Esther Baker will direct Martin Askew’s provocative and compelling new play There is a Field, a London story of faith, death and family strife reshaped by local crises and global events.
Mark’s mother wants him to bury his father and it’s up to Saleh to find him and bring him home for a proper East End send off. Only Mark is no longer Mark, he’s Abdullah.
There is a Field is a play about two friends who, in a different life, could have been brothers.
The full cast includes Archie Backhouse (Saleh), Sarah Finigan (Maureen), Roseanna Frascona (Amina), Sam Frenchum (Mark/Abdullah) and Fabrizio Santino (Tony).
Theatre503 is the award-winning home of new writers and a launchpad for the artists who bring their words to life. They stage the work of more debut and emerging writers than any other venue in the country, with over 130 new pieces produced. They passionately believe the most important element in a writer’s development is to see their work developed through to a full production on stage, performed to the highest professional standard in front of an audience. Since 2006 Thearee503 has an astonishing record of launching the next generation of exceptional playwrights. These include Katori Hall, Vinay Patel, Jon Brittain, Anna Jordan, Milly Thomas, Alice Birch, Andrew Thompson, Brad Birch, Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm and Tom Morton-Smith.
