Parliament Square, Royal Exchange & Bush Theatre, 2017 (New Writing)

Kat gets up one morning, leaves her family behind, and travels to London to carry out an act that will change her life and, she hopes, everyone else’s. But what are the real consequences?

James Fritz’s searingly powerful play won a Judges Award in the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Raw, disturbing and compassionate, it forces a confrontation with some of the most urgent questions we face. What can one individual do to effect change? And where do we choose to draw the line between absolute commitment and dangerous obsession?

Parliament Square was a Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester and Bush Theatre co-production and ran for two weeks in Manchester and three in London.

Creative Team & Cast

Director: Jude Christian

Designer: Fly Davis

Lighting Designer: Jack Knowles

Sound Designers: Ben & Max Ringham

Movement Director: Jennifer Jackson

Assistant Director: Amy Hailwood

Kat: Esther Smith

Voice / Jo: Lois Chimimba

Tommy: Damola Adeleja

Catherine: Seraphina Beh

Mum: Joanne Haworth

Physio / Colleague / Ticket Woman / Friend: Kelly Hotten

Doctor / Announcer / Friend / Stranger / Taxi Driver: Jamie Zubairi

Parliament Square

“I am highly versatile and responsive to the needs of each project.”
A young white woman with brown hair, jeans and white top lies on a mostly bare stage as another young, black woman in navy dungarees leans over her shouting.
A young white woman with brown hair, jeans and white top stands on stage with her eyes closed as another young, black woman in navy dungarees embraces her closely from behind. A bright white light behind both of them shines towards the camera.
A young white woman with brown hair lies on stage on a hospital bed with her eyes closed. A young man black in a blue-green tartan shirt sits and watches her with concern.
A young white woman with brown hair, jeans and white top lies on a bare stage as surrounded by smoke. Her expression is one of distress.
An East Asian man, white woman and black woman sit on stage looking at scripts in folders. In the background are empty theatre seats with two seated white women barely visible.
A black man and woman and a white woman stand on stage focused intently on what the black woman, who holds a folder is saying. There are empty seats in the background.
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