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Living Newspaper (design collective)

Venue: Royal Court Theatre

Part of the Design Collective

with Shankho Chaudhuri, Debbie Duru, Sandra Falase, Chloe Lamford and Zoë Hurwitz

Photo Credit: Isha Shah

Feral Monster

Writer: Bethan Marlow

Director: Izzy Rabey

Composer: Nicola T.Chang

Performing Musical Director: Alex Comma

Set and Costume Designer: Cara Evans

Movement Director: Osian Meilir

Lighting Designer: Marty Langthorne

Dramaturg: Jennifer Lunn

Photo Credit: Kristina Banholzer

National Theatre Wales, Tour

Sleepova

Olivier Award Winner 2024 for Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

Written by Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini

Directed by Jade Lewis

Design by Cara Evans

Lighting by Elliot Griggs

Sound Design by XANA

Composed by Romarna Campbell

Movement by Gabrielle Nimo

Venue: Bush Theatre

Photo Credit: Helen Murray

Wish You Were Here (Costume Design)

Writer: Sanaz Toossi
Director: Sepy Baghaei
Set Designer: Tomás Palmer
Costume Designer: Cara Evans
Lighting Designer: Matt Haskins
Sound Designer: Pouya Ehsaei
Movement Director: Adi Gortler
Hair and makeup Consultant: Yasemin Hassan 
Photography: Rich Lakos

Dear Young Monster

Written and Performed by Pete Machale

Directed by Sammy Glover

Set and Costume Design by Cara Evans

Video Design by Dee Dixon

Sound Design and Composition by Roly Botha

Lighting by Hugo Dodsworth

Movement Direction by Loe D’Arcy

Dramaturgy by Mandla

Photo Credit: Alex Brenner

Sylvia

Directed by Beth Pitts

Set and Costume Design by Cara Evans

Lighting Design by Peter Small

Sound Design by Holly Khan

Head of Costume: Mirta Kljajo

Photo Credit: Martin Kaufhold

Sirens (co-design)

by Kenny Emson

Directed by Bethany Pitts

Co-Designed by Zoe Hurwitz and Cara Evans

Lighting Design by Kathrine Sandys

Sound Design by Frazer Merrick

Venue: Mercury Colchester Studio

Photography by Pamela Raith

Get Dressed!

Created and Directed by Jade Lewis

Dramaturgy by Stewart Melton

Set and Costume Design by Cara Evans

Sound Design by Richard Haynes

Choreography/Movement by Sara Dos Santos

Lighting Design by Sam Waddington

Performers: Joseph Barnes-Phillips and Marieme Diouf

Venue: Unicorn Theatre

Photography: Helen Murray

Ugly Sisters

by piss/CARNATION

Created and Peformed by Charli Cowgill and Laurie Ward

Director: Joanna Pidcock

Design: Cara Evans

Lighting Design: Edward De'Ath

Stage Managed and Performed by Daze Corder

Photography by Clémence Rebourg and Michael Aiden

Millennium Girls

Writer Sophia Leonie
Director Jade Lewis
Set and Costume Designer Cara Evans
Lighting Designer Laura Howard
Composer and Sound Designer Khalil Madovi
Music Supervision Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante
Movement Director Gabrielle Nimo

Photo Credit Helen Murray

Body Show

Made and Performed by Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello

Associate Directors: Thick & Tight

Produced by Soho Theatre

Technical Design by Lily Woodford-Lewis

Set Design by Cara Evans

Photo Credit: Jonny Ruff and Clemence Rebourg

Statues

Written by Azan Ahmed

Director: Esme Allman

Designer: Cara Evans

Lighting Designer: Rachel Sampley

Composer/ Sound Designer: Holly Khan

Movement Director: Hamza Ali

Produced by Bush Theatre, Two Magpies and Eve Allin

Photography: Harry Elleston

Blister/The Unreturning

Director: Kwame Owusu

Written by Laura Lomas and Anna Jordan

Set and Costume Designer: Cara Evans

Lighting Designer: Hector Murray

Sound Designer: Amy Tinniswood

Photography by Robin Savage

Performed at Arts Ed

The Misandrist

Written by Lisa Carroll

Director: Beth Pitts

Designer: Cara Evans

Lighting Designer: Peter Small

Sound Designer: Dominic Brennan

Venue: Arcola Theatre

Photography: Charles Flint

Metamorphoses

Written by Sami Ibrahim, Laura Lomas & Sabrina Mahfouz

Directed by Jack Gogarty

LAMDA Linbury Studio

Set and Costume Design by Cara Evans

Lighting Design by Alex Hoppe

Sound Design by Heather Trevelyan

Movement by Adi Gortler

Costume Supervision by Tabitha Stocks

Wardrobe Assistant: Katie Kelson

Assistant Director: Amy Shelmerdine

Photo Credit: Alex Brenner

The Maladies

by Carmen Nasr

Directed by Imy Wyatt-Corner

Design by Cara Evans

Lighting by Oscar Burr

Sound by Anna Short

Photo Credit: Harry Plowden

It's a Motherf**king Pleasure

Written and Performed By:

Samuel Brewer, Aarian Mehrabani and Chloe Palmer

Directed by Josh Roche

Original concept by Samuel Brewer

Design: Cara Evans

Video Design: Dan Light

Sound Designer: Calum Perrin

Lighting Designer: Alex Musgrave

Photo Credit: Cameron Whitman

F**king Men

Writer Joe DiPietro

Director Steve Kunis

Set and Costume Designer Cara Evans

Lighting Designer Alex Lewer

Sound Designer Charlie Smith

Production Manager Carrie Croft

Movement & Intimacy Director Lee Crowley

Casting Director Anne Vosser

Voice and Dialect Coach Amanda Stephens-Lee

Photography Darren Bell

Love Bomb

Written by Benjamin Salmon

Directed by Masha Kevinovna

and Kyley Winfield

Set & Costume Designer: Cara Evans

Lighting Designer: Jonathan Chan

Composer & Sound Designer: Ben Ramsden

Movement Director: Maria Koripas

Voguing Movement Director: Bambi

Intimacy Director: Tigger Blaize

Creative Consultant: Elijah W Harris

Assistant Director: Bethan Hâf Jones

Production Manager: Sean Laing Company Stage Manager: Claire Risseeuw

Stage Manager: Megan Hartley

Costume Supervisor: Beth Qualter Buncall

Wardrobe Manager: Sophie Andrews

BSL Interpreter – Deborah McLeod

Photography by Helen Murray

GRILLS

Created by:
Chloe Christian & Olivia Dowd

Co-written by: Afshan D'Souza-Lodhi

Originally devised with: Ishmael Kirby, Nikki Durrant, India Jeans-Jaques & Jaye Bullen

Director: Chloe Christian

Set and Costume: Cara Evans

Lighting Design: Cheng Keng

Sound Design: Raf Alero

Photo Credit: Harry Elletson

Instructions For A Teenage Armageddon

Written and Performed by Rosie Day

Directed by Georgie Staight

Designed by Cara Evans

Lighting Design by Holly Ellis

Sound Design by Sam Glossop

Video Design by Dan Light

Produced by: Zoe Weldon and Katy Galloway

Venue: Southwark Playhouse

Photo Credit: Mark Senior

Queer Upstairs (co-design)

Royal Court x Queer House

Design by Cara Evans and Sandra Falase

Venue: Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court

Writers: Enxi Chang, Jamal Gerald, Mika Onyx Johnson, Lauren John Joseph, Pete MacHale, Nemo Martin, mandla rae, Amelia Stubberfield and Yaz Zadeh.

Directors: Emily Aboud, Myah Jeffers, Zodwa Nyoni, Hester Chillingworth, Charlie Josephine, Izzy Rabey, Anthony Simpson-Pike and Sammy Glover.

Baba Joon

Writer/Performer: Lisa Zahra

Director: Izzy Rabey

Production/Stage Manager: Philippa Mannion

Movement Director: Gemma Prangle

Set/Costume Designer: Cara Evans

Sound Designers/Composers: Roshi Nasehi & Emma Daman Thomas

Lighting Designer: Grace Priest

Assistant Director: Nadia Nur

Community Liaison Consultant: Shadan Roghani

Assistant Stage Manager: Amy Ashwell

Producer: Jafar Iqbal

Venue: Swansea Grand Studio

Photography: Kirsten McTernan

Bright Half Life

By Tanya Barfield

Directed by Steven Kunis

Design by Cara Evans

Movement by Maria Koripas

Lighting by Alex Lewer

Sound by Asaf Zohar

Produced by David Adkin Productions

Venue: King’s Head Theatre

Photography: Pamela Raith

Teenage Dick School's Tour

Donmar’s 2019 production originally directed by Michael Longhurst and designed by Chloe Lamford

Donmar School’s Tour

Directed by Blythe Stewart

Designed by Cara Evans

Lighting Design by Zia Bergin-Holly

Choreography by Claira Vaughan

Sound Design by Ben and Max Ringham

Photo Credit: Isha Shah

The Woman Who Turned Into a Tree

Written by Lisa Langseth

Translated by Rochelle Wright

Directed by Emily Louizou

Designed by Cara Evans

Performed by Bathsheba Piepe

Produced by Cut The Cord Theatre

New Nordics Festival 2021 at Jackson’s Lane Theatre

Photography by Fay Summerfield

SK Shlomo: Breathe

Music, writing and performance by SK Shlomo

Directed by Masha Kevinovna

Design by Cara Evans

Lighting by Alex Fernandes

Movement by Maria Koripas

Technical Director Meg Hodgson

Photography by Kathryn Chapman

Maryland

Written by Lucy Kirkwood

Performed Script in Hand at National Youth Theatre and Riverside Studios

Director: Masha Kevinovna

Creative Director/Designer: Cara Evans

Composer: Riwa Saab

Movement Director: Maria Koripas

Assistant Director: Amelia Glydon

Stage Manager: Lavinia Serban

LX Design: Philip Burke

Photography: feelmorecreative.org

With Thanks to Royal Court and Lucy Kirkwood

Living Newspaper (design collective)

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Feral Monster

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Sleepova

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Wish You Were Here (Costume Design)

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Dear Young Monster

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Sylvia

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Sirens (co-design)

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Get Dressed!

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Ugly Sisters

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Millennium Girls

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Body Show

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Statues

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Blister/The Unreturning

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The Misandrist

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Metamorphoses

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The Maladies

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It's a Motherf**king Pleasure

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F**king Men

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Love Bomb

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GRILLS

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Instructions For A Teenage Armageddon

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Queer Upstairs (co-design)

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Baba Joon

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Bright Half Life

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Teenage Dick School's Tour

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The Woman Who Turned Into a Tree

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SK Shlomo: Breathe

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Maryland

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