The Crucifixion Of Madeline McKay
My play ‘The Crucifixion Of Madeline McKay:’ goes live on the 10th November in London!
We found a stunningly brilliant cast, an equally brilliant, (not to mention brave), director, and now we have found a fantastic artist and graphic designer who are rustling up a promotions poster! I really can’t thank everyone enough!
What’s ‘The Crucifixion Of Madeline McKay:’ all about?
The play explores issues around rape, revenge, capital punishment and suicide. Madeline McKay is serving life for the brutal murder of a priest who rapes her as a child. Wanting to commit suicide, she’s placed on suicide watch and given the choice of E.C.T or therapy. Madeline opts to speak out about her childhood of abuse and oppression, but can she convince her counsellor she has the right to die and to turn a blind eye to her plans?
THE CAST
Beverly Eve (actress, The Crucifixion Of Madeline McKay) Beverley grew up in Kenya, Liverpool, Indonesia and Somerset and spent much of her varied upbringing on the stage. She has performed in over 15 productions at the Edinburgh Festival and Moscow Podium Festival, including lead roles in Ben Eltons’ Popcorn, Pinters’ A Night Out, Gogols Marriage, and musical Lucky Stiff. Most recent theatre credits Ayckbournes’ A Cricket Match, Windermere, The Mozart Story, Proof, Therese Raquin. Recent Film credits include Nobody the Great, The Donor (selected for 7 International Festivals, including Cannes ‘06), Unto this Last (East End Film Festival), The Pool, The Be all and End All, and Mixed Up. She has also worked on a number of short films, including two which she recently co-produced and starred in with real life mother, Barbara Hatwell, called Delicate and Just Another Friday Night.
Louise Jackson (actress, The Crucifixion Of Madeline McKay) Theatre credits include: Joanne in Peaches En Regalia at the Camden’s People Theatre, Frankie in Frankie And Johnny In The Clair de Lune at The Eye Theatre, P C Brown at The Shaw Theatre, Paulina in Death And The Maiden at the Barons Court Theatre, Cynthia in The Real Inspector Hound, Mag in The Long Voyage Home, Anita in The Movie Man all at the Edinburgh Festival, Ladies And Gentlemen, Mr Montgomery Clift (A one woman show ) at the Tabard Theatre, Maria Anna in The Mozart Story at Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Liz in Darlings You Were Wonderful at The Kings Head and Elaine in Ruby Saturday at the Courtyard.
Steve Harris (director, The Crucifixion Of Madeline McKay) Theatre credits include PEACHES EN REGALIA at the Camden’s People Theatre, VIRGINIA WOOLF GETS MAKEOVER at the Kings Head, Ladies and Gentleman Mr. Montgomery Clift at the Lion and Unicorn and Tabard Theatre, Frankie And Johnny In The Clair de Lune at the Eye Theatre, Cricket Match also at the Eye Theatre, Inculpatus at the Pentameters Theatre, Danny & the Deep Blue Sea for the Welsh Arts Council, Hess at the Mill Studios, Union Theatre and at the Edinburgh Festival, also for the Edinburgh Festival he directed Fright Nights (Artistic Director), Waxworks, Montague John Druitt, The Guardian and Passengers. He has also directed children shows such as Peter Pan and National Pantomime Tours.
If you are in London and fancy tickets contact the Box Office on: 07917157748
Listing Information
Time: 7pm
Tickets: £5/4
Tube: Old Street
Website:www.missfitproductions.org
Email: dysthelexi@gmail.com
Alex hi, thanks for your kind words on my blog ref my rant on free speech. Much appreciated. All the best with “The Crucifixion of Madeline Mckay”. Kind of proves what I’m saying though… would you be up for doing a play with reference to some other religions I wonder? Christianity is a soft target as they don’t behead or threaten to kill writers very often.
Thor
October 28, 2008
I don’t feel I have ‘targeted’ Christianity, but rather its patriarchal structure. I think in some places criticising Christianity can be very risky, maybe not leading to being beheaded but certainly to a kneecapping or beating.
Yet, I hear you. I think you refer to Islam as the religion we writers are too chicken to touch and theatre companies to yellow to consider. You’re probably right. Sad, troubling and not to mention disappointing, after all, it is Muslims who suffer greatest at the hands of the extreme oppressive misrepresentation of their religion.
Having said this, i am in the process of writing a collection of stories about the oppression of women by organised religion. All the major religions will be represented. Whether it is published is another story, one I don’t have a hand in writing.
alexmorrisroe
October 30, 2008