When I’m walking with her the whole time I’m imagining I’m with someone else.
Who do you imagine?
You, sometimes.
After university, Emma moves back with her parents in Hertfordshire and gets a job at her old school, assisting in the Drama department. Before long, she’s spending every day in the studio with Matt, her boss. Matt decides to teach Emma everything he knows, and Emma feels her life starting to change.
Cold Water is a play about wanting things so much you can’t do anything about them.
Praise for Ikaria, written and directed by Philippa Lawford
★★★★★ ‘Theatre is alchemy, but not the impossible kind. You can have all the right ingredients and mix them in the right quantities and produce something shiny – but to spin gold, you need something indefinable. The reviewer can’t quite explain what that is and I doubt theatremakers can either. But when it’s there, you see it – and it’s there in Ikaria.’
Broadway World
★★★★★ West End Best Friend
★★★★★ Operation Live Theatre
Make Mine a Double
This Make Mine a Double sees Cold Water and Sniff join forces for a double-bill, welcoming back some of the most promising recent talent from Park90.
Book during our early bird period to save £5 per ticket, or make it a double and see both for just £25!
Multibuy offer applies automatically when booking for both shows together and cannot be applied retrospectively, or in conjunction with any other offer.
Creative Team
WRITER / DIRECTOR | PHILIPPA LAWFORD
PRODUCER / ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR | IZZY PARRISS
TRANSLATOR | ILONA KOHANCHUK
LIGHTING DESIGNER | ED SAUNDERS
COMPOSER | LAURIE BLUNDELL
INTIMACY DIRECTOR | STELLA MOSS
STAGE MANAGER | ELEANOR BIRDSALL-SMITH
Download the creative team biographies here.
Cast
JOLYON COY | MATT
Jolyon has just completed filming a role in Nick Hamm’s William Tell feature, starring Claes Bang, Connor Swindells and Ellie Bamber. He also stars in the reboot of the cult hit, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Billie Piper’s debut feature Rare Beasts.
For television, Jolyon most recently played Desmond in the ITV mini-series A Spy Among Friends, acting opposite Guy Pearce and Damien Lewis. He has also recently appeared in critically acclaimed I Hate Suzie Too, and Series 3 of All Creatures Great and Small. Jolyon starred as Edward Roberts in the BBC’s Peaky Blinders, and opposite Geoffrey Rush in Genius: Einstein for National Geographic and Fox. Further credits include The Windsors, War & Peace and Mr Selfridge, in all of which he has heavily featured roles.
A seasoned stage actor, Jolyon most recently starred in the critically acclaimed I, Joan for the Globe Theatre, and was a total scene-stealer in his portrayal of Charles. He also toured with ETT in Simon Godwin’s Rules for Living and the Globe in their world tour of The Merchant of Venice, and has worked with prestigious theatres such as the Donmar Warehouse and the Royal Exchange.
JULIA PILKINGTON | EMMA
Julia is an actor and theatre-maker based in London. She graduated from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a Master’s in acting, where she was a recipient of an Embassy Scholarship.
She co-created and performed in the award-winning show Lights Over Tesco Carpark (New Diorama, Pleasance London) and the critically-acclaimed show Move Fast and Break Things (Summerhall 2022).
Her other theatre credits include: Cowboys & Lesbians (Park Theatre), Ned (Theatre Peckham); The Oracle (Camden People’s Theatre); What They Forgot to Tell Us (BOLD Elephant); Nightfall (The White Bear).
Film credits: Marriage Unplugged (short, dir. Nüesch Sisters).
Tightrope Theatre in association with Park Theatre presents the World Premiere of
Cold Water
Written and Directed by Philippa Lawford