Bush Theatre at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival '09
Things for Alex are good. He loves his wife, his daughter, his city, his job. But sometimes the force of life can crash against you. Sometimes everything you thought you could always depend on can be taken away.
Sea Wall is a story about family, fear and the things that can't be undone. It is award-winning playwright Simon Stephens' new play. His previous plays include Pornography (Traverse Theatre, 2008), Port (Pearson Award for Best Play), Christmas, On the Shore of the Wide World (Olivier Award for Best New Play), Motortown, and Harper Regan.
Olivier Award Winner Andrew Scott's recent theatre credits include Roaring Trade at the Soho Theatre and Vertical Hour on Broadway.
Sea Wall was first shown at the Bush Theatre in 2008 as part of the Broken Space Season.
To book tickets please visit the Traverse Website or ring the box office on 0131 228 1404
Co-founder and artistic director of nabokov and Creative Associate at the Bush Theatre.
Credits as Director include: Sea Wall (Bush Theatre); Is Everyone Ok? (Latitude Festival and National Tour, nabokov); House of Agnes (Oval House, Paines Plough); The Dirt Under The Carpet (Oran Mor Glasgow & Shunt Vaults London, Paines Plough); Crazy Love by Che Walker (Oran Mor Glasgow & Shunt Vaults London, Paines Plough); Terre Haute (59E59, New York/West End / National Tour / Assembly Rooms Edinburgh, nabokov); My Little Heart Dropped In Coffee, Babies (Paines Plough/Young Vic Wild Lunch) and Camarilla (Old Red Lion London/Edinburgh Festival Fringe, nabokov).
Credits as Associate Director include: Long Time Dead (Drum Theatre Plymouth, Paines Plough), After The End (New York/Moscow/National Tour, Paines Plough) and Nikolina (National Tour, nabokov). He was Trainee Associate Director of Paines Plough and Watford Palace Theatre.
He was the first recipient of the Genesis Director's Award from the Young Vic and is a member of Old Vic New Voices. George trained on the National Theatre Studio Director's Course and at The Maly Theatre, St Petersburg with the Young Vic.
Current designs include: The Girls Of Slender Means (Edinburgh Festival).
Other designs include: Othello (Frantic Assembly, Plymouth Theatre Royal, national tour); Electric Counterpoint (The Royal Opera House); Sunday In The Park With George (Wyndhams Theatre, Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design 2007); Cinderella (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith); That Face (Royal Court, Duke Of York?s); Statement Of Regret (National Theatre); Wolves In The Walls (The National Theatre of Scotland, New York, national tour); Beyond Belief (The Carriageworks, Sydney); Ballet For The People (Royal Festival Hall); Encore/Greatest Hits for The Ballet Boyz (Sadler?s Wells); Beauty and The Beast (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith); Run! (Greenwich and Docklands International Festival); Mary Stuart, Home-Glasgow (National Theatre Of Scotland); Dirty Wonderland, Pool (No Water), Peepshow, Hymns, Sell-Out (Frantic Assembly); Tiny Dynamite (Frantic Assembly and Paines Plough co-production); Playhouse Creatures, Jerusalem (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Theatre Includes Roaring Trade (Soho Theatre); The Vertical Hour (Broadway, Drama league nomination); Dying City (Royal Court); Aristocrats (National Theatre); A Girl In A Car With A Man (Olivier award), Playing the Victim, Crave, Dublin Carol (Royal Court); The Coming World (Soho Theatre); The Cavalcaders (Tricycle); Long Day's Journey Into Night (Gate, Dublin); The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde, Six Characters In Search Of An Author, The Marriage of Figaro, A Woman Of No Importance (Abbey theatre, Dublin); The Lonesome West (Druid/Royal Court)
Television includes John Adams, My life in Film, Band of Brothers, Longitude, The American.
Film includes The Duel, Little White Lie, Dead Bodies, (Best Actor, Irish Film Awards. Shooting Star Award, Berlin FF), Saving Private Ryan, Korea, Nora.
