As we come to the end of this tour of Beautiful Evil Things we want to take a moment to celebrate and thank everyone involved in this production.
Starting with the amazingly talented Deb Pugh: Deviser, Performer and Co-composer. “Her performance is variously adrenaline charged, roaring and delicate. She brings tears to your eyes and raises your heart rate” (The Guardian). Couldn’t have put it better ourselves!
On the road with Deb throughout this tour, and providing incredible Technical Stage Management and more, has been Fergus Waldron. What a dream team!
The wonderful creative team on this project has been Director and Co-creator George Mann, Associate Director Megan Vaughan-Thomas, Sound Designer and Co-composer Sam Halmarack, Lighting Designer Ali Hunter, and Set and Costume Designer Katie Sykes. We had “exhilarating sound design” (The Guardian) and “hauntingly atmospheric lighting design” (Morning Star), and it was such a pleasure to work with you all.
As one audience member said, “integrated BSL interpretation is wicked! Deborah and Kyra’s delivery was so engaging and the stories could have been yarns amongst mates down the pub!" Huge thanks to the amazing interpreter Kyra Pollitt and BSL Consultants for this show, Mary-Jayne Russell de Clifford and Lynn Stewart-Taylor.
We couldn’t have done any of this this without such excellent Production Management from Ethan Hudson, Frontseat Media. Big thank you also to Emily Darley (Stage Manager in Bristol), Lydia Morgan (SM in R&D) and Lily Ball (Assistant Workshop Facilitator).
The fabulous Camilla Adams created our awesome trailer and produced so many beautiful photos we’ve been spoiled for choice. And a big shout out to Mobius PR & Emma Berge for all their work.
A very special thank you to all the supporters of this project which was co-commissioned by Tobacco Factory Theatres with support from The Wardrobe Ensemble. Made possible through funding from Arts Council England.
The Learning & Engagement project was supported by funding from Theatre Orchard and Culture Weston; ‘Into the Arts’ administered by Quartet Community Foundation and The Nisbet Trust.
And of course, THANK YOU to all our audiences! It’s been an absolute pleasure to share these stories with you, as always. And this isn’t goodbye from Medusa, just a ‘see you later’…
