Dawn King's

Foxfinder

Writer
Dawn King

Director
Liz Bacon

Location
The Linbury Theatre

Dates
Thursday 14 October at 7:30pm
Saturday 16 October at 7:30pm
Monday 18 October at 2pm
​​​​​​Tuesday 19 October at 7:30pm

About the show

A dark, thrilling dystopian play.

Sent by the Government, William Bloor, a 'foxfinder', arrives at a farm to investigate a suspected fox infestation and determine the cause of the failed harvest. What will William uncover?

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Dawn King's Foxfinder won the 2011 Papatango New Writing Prize and premiered at the Finborough Theatre, London.

Foxfinder had its West End premiere at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, in 2018, in a production directed by Rachel O'Riordan.

Liz Bacon (she/her) is a director, writer, performer & facilitator, working in the UK, Germany & internationally. She works mainly in devised performance & new writing, with a strong training in physical, ensemble & movement-based practices. Recent work as director includes Things That Might Become (R&D, Arthaus Berlin), BalkonKunst (Berlin), This Wounded Island (Theatre503 & Kent tour), A Wake in Progress (VAULT & Edinburgh Festivals), Coelacanth (The Cockpit Theatre), 1972 The Future of Sex (Arts Ed), The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning (Arts Ed) & All of Me (New Diorama, VAULT & Edinburgh Festivals). Liz has also worked as Associate Artist for Almeida Projects, CLOD Ensemble’s Performing Medicine programme, Barbican/Guildhall Creative Learning schools programme & Only Connect.

Contains sexual content, strong language, scenes of a distressing nature and the use of guns.

Creative Team

Director
Liz Bacon

Set and Costume Designer
Lizzy Leech

Lighting Designer
Calum Priestley

Sound Designer
Megan Bishop

Voice Coach
Katherine Heath

Singing Coach
Emilie Fleming

Movement Director
Adi Gortler

Intimacy Coordinator
Ruth Cooper-Brown

Cast

William
Sam Howard-Sneyd

Judith
Lara Levy

Samuel
Francis Nunnery

Sarah
Emma Shipp

Production Team

Production Manager
Tom McCreadie

Stage Manager
Olivia Dunne

Deputy Stage Manager
Tom Smith

Chief LX
Stephanie Siraut

Dep. Chief/Programmer
Lucas Harle

Production Carpenter
Claudia Penna Rojas

Production Sound Engineer
Ewen Roberts

Costume Supervisor
Olivia Weltz