Tower Theatre Company : Damages

Damages

by Steve Thompson

Directed by Martin South

21st - 25th February, 2012

The Tower Theatre performing at the Bridewell Theatre

Photography by Alexander Knappr

Cast :
Howard : Ian Hoare
Lister : Julian Farrance
Bas : Dom Ward
Abigail : Jennifer Quinn

Production Team :
Director : Martin South
Set Design : Wendy Parry
Lighting Design : Rob Irvine
Sound Design : Ruth Sullivan

Assistant Director/ Stage Manager : Michael Bettell
Assistant Stage Manager : Sara George
Lighting Operator : Adrian Calvo-Valderrama
Sound Operator : Ksenya Gray
Wardrobe : Meryl Griffiths
Set Construction : Keith Syrett, Michael Bettell and members of the cast & crew

Ian Hoare's acting career began at the age of 13, playing the storm in King Lear. Forty years on he joined the Tower where he has, for the most part, performed on a somewhat smaller scale. His favourite roles have been Otto in The Diary of Anne Frank, Rev. Parris in The Crucible and most recently Lord Cecil in 5/11 - his 16th production with the company. A journalist and lecturer by trade, Ian lives in Holloway within easy walking distance of the greatest football team the world has ever seen.

Julian Farrance has had a fantastic (some would say lucky) run of casting over the last three years, with roles in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom), Dinner (Lars), The Real Inspector Hound (Moon), That Joke isn't Funny Any More (Jimmy), Blithe Spirit (Charles), Road (Skullery) and Romeo and Juliet (Friar Lawrence). Damages is his second production with the Tower; his first was 5/11.

Dom Ward joined the Tower by accident, having been press-ganged into a production of The Entertainer in 2001. Having briefly cornered the market in romantic juveniles with roles in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Hot Mikado and Guys and Dolls, Dom went off to train at Mountview Academy. Since then he's broadened his range, playing everything from the Devil (Brimstone and Treacle) to (the front half of) a pantomime horse. Tower members will also have seen Dom in The Birthday Party, the small but beautifully formed The Last Five Years, Smells of Wee and The Doll's House. Dom made his directorial debut for the Tower with last October's spooky Darker Shores at St. Leonard's Church.

Jennifer Quinn studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York, where she performed in I Am A Camera, Damages, and Boy's Life. In London, she has worked on radio, short films and most recently performed in Jake's Women for the Tower. She joined in September 2010 - this will be her third production with the company.

	Ian Hoare's acting career began at the age of 13, playing the storm in King Lear. Forty years on he joined the Tower where he has, for the most part, performed on a somewhat smaller scale. His favourite roles have been Otto in The Diary of Anne Frank, Rev. Parris in The Crucible and most recently Lord Cecil in 5/11 - his 16th production with the company. A journalist and lecturer by trade, Ian lives in Holloway within easy walking distance of the greatest football team the world has ever seen.			Julian Farrance has had a fantastic (some would say lucky) run of casting over the last three years, with roles in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom), Dinner (Lars), The Real Inspector Hound (Moon), That Joke isn't Funny Any More (Jimmy), Blithe Spirit (Charles), Road (Skullery) and Romeo and Juliet (Friar Lawrence). Damages is his second production with the Tower; his first was 5/11.
	Dom Ward joined the Tower by accident, having been press-ganged into a production of The Entertainer in 2001. Having briefly cornered the market in romantic juveniles with roles in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Hot Mikado and Guys and Dolls, Dom went off to train at Mountview Academy. Since then he's broadened his range, playing everything from the Devil (Brimstone and Treacle) to (the front half of) a pantomime horse. Tower members will also have seen Dom in The Birthday Party, the small but beautifully formed The Last Five Years, Smells of Wee and The Doll's House. Dom made his directorial debut for the Tower with last October's spooky Darker Shores at St. Leonard's Church.			Jennifer Quinn studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York, where she performed in I Am A Camera, Damages, and Boy's Life. In London, she has worked on radio, short films and most recently performed in Jake's Women for the Tower. She joined in September 2010 - this will be her third production with the company.