WAITING by Nick Cheesman
Six soldiers are trapped in a frozen mountain pass. With only one bullet and fast running out of supplies and time, the deaths begin to mount. Now each soldier must come face to face with their own mortality and decide how much survival really means to them. But who is the greater threat? The enemy, their brothers-in-arms or the mountain itself? The second play by Nick Cheesman is a chilling look at modern warfare and the fluidity and dangers of memory and obsession. Waiting was first performed at stage@leeds, Leeds from 4 May 2011 to 7 May 2011, produced by Lauren Julianne Cooper, in a co-production with University of Leeds Theatre Group. The cast was as follows: Joby Mageean as PTE ASH Joey Hext as CPL HUDSON Patch Harvey as THE CAPTAIN Sarah Dale-Bennett as PTE BRIGGS Matthew Conway as PTE DUTCH Alexy Blomley as PTE MOOK Megan Greeves as THE GIRL Vanessa Grasse as THE GIRL Rhian Emily Williams as THE GIRL Directed by Nick Cheesman & Samuel George Lind Dramaturgy by Samuel George Lind Lighting Desgin by Theo Chadha Photos by Santiago Almada |