by JOSH AZOUZ
directed by GEORGIA GREEN
To accompany our production of Ben and Imo, which captures Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst racing against time to compose an opera worthy of a monarch, we’re thrilled to present a compelling new play that explores characters grappling with a very different kind of deadline.
This reading is supported by the Shoresh Trust.
It’s dawn. Siblings Andre and Zev Khadoori wait on the construction site for Slobbo, the site manager. He’s the only one who can sign off on the demolition, clearing the way for the Khadoori’s massive new development—and a huge payday. But Slobbo is late, and the assistant site manager spins bizarre tales to explain why. Meanwhile, a pair of glasses lies on the ground—covered in ketchup… or blood?
A reunion of the writer-director team that brought us The Mikvah Project (2020), this is the first public reading of the new play from Josh Azouz (Once Upon A Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia and Buggy Baby).
CONTENT ADVICE: This production contains references to violence, death, antisemitism as well as strong, racist and discriminatory language. This production contains flashing lights.
Josh Azouz is an award-winning writer working across stage, screen and radio. His work has been produced across the UK, US & Australia.
Orange Tree Theatre credits include: The Mikvah Project.
Recent plays include: Gigi & Dar (Arcola Theatre); Kiss / Marry / Push Off Cliff (National Theatre); The Get (BBC Radio 3); Once Upon A Time In Nazi Occupied Tunisia (Almeida Theatre); The Mikvah Project (Yard Theatre / BBC Radio 4); Buggy Baby (Yard Theatre).
Television credits include: The Box and The Night After. Josh is writing new plays for the Almeida & the Yard Theatre, alongside developing feature films with MMXX and UFA.
Georgia Green is the OT Carne Associate Director. She was previously Resident Director at the National Theatre Studio and a Staff Director on The Grapes of Wrath and Infinite Life, again for the National Theatre.
Georgia’s Orange Tree Theatre credits include: OUTSIDE and The Mikvah Project.
Her work as director includes The Winslow Boy, Gloria (RADA); The EU Killed My Dad (Jermyn Street Theatre); Invisible (Bush Theatre / 59E59, New York); Ruckus (Southwark Playhouse / Summerhall / UK Tour); Pilgrims (GSMD); Three Sisters, Blue Stockings, You Got Older (LAMDA); Human Animals (RWCMD); Twelfth Night (ALRA); Parliament Square (Rose Bruford); OUTSIDE, The Mikvah Project (BBC Radio 4) and The Get (BBC Radio 3).
Assistant or associate director credits include: Emilia (LAMDA); Dirty Crusty (Yard Theatre); Amsterdam (ATC / Theatre Royal Plymouth); Out of Water, The Double Dealer (Orange Tree Theatre) and Zog (Rose Theatre, Kingston).
She had been a lead facilitator at Cardboard Citizens and a visiting tutor on the MFA in Directing and Acting at LAMDA.
About OT Lunchtime Plays
Lunchtime Plays at the OT hark back to our origins over fifty years ago when a group of actors adopted a room above the Orange Tree pub, performing with scripts in hand and nothing but the daylight through the windows to light performances. Chairs were placed around the edge of the room creating an in-the-round space that remains at the heart of our work all these years later.
Cast
Debra Baker
Oliver Coopersmith
Richard Katz
Alexis Zegerman