Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with DEALING WITH CLAIR

Richard Twyman will direct Gabriel Akuwudike, Roseanna Frascona, Michael Gould, Tom Mothersdale, Lizzy Watts and Hara Yannas in Martin Crimp's psychological thriller and disturbing satire on real estate Dealing with Clair, in a co-production with English Touring Theatre. The play was first seen thirty years ago at the Orange Tree, where several of Crimp's early plays premiered. He is the writer of numerous plays including Attempts on her Life and In the Republic of Happiness. His new play When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other with Cate Blanchett and Stephen Dillane will be premiere at the National Theatre in 2019, directed by Katie Mitchell. His play The Treatment was revived at the Almeida in 2017 and Letters in Love and Violence, for which he wrote the libretto, premiered at the Royal Opera House in May 2018.

Designed by Fly Davis, the Lighting Designer is Joshua Carr, Sound Designer & Composer Alexandra Faye Braithwaite and Casting Director Serena Hill.

Clair works in real estate.

Mike and Liz are selling.

James wants to buy.

He'll only deal with Clair.

Selling houses. It's not forever. Who knows what I'll do? Maybe make a killing and just... disappear. That's right. Vanish.

Dealing with Clair examines the horrors just beneath the civilized surface of urban lives; it is both a satire on moral and emotional bankruptcy and a bleak, black comedy thriller.

Photo Credit: The Other Richard