A North West première….Enron
By Lucy Prebble
Directed by Rupert Goold
Tue 19 - Sat 23 October, 2010
Direct from the West End Enron, the tale of one of the most infamous scandals in financial history, makes its North West debut at The Lowry.
Mixing classical tragedy with savage comedy, the show reviews the tumultuous 1990s and casts new light on the current financial situation. Enron won Rupert Goold an Olivier Award, an Evening Standard Award and a Critics Circle Award for Best Director.
The cast includes Corey Johnson as Jeffrey Skilling, Paul Chahidi as Andy Fastow, Sara Stewart as Claudia Roe and Clive Francis as Kenneth Lay.
Corey Johnson’s stage credits include The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Almeida), A Prayer For My Daughter (Young Vic), Frost/Nixon (Donmar/West End/Broadway), Popcorn (West End) and Death of a Salesman (NT). He was nominated for the TMA Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Eddie Carbone in A View From the Bridge (Birmingham Rep). His film and television credits include Kickass, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93, Band of Brothers and The Mummy.
Paul Chahidi’s many theatre credits include Nation (NT), Aunt Dan and Lemon (Royal Court), Female of the Species (West End), The Cherry Orchard (Chichester Festival Theatre), Rhinoceros (Royal Court), The Merry Wives of Windsor, The American Pilot, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and As You Like It (all RSC). On the big and small screen his credits include Venus, The Libertine, Notting Hill, Fear of Fanny, Ladies of Letters and Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Sara Stewart’s most recent stage appearance was Serious Money (Birmingham Rep), while she is also a series regular on The Take (Sky TV). She also played Martha Wayne, Batman’s mother, in the feature film Batman Begins. Her other stage credits include Where There’s A Will (English Touring Theatre), The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other (NT), The Pain And The Itch (Royal Court), Proof (Donmar) and A Month In The Country (RSC). On television, she has played guest leads and series regulars in The Prisoner (LWT), Robin Hood (BBC TV), Sugar Rush (Channel 4) and Life Begins.
Clive Francis made his West End debut opposite Donald Sinden in There’s A Girl In My Soup, and his credits since include The Hypochondriac (English Touring Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Guildford), The Dresser (Palace Theatre, Watford), Never So Good (NT), and The Woman Hater (Orange Tree), while he is also a regular on television screens.
Rupert Goold has also directed Macbeth, Six Characters in Search of an Author, which both transferred to the West End, with Macbeth going on to Broadway; Time and the Conways at the National Theatre and Pete Postlethwaite in King Lear. His West End productions include No Man’s Land and Oliver! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He is Associate Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he recently directed Romeo and Juliet.
Lucy Prebble won the George Devine Award and the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright for her debut play The Sugar Syndrome in 2004. On television, her work includes creating the series Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Enron is her second play.
Full cast includes: Shane Attwooll, Matt Blair, Saskia Butler, Paul Chahidi, Simon Coombs, Matt Dempsey, Suzannah Fellows, Clive Francis, Derek Hagen, Leila Benn Harris, Ed Hughes, Corey Johnson, Jason Langley, Antonio Magro, Sara Stewart and Ewan Wardrop.
The production is designed by Anthony Ward with music and sound by Adam Cork. Lighting is by Mark Henderson, video and projection by Jon Driscoll and choreography by Scott Ambler.
Posted on Wednesday, 15 September 2010 under Theatre Press