Assault With A Deadly Weapon

Jermyn Street Theatre
As part of the 'Footprints Festival'
2nd June 2021

"It's all about information.

You can have a picture of someone and the information/ the data/ and you already know what they’d say, enough to have lost conversations when they’re as far away as another human being can be."

Assault With A Deadly Weapon is a short play that explores issues of data privacy and isolation; in a time where technology should bring us closer together. In this digital space we meet Bella, a hotline operator; her manager Marcus; and her naive but strong-willed customer Danni.

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Assault With A Deadly Weapon premiered with Opsis Theatre Company on YouTube on the 20th February, 2021 as a digital theatre production.​

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The live theatre debut of Assault With A Deadly Weapon took place on the 2nd June at Jermyn Street Theatre as part of the work-in-progress evening, 'Push & Pull', for their Footprints Festival. A live recording of this can be provided upon request.

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Written by Thomas Heath

Director - Charles Douglas

Dramaturg - Olivier McFadden

Produced by Georgia Hulkes

Designer & Editor - Layla Bradbeer

Sound Designer & Supervisor - Ali Taie

Bella – Colette Eaton

Marcus – Seb Fear

Danni – Hannah Moss

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Understudy Bella - Cara Mahoney

Understudy Marcus - Liam Arnold

Understudy Danni - Bethany Agaoglu