The Jetty's THE HEARTBREAK HOTEL Begins Next Month

This summer, The Jetty - London's most exciting new riverside arts venue - is transformed into the Heartbreak Hotel, an intricately designed purpose built structure where the audience check-in to an immersive and unique theatre event.

Heartbreak Hotel is produced by Managing Mayhem and Zebedee Productions and is running at The Jetty from 2 June with press night on Thursday 11 June 2015. This immersive theatrical production has been devised by Zebedee Productions.

Welcome to Heartbreak Hotel, a Utopia for lost souls and broken hearts, once a diamond on the English coastline, now as dilapidated and mysterious as the characters within its walls.

On arrival, why not check in at the concierge desk opposite North Greenwich tube station to an experience that starts as soon as you set foot on the Greenwich Peninsula (right next to the O2). After a short walk, you'll discover an abandoned industrial jetty that has been turned into London's most exciting live arts venue. The Jetty offers the best in immersive theatre, live music, a pop-up cocktail bar, high-quality street food and spectacular views across the Thames.

Zoe Wellman of Zebedee Productions said, "Story, characters and narrative are at the heart of everything we do. Encouraging audiences to emotionally invest with the characters they meet, by relating to the stories being played out. Parts of the show are quite surreal but the characters and the experiences are all very human. Audience members are in for an emotional rollercoaster as we explore what it means to be Heartbroken, and the lengths people will go to overcome it. Unlike other immersive productions, where you have to hunt for the narrative, we bring the story to you."

The producers of Managing Mayhem said, "Heartbreak Hotel is the only immersive theatre venue of its kind: an enormous structure custom-made to accommodate a creative vision. This is no small task when faced with the vast imagination of Zebedee Productions. We want to give audiences an unforgettable experience, that will differ from other immersive events throughout London."

The full cast for Heartbreak Hotel are Lucy Benson-Brown (LEAH), Natalia Campbell (FOXY), Rebecca Oldfield (JULIA), Jack Brown (JACKSON), Ashley Campbell (ALFRED), William Harrison-Wallace (ROGER) and Tom Radford (PATRICK).

The Jetty, London's most exciting new riverside arts venue, offers live music, high-quality street food and a riverside sky bar with spectacular views across the Thames. Open from midday to midnight, and just a short walk from the O2, The Jetty is accessible via land, air and water!

Food: The Jetty's BBQ menu is a labour of organic and free-range love! From special recipe gourmet burgers, to racks of ribs, smoked pork and calamari, all food served at The Jetty is organic and has been locally sourced.

Riverside Bars: Enjoy a cold drink in the sun, whether it's craft beer on draught direct from the local Meantime brewery or a cocktail, from our bespoke Heartbreak Hotel drinks menu, in the Sky Bar - a specially constructed rooftop bar with unparalleled views across the Thames.

Events: Live music from various emerging artists will offer a brilliant soundtrack to the warm summer evenings on The Jetty, where you can also experience specially curated art installations.

Bar and BBQ open daily with free entry, independent to The Heartbreak Hotel experience.

Notes To Editors

Managing Mayhem... do exactly that. They specialise in the weird, the wonderful and the downright bizarre. Whether it's mayhem in enormous structures made of shipping containers (shunt's The Boy Who Climbed Out of His Face, 2014) powered by bicycles (Katie Mitchell's Lungs, 2013) or inside a giant, green, electro-swing submarine (...yes, really- Glastonbury Festival, Bar of Ideas) it's been managed. Needless to say, they love a good risk assessment. But they can scrub up well too, acting as Associate Producer at The Olivier Awards for the past five years and with extensive West End credits including the Broadway transfer and Australian tour of Driving Miss Daisy (Wyndhams Theatre, 2011) and the coming production of McQueen at the St. James Theatre. Managing Mayhem have also worked across television and live events with the likes of VH1 and MTV.

Zoe Wellman - Creative Producer (Zebedee Productions)

Zoe is a classically trained actress who has worked professionally in theatre and film. As an actress she has worked alongside companies such as Old Vic New Voices and The Royal Shakespeare Company in roles such as Hamlet in Hamlet (Hampstead Theatre), Regina in The Little Foxes (Embassy Theatre) and Aaron in Titus Andronicus (Barons Court Theatre). Zoe set up Zebedee Productions in 2012, when, with the logistical support of Makin Movies, she transformed an Underground bunker into a unique and spectacular set for Steven Berkoff's The Messiah. Zoe produced all aspects of the sell out show as well as taking on the role of Satan. As the Creative Director of Zebedee Productions, Zoe oversees the logistical running of the company as well as writing for and performing in all of their shows.

Bonny Tydeman - Creative Producer (Zebedee Productions)

Bonny is a designer and art director. She has worked alongside Zebedee since its conception and leads on the visual content of the shows. She has an MA in Applied Imagination in the Creative Industries and is a master of visually articulating ideas. Bonny's background is in fashion design and art direction however she has branched out into installation design and stage show design and choreography. Her small fashion label Spanglewear has a dedicated following, including major style icon Cara Delevingne. Bonny has contributed independent art installations to a number of festivals including Secret Garden Party and Unknown Croatia as well as working as part of the creative team others including Parklife and Hideout.

Sam Curtis-Lindsay - Director

Sam is Co-Director of new theatre space Hackney Showroom at Hackney Downs Studios. He has been an associate artist at The Roundhouse and the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. As Director: Cutting Off Kate Bush (Paines Plough Roundabout/Gilded Balloon Edinburgh, Out to Lunch Belfast) The Box (Leicester Square Theatre) Are You That Girl Off The Telly? (Hens and Chickens Theatre) I Haven't Got a Cold Sore by the Way (Old Vic New Voices). As Assistant Director: Songs from a Hotel Bedroom (Watford Palace Theatre/Royal Opera House) Outright Terror Bold and Brilliant (Soho Theatre).

Carla Goodman - Set Design

Carla Goodman is a set and costume designer for theatre. Her recent design credits include Theatre Uncut (Traverse Theatre and UK Tour), Listen, We're Family (Wilton's Music Hall), Ariodante (Royal Academy of Music), Mush and Me (Bush Theatre), I am your Neighbour (Oval House - site specific), King Lear (Oval House Theatre), Miss Nightingale (New Wolsey Theatre and UK Tour), A New Face for Fast Times (Soho Theatre), The Love Project (Arts Depot and UK Tour), NOLA (Underbelly Edinburgh), Royal Academy of Dance - Step Live! (Southbank Centre), Kitchen to Measure (Arcola Theatre), Mr Happiness (Old Vic Tunnels), Bud Take the Wheel (Underbelly Edinburgh). As assistant designer: Nabucco (De Vlaamse Opera) Prince Igor (Opernhaus Zurich) Heart of Darkness (Royal Opera House) and The Railway Children (Old Eurostar Tunnels, Waterloo)

Upcoming work includes Truce at New Wimbledon Theatre and Hamlet with the Primary Shakespeare Company.

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