ALT B: The Spring Breeze Turns To Rain – Rehearsed Reading

Compton Bay, The Isle of Wight. A beach where time seems to stand still. Lucy and her group of friends arrive for the weekend to escape from the world they are all disenchanted with. They drink, smoke, play some music and of course, dabble in some magic. But what they thought was going to be a bit of fun, instead becomes an unexpected opportunity to change their lives forever.

The Spring Breeze Turns To Rain is the new play by Sheffield Theatres shortlisted writer Joe Facer. Combining naturalism with the sense of the fantastical, the piece follows on from his previous work of creating new mythology for a modern audience.

Presented as a rehearsed reading, the piece delves into themes of class, grief and our drive to create a better world and the depths we are willing to go to achieve it.

Cast

Dannie Harris trained at Drama Centre London. Theatre credits include: Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) (UK Tour & Toronto), The New Musketeers (Trinity Theatre), Love Letters (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch), Away in a Danger (Lichfield Garrick) and Teechers (Tour). She has recently worked with Wise Children after being selected for their Actor’s Residency.

Elly Roberts is an actor who recently graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Her credits include Sex Education and Black Cake (TV); Girls’ Night (Short Film).

Sam Daltry trained in Musical Theatre at Trinity Laban Conservatoire which he followed with Masters training in Directing/Playwriting at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Sam has directed Hugo Timberell’s The Good Person – as part of The Omnibus Theatre’s Engine Room scheme, The Digital Family at The Golden Goose Theatre, then making a return to The Golden Goose Theatre when directing the first iteration of A Carry on in Krakow in May 2024.

Yaniv Yafe Graduating from Drama Centre London and the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow, Yaniv has been working on stage, film and TV. His credits include Testament, 2024 (TV, Angel Studios, Roarlight), Shoshana, 2023 (Feature, Michael Winterbottom) and Borders, 2023 (Stage, Junction Theatre, VAULT Festival).

Scarlett Gorman is a playwright and actor from the North West. She studied at the University of Manchester, where she received her MA in Playwriting. Scarlett’s recent writing credits include ARTLESS performed with Box of Tricks, and her acting credits include Beatrice in Duck Gutters with HiveMCR and Bethany in A Game of Two Halves, winner of best production at the Manchester Fringe Theatre Awards.

Alicia Smith studied at RCS and acting coach Scotland. She has performed in the sell out Edinburgh fringe show pool no water and most recently appeared in the infernal serpent.

Creatives

Writer & Director
Joe Facer –  Trained at Drama Centre London as an actor, Joe has since moved into the world of writing wherein he has had his work performed at numerous London venues including a script reading in the West End.

Script Editor
Danny Smith – Sheffield based actor, director and writer.

This event is presented as part of the Bush Theatre’s ALT B Rehearsed Reading programme – providing artists with a creative space to perform their work and take the first steps in developing their writing.