Freedom Studios are delighted to announce full casting for the premiere of Lisa Holdsworth’s new stage adaptation of Adelle Stripe’s novel about the defiant life of the celebrated playwright Andrea Dunbar – Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile.
The production’s all-female cast will feature Emily Spowage (Eaten by Lions, Mecca Films) as Andrea Dunbar; Lucy Hird (The Funfair, HOME) as the younger Andrea Dunbar, Claire- Marie Seddon (Tarzanne, Interplay) as Eileen/Sophie/cast;Balvinder Sopal (Partition, Leeds Playhouse) as Mo/Patsy/cast; and Laura Lindsay (Partus, Third Angel and Sheffield Theatres) as Alma/Liane/cast.
The Beacon, Buttershaw, Bradford, 1990. Andrea Dunbar, acclaimed writer of Rita, Sue, and Bob Too, mum, sister, best friend, is struggling with her latest work. Her aching head is full of voices, stories from her past which have to be heard.
Adapted for the stage by Screenwriter Lisa Holdsworth (Ackley Bridge, Waterloo Road and Call the Midwife) and directed by Kash Arshad (Airplays, Leeds Playhouse and Memories of Partition, Royal Exchange), Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, will open at The Ambassador in Bradford from the 30 May – 8 June and then tour till the 30 June including performances at The Constitutional in Farsley, Buttershaw Youth Centre; Cast in Doncaster; Harrogate Theatre; Oldham Coliseum and The Holbeck in Leeds.
To book tickets and for more information on Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile visit https://www.freedomstudios.co.uk/production/black-teeth-and-a-brilliant-smile/
OPENING VENUE LISTINGS
Dates: 30 May – 8 June (no performances 2 June)
Venue: The Ambassador, 90 Sunbridge Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 2AQ
Times: 7.30pm (Mat perf on 1 & 8 June at 2pm)
Tickets: Pay What You Decide £3, £6 or £12 (with a free drink)
To book: go to www.freedomstudios.co.uk
TOUR DATES
Thursday 13 June at 7.30pm – Constitutional in Farsley
Monday 17 June at 7.30pm -Buttershaw Youth Centre – (Pay what you decide, all proceeds going to the Youth Centre.)
Thu 20 June at 7.15pm – Cast, Doncaster
Box Office: 01302 303959 / www.castindoncaster.com
Saturday 22 June at 7.45pm – Harrogate Theatre
Box Office 01423 502116www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/Black-Teeth-and-a-Brilliant-Smile
Wed 26– Thu 27 June at 7.30pm –Oldham Coliseum
Box Office: 0161 624 2829/www.coliseum.org.uk
Sun 30 June at 5pm – The Holbeck, Leeds
Box Office: www.slunglow.org/upcoming-holbeck-events/
