Opus
Written by Matthew Bulgo
Directed by Phoebe Barran
Designed by Ben Austin
Opus was first performed at the LOST Festival in April 2007, and marked True/Fiction's first original piece of new writing.
A writer reluctantly takes to the stage to introduce his latest work. As the vitriol starts to flow, he begins to realise that he can say far more in this bitter tirade, than his play ever will - Love, life, death...and everything in between.
Cast
The Writer
Kevin Murphy
The Actress
Beth Aynsley
The Actor
Ben Allen
| Creative | |
| Director | Phoebe Barran |
| Designer | Ben Austin |
| Producer | Anna Bliss Scully & Matthew Bulgo |
Biographies
Graduated from East 15 Acting School in June 2006. Roles while training included Horner in The Country Wife, Paul Foggarty in Scenes from the Big Picture and King in Love's Labour's Lost. Theatre credits include Let's Get it On:24 Plays in 4 Days at The Bush Theatre and The History Boys - UK Tour and West End with the National Theatre.
Beth Aynsley
Beth trained at Lamda where she played Corday in Marat/Sade and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Since graduating she's appeared in The Beach at The 503, This is Your Captain Speaking at The Pentameters and has also worked with Punchdrunk on their production of Faust.
Kevin Murphy The Writer
Kevin studied Drama and Theatre at Trinity College Dublin before training at LAMDA. Theatre credits include True West, Dancing at Lughnasa, Open House, Faustus, Extremities and This Lime Tree Bower. TV: The Year London Blew Up! (CH4), The Long Walk (BBC) and The Bill. Radio: Space 1889, Red Devils. Other work includes rehearsed readings for the National Theatre Studio, The Gate and Steven Berkoff.
Creative
After doing a degree in English and then training as a theatre designer, Ben has designed for theatre, television and film. In the last few years, he has worked as a set designer and draughtsman on the BBC's Torchwood and all three seasons of the new Doctor Who. He has also assisted designers Richard Hudson and Vicki Mortimer.
Phoebe trained at The Orange Tree Theatre and Queen Margaret University College. She recently completed the National Theatre's directors course. Directing credits include; Scenes from a Separation, The Merchant of Venice (TIE Tour), Orange Tree; Us and Them (Bridewell) and Heart's Desire (Gateway Studio, Edinburgh Fringe). Assistant Directing credits include The History Boys, National Theatre and Women Beware Women RSC.
Anna trained in Theatre Design at Wimbledon School of Art and with the National Youth Theatre of Wales.
She has co-produced all of True/Fiction's projects to date,including The Exquisite Corpse, Opus, Friction, Mr. Theatre Comes Home Different, Intermission, Lady Grey (in ever-lower light), Bash and Riddance.
In addition she has worked extensively on text development and dramaturgy, both for True/Fiction Theatre, and for projects at Young Vic, BAC and The Tabard Theatre.
Matthew trained at LAMDA.
As a writer, Opus is his first piece to ever be performed. He is currently working on a number of adaptations and translations, as well as a number of short plays which are set to be performed in 2008/2009. Opus is set to be remounted as part of the 2009 Dublin Fringe Festival.
He has co-produced all of True/Fiction's projects to date,including The Exquisite Corpse, Opus, Friction, Mr. Theatre Comes Home Different, Intermission, Lady Grey (in ever-lower light), Bash and Riddance.
Photographs courtesy of Ben Austin and Anna Bliss Scully. Company No.:5270647. True/Fiction logo kindly designed by Martin McGrath