Meet the three actors who will bring Olivier Award-winning writer Stef Smith’s searing new production Swallow to life this August. Directed by Traverse Artistic Director Orla O’Loughlin.
Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Sam)
Previous theatre credits include: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Liverpool Everyman), Hope (Royal Court Theatre), The El Train (Hoxton Hall), Yerma (The Gate Theatre), The Swan, There is a War (National Theatre, London), Tiger Country (Hampstead Theatre), Detaining Justice, Seize the Day, Category B, Let There Be Love, Fabulation, Playboy of the West Indies, (Tricycle Theatre), The Horse Marines (Theatre Royal Plymouth), The Bacchae (National Theatre Scotland), Black Crows (Clean Break/Arcola Theatre),The Magic Carpet (Lyric Hammersmith), Blues For Mr Charlie (Tricycle/New Wolsey), Dirty Butterfly (Soho Theatre), Peepshow (Frantic Assembly/Plymouth/Lyric Theatre), Keepers (Hampstead Theatre), Crave (Paines Plough), So Special (Royal Exchange), Yard Gal (Clean Break/Royal Court), The No Boys Cricket Club (Stratford East Theatre Royal) and Babies (Royal Court Theatre).
Previous theatre credits include: In Time Of Strife, Men Should Weep, Macbeth and Wolves in The Wall (National Theatre of Scotland), The War Hasn't Started Yet, Perfect Stroke (Óran Mór), Beowulf, Talk To Me Like The Rain, Suddenly Last Summer, Monaciello (Tron Theatre/Napoli Teatro Festivali), Blithe Spirit, Sabina, Educating Rita (Perth Theatre), Fleeto/Wee Andy (Tumult In The Clouds), The Infamous Brothers Davenport (Vox Motus/Lyceum), Slab Boys, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, While The Sun Shines (The Byre Theatre), Freefall, Private Agenda, Can't Pay Won't Pay (7:84), Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Chooky Brae (Borderline), Smalltown, (Random Accomplice), West Side Story/Romeo and Juliet (Courtyard Theatre Hereford) and Last One Out (Scottish Opera).
Previous theatre credits include: From Morning to Midnight (National Theatre, London), Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company), Caucasian Chalk Circle, Britain’s Best Recruiting Sergeant (Unicorn Theatre), Bedroom Farce, Separate Tables (Salisbury Playhouse), The Humans (Avignon Festival), Rats' Tales (Royal Exchange Theatre), The Master Builder (Chichester Festival Theatre), Pride and Prejudice (Theatre Royal Bath), Origins (Edinburgh Festival/Pentabus), Blithe Spirit (Watermill Theatre) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Ludlow Festival).
To learn more about Swallow visit the Traverse website.