Yerma
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- Category:
- Drama | Milton Court
- Event type:
- Booking required | In-person
- Admission:
- £15 (£8 concessions) + booking fee
- Location:
- Milton Court Theatre
Event information
Yerma
by Federico García Lorca
translated by Ursula Rani Sarma
Suffocating in a life void of passion, a young woman longs for a child but is tormented by the social stigma of being in a childless marriage. As she desperately turns to unconventional sources for answers, her controversial actions send shockwaves through her community.
Lorca’s compelling and elemental tragedy taps into some of the most universal themes of theatre – love, passion, sexuality and marriage – to tell the story of one woman’s quest to become a mother.
This production, directed by Sophie Dillon Moniram, revives Ursula Rani Sarma’s adaptation of Yerma which premiered at West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2011.
“Lorca believed theatre should be ‘poetry that becomes human enough to talk’; and Sarma's version speaks more clearly than most.” The Guardian
Content Warning: Please note, this production contains adult content including strong language, violent scenes of murder, abuse of and discrimination against women, scenes of a sexual nature, themes of pregnancy and fertility issues, and references to depression and suicide. These performances also include the use of haze.
Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes, no interval.
Creative team
written by Federico García Lorca
adapted by Ursula Rani Sarma
Sophie Dillon Moniram director
Dora Schweitzer set & costume designer
Jess Williams movement director
Sarah Llewelyn composer/music director
Raniah Al-Sayed intimacy director
Jonathan Waller fight director
Annemette Verspeak company voice work
Elizabeth Laurence assistant director
Joe McKenna lighting designer
Jan Robotycki sound designer
Sandy McGregor video designer
Shaunna Cheriton assistant costume designer
Yerma Nina Cassells
Juan / Ensemble Evan Silverstein
Victor / Moon Performer / Ensemble Adil Hassan
Maria / Ensemble Esther O’Casey
Old Woman / Ensemble Isobel Akuwudike
Dolores/ Ensemble MC Bury
Old Woman / Ensemble Emelie Dahlskog
Girl 1 / 2nd Woman / Ensemble Bethany Wooding
Girl 2 / Ensemble Ruby Thompson
3rd Woman / Sun Performer / Ensemble V Lamont Gillies
4th Woman / 2nd Sister / Ensemble Anabella O’Gorman
5th Woman / 1st Sister / Ensemble Marianna Scott
Costume Supervisor
Livia Mackenzie
Costume Assistants
Florence Lindo
Brook Richardson
Rebekah Tunnell
Wardrobe Manager
Livia Mackenzie
Production Electrician
Arthur White
Chief Electrician
Arthur White
Lighting Programmer
Ed Frearson
Production Manager
Lwls Davies
Technical Manager
Nick Dyne
Assistant Production Managers
Ed Frearson
Zara Kinkade
TA/Automation Operator
Lottie Henry
Head of Sound Production Engineer
James Gant
Sound and Video Operator
Tommy Sharma
Video Engineer
Ethan Harris
Scenic Art Co-ordinator
Lola King
Scenic Artist
Johan Berendsen
Assistant Scenic Artists
David Agcaoili
Lauren Jones
Oscar Keeys
Stage Manager
Alec Schneider
Deputy Stage Manager
Artie Cook
ASM/Book Cover
Ella Goldsworthy
ASM
Amy Jacobs
Additional Production Staff
Wigs, Hair & Make up
Lucia Mameli*
Debbie Purkiss*
Last Look Beauty*
Staff Production Manager
Tom Mackey*
Staff Costume Supervisor
Vanessa Lingham
Stage Management
Chantal Hauser*
*Freelance member of the Production team. All other members are either Guildhall School students or staff
Venue information
Milton Court, based across the road from our Silk Street building, provides the School with world-class performance and training spaces, including a state of the art concert hall, a lyric theatre, a studio theatre and several major rehearsal rooms.
- Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH
