BU21 by Stuart Slade to Play Theatre503 This Spring

BU21 by Stuart Slade plays Theatre503, The Latchmere (503 Battersea Park Road, London SW11 3BW) from Tuesday 15th March to Saturday 9th April 2016. Press Night is slated for Friday 18th March, 7.45pm.

The passengers from BU21 fell from 4,500 feet... I looked it up on the internet, how long a fall from 4,500 feet takes. 22 seconds.

22nd July 2016. A beautiful sunny morning in London, planes leaving vapour trails across a cloudless sky. Then a sudden flash of light and, for thousands of people across the capital, everything changes forever.

BU21 is based on real testimonies gathered from a variety of terrorist incidents including the 7/7 bombings, 9/11, the Paris attacks and the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack. It follows six young people in the wake of a fictitious attack in the heart of London. In turns terrifying, inspiring, brutal, heart-breaking and hilarious, is this our very near future?

Writer Stuart Slade says, BU21 is a play that functions right on the edge of what it's possible to talk about as a human, encompassing both deep trauma and overpowering love. The play was two years in development and, as with Cans, the parts were written very specifically for Kuleshov's amazing company of actors, led by the truly astonishing Dan Pick, all of whom contributed an enormous amount from the very start of the process.'

Stuart is also the Creative Director of a film production company specialising in documentary films and digital media about Disaster Response. As such he has produced films in places such as Gaza, South Sudan, Haiti, and Nepal.

After starring in Cans, Graham O'Mara is once again working with Stuart Slade and plays Graham. Joining him are in BU21 are: Florence Roberts (Shakespeare in Love (West End), Arcadia (Nottingham Playhouse), Life in Black (TV Pilot)); Roxana Lupu (Twelfth Night, Masca Theatre Bucharest), Taming of the Shrew (Act Theatre Bucharest) and Inside Buckingham Palace (Wildfire Television)); Clive Keene (Romeo & Juliet (Immersion Theatre, National Tour), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Secret Cinema), The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (The Space)); Thalissa Teixeira (The Broken Heart (The Globe), The Changeling (The Globe), Electra (The Old Vic) and The Musketeers (BBC)); and Alexander Forsyth (Angry Men (Chris Heydon, National Tour), War Machine (David Michod, Netflix/Plan B), Epidemic (Old Vic New Voices)).

Stuart's first play, Cans, was also directed by Dan Pick and produced by Kuleshov. It ran at Theatre503 in November 2014, where it was highly acclaimed and was nominated for two Offies - 'Best Play', and 'Most Promising New Playwright'. Cans transferred to the Teatro Belli, Rome, in October 2015.

BU21 is produced by Kuleshov, a theatre company led by Dan Pick and Stuart Slade.

IF YOU GO:

BU21 by Stuart Slade

Tuesday 15th March - Saturday 9th April 2016
Tuesday to Saturday, 7.45pm
Sunday, 5pm

Running time: 90 minutes

At Theatre503, The Latchmere, 503 Battersea Park Road, London SW11 3BW*

Tickets are available priced £15 (£12 concessions); Pay What You Can Sundays
Available from Theatre503 Box Office and theatre503.com or by calling 020 7978 7040.

Ages 18+

For more information, visit theatre503.com.

*Theatre503 is located on above the Latchmere Pub on the corner of Latchmere Road and Battersea Park Road. The nearest underground stations are Sloane Square (on the Bakerloo and Northern lines then bus 319), South Kensington (on the Bakerloo, Northern, Circle and District lines) then bus 49 or 345, and Vauxhall (on the Northern and Piccadilly lines) then bus 34. The nearest rail station is Clapham Junction.

Stuart Slade was born in 1978 in Bristol and now lives in London. Stuart's previous plays include (all directed by Dan Pick, and Produced by Kuleshov): Cans, Theatre503, November 2014; Deep Roots, Theatre503, June 2014; Of Mice and Len, Theatre503, December 2013 (short play); Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body, Finborough Theatre, October 2013 (part of the Vibrant Festival); Amsterdamaged, Theatre503, Feb 2013 (short play). Stuart is also the Creative Director of a film production company specializing in documentary films about Disaster Response.

Dan Pick is co-founder and Artistic Director of Kuleshov and Associate Director at Etch. Theatre as Director includes: PLAY 10 (Sam Freeman, Vault); Jelly Beans (Dan Pick, Etch); Prom (Oliver Emanuel, Etch); Bulldog (Jenny Knotts, Etch); Cans (Stuart Slade, Theatre503); Deep Roots (Stuart Slade, Theatre503); Pain Is Weakness Leaving The Body (Stuart Slade, Vibrant/Finborough); Of Mice and Len (Stuart Slade, Theatre503); Broadband (Dan Pick, Writersbloc); CO (Cordelia Lynn, Invertigo/Hightide); Amsterdamaged (Stuart Slade, Theatre503); Macbeth (Bloomsbury Theatre); God: A Comedy by Woody Allen(Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh). Theatre as Assistant/Associate Director includes: Facts (Arthur Milner, Finborough); Almost Here (Pamela Carter, Finborough); Everyday Maps For Everyday Use (Tom Morton-Smith, Finborough); Khadija Is 18 (Shamser Sinha, Finborough);Hindle Wakes (Stanley Houghton, Finborough). Dan trained on the Birkbeck MFA Theatre Directing course and worked previously as the Filmmaker at the National Theatre.

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