Rafaella Marcus

SAP

Photo Alex Brenner

2020        Vault Festival, London; Paines Plough Roundabout @ Summerhall, Edinburgh (postponed until 2021)

currently in development with Ellie Keel Productions and 45North

A myth, a lie, a tree.

This is a story with a crime at its heart. 

When a woman tells a lie to her girlfriend, a seed is planted that starts to grow in the darkness. Now roots are cracking up through the pavement and branches are coming in at the windows, and - as Daphne starts to see things that no one else can - she becomes the focus of some seriously unwanted attention.

A loose reimagining of a certain myth, this is a queer urban fable about bisexuality from an award-winning team.

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'I don’t think I’ve produced a play that has had such an immediate and warm response. It speaks directly to people and it explores bisexuality in such an interesting and celebratory way. That’s unusual.'

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In August 2020, producer Ellie Keel spoke to Lyn Gardner for The Stage series 'The Empty Space': interviews about the plays that should have opened during the pandemic, and what the people behind them plan to do now.

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The full interview, and links to others in the series, can be found here.

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Written by Rafaella Marcus

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VAULTS Cast Jessica Clark, Louisa Hollway

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with thanks to Emma D'Arcy, Amanda Wilkin

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Director Jessica Lazar

Movement Director Jennifer Fletcher

Composer / Sound Designer Tom Foskett Barnes

Lighting Designer David Doyle

Set & Costume Designer Rūta Irbīte

VAULTS Production Manager Jennifer Lunn

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Producers Ellie Keel for Ellie Keel Productions

PR & Marketing Chloe Nelkin Consulting