Olive Gray and Amy Lennox to star in SPY FOR SPY at Riverside Studios

Casting has been announced Spy for Spy – the world premiere of Kieron Barry’s innovative new two hander play – which plays at Riverside Studios from 15 June-2 July.

Olive Gray (Halo, Paramount+) and Amy Lennox (Cabaret, West End) will star in this romantic comedy with a difference; a drama performed like a playlist. The inner workings of a modern relationship are recounted in a random order so no two performances of this brand-new play will be the same.

Sarah and Molly are two Californians who love each other – and that’s all they have in common. As the uptight lawyer and the free-spirited dreamer strive to make their improbable relationship work, we see them break up, meet the parents, move in together and fall in love – all in a completely random sequence.

Spy for Spy asks if our lives make more sense in the wrong order, and if there is any logic to love as it zigzags from moving drama to laugh-out-loud comedy.

Can we have love without grief? Is honesty nothing more than cruelty? Is intimacy just spying?

Audiences will have the opportunity to affect the show they’re about to watch – they will be given the chance to meet the team before the show, and six will be asked to pick a song title at random. Each song title relates to a scene, and the order in which the song titles are picked will be the order in which the scenes are performed.

Director Lucy Jane Atkinson said, “I am so excited to be working with Olive and Amy on this show. They each bring with them a wealth of experience on stage and screen, as well as a playfulness, bravery, and enthusiasm which suits them perfectly to this piece. I can’t wait to get into rehearsal and see them bring these characters to life.”

In addition to this newly announced cast, the creative team consists of director Lucy Jane Atkinson and designer Bethia Jane Green, with lighting by Holly Ellis and sound by Anna Short.

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