Kerry Jackson
a new play by April De Angelis
Booking and details
You can’t wait to meet her.
El Barco is the newest tapas restaurant in fashionable Walthamstow Village, and it’s Kerry Jackson’s pride and joy.
Wearing her working-class roots as a badge of honour, Kerry navigates the local characters in a bid to make the business a success – without losing herself in the process.
Fay Ripley (Cold Feet) is Kerry in this biting new comedy from April De Angelis (My Brilliant Friend) and directed by Indhu Rubasingham (The Father and the Assassin, The Great Wave).
Performed Now streaming in the Dorfman Theatre.
Reviews
‘The Funniest new play in ages’
Mail on Sunday
‘Fay Ripley gives a rip-roaring central performance’
Sunday Times
‘A great comic performance’
WhatsOnStage
Suitability
Please note: this production contains profanity and offensive language.
It discusses topics including death, suicide, homelessness, deportation, child abuse and racism, which some people may find upsetting.
Supporters
This play is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Plays Award.
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Cast
Madeline Appiah
Madeline Appiah trained at LIPA
Michael Fox
Will
Michael Fox
Michael Gould
Most recently at the National in All of Us
Kitty Hawthorne
Alice
Kitty Hawthorne
Kristin Mcilquham
Ensemble + Understudy Kerry
Kristin Mcilquham
Fay Ripley
Kerry Jackson
Fay Ripley
Neil Sheffield
Ensemble + Understudy Stephen & Warren
Neil Sheffield
Gavin Spokes
Warren
Gavin Spokes
Production Team
Director
Indhu Rubasingham
Indhu Rubasingham
Indhu Rubasingham was the Artistic Director of Kiln Theatre for over 10 years. She started in 2012 and oversaw a £9 million major renovation of the building which reopened in 2018.
Set and Costume Designer
Richard Kent
Richard Kent
Richard Kent trained at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (2004 – 2007) and was awarded the Phillip Holt Trust Commendation Award on graduation.
Lighting Designer
Oliver Fenwick
Oliver Fenwick
For the National Theatre: Alterations, Dear Octopus, The Father and the Assassin, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Kerry Jackson, Tartuffe – the Imposter, The Great Wave, Ugly Lies the Bone, The Motherf*cker with the Hat, The Holy Rosenbergs and Happy Now
Composer and Sound Designer
Nicola T. Chang
Nicola T. Chang
Movement and Intimacy Director
Casting Director
Juliet Horsley
Juliet Horsley
Additional Casting
Chloe Blake
Chloe Blake
Recent National Theatre includes: Nye (also Wales Millennium Centre), Jekyll and Hyde, Barrier(s), Hamlet for Young Audiences, The Effect and Blues for an Alabama Sky
Staff Director
Photography (Fay Ripley) by Ben Stockley