A spine-tingling supernatural thriller - the must-see event in Ipswich this Autumn.
Venice holds their past but something darker awaits. Premonitions. Visions. A sinister force is closing in.
To escape their grief, a couple returns to Venice, where they once honeymooned, hoping the past might comfort them – but the city has other plans.
As eerie visions take hold and the line between the living and the dead begins to blur, they find themselves pursued by a sinister presence through a labyrinth of fear. Fate is closing in – can they escape what’s already destined?
From the author of Rebecca and The Birds, and adapted by award-winning playwright Nell Leyshon, Don’t Look Now is a spine-chilling descent into grief, guilt and the terrifying power of premonition.
Dare to look. Just don’t look now.
There will be a post-show talk on Thu 23 Oct. This your chance to stay after the show and ask any questions you have to the cast and creatives, and should last around 20 minutes.
The Cast
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Alex Bulmer
Sister 2
Alex Bulmer
Sister 2
Alex is an award-winning blind artist with over 35 years experience working across Canada and the UK.
Professionally trained as an actor and voice teacher, Alex has appeared in multiple stage plays in Toronto and London, provided voice for several radio dramas and held roles in many television and feature film productions.
She was named best actor for her role as Anna in the short film Awake, played Lady Z in the Apple TV series See and will appear as Eunice in the upcoming feature film Being Heumann.
Alex became the first blind woman to take the stage at the Internationally acclaimed Stratford Festival in Ontario, with her leading role of Friar Laurence in an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
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Olivia Carruthers
Sister 1
Olivia Carruthers
Sister 1
Olivia was born in Lancashire and moved to London in 1973, where she remained until 11 years ago when she and her husband moved to the village of Long Melford in Suffolk. So, she is delighted to be making her debut appearance at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.
Her theatre credits include Birth Stories (Colour House Theatre, Wimbledon), Barefoot in the Park (Frinton Summer Theatre), The Secret Garden (Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds), Agatha (Pleasance Theatre, London), Man in the Middle (Theatre 503), Pat and Margaret (New Vic Theatre, Staffs), Cinderella (Library Theatre, Manchester), Life After George (Duchess Theatre, West End), Julius Caesar (Baron’s Court Theatre), The Wizard of Oz, The Odyssey, Yoshi and the Teakettle, Puff the Magic Dragon, The Giants Baby and other shows (Polka Theatre, Wimbledon), Female Parts (Great Northern Theatre), Intimate Exchanges, What the Butler Saw and Twelfth Night (Eye Theatre).
Her television credits include Life (BBC), Pennyworth (Starzplay), Killing Eve (BBC), Four Weddings and a Funeral miniseries (Hulu/MGM), Emmerdale (ITV), Eastenders (BBC), Doctors (BBC), Coronation Street (ITV), Joe’s Palace (BBC), Cutting It (BBC) and In a Land of Plenty (BBC).
Her film credits include 5lbs of Pressure (now on Prime Video), Stardust, The Storm and Ashes to Ashes.
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Richard Emerson Gould
Police Chief/Musician
Richard Emerson Gould
Police Chief/Musician
Richard Emerson Gould is delighted to be making his first appearance at the New Wolsey Theatre.
His work in theatre includes Hamlet, A Man of No Importance, Teechers, Killed July 17th 1916, Meg & Mog Show and Wessex Days (Salisbury Playhouse), Dombey & Son and Lady Windermere’s Fan (Royal & Derngate, Northampton), The Beggar’s Opera, A View from the Bridge, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jane Eyre and Sleuth (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch), Love Cardiff (Sherman, Cardiff), Absurd Person Singular, Bedroom Farce, Joking Apart, The Man of The Moment, Taking Steps, The Winslow Boy, Great Expectations, Charley’s Aunt and Hobson’s Choice (Jill Freud & Company), Pickwick (Basingstoke Haymarket), further regional repertory at Watford Palace, Mercury Theatre, Colchester and Harrogate Theatre, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Squares), Romeo and Juliet (Midsummer Scene), Uncle Maroye (Marin Drżič Theatre, Dubrovnik), The Lie (Vienna’s English Theatre), Il ritorno d’ulisse in patria (Salon Sanctuary at La Pietra in Florence), Major Barbara (W 52nd St, New York), The Country Wife and The Threepenny Opera (Forest Forge), The First Man and Fog (Jermyn Street), The Vaudevillains (Les Enfants Terribles), Manhattan Parisienne (The Other Palace), How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying (Wilton’s Music Hall), Chess (ENO) and A Chorus of Disapproval in the West End, Alterations at The National Theatre.
His film credits include The Last Photograph and Not for Sale.
The best thing Richard ever did was join Stage ’65, the Salisbury Playhouse Youth Theatre. Happy Anniversary Stage ’65 and thank you.
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Mark Jackson
John
Mark Jackson
John
Mark Jackson trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has most recently appeared in feature Forever Young (Dark Matter Studios), after completing three seasons of The Orville as artificial life form Isaac (Hulu/Disney+). His other screen credits include The Royal Today (ITV) and Lost In The Sky (Kojan Film).
On stage, he’s toured internationally as 87-year-old waiter Alfie in One Man, Two Guvnors (National Theatre), played Captain Stewart in War Horse (National Theatre/West End) and attempted to murder Robert Powell in Black Coffee (Bill Kenwright).
His other theatre credits include Noises Off (Old Vic), Shout! (West End), I Am a Camera (Rosemary Branch) and four seasons with Southwold Rep.
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Alexander Makar
Waiter/Restaurant Proprietor/Policeman
Alexander Makar
Waiter/Restaurant Proprietor/Policeman
With no prior experience, Alexander Makar went on to study Acting (BA Hons) at Arts University Bournemouth, graduating with a singular lead role in dir. Iqbal Khan’s Imaam Imraan (National Youth Theatre, Bradford Literature Festival). He has recently finished his MFA in Acting at the prestigious LAMDA drama school after being awarded The Carne Scholarship.
His recent credits include Twenty Twenty Six (BBC), Primary Playwright (Soho Theatre), Total War: Pharaoh (Creative Assembly, voice-over) and You Bury Me (National Theatre, R&D).
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Kate Męczyńska
Clerk
Kate Męczyńska
Clerk
Kate Meczynska is a Polish actress and character artist delighted to be performing at New Wolsey theatre in Ipswich this autumn.
Her background was in TV news production, where she gained specialised knowledge of the Television industry. After moving in to London ten years ago Kate has joined the acting agency Oh So Small productions where she was able to make a start on her acting career.
Since then she secured the work on many film and television productions, including Disappearance of Josef Mengele, Andoor 2, Barbie, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore and The Witcher: Blood Origin.
Kate is also working on socially progressive theatre projects bringing under represented performers and artists to mainstream events.
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Sophie Robinson
Laura
Sophie Robinson
Laura
Sophie’s theatre credits includes Yerma (Tinderbox Theatre), Miss Julie and The Suicide (Storyhouse/New Earth), 1984, All Mod Cons (Lyric Theatre, Belfast), The Yalta Game, The Father, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (The Gate Theatre, Dublin), Electric Dreams (Dumbshow), Twelfth Night (Abbey Theatre), The Seagull and The Heretic (Library Theatre), Beyond Beauty (Rebel Theatre), Lady in the Van (Hull Truck), Juno and the Paycock (National Theatre/Abbey Theatre).
Her television credits include Hope Street (BBC NI), Doctors (BBC), Rebellion and The Good Christians Women’s Writing Group (RTE).
Her radio credits include Nora Webster, Words and Music and Mayday (BBC).
The Creative Team
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Jessie Adinall
Lighting Designer
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Jess Curtis
Set & Costume Designer
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Daniel Denton
Video Designer
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Haruka Kuroda
Fight, Movement & Intimacy Director
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Nell Leyshon
Writer
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Adrienne Quartly
Sound Designer
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Douglas Rintoul
Director