Pieces of String (2018)
When Jane returns from her father’s funeral to start clearing the house she grew up in – packing away the family photographs, closing a chapter – she isn’t prepared for the untold story she’s about to discover threaded through her past, a story that threatens to unravel her relationship with her own children and shake her understanding of who she is. A new musical set simultaneously in the 1940s and in the present day, Pieces Of String tells how Jane’s father, Edward, came back from the Second World War with a secret that would change his life forever – a secret that he would carry until the day he died. With hauntingly beautiful music and a heart-rending human story, Pieces Of String is a tender, funny, emotionally-charged exploration of how three generations of one family learn to deal with a story that nobody’s been brave enough to tell until today.
Director: Ryan McBryde
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Carol Starks as Jane |
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Andy Coxon as Ed |
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Marilyn Cutts as Rose |
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Ella Dunlop as Gemma |
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Lauren Hall as Anna |
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Joel Harper-Jackson as Tom |
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Craig Mather as Edward |
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Gary Wood as Harry |
| Directing | Ryan McBryde | Director |
| Writing | Gus Gowland | Writer |
| Art | Fin Redshaw | Art Designer |
| Sound | Paul Herbert | Music Director |
| Lighting | Ben Cracknell | Lighting Design |
| Sound | Chris Bogg | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Ellen Kane | Choreographer |
| Production | Marc Frankum | Casting Director |