SINNERS CLUB To Transfer To Soho Theatre this December

Theatr Clwyd, Gagglebabble and The Other Room today announce that their sell-out co-production of Sinners Club by Lucy Rivers, inspired by the story of Ruth Ellis - the last woman to be hanged in Britain - transfers to the Soho Theatre from 7 December, with previews from 5 December, until the 30 December. Titas Halder will return to direct the original company of Lucy Rivers, Dan Messore and Aiden Thorne as the band, The Bad Mothers, and they will be joined by Paolo Adamo.

Sinners Club invites you to join live band The Bad Mothers as they record their latest album live in front of an audience. Inspired by the short life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, the live recording of this concept album promises songs about her life washed down with a cocktail of stories about lives lost to sin.

Join The Bad Mothers as they take a journey into a life lost to sin and ask themselves; do we know what we're capable of?

Lucy Rivers began her work on Sinners Club as a Theatr Clwyd Writer in Residence, in association with the Friends of Theatr Clwyd and Gladstone's Library and is co-founder of the award-winning theatre company Gagglebabble and is a writer, composer, actor and musician. Recent writing, performing and composing credits include the award-winning The Bloody Ballad (Edinburgh, Soho and UK tour) and The Forsythe Sisters for Gagglebabble, Wonderman (Gagglebabble and National Theatre Wales), Dead Dog in a Suitcase (UK and international tour), The Devil's Violin for BBC Radio 4 and Little Sure Shot for The Egg, Bath and West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Titas Halder is a director and writer. He trained with the Donmar Warehouse and is currently an Associate Artist of The Other Room. His directing credits include St. Nicholas (The Other Room/Theatr Clwyd), Play/Silence (The Other Room), A Boy and His Soul (Tricycle Theatre), The Dance of Death (Donmar Trafalgar), The Goat at Midnight (Bush Theatre - 66 Books), Write to Rock (Theatr Clwyd), Painting a Wall (Finborough Theatre). His writing credits include Escape The Scaffold and Run The Beast Down.

Theatr Clwyd is one of the foremost producing theatres in Wales - a beacon of excellence looking across the Clwydian Hills yet only forty minutes from Liverpool.

Since 1976 they have been a theatrical powerhouse and much-loved home for the community. Now, led by the Executive team of Tamara Harvey and Liam Evans-Ford, they are going from strength to strength producing world-class theatre, from new plays to classic revivals.

They have three theatre spaces, a cinema, café, bar and art galleries and, alongside their own shows, they offer a rich and varied programme of visual arts, film, theatre, music, dance and comedy. They work extensively with the local community, schools and colleges and creates award-winning work for, with and by young people. In the past two years they have co-produced with the Sherman Theatre, Hijinx, Gagglebabble and The Other Room in Cardiff, Paines Plough, Vicky Graham Productions, HighTide, Hampstead Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, The Rose Theatre, Kingston, Headlong, Sheffield Theatres, the Orange Tree Theatre, amongst others.

In 2016/17 over 420,000 people saw a Theatr Clwyd production, in the building and across the UK.

The Other Room at Porter's is Cardiff's pub theatre. It was founded by Artistic Director Kate Wasserberg and Executive Director Bizzy Day in response to the exciting opportunity to develop an audience for drama in the heart of Cardiff. An intense, purpose-built space with 47 seats, The Other Room produces new work by Welsh and Wales-based artists and great modern plays and has fast established a reputation for quality and daring. The Other Room won Fringe Theatre of the Year at the 2016 Stage Awards and Best Production, Best Play, Best Director and Best Actor at the Welsh Theatre Awards for their opening season in 2015. The theatre was also shortlisted in the Arts category of the Cardiff Life Awards 2017. Most recently the theatre was shortlisted for the prestigious Peter Brook Empty Space Award. The Other Room is currently run by Artistic Director Dan Jones and Executive Director Bizzy Day.

Gagglebabble are a Cardiff-based theatre company, founded by Lucy Rivers and Hannah McPake, who aim to create entertaining genre breaking high-quality gig theatre for adults. Gagglebabble have presented three full productions to date - The Bloody Ballad, The Forsythe Sisters, and Wonderman (a co-production with NTW) and have toured throughout Wales and to major international festivals in England and Scotland.

For more information visit http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/the-sinners-club/.

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