Kiln Theatre announce live streamed staged reading of GIRL ON AN ALTAR

The Kiln Theatre has announced its Spring 2021 programming today, which will include a live stream of the free staged rehearsed reading of Girl on an Altar on 5 March at 7pm - a newly commissioned work by Marina Carr and Kiln Collaborations.

Girl on an Altar is a re-telling of the ancient myth of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. The cast for the reading includes: Adjoa Andoh (Clytemnestra), Ayesha Antoine (Cassandra), Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Cilissa), Finbar Lynch (Aegisthus), Joseph Mydell (Tyndareus), Patrick O’Kane (Agamemnon).

Kiln Theatre has created a series of online panel discussions, Kiln Collaborations, whereby theatre creators can come together to share experiences, approaches and advice on how to navigate the theatre industry by sticking together and working collaboratively. Initial panels will take place on 24 February and 11 March at 6.30pm, and will feature discussions from creatives Ayesha Antoine, Polly Bennett, Kinnetia Isidore, Tony Jayawardena, Shelley Maxwell, Coral Messam, Tom Piper, Kiln Associate Directors Taio Lawson and Susie McKenna and Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham. The panels will also discuss current difficulties facing freelancers and how to plan and prepare for the future. Both events are free and will be via Zoom.

It has also been announced today that Tom Piper will join the venue as Associate Designer. Recruitment is live for brand new scheme Kiln Resident Assistant Designer too, which sees the creation of two opportunities for early career designers.

Artistic Director of Kiln Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham said: “As we continue to work on reopening it is important we keep finding ways to connect with our communities. It is wonderful to have the opportunity to embed Tom into the organisation, advocating for freelancers and to add a Resident Assistant Designer into our team. These are firsts for Kiln and we couldn’t do it without the support of Backstage Trust. It is vital in these difficult times that we continually look at how to support and engage with the pathways into theatre careers.

“The play-reading of Girl on an Altar is an opportunity for audiences to have an insight into a process of play to stage. They will be watching a commissioned play before it’s first production and will witness a part of the process rarely seen by the public. 

“The Collaborations series will create much needed conversations about how we want to collaborate and how we want to move forward as a whole industry.” 

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