ATC And Soho Theatre Present IVAN AND THE DOGS, Begins Touring April 21

ATC and SOHO THEATRE present IVAN AND THE DOGS, by Hattie Naylor

Directed by Ellen McDougall
With Rad Kaim as Ivan
OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATED PLAY

HITS THE ROAD THIS SPRING

"All the money went and there was nothing to buy food with. So Mothers and Fathers tried to find things they could get rid of, things that ate, things that drank or things that needed to be kept warm. The dogs went first".

Opening to critical acclaim at Soho Theatre in autumn 2010, Ivan and the Dogs was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre and will tour once again this Spring.

'A beautiful retelling of a true story.' 4 Stars, Daily Telegraph
‘Rad Kaim commands the stage as Ivan, rarely raising his voice, but holding the audience spellbound with his quiet passion, as he relives Ivan's joys, fears and tears.' The Herald

Ivan and the Dogs is an extraordinary true story of endurance and friendship. In the poverty stricken Moscow of the early 1990s, 4 year old Ivan Mishukov walked out of his apartment one day and ended up spending two years on the streets, adopted by a pack of dogs who kept him safe. Ivan and the Dogs is a spellbinding tale of survival and co-dependence in a hostile environment; an environment where the petty cruelties that man visits upon his fellow man are contrasted with the innocence and cohesion of a child and his canine protectors. Ivan and his dogs are on the outside of the outside living a feral existence sustained only by their friendship and mutual support.

Ivan and the Dogs is directed by ATC's Artistic Associate Ellen McDougall who, until recently, was Staff Director at the National Theatre, assisting Bijan Sheibani on Our Class, Katie Mitchell on Cat in a Hat and Marianne Elliott on Women Beware Women. During this time she also developed work at the NT Studio including a multi-media workshop with writer Michael Bhim, a devised piece about St. Kilda which is has been given a scratch performance at The Arches, Glasgow, and various readings. Her directing credits include The Invisible Woman by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (work-in-progress, ATC/YoungVic), two short new plays in Tri-Umph, (Oxford Playhouse), London Lite (reading, Soho Theatre), Betting On The Dust Commander by Suzan-Lori Parks (Albany Theatre Studio, UK Premiere), Philadelphia Here I Come! by Brian Friel and Cymbeline (Bedlam Theatre Company). She has been a workshop leader for the Young Vic, ATC and the National Theatre. Assistant director credits include The Brothers Size (ATC/Young Vic) and Tunnel 228 (Punchdrunk). Ellen was awarded the Runner-Up Prize in the James Menzies-Kitchin Award 2008 and directed a workshop on A Kind of Alaska by Harold Pinter at BAC. She completed the National Theatre Studio Directors Course in 2008, where she was Director in Residence in 2009. Most recently she completed the Directors Lab 2010 at the Lincoln Center in New York

Ivan and the Dogs is designed by Naomi Wilkinson with lighting design by Katharine Williams, music and sound design by Dan Jones and the movement consultant is Joanna Croll. ATC produces contemporary new playwriting with an international focus and tours around the UK and abroad.

 

IVAN AND THE DOGS

Tour Dates
Thursday 21st  April – Saturday 23rd  April (3 performances) Traverse, Edinburgh
 
Thursday 28th April – Saturday 30th April (3 performances) Hull Truck Theatre, Hull

 
Thursday 5th May – Saturday 7th May (3 performances) Ustinov, Theatre Royal Bath
 
Monday 9th May –Tuesday 10th May (2 performances)  The Lowry, Salford Quays 

 

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