Trish Wadley Productions in association with Bethany Cooper Productions and Park Theatre present
The Shape of Things
By Neil LaBute
DIRECTOR | NICKY ALLPRESS
SET & COSTUME DESIGN | PETE BUTLER
LIGHTING DESIGN | ANNA REDDYHOFF
SOUND DESIGN | ASAF ZOHAR
COSTUME SUPERVISOR | ALEXANDRA KHARIBIAN
CASTING DIRECTOR | AMY JANE BLAIR
GENERAL MANAGER | DAVID ADKIN
PRODUCTION MANAGER | JOHN BOQWANA-PAGE
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER | BETHANY COOPER
STAGE MANAGER | GRACE HANS
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER | BENJAMIN MOWBRAY
VOICE | TESS DIGNAN
DIALECT | EDDA SHARPE
INTIMACY DIRECTOR | ADI GORTLER
ADDITIONAL VIDEO CONTENT | PETE BUTLER
MARKETING | CUP OF AMBITION
PR | KATE MORLEY
Neil LaBute
Neil LaBute is a writer and director.
For theatre credits include: Bash: Latter-Day Plays (Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, Almeida Theatre), The Shape of Things (Almeida Theatre, Promenade Theatre), The Distance from Here (MCC Theatre, Almeida Theatre), The Mercy Seat (MCC Theatre, Almeida Theatre); Filthy Talk for Troubled Times (MCC Theatre), Fat Pig (MCC Theatre, Trafalgar Studios), Autobahn (MCC Theatre), Some Girl(s) (Gielgud Theatre, MCC Theatre), This is How it Goes (Donmar Warehouse, The Public Theatre), Land of the Dead/Helter Skelter (Ensemble Studio Theatre, Bush Theatre), Wrecks (Everyman Palace Theatre, The Public Theatre, The Bush Theatre), In a Dark Dark House (MCC Theatre, Almeida Theatre), Reasons to be Pretty (MCC Theatre, Almeida Theatre), In a Forest, Dark and Deep (Vaudeville Theatre, Profiles Theatre); Woyzeck – adaptation (Schauspielhaus Zurich); Taming of the Shrew - additional scenes (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Short Ends (Open Fist Theatre), Lovely Head (Spoleto Festival-Italy, Fringe Festival-Madrid, La Mama); Pick One (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Young Vic), I’m Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn’t Break Your Heart (Venice Biennale), 16 Pounds (Trafalgar Studios), We Have A Situation (Konstanz Theatre – Germany), and The Answer To Everything (Staatstheater Augsburg - Germany).
Film credits include: In the Company of Men; Your Friends & Neighbors; Nurse Betty, Possession; The Shape of Things, The Wicker Man, Lakeview Terrace, Death at a Funeral, Some Girl(s), Some Velvet Morning, Dirty Weekend, Out Of The Blue, House Of Darkness and the upcoming Fear The Night.
Television credits include: Bash: Latter-Day Plays, Full Circle, Ten X Ten; Billy & Billie, Van Helsing, he I-Land, and the upcoming Thou Shalt Not.
Fiction includes: Seconds of Pleasure (Faber & Faber).
Nicky Allpress
Nicky is a director with a passion for telling stories, new, old, classical and contemporary.
She is a member of the Young Vic Creator’s Program and Stage Director's UK
As Director: Crackers (Polka Theatre), The Walworth Farce (Southwark Playhouse Elephant), Romeo and Juliet (Southwark Playhouse Borough), Maddie (Arcola Outside) Oh! What A Lovely War (Touring)
As Assistant Director: My Brilliant Friend (National Theatre), Dragons and Mythical Beasts (Regent's Park), Summerland (Feature Film)
As Writer: Up The Junction
Peter Butler
Peter is a set and costume designer for performance based in London.
His current practice spans set design, costume design & performance collaboration. He is one of the 2021 Linbury Prize winners for stage design.
Credits include: Shut Up, I’m Dreaming (National Theatre & The PappyShow), Anthem & Horizon (Bush Theatre), The Beat of Our Hearts (Exeter Northcott), Patient Light (Eastern Angles), Paper Cut (Theatre 503) The Seagull, Husbands & Sons (Drama Centre).
As Associate Designer: Cabaret (Playhouse Theatre).
As Assistant Designer: Carousel (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Arrangement (Sadlers Wells), Scoring a Century (Peacock Theatre)
Trish Wadley
Trish is a four times Olivier nominee and recently co-produced the Bob Marley musical Get Up Stand Up! in the West End.
Following an extensive international career in Media as a Journalist and Director of Marketing, Trish moved into theatre working at leading London venues Bush Theatre and Kiln Theatre.
Trish created FRESH LINES, a regular performance series showcasing emerging talent in the studio of Spring Restaurant, Somerset House. She is a member of SOLT and UK Theatre, a Stage One Bursary recipient, Director of The Uncertainty Principle and a Trustee of The Britain Australia Society.
For Trish Wadley Productions: Get Up Stand Up! (Lyric Theatre – Olivier Award for Best Original Score or Orchestration), Clybourne Park (Park Theatre), The Wider Earth by David Morton (The Natural History Museum - Olivier nomination for Best Entertainment & Family, Australian Tour), The Red Lion by Patrick Marber (Trafalgar Studios - Olivier nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate theatre), Burning Bridges (Theatre503).
Co-producer: My Night With Reg (Apollo Theatre – Olivier nomination for Best Revival).
For Defibrillator, as Executive Producer - A Lie Of The Mind (Southwark Playhouse), Speech & Debate (Trafalgar Studios), The Tennessee Williams Hotel Plays (Grange Hotel and Langham, London), Hard Feelings and The One Day of the Year (Finborough), The Armour (Langham, London), and Insignificance (Langham Place, New York).
Currently in production: Tiny Beautiful Things by Nia Vardalos (Queensland Theatre June 2023), The Dame and The Showgirl by Simon Berry, Othello with Sinead Rushe and Northern Town, Prima Facie by Suzie Miller (Athens, Greece), BURN by Chris Thompson and The Wider Earth by David Morton (UK Tour 2024).