Reverend Theatre's JEKYLL & HYDE and NERVE Double Bill to Head Out on Tour

Reverend Theatre's new double bill of two one act plays, Nerve and Jekyll & Hyde, both written by Charlie Howitt, are two distinct but interwoven plays set within the same apartment block. Pertinently, they both explore morality in contemporary Britain. This double bill embarks on an exciting UK tour in Autumn.

Nerve follows a disparate group of people as they work to find their own authenticity. Sam edges closer to her magnetic new housemate Danny, inspired by his bold, decisive approach to life. But, after a violent dispute with their neighbour, she is left struggling to locate her moral centre. Her best friend, Tess, is overwhelmed by anxiety as she approaches the 24th week of her pregnancy. While, local policeman Greg is too lost trying to rekindle his relationship with his ex-wife to notice that their neighbour from Flat B is missing.

Inspired by the Gothic novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, Reverend Theatre's Jekyll & Hyde blurs the lines between good and evil, insane imaginings and real life monsters. Brilliant surgeon Ellie Jekyll is feeling the strain of caring for her terminally ill brother. Luckily, a newfound friendship with her neighbour proves to be just what the doctor ordered. But, when a young girl dies unexpectedly during surgery, Jekyll's world begins to unravel around her.

Howitt comments, My ambition was to write without any moralising agenda, so as to empower an audience to make up their own minds about the contemporary issues presented in the plays. It's even more important to me that these stories be told from a female perspective. I am so excited to have these stories (and the complex female characters driving them) touring this autumn.

These two original plays focus on everyday people pushed to their limits. Prompting questions about our ethical values in the UK, each play enhances the experience of the other, highlighting the thematic subtleties, with passion, honesty and humour.

Reverend Productions is an official supported company of the Greenwich Theatre.

IF YOU GO:

Jekyll & Hyde and Nerve

2 and a half hours (including a 15-minute interval)

Tickets are available from individual theatre box office. See www.reverendproductions.com for more information.

TOUR STOPS:

17th - 18th September
Pleasance Theatre
Carpenters Mews, North Road, London N7 9EF

30th September
The Shelley Theatre
16 Beechwood Avenue, Bournemouth BH5 1LX

7th - 8th October
The Underground Theatre
Grove Road, Eastbourne BN21 4TL

10th - 11th October
Greenwich Theatre
Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ES

13th October
Fisher Theatre
10 Broad Street, Bungay NR35 1EE

21st October
The Old Fire Station
40 George Street, Oxford OX1 2AQ

As an actress Charlie Howitt has performed in London (The Cockpit Theatre, The Park Theatre), in Oxford (The OFS) as well as Scarborough, the Edinburgh Fringe and Brighton. She's performed numerous times with acclaimed site-specific companies Defibrillator and Secret Cinema and also works in television, commercial and film. As a writer, Charlie won the company a place on The Park Script Accelerator for Nerve and won a Farnham Maltings Award. She was also shortlisted for the Promising Playwright Award (Fifth Word/ Nottingham Playhouse) and the Channel 4/Oran Mor comedy award. As well as writing and acting, Charlie is a musician and half of the cabaret duo Witt 'n Camp.

Reverend Productions is a company dedicated to creating and producing new work for the theatre. Born of a series of collaborations between practitioners who trained together at East 15 School of Acting they work with a wide range of artists to devise and write new plays. Reverend Productions is an official supported company of the Greenwich Theatre.

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