Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The
By Roy Williams
Year staged: 2012
Opening night: 14/09/2012
Theatre Company: Pilot Theatre
Cast Size: 9
Synopsis
A gritty adaptation of Alan Sillitoe’s classic text, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is set in Britain’s Olympic year 2012. Colin Smith is defiant. Whilst held in a Youth Offenders institution for petty theft he is chosen as the Govenor’s star runner in a long distance race against the local private school. As he runs we discover what his life was like before and what he hopes it might be.
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Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The
Publisher: W.H. Allen
Year published: 1959
Original Cast
Doreene Blackstock
Mum
Jack McMullen
Jase
Curtis Cole
Luke / PC
Elliot Barnes-Worrell
Colin Smith
Dominic Gately
Stevens
Savannah Gordon-Liburd
Kenisha
Richard Pepple
Dad / Trevor
Alix Ross
Sandra / Guard
Luke James
Gunthorpe / Assistant Stage Manager
Doreene Blackstock
Mum
Jack McMullen
Jase
Curtis Cole
Luke / PC
Elliot Barnes-Worrell
Colin Smith
Dominic Gately
Stevens
Savannah Gordon-Liburd
Kenisha
Richard Pepple
Dad / Trevor
Alix Ross
Sandra / Guard
Luke James
Gunthorpe / Assistant Stage Manager
Production Team
Marcus Roemer
Director
Lydia Denno
Designer
Mark Beasley
Lighting
Sandy Nuttgens
Soundscape
Marcus Roemer
Director
Lydia Denno
Designer
Mark Beasley
Lighting
Sandy Nuttgens
Soundscape