This past Monday Killer Joe had their dress rehearsal, so I met up with the cast in Corpus Playroom.
‘I heard y’all talkin’ about killin’ Momma. I think it’s a good idea.’
Dallas, Texas. The Smiths are just like any other American family. 6 grand in debt to drug barons, they hire ‘Killer’ Joe Cooper, a detective-cum-contract-killer, to murder their estranged matriarch for her sizeable life insurance policy. When Joe demands a rather unusual retainer for his services, a simple plan spirals dangerously out of control.
Explosive, gory and darkly funny, this Southern Gothic pulp classic by Pulitzer Prize winning author Tracy Letts (Bug, August Osage County) has been causing controversy, on stage and screen, since it premiered in 1993.
(Text from Camdram)
While waiting for the rehearsal to start Will Bishop, Jack Parham and Rebecca Thomas joined me outside for a few photos.
Will Bishop as “Killer” Joe Cooper.Rebecca Thomas plays Sharla. Here our plan was to weave a bit of story telling into the photo so we had Will drag a dead Jack across the stones in the background.There were several big fight scenes in the play. Here Will Bishop and Jack Parham are reenacting one of them in front of King’s College Chapel.Will Bishop, Rebecca Thomas and Jack Parham.Jack Parham and Will Bishop.
Will Bishop, Jack Parham and Mother.Will Bishop and Jack ParhamJack Parham and Andreea TudoseJack Parham and Andreea TudoseJack Parham, Andreea Tudose with Rebecca Thomas and Joe Shalom just entering the stage.Rebecca Thomas, Will Bishop, Andreea Tudose and Joe Shalom.Jack Parham, Joe Shalom, Andreea Tudose, Will Bishop and Rebecca ThomasJoe Shalom, Rebecca Thomas, Andreea Tudose, Jack Parham and Will BishopJack Parham and Will Bishop. At the point of the rehearsal they had not yet sourced their gun.Andreea Tudose, Jack Parham and Rebecca ThomasJack Parham’s head made a dent in the styrofoam doors of the cupboard.Jack Parham, Joe Shalom and Rebecca ThomasRebecca Thomas, Joe Shalom, Jack Parham and Will Bishop.Jack Parham and Will BishopAndreea Tudose, Joe Shalom, Rebecca Thomas, Will Bishop and Jack ParhamJoe Shalom, Rebecca Thomas, Andreea Tudose, Will Bishop and Jack ParhamRebecca Thomas, Joe Shalom, Will Bishop and Andreea TudoseAndreea Tudose
Cast
Dottie – Andreea Tudose
Chris – Jack Parham
Ansel – Joe Shalom
Sharla – Rebecca Thomas
“Killer” Joe Cooper – Will Bishop
Production Team
Director – Joe Spence
Producer – Katurah Morrish
Associate Director – Gus Mitchell, Emma Blacklay-Piech
Assistant Director – Russell Fancourt
Set Designer – Emily Barker
Sound Designer – Jamie Rycroft
Master Carpenter – Toby Molyneux
Lighting Designer – Johnny King
Costume Designer – Zoe Barnes
Publicity Designer – Gabriel Agranoff
Photographer – Daniel Karaj
Associate Fight Director – Victor Støle
Fight Director – Sam Brain
Production Photographer – Johannes Hjorth
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