Eleanor Matsuura in Terrorism | A Bush Theatre production at Room 56, Dorsett Hotel | Production photo by Helen Murray
“It might seem a little cramped, but really, for a W12 postcode, at this price, we are talking about a very competitive property.”
Nadia and Daniel have a secret. In fact they have quite a few.
They have just signed on the dotted line for an overpriced studio flat on Shepherd’s Bush Green. Under a pseudonym, naturally.
But as much as they try and redefine the rules, the outside world encroaches in upon them. As the impending explosion draws ever nearer, how many casualties will there be?
Ultra-contemporary, sexy and funny, Terrorism pushes the boundaries of trust, love and lust to the limit.
Eleanor Rhode trained at Mountview and the National Theatre Studio and is a former Staff Director at the National Theatre. In 2009 she co-founded Snapdragon Productions to bring neglected and unknown works to new audiences and she works frequently on the development of new work. Theatre includes Toast by Richard Bean (Park Theatre and UK tour; 59E59, New York), Teddy (Southwark Playhouse), When We Were Women (Orange Tree Theatre), Thark (Park Theatre), Generous, The Drawer Boy, A Life (Finborough Theatre) and For All That (Centerstage Theater, Seattle).
Kenny Emson is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His plays include Quadrophenia (Mercury Theatre), Parkway Dreams (Sir John Mills Theatre) Terrorism (Bush Theatre), This Must be the Place (Vault Festival – co-written with Brad Birch) andPlastic (Old Red Lion). He was co-creator, co-writer and associate producer on the BAFTA Craft, SXSW and Prix Italia nominated The Last Hours of Laura K and adapted Agatha Christie’s The Coming of Mister Quin which was nominated for a BAFTA CYMRU games award. He has written for EastEnders, Doctors, BBC Radio 3 and 4 and has been shortlisted for the Bruntwood, Red Planet and Papatango Prizes as well as winning the Adrienne Benham, Off West End Adopt a Playwright and Mercury/Weinberger Playwriting awards.
Priscilla John, Orla Maxwell and Francesca Bradley have worked together as a casting team since 2009 on diverse and exciting film and international TV projects. Priscilla leads the team with a wealth of experience including the Royal Court Theatre in 1970’s, Granada TV, and an independent career casting for David Lean, Steven Spielberg, Gore Verbinski, Terrence Davies and Andrei Tarkovsky. Always on the hunt for new UK talent, the team are passionate theatregoers attending fringe, West End and drama graduate shows.
Room 56, Dorsett is a former cinema on Shepherd’s Bush Green. Originally built in 1910 as the Shepherd’s Bush Cinematograph Theatre, the building showed films until 1981 under a number of owners. After standing empty for some time, it was converted into a pub and was owned and operated by the Walkabout chain of Australian-themed bars until 2013. Currently this disused Edwardian building is owned by Dorsett Hotels, whose Shepherd’s Bush Hotel resides next door.
