The Veil
31st March - 8th April 2017
~ Directed by Andy Lee ~
May 1822, rural Ireland: The defrocked Reverend Berkeley arrives at the crumbling former glory of Mount Prospect House to accompany seventeen year-old Hannah to England. She is to be married off to a Marquis in order to resolve the debts of her mother's estate
However, compelled by the strange voices that haunt his beautiful young charge and a fascination with the psychic current that pervades the house, Berkeley proposes a séance, the consequences of which are catastrophic.
Set around a haunted house hemmed in by a restive, starving populace, Conor McPherson's new play weaves Ireland's troubled colonial history into a transfixing story about the search for love, the transcendental and the circularity of time.
A beautifully lyrical study of the existence of supernatural forces and the frailty of the human heart.
Cast | ||
Siobhan Elam | Mrs.Goulding | |
Jo Manser | Clare Wallace | |
Jackie Lawn | Maria Lambroke (Grandie) | |
Chris Janes | Mr Fingal | |
Jim Markey | Reverend Berkerley | |
Andy Howell | Charles Audelle | |
Laura Brendish | Hannah Lambroke | |
Hazel Halliday | Madeline Lambroke |
Crew | ||
Tony Mason | Sound | |
Derek Palmer | Lighting Designer | |
Claudia McKelvey | Prompt | |
Roger Johnson | Asst.Stage Manager | |
Maddie Lee | Lighting Assistant | |
Shelagh Maughan | Wardrobe | |
Derek Palmer | Stage Manager | |
Hannah Leonard | Lighting Assistant | |
Angela Reiss | Props |
Photos by Steve Beeston Photography
Review by Richard Henderson
Performer history:
Siobhan Elam Jo Manser Jackie Lawn Chris Janes Jim Markey Andy Howell Laura Brendish Hazel Halliday