chloe Nelkin Consulting - olivia@chloenelkinconsulting.com & CB@chloenelkinconsulting.com
For anything else please contact Lucy at Chatback Theatre - lucy@chatbacktheatreandcomedy.com
It’d be remiss of us not to include the ticket link because, more than ever, pre-sales are so important:
Now, let us re-introduce you to our actors:
AOIFE SMYTH
An actor, singer, theatre maker and writer; Aoife's work centres around comedy, new writing and the working class experience. Recent theatre work includes plays for Nottingham Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse, and VAULT Festival. Films include Reverberations (Film4) and Paintball Massacre (AmazonPrime). You may also have seen her smashing down some chips in a McDonalds advert...
ISAMBARD RAWBONE
Isambard Rawbone is a London based actor who trained at University of Kent, Identity School of Acting and Raw Academy. Theatre roles include: Hamlet and Sense and Sensibility (Aquila Theatre/ US Tour), A Murder Most Foley (Fools Rush in Theatre/ Pleasance Theatre), Newsrevue (Canal Cafe Theatre), and Method In Madness (Entita Theatre/ Edinburgh Fringe, International Youth Arts Festival, Catford Broadway, Greenwich Theatre, Marlowe Theatre, Old Joint Stock, Croydon Utopia, Mumford Theatre).
ZARIMA McDERMOTT
Zarima trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Theatre includes: Beast on the Moon (Finborough Theatre, which earned her a "Best Lead Female Performance" nomination at the Off West End Awards 2019), It's a London Life for Me (Greenwich Theatre), The Seagull (National Theatre, Dublin), The House of Bernarda Alba, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Blood Wedding (Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin), Seven Wonders (Theatre N16). TV includes Fair City (RTE) and The Take starring Tom Hardy (Sky1).