I'm Afraid Of Amerikans

I’M AFRAID OF AMERIKANS | BY JOSHUA VAL MARTIN

MUSIC BY TOBY INGRAM

Director Sue Dunderdale
Movement Director Juri Nael
Musical Director Connor Fogel
Assistant Director Grace Joseph
Sound Designer Helen Skiera
Wardrobe Supervisor Bex Kemp

Performed by BA (Hons) Acting Musical Theatre students, working alongside students from the BA (Hons) Theatre Practice

Overview

This new play with music, specially written for BA (Hons) Acting Musical Theatre 2018 students, is about life, death and memory.

Tina, a mum with a young family, dies. The play is made up of all the moments when people remember her after her death; her husband, her children, her friends, her work colleagues, ex-lovers, her tweeting contacts in Amerika. In scenes that are like tips of icebergs and like threads that intertwine and sometimes tangle, we learn about her life and the impact of her death on all of those who knew her. It’s a life after life, until finally no-one mentions her at all, and she dies for a second time.

Val Martin received a special award in this year’s Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting for his play This Is Not America.

Creative Team - BA (Hons) Theatre Practice Students

Designer Laura Foy
Lighting Designer Paige Leaf-Wright
Assistant Lighting Designer Callum Perera

Production Team - BA (Hons) Theatre Practice Students

Production Manager Jack Boissieux
Stage Manager Connor Stewart
Deputy Stage Manager Gabriella Bland
Chief Electrician Michael Glanville
Deputy Chief Electrician Lewis Watson
Programmer Harry Owen
Production Sound Engineer Sam Aimson
Assistant Costume Supervisor Evie Bearman
Dressers Fleur Clark, Jessica Wright
Crew Jade Lam, Lisa Mark, Tobias Millard, Joe Monk, Rebecca Phillips, Daniel Steward