The Royal Court Theatre presents

       PRIMETIME

      PRIMETIME was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Sloane Square, on Friday 19th July 2013 as part of the Kids Court Festival.

      This production of PRIMETIME was first performed in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Sloane Square, on Wednesday 28th May 2014.

      PRIMETIME is a series of short plays written by playwrights who were at the time eight- to eleven-year-olds. They were developed during the Young Writers’ Festival and Peckham Young Playwrights in 2012 with the help of Royal Court playwrights Nick Payne and Rachel De-lahay. The plays were performed in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs in 2013 as part of a festival called Kids Court where children took over the theatre. A selection of the plays were then performed for the Royal Court PRIMETIME Schools Tour in London primary schools in 2014.

      THE WRITERS

      Temidayo Abayomi-Joseph, 9

      Florence Adrian, 9

      Jose Luis Aquino-Mejia, 9

      Joseph Burke-Gaffney, 8

      Naseem Charrat, 11

      Ruby David-Pimlott, 10

      Anya Davies, 9

      Lucas Ferrar, 8

      Jack Franco, 11

      Isabelle Kennedy-Grimes, 9

      Eva Kerslake-Blue, 8

      Sultan Odukoya, 10

      PRIMETIME KIDS COURT FESTIVAL 2013 CAST

      Imgoen Doel

      Christine Entwistle

      Rebecca Humphries

      James Marlowe

      Sam Swann

      Mark Weinman

      The Young Writers’ Festival development phase of PRIMETIME in 2011-12 was originally funded by John Lyon’s Charity.

       PRIMETIME SCHOOLS TOUR 2014

       Cast in alphabetical order

       Jason Barnett

       Theo Cowan

       Christine Entwisle

       Sam Swann

       Danielle Vitalis

      Director Ned Bennett

      Designer Fly Davis

      Composer & Sound Designer Giles Thomas

      Associate Composer & Sound Designer Dom James

      Movement Director Lucy Cullingford

      Casting Director Lotte Hines

      Assistant Director Debbie Hannan

      Education Associate Lynne Gagliano

      Education Apprentice Maia Clarke

      Production Manager Niall Black

      Producer Holly Gladwell

      Stage Managers Fiona Kennedy & Andrew Beckett

      Costume Supervisor Jessica Knight

      Workshop Co-ordinator Katherine Gill

      Additional Music Composed by Dom James

      The 2014 PRIMETIME Schools Tour has received additional support from Dr Kate Best, John McNeil, Rob & Siri Cope and Glenn & Phyllida Earle.

      The Royal Court and Stage Management wish to thank the following for their help with this production: Marec Joyce, George Cook, Heather Cryan, Ruth Stringer, Zoe Hurwitz, Chloe Lamford, Grape Street.

       THE COMPANY

      JASON BARNETT (Ensemble)

      FOR THE ROYAL COURT: Friday Night Sex, The Victorian in the Wall, The Girlfriend Experience.

      OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Emil & the Detectives, War Horse, Amato Saltone (National); About a Boy (Young Vic/tour); Mogadishu (Royal Exchange, Manchester); The Winter’s Tale, Pericles, Days of Significance (RSC); The Fixer (Almeida); Cruisin’ (Bush); I Am Mediocre (BAC); John Dryden’s Tempest (Globe); The 1966 World Cup Final (BAC/tour).

      TELEVISION INCLUDES: Bad Education, Phoneshop, The Javone Prince Show, Stagedoor Johnnies, Hotel Trubble, The Legend of Dick & Dom, The Bill, Doctors, Extras, The Vivien Vyle Show, Coming of Age, Dead Ringers, Dream Team, Little Britain.

      FILM INCLUDES: Cinderella, Superbob, London Road, One Man & His Dog.

      Jason is an associate actor with Synergy Theatre Project and a producer with Graft Films.

      NED BENNETT (Director)

      FOR THE ROYAL COURT: Pigeons (Schools tour), Lost in Theatre, Primetime.

      AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, FOR THE ROYAL COURT: Pigeons, Death Tax, The President Has Come To See You, Collaboration, No Quarter, Narrative, If You Don’t Let Us Sleep We Won’t Let You Dream, The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas.

      AS DIRECTOR, THEATRE INCLUDES: Pomona (RWCMD/Gate); Superior Donuts (Southwark Playhouse); Mercury Fur (Old Red Lion/Trafalgar Studios); Mr Noodles (Royal Exchange, Manchester); Blue Rabbits (Templeworks); Excellent Choice (Old Vic Tunnels); A Butcher of Distinction (King’s Head); Edmond (Theatre Royal, Haymarket); Smartcard (Shunt Vaults); Selling Clive (Lost).

      AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, THEATRE INCLUDES: Of Mice & Men (Watermill); A Letter to England (Finborough); Odette (Bridewell); Vent (Contact).

      THEO COWAN (Ensemble)

      THEATRE INCLUDES: Lord of the Flies (Regent’s Park Open Air); A Touch of the Sun, Tamburlaine (Bristol Old Vic).

      TELEVISION INCLUDES: Sparticle Mystery, Caught in the Web, Doctors.

      FLY DAVIS (Designer)

      AS DESIGNER, FOR THE ROYAL COURT: Pigeons, Collaboration, Primetime.

      AS ASSOCIATE DESIGNER, FOR THE ROYAL COURT: Open Court Season, No Quarter, Disconnect.

      AS DESIGNER, THEATRE INCLUDES: I’d Rather Goya Robbed Me of My Sleep Than Some Other Arsehole (Gate); Hunger for Trade (Royal Exchange, Manchester); Superior Donuts (Southwark Playhouse); Khadija is 18, Almost Near, The Man (Finborough); What the Animals Say (Greyscale); The Great British Country Fête (Bush/UK tour); England Street (Oxford Playhouse); Life Support (Theatre Royal York); Woyzeck (Omnibus); Change (Arcola); ’Ave It (Old Vic Tunnels); CHAVS (Lyric Hammersmith); The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Deathwatch, The White Guard (Drama Centre).

      AS ASSOCIATE DESIGNER, THEATRE INCLUDES: Playhouse Presents (Sky Arts), A Play A Pie & A Pint (Paines Plough), The Whisky Taster (Bush).

      MUSIC VIDEOS INCLUDE: McFly’s Love is Easy.

      CHRISTINE ENTWISLE (Ensemble)

      FOR THE ROYAL COURT: Primetime, Narrative, The Wonderful World of Dissocia (& National tour/Edinburgh International Festival).

      OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Billy the Girl (Clean Break/Soho); As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo & Juliet, Morte D’Athur (RSC); Six Characters in Search of an Author (Gielgud/Headlong/Chichester Festival); Half Life (National Theatre of Scotland); C’est Vauxhall! (Barbican); Genetics for Blondes (Soho); The Wedding (Southwark Playhouse/National tour); Vassa (Almeida/The Albery); A Family Affair (Clwyd); Wonderhorse