Still Life with Onions by Rob Burbidge

Still Life with Onions

by Rob Burbidge

12 - 16 March, 7:30pm

The war is over, and the Allies have won. Britain has ambitious plans to rebuild. But a year after VE-day, victory celebrations are a distant memory; rationing and austerity are all around, while pain and loss are in surplus. Far too many people have lost family, or friendships, or livelihoods. In a grimy tenement block, three survivors bond together. An English country girl, a London shop assistant and a refugee from Germany find themselves in new conflict with each other and with their own regrets.

As if that isn't enough, the coldest winter in living memory is just around the corner. As the city turns first white and then grey, fortunes and spirits fall as low as the mercury. Will the three artists take up arms against their pasts to find their own true peace?

Cast

Naomi Bowman

Kieran Dobson

Christopher Kouros

Olivia Steele

Written by Rob Burbidge

Directed by Amalia Kontesi

Sound design: Sam Tannenbaum

Set design: Sofia Palma

Costume design: Vasiliki Verousi

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Cast

David

Kieran Dobson

A London based actor from Yorkshire, Kieran has a passion for both classical text work and contemporary social dramas. He trained at E15 Acting School and most recently, The Globe.

Johnsy

Olivia Steele

Olivia is a British-American actor based in London. She graduated with First Class Honours in English from Oxford University and is now about to graduate with a Acting BA from Rose Bruford. At Bruford, she performed in the Spanish language piece Different Words and played the lead in Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal. In 2023, Olivia also worked on Deadweight Theatre’s “’hauntingly brilliant” Rubbernecks (The Reviews Hub) and with Amalia Kontesi on a rehearsed reading of ‘Prometheus in Chains’ at the Park Theatre. Her recent run of two-hander The Manikins was named one of the top 50 plays of 2023 by The Stage.

Behrman

Christopher Kouros

Christpher’s theatre credits include: Daisy Pulls It Off, La Ronde, The Will of the People at the Barons Court Theatre. Other theatre work: The Jess Docker Show, Cloud 9, The Café, Pains of Youth. Film: Bridget Jones’ Diary, The Run, In Plain Sight, Niles, Just One Moment. TV: World’s Most Evil Killers, soon to be seen The Marlow Murder Club and Kanneda.

Sue

Naomi Bowman

Naomi is an actor, voice over artist and special action performer. She recently co-wrote and performed in two award winning comedy short films, played Mary I in the Summer Season at Hampton Court Palace and spent a lot of last year fighting bad guys, and occasionally good guys, in various upcoming films and tv series.