Casting announced for Theatr Clwyd’s world premiere production of MISSING JULIE

Casting has been announced today for Theatr Clwyd’s world première production of Missing Julie, from 16 September-9 October.

Chelsea Walker will direct Kaite O’Reilly’s production, which has been freely adapted from Strindberg’s Miss Julie. In the title role of Julie is Heledd Gwynn and she will be joined by Tim Pritchett as John. Completing the cast is Catrin Aaron, who returns to Theatr Clwyd as Christine.

Miss Julie, the heiress of a Welsh stately home, finds herself in a world radically changed by The Great War. Robbed of marriage after the carnage in the trenches, she is one of the ‘surplus women’, facing the possibility of a solitary life. In one night of desperate liberation, it seems that the old hierarchies may be over… Will she dare to break all taboos with her servant, John?

Kaite O’Reilly said: “The lived experience of disability is seldom portrayed in plays, especially in our classics - disabled characters are usually stereotypical figures of fun or pity, with no agency. So when I conceived a new version of Strindberg’s Miss Julie from a radical disability perspective, I knew the theatre I had to take it to was Clwyd. I’ve been working within disability culture as well as the mainstream for many years and it is an incredible pleasure to reinvent such a renowned character and play through a disabled lens.

“I set the play just after the First World War-a time of radical politics and renewal, along with grief and mourning. It was a time when disability was common as the injured men returned from the trenches and also when society yearned  to ‘build back better’. I feel this has great resonance  with the times we live in. We have opportunities to create a more inclusive and diverse society, where all voices and lives are portrayed and valued.”

The production is designed by Georgia Lowe, with lighting by Elliot Griggs, and sound by Jasmin Kent.

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