23RD-24TH APRIL 2013RAVENSFIELD THEATRE, LONDON

BRUCE ADAMS Director/designerBruce is founding artistic director of Thrust. Work includes: The Bell Jar, Aladdin, In-Vitro (Thrust), Spineless, Our Space (Theatre503). While training: The Breasts Of Tiresias, Ubu Roi, Come And Go, The Street Of Crocodiles (MDX), Attempts On Her Life (South Bank Arts Centre). Writing: Aladdin.

RYAN WILLIAM FUNNELL Lighting designerRyan is an associate artist at Thrust and will be resident lighting designer for Stagedoor Manor, New York (2013 season). For Thrust: The Bell Jar. Other work includes: Rioting For Dummies, We Fight For Science (Finger In The Pie), Tempus (Tristan Bates). While training: The Sea, Ubu Roi, Come And Go (MDX).

TANITA GIBBS Performer/costume designerTanita trained at Middlesex University. Performance while training includes: A Resounding Tinkle, Dying For It, Ubu Roi, Lulu (MDX). Also appeared in Mama, I Think I Saw A Demon (photographer: Katie Eleanor) and Set Your Arms Down (photographer: Eleanor Hardwick).

ROSANNA GRIMES PerformerRosanna is company producer at Thrust. Performance includes: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, 42nd Street, The Tempest. She was a member of the National Youth Orchestra and National Youth Girlsʼ Choir of Great Britain and holds an ABRSM music performance diploma.

FREYA MARTIN Stage managerFreya trained as a performer and stage manager at Middlesex University. With Thrust: The Bell Jar. Other credits include: The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari (Arcola), Victor/Victoria, Mack And Mabel (Southwark Playhouse). While training: Come And Go, The Gas Heart, Ubu Roi, Spring Awakening (MDX).

HENRY MARTIN Performer/costume designerHenry trained at Middlesex University as a performer and stage manager. With Thrust: The Bell Jar. While training: Judgement Day, Ubu Roi, Hated Nightfall (MDX). Other performance: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, 42nd Street, A Beautiful Thing, Twelfth Night.

TIKA MUʼTAMIR PerformerTika trained at Middlesex University and with Frantic Assembly. With Thrust: The Bell Jar, 6 Characters In Search Of An Author. Collaborative residencies: Little Anthems, Growing Younger (Frantic Assembly). While training: The Breasts Of Tiresias, Ubu Roi, Come And Go, Hated Nightfall (MDX).

JOHN OVENDEN PerformerTrained at Middlesex University. Performance includes: Splat! (Barbican/Spill Festival), Our Space (Theatre503), All That Is Solid Melts Into Air (Tangled Feet). Solo performance: Gypsy Boy (MDX). While training: The Oresteia, Wedding On The Eiffel Tower, Ubu Roi, Lulu (MDX).

RACHEL WOOD PerformerRachel trained at Middlesex University and was a LAMDA teacher at Palmerʼs College. With Thrust: The Bell Jar, 6 Characters In Search Of An Author. Other performance: Chatroom, Good Will Hunting (Cockpit). While training: The Breasts Of Tiresias, Ubu Roi, The Street Of Crocodiles (MDX).

PORNOGRAPHYPORNOGRAPHY A PLAY BYSIMON STEPHENS

AND TRIO WITH ACCOMPANIMENT BY RORY MULLARKEY

Director/designerBruce Adams

CastTanita GibbsRosanna GrimesHenry MartinTika MuʼtamirJohn OvendenRachel Wood

Lighting designRyan William Funnell

Costume designHenry Martin & Tanita Gibbs

Stage managerFreya Martin

Dinner and Pornography will play at Brighton Fringe from 6th May 2013.

Visit www.dinnerandporn.tk for more information and to book tickets.

SIMON STEPHENS is an Associate Artist of the Lyric Hammersmith and began his career teaching on the Royal Courtʼs Young Writers Programme. Plays and adaptations include: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (National/West End), Morning (Lyric Hammersmith/Traverse), Three Kingdoms (Lyric/No99/Munich Playhouse), A Thousand Stars Explode In The Sky (Lyric), The Trial Of Ubu (Hampstead), Wastwater, Motortown, Country Music, Herons, Bluebird (Royal Court). In 2006 he won the Olivier for Best New Play for On The Shore Of The Wide World (National/Royal Exchange)._____________________________________

PORNOGRAPHY RECEIVED ITS BRITISH PREMIERE AT THE TRAVERSE THEATRE, EDINBURGH ON 28TH JULY 2008.

Special thanks: Nick Herrett, Rory McAllister, Bruce Allen, Mark Huxley, Becca Chester, Lesley Lightfoot, Dianne Jamieson-Greaves, Otherplace Productions, Joyce Hytner, David Lasserson, Roger Walkinton, Mark Ford.

Thrust unites a family of directors, designers and performers to make daring new work with a young voice and a bold heart. Multi-disciplinary collaborative practice is at the heart of everything we do.Artistic directors: Bruce Adams & William BowdenCompany producer: Rosanna Grimeswww.thrusttheatrecompany.co.uk

@thrusttheatre /thrusttheatrecompany

SIMON STEPHENS is an Associate Artist of the Lyric Hammersmith and began his career teaching on the Royal Courtʼs Young Writers Programme. Plays and adaptations include: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (National/West End), Morning (Lyric Hammersmith/Traverse), Three Kingdoms (Lyric/No99/Munich Playhouse), A Thousand Stars Explode In The Sky (Lyric), The Trial Of Ubu (Hampstead), Wastwater, Motortown, Country Music, Herons, Bluebird (Royal Court). In 2006 he won the Olivier for Best New Play for On The Shore Of The Wide World (National/Royal Exchange)._____________________________________

PORNOGRAPHY RECEIVED ITS BRITISH PREMIERE AT THE TRAVERSE THEATRE, EDINBURGH ON 28TH JULY 2008.

Special thanks: Nick Herrett, Rory McAllister, Bruce Allen, Mark Huxley, Becca Chester, Lesley Lightfoot, Dianne Jamieson-Greaves, Otherplace Productions, Joyce Hytner, David Lasserson, Roger Walkinton, Mark Ford.

Thrust unites a family of directors, designers and performers to make daring new work with a young voice and a bold heart. Multi-disciplinary collaborative practice is at the heart of everything we do.Artistic directors: Bruce Adams & William BowdenCompany producer: Rosanna Grimeswww.thrusttheatrecompany.co.uk

@thrusttheatre /thrusttheatrecompany