CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR REGIONAL PREMIÈRE OF DEBORAH BRUCE’S
THE DISTANCE AT SHEFFIELD THEATRES
Sheffield Theatres today announce the cast for their forthcoming co-production with Orange Tree Theatre of Deborah Bruce’s The Distance. The regional première of the sharply funny play about friendship and family opens in the Studio Theatre on Thursday 29 October running until Saturday 14 November. The production will then transfer to Orange Tree Theatre from Thursday 26 November.
Sheffield Theatres’ Associate Director Charlotte Gwinner (Crave, 4:48 Psychosis) directs Michelle Duncan (Grantchester, Call The Midwife, Luther, Atonement) as Bea, with Charlotte Emmerson (From Darkness, DCI Banks, Peak Practice) as Alex. Returning to the roles they played in the original production of The Distance at the Orange Tree Theatre, Daniel Hawksford (Waking The Dead, Colditz) plays Dewi and Timothy Knightley (The Inbetweeners 2) returns to the role of Simon. Charlotte Lucas (Jamaica Inn, Not Going Out), seen earlier this year on the Crucible stage in David Hare’s The Absence of War, plays Kate, Steven Meo (Drifters, The Slate) plays Vinnie and, in his professional stage debut, Joshua Sinclair-Evans, plays Liam.
I am asking you both, as my oldest, closest friends, to accept the decision I have made. And I am sorry if it’s difficult to accept. I can assure you, it has been difficult to make.
Good friends should be there for one another – no matter what. But when Bea returns home after five years abroad having made a bold choice about her life, old friends struggle to support her. Or even to understand. One night in Brighton, things threaten to slide into chaos…
A sharply funny play about motherhood and fatherhood; about keeping control and letting go.
Tickets for The Distance can be purchased from Sheffield Theatres’ Box Office in-person, by phone on 0114 249 6000 or online at sheffieldtheatres.co.uk and are priced from £12.00 (Concessions, school and group discounts available). A transaction fee of £1.50 (£1.00 online) applies to all bookings made at the Box Office (excluding cash).