ThickSkin presents
Chalk Farm
By Kieran Hurley and AJ Taudevin
Chalk Farm was originally commissioned for and presented at the Oran Mor in Glasgow, in September 2012. Maggie was played by Julia Taudevin, Jamie was played by Sean Brown. The production was directed by Liz Carruthers, with a sound design by Andrew Cowal.
CAST
| JAMIE | Thomas Dennis |
| MAGGIE | Julia Taudevin |
CREATIVE TEAM
| Writers | Kieran Hurley & AJ Taudevin |
| Director | Neil Bettles |
| Lighting Designer | Simon Wilkinson |
| Associate Director | Jonnie Riordan |
PRODUCTION TEAM
| Executive Producer | Laura Mallows |
| Producer | Steph Connell |
| Production Manager | Vivienne Clavering |
| Photography | Nadezhda V. Kulagina/shutterstock.com (cover) |
| Neil Bettles & Jonnie Riordan (rehearsal shots) |
Produced by ThickSkin. Part of Made in Scotland 2013. Supported by Underbelly Productions and London South Bank University. Casting supported by Lyric Young Company and Uncover, The Albany.
ThickSkin would like to thank Anne Henderson, Fi McCurdy, Gill Foster and Black Light for their support towards the project.
Kieran Hurley (co-Writer)
Kieran is an award-winning writer, performer, and theatre maker based in Glasgow whose work has been presented internationally and throughout the UK. His monologue Beats was developed with the Arches Platform 18 Award and was awarded Best New Play at the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) before being presented at the Traverse Theatre during the Edinburgh Fringe. Other recent work includes: Hitch (Arches, Forest Fringe, CATS Best New Play nominee); Rantin (National Theatre of Scotland/The Arches); and a number of short mini-plays including London 2012: Glasgow (Theatre Uncut) and Belcoo (Royal Court, Open Court Festival). Kieran is currently writer in residence with the National Theatre of Scotland as recipient of the Pearson Playwrights’ Scheme bursary.
AJ Taudevin (co-Writer & Actor)
As a writer, AJ Taudevin's recent plays include: Some Other Mother, which recently premiered at the Traverse Theatre; The YelloWing (Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival); The 12:57 (Theatre Uncut); and The Jeans Jacques Rousseau Show and Demons (Oran Mor). She won the Playwrights’ Studio Scotland New Playwrights Award in 2010. As an actor, Julia Taudevin has worked for companies including the National Theatre, the National Theatre of Scotland, Traverse Theatre, Magnetic North, The Arches and Tron Theatre. Julia is also Associate Artist at the Tron Theatre, and is currently on a year-long attachment with the Traverse Theatre as one of the Traverse Fifty. Julia co-directed Beats and Hitch, both by Kieran Hurley.
Neil Bettles (Director)
Neil is co-founder and Artistic Director of ThickSkin. Directing credits for ThickSkin include: Chalk Farm, The Static (winner of the Scottish Theatre Award and ThreeWeeks Editors’ Award), Blackout (winner of The Arches Brick Award), Overture and These Imagined Stories. Co-direction for ThickSkin includes Boy Magnet and White Noise. As Associate Director/Choreographer: Blood Wedding and The Bacchae (The Royal & Derngate's Festival of Chaos). For Frantic Assembly, Neil was Associate Director of Beautiful Burnout and Lovesong, and Assistant Director of Dirty Wonderland. As Associate Choreographer: The Full Monty (Sheffield Theatres) and The Light Princess (the National Theatre). Other directing credits include: Playlist for the Belgrade Theatre Coventry and Brave for BAC Homegrown. Other movement direction includes: Much Ado About Wenlock (Vamos Theatre); Platform (Old Vic New Voices); Henry IV Part One (Drum Theatre Plymouth); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Secret Cinema); Stanley Pickle an animated short film (NFTS, winner of 31 awards worldwide). As Video Designer: In An Alien Landscape (Birds of Paradise).
Simon Wilkinson (Lighting Designer)
Previously for ThickSkin, Simon designed the lighting for The Static. Simon is an associate artist of Magnetic North, and lit their productions of Kora (with Dundee Rep), Sex and God, Pass the Spoon, Wild Life and After Mary Rose. For Vox Motus his designs include the award-winning Slick, Bright Black, The Not-So-Fatal-Death of Grandpa Fredo and their co-production with the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company The Infamous Brothers Davenport. Other recent theatre work includes: The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, Roman Bridge, Truant and A Sheep Called Skye (National Theatre of Scotland); My Name is Rachel Corrie (Mull Theatre); Cinderella (Lyceum); HeLa and Skewered Snails (Iron Oxide); The Mark of Zorro and The Hunted (Visible Fictions); PUSH (Curious Seed); 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (Red Note Ensemble); After the End and Top Dog/Under Dog (Citizens); Paperbelle (Frozen Charlotte); Honk! (Royal & Derngate); Encourage the Others (Almeida) and the 2010 season for Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
Jonnie Riordan (Associate Director)
Jonnie is Creative Associate for ThickSkin. His directing and design credits for the company include: co-Director of Boy Magnet and White Noise; Director of Found (Albany Uncover); Associate Director of Chalk Farm and The Static; Associate Video Designer of In An Alien Landscape (with Birds of Paradise). Jonnie's performance work for ThickSkin includes: Boy Magnet, Overture (Laurence Olivier Awards), Capital One Values Launch Event and These Imagined Stories. His other work as Associate Director/Movement Director includes: Cracking, Hooked and Bat Boy (Iso Productions). Other theatre credits include: Canticles (Brighton Festival/Aldeburgh Music/Frantic Assembly); The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Holland Park); Night Film (Stand + Stare Collective); Mortal: A Drama (Wellcome Collection); The Fear (Frantic Assembly's Ignition); In His Image (Hampstead Theatre). Film Credits: Wild Lions (Otso Films); Dylan (Queen Mary Productions) and Arcane (BSU films).
Thomas Dennis (Actor)
Thomas is currently studying for his A Levels at Arts Educational Schools London and makes his professional theatre debut in ThickSkin's Chalk Farm. Thomas recently performed in Tomorrow I'll Be Happy (Lyric Hammersmith) as part of the National Theatre Connections Festival. His musical theatre credits include Oliver (Theatre Royal Drury Lane). Television credits: Henry V (BBC2/Hollow Crown Series), Magic Grandad (BBC2) and Parents (Sky TV). Film credits: Hysteria (Forthcoming Productions) and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Walt Disney Pictures, dir. Mike Newell). Thomas is also a current member of the Michael Grandage Future's Company at the Noël Coward Theatre London.
Laura Mallows (Executive Producer)
Laura is co-founder and Executive Producer of ThickSkin. For ThickSkin Laura has produced: Chalk Farm, The Static, Blackout, Boy Magnet, White Noise, Overture (Laurence Olivier Awards Ceremony) and These Imagined Stories. For Hofesh Schechter Company Laura produced Survivor by Hofesh Shechter and Antony Gormley at The Barbican, and a commission for Hermès at the Royal Opera House. Laura recently worked as Assistant Producer on Beautiful Burnout (Frantic Assembly/National Theatre of Scotland) and previously supported Frantic's productions of Pool (no water), Stockholm and Othello, as well as various