The New Real

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

It's the 2000s. We're in a faraway country. Rachel, a stellar American political strategist, and Caro, her British data whizz, have been hired to fight a ferocious election, in a place where it's hard to tell what's real and what's fake. They think they're here to teach the Eastern Europeans how to do democracy, but it turns out they're here to learn. And when Rachel's former political partner Larry rocks up on the rival side, their showdown threatens to change global politics, from Warsaw to Wisconsin. Forever. At a time of epoch-changing elections on both sides of the Atlantic, Holly Race Roughan (Artistic Director of Headlong) directs The New Real, David Edgar's epic, panoramic play about how the political fault-line was redrawn. An origin story, for right now.

Cast/Performers

Daon Broni (Don Helms / Justin), Edyta Budnik (Natalia Bezborodko), Ziggy Heath (Oleg Sogolyev), Roderick Hill (Petr Lutsevic), Patrycja Kujawska (Liudmilla Bezborodko), Martina Laird (Rachel Moss), Jodie McNee (Caro Wheeler), Lloyd Owen (Larry Yeates), Sergo Vares (Leonid Zhudov)

Creatives/Company

Author: David Edgar
Director(s): Holly Race Roughan, Michela Meazza (movement), Matthew Dewsbury (CDG - casting), Masha Kevinovna (assistant)
Design(s): Alex Lowde, Luke Halls (video), Zakk Hein (associate video designer)
Costume: Alex Lowde
Lighting: Joshie Harriette
Music: Monika Dalach Sayers
Sound: Max Perryment
Dramaturg: Chris Campbell
Other: Aundrea Fudge (dialect coach)