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and all the SLT volunteers in the bar, box office, front of house and raffle teams, who keep things going so smoothly.
 
and all the SLT volunteers in the bar, box office, front of house and raffle teams, who keep things going so smoothly.

Revision as of 15:50, 9 March 2022

Poster by Bryon Fear

by Ella Road

Directed by Mark Ireson

Performances: Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 March 2022, Old Fire Station


Introduction

phle•bot•o•mist (fləˈbɒt ə mɪst)

n. A nurse or other health worker trained in drawing venous blood for testing or donation.

In an all too possible near future, your rating in a single blood test determines your prospects for education, jobs, credit, dating and so much more. Phlebotomist Bea meets and falls in love with Aaron, a high-rating, intelligent and handsome young man. The future looks bright, but when her lifelong friend Char discovers she has a low rating and asks Bea to fake a better blood sample, Bea enters the murky world of black market dealing. How far will people go in a world where health, wealth and happiness depend on a single blood test?

Ella Road's debut play The Phlebotomist opened at Hampstead Theatre in 2018. In 2019 the production received an Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was adapted into a radio drama for BBC Radio 3. In 2020 it was translated into German under the title Die Laborantin, leading to productions across Germany and Austria, and it became the most performed new play in the German language of 2021.

In between each of the 15 onstage scenes there are video and audio interludes, showing us glimpses of the world beyond the stage going to hell in a handcart.

Cast

with, on video and audio:

Crew

Thanks

One of the joys of making theatre is the creation of a collaborative community. Without the contributions of so many we would never have made it this far. As well as the cast and crew, particular thanks are due to:

  • Induja Bandara, Alexander Rawlinson and Eliot
  • Charlotte Benstead
  • Jo Boniface and Hampstead Theatre
  • Graham and Jenny Clements and Darcey
  • Chaz Doyle
  • Laura Essex
  • Katie Floyd
  • Lily Ann Green
  • Bex Law
  • Tom Mathias
  • Patrycja Ozguven
  • Ben Rathe
  • Jane Roberts at the Rathbone Society
  • Jacob Smith

and all the SLT volunteers in the bar, box office, front of house and raffle teams, who keep things going so smoothly.

Reviews

Some review quotes go here


Gallery

Reminiscences and Anecdotes

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See Also

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References

External Links

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