Ikaria
Written and directed by Phillippa Lawford
Simon has returned to university after taking a year out. He wants to get on with his finals and not slip back into old, destructive habits. Mia, a first-year, is embracing the explosive freedom of life away from home.
Simon doesn’t want to leave his room. But then he meets Mia.
Ikaria is a love story about finding salvation in someone else.
Runner-up award 2022 ATG Playwrights’ Prize (in association with Time Out and Platform Presents).
OFFIE Short Run Commendation 2022.
Tightrope Theatre in association with Park Theatre
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Evenings
19.45
Thu & Sat15.15
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Content warnings
Use of strong language and references to sexual assault, drug use, depression, anxiety and suicide.
Gallery
In the Press
"A memorable performance and a deeply layered love story"
West End Best Friend
"Insightful, truthful, absolutely devastating "
Salterton Arts
"A truly memorable production... fuelled with authenticity"
The Reviews Hub
"Wilbraham is doubtlessly one to watch"
Spy in the Stalls
"Essential... riveting theatre"
Fringe Review
"Undeniably truthful"
The Stage
Cast & Creatives
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James Wilbraham
Simon
James Wilbraham
Simon
James Wilbraham is a Welsh actor best known for his role in two series of the darkly comic coming of age drama In My Skin. He made his debut series in 2015 acting in Gwaith/Cartref playing Liam, directed by Andy Newbery. His television credits include Pobol y Cwm (2015 – 2017), Ordinary Lies (2016) and Mammoth Screen’s Tom Jones, shown on ITV. He has also acted on stage with The Richard Burton Theatre Company.
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Andrea Gatchalian
Mia
Andrea Gatchalian
Mia
Andrea Gatchalian’s screen credits include: A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow and Bad Education. Her stage work includes: The Wolves (The Space) and The Kindness of Strangers (The Vaults). She is a graduate of Mountview.
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Phillipa Lawford
Director and Writer
Phillipa Lawford
Director and Writer
Philippa is a London-based playwright and director. She has been directing plays on the Fringe
for the last few years and she trained as a writer with the John Burgess Playwriting Course
and an MSt in Writing for Performance from Cambridge University. Philippa has worked as an
assistant director (Saviour, Jermyn Street Theatre) and reader (Finborough Theatre, ETPEP
award) alongside her writing and directing work. Ikaria is her first full length play.
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Izzy Parriss
Producer and associate director
Izzy Parriss
Producer and associate director
Izzy Parriss is a London-based theatre producer and director. She graduated from the
University of Edinburgh with a BA in Philosophy and went on to complete an internship with
the New York based theatre company Yonder Window. She has worked freelance for the
Ambassador Theatre Group, Theatre503, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Bomb
Factory Theatre and Three Sisters Productions. She is the Lead Producer/Associate Director at
Tightrope Theatre and in 2021, she set up her own production company Izzy Parriss
Productions, which took debut production Dear Little Loz to the Edinburgh Fringe 2022. Izzy
recently completed a RADA directing course led by Irina Brown.
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Shane Gill
Lighting Designer
Shane Gill
Lighting Designer
Shane Gill is a freelance lighting designer based in London. Along with design, Shane works at
Pearl in University College London where he fuses his love of theatre and science to create
realistic immersive experiments to improve how people interact with cities. Recent design
credits include Blister (Dublin Fringe Festival), Fridget (Dublin Fringe Festival, Winner of Little
Gem Award), The Shaughraun (Smock Alley Theatre), Bump (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Test
Dummy, Electric (Irish National Tour, and Disco Pigs/Sucking Dublin (Reality:check
productions).
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Laurie Blundell
Sound designer
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