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First Look: The Haystack at Hampstead Theatre in Rehearsal

by Staff Writer
January 16, 2020
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The Haystack Hampstead Theatre in Rehearsal

The Haystack Hampstead Theatre in Rehearsal c. Ellie Kurttz

First look rehearsal images have been released for the world premiere of Al Blyth’s first full-length play, the explosive espionage thriller The Haystack, directed by Roxana Silbert.

Outraged by the revelations from the national surveillance leaks in 2013 and the mass harvesting of data for security purposes, Al Blyth was inspired to write The Haystack – set in the digital age, that challenges the ‘nothing to hide, nothing to fear’ mantra.

The cast includes Lucy Black as Denise, Oliver Johnstone as Neil, Rona Morison as Cora, Enyi Okoronkwo as Zef and Sarah Woodward as Hannah.

       

Neil and Zef are two twenty-something computer whizzes with questionable dress sense and a highly developed interest in video games and Netflix. They’re also the UK’s ‘National Defence Information Security Team’ – recruited by GCHQ for their sky-high IQs and ability to work quickly and discreetly, no questions asked.

With unfettered access to the world’s data and infinite powers of electronic intrusion, these unlikely agents are essential cogs in the national security machine.  But when their window onto intelligence operations shows them more than they were meant to see, they begin to question their roles in a system whose reach is unlimited but whose safeguards are not…

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Al Blyth Playwright and Roxana Gilbert Director in rehearsals for The Haystack at Hampstead Theatre. Photo credit Ellie Kurttz.
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Lucy Black Denise and Oliver Johnstone Neil in rehearsals for The Haystack at Hampstead Theatre. Photo credit Ellie Kurttz.
L R Rona Morison Cora and Lucy Black Denise in rehearsals for The Haystack at Hampstead Theatre Photo credit Ellie Kurttz.
L R Rona Morison Cora and Lucy Black Denise in rehearsals for The Haystack at Hampstead Theatre Photo credit Ellie Kurttz.
Enyi Okoronkwo Zef in rehearsals for The Haystack at Hampstead Theatre. Photo credit Ellie Kurttz.
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Enyi Okoronkwo Zef and Oliver Johnstone Neil in rehearsals for The Haystack at Hampstead Theatre. Photo credit Ellie Kurttz.
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