Cast and creative stars announced for world premiere of award-winning new play
Soho Theatre announces the cast for Boys on the Verge of Tears which has its world premiere at Soho Theatre next month. The play, written by Sam Grabiner, is winner of Soho Theatre’s prestigious Verity Bargate Award, and is brutal, tender exploration of what it is to be a man.
Featuring five actors in fifty roles the cast is: Matthew Beard (Skylight, Long Day’s Journey Into Night), David Carlyle (It’s A Sin, You Stupid Darkness!), Calvin Demba (Yardie, The Red Lion), Tom Espiner (Life of Pi, Witness for the Prosecution) and Maanuv Thiara (The Cherry Orchard, The Father and the Assassin)
Award winning and nominated creatives include James Macdonald (director), Ashley Martin-Davis (set & costume designer), Peter Mumford (lighting designer), Ian Dickinson (sound designer), Zoë Thomas-Webb (costume supervisor), Alex Kampfner (assistant director), Claire Gerrens (lighting associate), Enric Ortuño (intimacy and fight co-ordinator), Amy Ball CDG (casting director), Tom Nickson (production manager) and Eve Allin (associate producer).
Boys on the Verge of Tears
A father waits for his son. Kids hang around skipping school. Fights break out after nights of drinking. Boys on the Verge of Tears is a bold, kaleidoscopic tale of violence and vulnerability, set entirely in the confines of a public toilet.
Boys on the Verge of Tears was selected from 1,500 entries to the Verity Bargate Award, which is sponsored by Character 7, the award’s main prize is a fully staged production at Soho Theatre. The judging panel included industry experts James Graham (Dear England; The Crown), April de Angelis (Jumpy, Royal Court; West End), and BAFTA-nominated Theresa Ikoko (Girls, HighTide & Soho Theatre).
Boys on the Verge of Tears: Thursday 11 April – Saturday 18 May