Sunk Into The Eath
What do you do when your ex-situationship appears after six years in prison for killing her sister’s husband? You invite her and all your friends over and hope for the best, right?
Sunk Into the Earth opens to reveal a cozy get-together with a tight-knit group of friends, properly enjoying their weekly pizza-and-wine-night, until we discover that one of the group has just been released from prison for murdering her sister’s abusive husband. As the play unfolds, the characters grapple with their relationships and complex history with one another, prompting deeper thought on the devastating impacts of domestic violence, the uniqueness of female friendships, and the intricacies of queer relationships. A love story set against the violent backdrop of an unspeakable act of sisterly devotion, Sunk Into the Earth is deeply honest in confronting the abyss inside us all. Jagged and tender, dark and light, the play investigates just how far we’ll go for the deep bonds that connect and entangle us.
Cast & Creatives
Writer: Charlotte Ritter
Director: Lauryn Sherwood
Theo Ambrosini (Actor, Designer), Isabelle Dickey (Actor, Set Design), Ellie Duenow (Deputy stage manager), Natalie Haven (Actor, Props), Liz Kent (Intimacy director), Sarah Knoepfli (Actor, Producer), Christina Martino (Stage manager), Jillian Osborne (Actor, Producer, Sound Design), Charlotte Ritter (Actor, Writer, Producer), Lauryn Sherwood (Director), Caro Vinden (Actor, Lighting Design), Sara Brodie (Directorial and dramaturgical advisor)
Date & Time: Thursday 25th and Sunday 28th September @9pm
Running Time: 75mins
Content warnings: Age 14+ Strong Language, references to alcohol, sex, drugs, suicide, and adoption
Latecomers may not be admitted. Ticket purchases are non refundable.
Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members.
Venue: The Bread and Roses Theatre
Home of The Lambeth Fringe, The Bread & Roses, is an award-winning and innovative fringe pub theatre.
A 50-seat fringe venue above The Bread & Roses Pub, the theatre programs a wide-spread variety of productions for local as well as far-reaching audiences. Equality, diversity and artistic quality are at the forefront of the theatre's programming, which features in-house productions as well as many visiting companies. The theatre regularly hosts touring shows and has worked with award-winning ensembles with decades of experience but also frequently welcomes and supports emerging theatre-makers taking their first steps. The programme includes new writing, contemporary revivals, reinvented classics and occasionally also devised work, improvisational theatre, comedy events, family shows and physical theatre.
Theatre: Capacity 50, full rig, lighting desk and sound system. Projector and mics hireable.
Perfect for: Theatre, new-writing, WIP, solo shows and boundary pushing work.
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