London is a loose adaptation of London Labour and the London Poor written by Henry Mayhew.

The original journals formed a landmark study of poverty in 1840’s London and started a conversation which ultimately led to establishing the welfare state.

The play is about the pervasiveness of poverty in society. And the inability of those with power to change conditions for those without.

The adaptation was commissioned by Sarah Franckom for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and will be performed there in December 2022 in a production directed by Abigail Graham. Sarah Dickenson has also offered invaluable dramaturgical support.

Location
The Sainsbury Theatre

Dates
Saturday 3 December at 7:30pm
Monday 5 December at 2pm
Tuesday 6 December at 7:30pm
Wednesday 7 December at 2pm*
Thursday 8 December at 7:30pm

*This will be a relaxed performance.

The running time is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Creative Team

* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist

Director
Abigail Graham*

Dramaturg

Sarah Dickenson*

Designer
Lizzy Leech*

Musical Director
Zac Gvi*

Movement Director
Patricia Verity Suarez*

Associate Movement Director
Rebeca Pereira-Gonzalez*

Lighting Designer
Avery Elliott

Sound Designer
Callum Watson

Cast

A Sawyer / Slop Worker / The Printer / Chorus 8
Nadine Ivy Barr     

Street Musician 1 / Distressed Gentlewoman / Chorus 2
Tilly Botsford

An Irish Onion Seller / Chorus 12
Laura Brady 

The Editor / Chorus 1
Georgia Brown 

Street Musician 3 / An Irish Labourer / The Mudlark / Chorus 4
Rosa Collier 

Street Musician 2 / The Woman Who Lost Everything to the Tally Packman / Chorus 3
Chaya Gupta

The Cheap Furniture Maker / The Director / Chorus 10​​​​​​​
Kiziana Jean-Louis

A Weaver Working in His Home / A Photographic Man / The Man Who Lost Everything to the Tally Packman​​​​​​​
André Larnyoh ​​​​​​​

The Homeless Painter / Watercress Girl / Chorus 11 
Niamh Marie Smith

Female Needleworker / A Shoemaker’s Widow / The Most Intelligent Costermonger / Chorus 7
Tobi Martins-Ojo 

Ham Sandwich Seller / The Tally Packman / Chorus 9
Roy Mas 

The Rat Catcher / Chorus 14
Peace Oseyenum                         

The Mudlark / Punch / An Irish Labourer / Street Musician 
John Rice

Henry Mayhew / The Clown
Shannon Smith      

Father / Chorus 13
Michael Tcherepashenets 

Production Team

Stage Manager
Charlotte Owadally

Deputy Stage Manager
Kit Fowler

Assistant Stage Manager
Isabel Buchanan

Production Manager
Tom McCreadie

Chief LX
Jen Garland 

Deputy LX / Programmer
James Imber 

Production Sound Engineer
Jas Fuller 

Production Carpenter
Chloe Alexander 

Lighting Crew
Aidan Gibson
Ronan McKenna
Elaine Redshaw
Enna Stephens

Sound Assistants
Callum Duncan
Ghoti Fisher

Construction Crew
Simon Fleming
Peter Johnston
Elisabetta Perrotta
Maia Thompson