This show finished on Saturday 21 March 2015, and this page is being kept for archival purposes only.
Vive la Résistance
“Perhaps this is a bedtime story. But I cannot sleep. I’m waiting for the post.” To one hand, a dinner table. To the other, the war. Four Allied soldiers discover dark secrets about the cause they’ve fought for.
Dates
Wednesday 18 March - Saturday 21 March
Price
£6.00 / £5.50 / £5.00
Author
Ian Culleton
Venue
The Nazis bear ever closer as five allied soldiers sit down to a civilised meal. A young girl watches, over and over. A terrible secret waits in the trembling hands of a farmer’s wife. There are no allies left on this earth.
Following the immense success of his piece Grim, Ian Culleton’s Vive la Résistance is far removed from the world of fairytales. Set in soon-to-be-liberated Vichy France, the show follows an evening spent with five allied soldiers through the eyes of Marie, a 16-year old victim of the true horrors of war. In the face of Nazi invasion, double-crossing informants and savage guerilla warfare, Vive la Résistance asks what it means to be ‘un homme bon’, in a world ravaged by war.
Cast and Crew
- Co-Director
- Julia Carstairs
- Co-Director
- Maddie Haynes
- Producer
- Amanda Fleet
- Stage Manager
- Ian Culleton
- Technical Manager
- Marina Johnson
- Assistant Director
- Joe Christie
- Costume
- Kaylee Gannaway
- Lighting Operator
- Laura McGugan
- Sound Operator
- Sandra Colombo
- Marie
- Sian Davies
- Mme. Lefleur
- Leyla Doany
- Col. Geoffrey Bentam
- Adam Butler
- Maj. William Digsby
- Macleod Stephen
- Mad Jack
- Jacob Close
- Sgt. Ernest Feininger
- Taliah Horner
- Sgt. Bo Freedman
- Finlay McAfee