Hospital wards can be stressful at the best of times, but tempers seem to be fraying in these fantastic production images from My Brother’s Keeper?. Take a look, then book your tickets for Tinted Frame’s production that runs until 23 March 2019 at the Playground Theatre!
First seen at Greenwich Theatre more than 30 years ago, Nigel Williams’ incisive, funny and affecting play explores the complexities of adult fraternal bonds, when shared childhoods and personal histories work as hard to repel as they do to bind. It poses the question, “Can the shared love of a dying father can overcome any damage done?”
Following a stroke, seventy-four-year-old actor Mr Stone lies dying in a near-empty hospital ward. His two sons, Tony and Sam, together again after several years, try to reconcile their fractured family before it’s too late. In doing so, they confront each other, their past, and the imminent loss of their father.
Andy de la Tour, who boasts acting credits at the National Theatre and Almeida Theatre, leads the cast as Mr Stone. He’s joined in the cast by Kathryn Pogson (Mrs Stone), David Partridge (Sam), Josh Taylor (Tony) and William Reay (Terry). The production is directed by Craig Gilbert, who is the new works associate at the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse. He has also directed Bygone at the Young Vic and his own adaptation of Three Men in a Boat, which toured the UK.
My Brother’s Keeper? is staged at the Playground Theatre by Tinted Frame Productions, which was founded in 2015 with the aim to bring bold new writing and existing classics to the stage and screen for a contemporary audience. They are committed to telling stories that inspire, resonate, thrill and reflect a modern-day audience.
The show is staged in support of The Stroke Association, the UK’s leading charity dedicated to conquering stroke. The charity delivers stroke services across the country, campaigns for better stroke care, invests in research and fundraises to try to help as many stroke survivors as possible. Stroke is the fourth single largest cause of death in the UK, with 100,000 people suffering a stroke in the UK each year.
My Brother’s Keeper? production images:
