Dissonance
By Paula B Stanic
Year staged: 2024
Opening night: 24/05/2024
Theatre Company: Paines Plough; 1974-
Staged in: Bute Theatre
Cast Size: 8
Synopsis
In October 1994, following a rave, three friends go on a protest to ‘kill the Criminal justice bill’. What happens that night leaves its mark for decades to come. No matter how much one of them tries to separate herself from it the same question keeps arising. Moving between ’94, 2003 & 2023, the play explores the consequences of inaction. Dissonance premiered at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama’s Bute Theatre before transferring to the Young Vic in 2024.
Original Cast
Matilda McCarthy
Luna Martin
Aoise Meaney
Ashley Byrne
Nathan Lwanga
Sean Blake
Rosalind Jackson Roe
Sara Lou Hooper / Marina
Rosalyn Jackson
Phoenix
Blake Hopkins
Jesse Martin / DC Phllips / PC
Archie Christophe-Allen
Kai Wheeler / DC Crosse / Theo
James Mace
Danny Adams / Cameron / DJ
Matilda McCarthy
Luna Martin
Aoise Meaney
Ashley Byrne
Nathan Lwanga
Sean Blake
Rosalind Jackson Roe
Sara Lou Hooper / Marina
Rosalyn Jackson
Phoenix
Blake Hopkins
Jesse Martin / DC Phllips / PC
Archie Christophe-Allen
Kai Wheeler / DC Crosse / Theo
James Mace
Danny Adams / Cameron / DJ
Production Team
Anastasia Osei-Kuffour
Director
Debo Adebayo
Dramaturg
Charlote Bennett
Dramaturg
Rhian Cronshaw
Voice Director
Deborah Light
Movement Director
Jesse Musker
Set and Costume Designer
Suzanna Candler
Sound Designer
Callan Teare
Composer
Yasmin Alayoubi
Lighting Designer
Anastasia Osei-Kuffour
Director
Debo Adebayo
Dramaturg
Charlote Bennett
Dramaturg
Rhian Cronshaw
Voice Director
Deborah Light
Movement Director
Jesse Musker
Set and Costume Designer
Suzanna Candler
Sound Designer
Callan Teare
Composer
Yasmin Alayoubi
Lighting Designer