Casting announced for RSC Mischief Festival 2022

The RSC have announced casting for their upcoming Mischief Festival, which sees Jenny Rainsford (Fleabag) and Tim Treloar (Maleficent, Doctor Who) return to the company this Autumn.

Six members of the company including Anna Andresen (Emilia, Vaudeville Theatre/The Globe Theatre), Joe Barber (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama graduate), Alex Bhat (Henry V, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Linda Broughton (Stiletto Beach, Queens Theatre, Hornchurch), Nathan McMullen (Hushabye Mountain, Hope Mill Theatre) and Jade Ogugua (Solaris (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne/Edinburgh Lyceum/ Lyric Hammersmith) will make their debut at the RSC this season.

The 2022 Mischief Festival will feature two provocative new plays exploring Britain today – O, Island! and Ivy Tiller: Vicar’s Daughter, Squirrel Killer - running in The Other Place from 30 September–5 November.

Shortlisted for the George Devine Award 2020, Nina Segal’s O, Island! is a funny and furious modern myth about disaster and community - exploring how borders can be changed by people, by nature and by accident. The production will be directed by Guy Jones who is currently Literary Associate of the Orange Tree Theatre.

Ivy Tiller: Vicar’s Daughter, Squirrel Killer by Bea Roberts, is a darkly comic drama directed by Caitlin McLeod which challenges who belongs and who thrives.

Entrenched in her picturesque Devonshire village, Ivy Tiller is preparing to wage a war. Her target: the invasive grey squirrel. Her goal: to oust the invaders and restore the native red squirrels as the ‘rightful’ inhabitants. Galvanised by her important mission, Ivy’s determination swells to uncomfortable heights.

O, Island! and Ivy Tiller: Vicar’s Daughter, Squirrel Killer will both be designed by Milla Clarke, with lighting by Elliot Griggs, composition by Luisa Gerstein (O, Island!), sound by Oli Soames, movement by Chi-San Howard, and casting by Annelie Powell CDG.

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