Our Country’s Good

2024
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This education pack is designed for teachers of Drama A Level and BTEC Performing Arts students and is geared towards the live theatre review and practitioner study. This pack is written from a theatre maker’s perspective and we hope it provides some interesting insights into how a production like Our Country’s Good is created and performed. Within this pack there is information about specific design elements alongside resources and ideas of how you might further explore the themes and issued raised within this inspiring and thought provoking piece of theatre.

In this brand new production, Timberlake Wertenbaker revisits her seminal play examining power in the British justice system, collaborating with consultant Ian Michael to honour the voice and history of Australia’s First Nations People.

Cast
Liz Morden / Lieutenant Will Dawes – Catrin Aaron
John Arscot / Harry Brewer / Captain Jemmy Campbell – Jack Bardoe
Mary Brenham / Reverend Johnson / Meg Long – Ruby Bentall
Robert Sideway / Captain David Collins – Nick Fletcher
Ceasar / Captain Watkin Tench – Olivier Huband
John Wisehammer / Captain Arthur Phillip – Harry Kershaw
Second Lieutenant Ralph Clarke – Simon Manyonda
Killara – Naarah
Duckling Smith / Lieutenant George Johnston – Aliyah Odoffin
Dabby Bryant / Second Lieutenant William Faddy – Nicola Stephenson
Ketch Freeman / Major Robbie Ross – Finbar Lynch

Creatives
Writer – Timberlake Wertenbaker
Director – Rachel O’Riordan
Set and Costume Designer – Gary McCann
Lighting Designer – Paul Keogan
Sound Designer – Gregory Clarke
Composer – Holly Khan
Cultural Consultant – Ian Michael
Casting Director – Isabella Odoffin CDG
Fight & Intimacy Director – Bethan Clark
Dialect & Voice Coach – Joel Trill
Translator – Matthew Doyle
Assistant Director – Harper K. Hefferon

A Lyric Hammersmith Theatre production

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Education Pack

Watch video interviews with the cast and creative team of Our Country’s Good: