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Ghosts

2025
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This pack is written from a theatre maker’s perspective and we hope it provides some interesting insights into how a production like Ghosts is created and staged. You will find information about theatrical design elements, along with additional resources to explore some of the themes and issues raised within this thought provoking production.

“When you spend your life in thrall to a monster you find yourself trying to make monstrous things somehow bearable.”

Helena is a woman on a mission. Since the death of her high-flying husband, she has dedicated herself to reclaiming his legacy. And her hard work is about to pay off, with a new children’s hospital bearing his name on the brink of opening.

But when their son Oz returns to the family home for the grand unveiling, he has ambitions of his own. Ambitions that threaten to unravel their family’s most tightly kept secrets.

 

Cast

Reggie Patricia Allison
Oz Callum Scott Howells
Helena Victoria Smurfit
Andersen Rhashan Stone
Jacob Deka Walmsley

 

Creatives

Writer Gary Owen
Director Rachel O’Riordan 
Set and Costume Design by Merle Hensel
Lighting Design by Simisola Majekodunmi
Sound Design by Donato Wharton

Music by Simon Slater
Casting by Anna Cooper CDG
Dramaturgy by Emily McLaughlin
Fight & Intimacy Director
Bethan Clark
Dialect & Voice Coach
Victoria Woodward
Assistant Director
Harper K. Hefferon
Company Stage Manager
Claire Bryan
Deputy Stage Manager
Clare Loxley 
Assistant Stage Manager
Jack Bond
Lighting Programmer
Charli Hurford
Lighting Operator
Alistair Warr
Sound Operator
Jake Hanks
Set Construction and Painting by
Visualscene
Lighting Supplied by
White Light
Costume Supervision by
Lyric Costume Department
Dresser and Wardrobe Assistant
Charlotte Gregory

 

In partnership with Chris Harper Productions.

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