Ordinary Miracle Ordinary Miracle Written and Directed by Masha Kevinovna

Devised with the NYT REP Company

2nd – 4th July 2021 Workshop Theatre, National Youth Theatre, London, N7 6LW

Relaxed Performance - 2pm Saturday 3 July

Promotional photos by Myah Jeffers ‘To love is to jump into the abyss not knowing whether you’ll end up splintered on the rocks or sink into a feather bed.’

Written and directed by Masha Kevinovna, the recipient of the 2020 Bryan Forbes Director’s Bursary, which supports outstanding early-career directors at National Youth Theatre, Ordinary Miracle asks ‘can we be brave enough to love knowing that everything will end?’

Based on a romantic Russian fantasy and devised with Britain’s best young creative talent from the NYT REP Company, Ordinary Miracle is a brave new poetic and musical multi- disciplinary production. A story with music about our need to connect with other humans and how love leads to ordinary miracles. The first production to premiere at NYT’s Workshop Theatre.

We’re grateful to all those who have donated to the Bryan Forbes Bursary for Young Directors, and in particular Emma Forbes and Graham Clempson and director mentor Prasanna Puwanarajah. The REP Tour is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. The National Youth Theatre is also grateful to The Clothworkers’ Foundation for its support of the Tour and the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, Arts Council England, The Clothworkers’ Foundation, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Sophie’s Silver Lining Fund, Spotlight and Urban Myth Films for their support of the REP Company. We would like to thank National Youth Theatre Patrons Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren, Sophie’s Silver Lining Fund and Urban Myth Films for their support of bursaries for the National Youth Theatre Rep Company Members.

We are grateful for support from the Cultural Recovery Fund.

The production is produced by the National Youth Theatre, whose renowned alumni rank amongst Britain’s most successful actors. Backstage NYT graduates have gone on to work in key roles at the world’s biggest theatres and events including Olympic Ceremonies, award-winning large-scale theatre productions and global tours of the world’s biggest music artists. Cultural leaders who started their careers with NYT include Bush Theatre Artistic Director Lynette Linton, Royal Exchange Artistic Director Bryony Shanahan, Brixton House Artistic Director Gbolahan Obisesan, Globe Theatre Artistic Director Michelle Terry, Old Vic Theatre Artistic Director Matthew Warchus and many more. The Cast Tiajna Amayo Francesca Princess Amewudah-Rivers Hunter’s Apprentice/ Young Mother / Musician

Will Atiomo King

Ishmel Bridgeman Connor Crawford Bear Nurse Alexandra Hannant Jack Humphrey Harlequin Hunter

James-Eden Tife Kusoro Hutchinson Mother Orynthia (Maid of Honour)

Jack Matthew First Minister Nkhanise Phiri Matilda Rae Daughter Executioner

Will Stewart Adeola Yemitan Minister’s Court Dame Emilia Administrator

Ben Wilson Inn Keeper Emil Team Chief LX Writer & Director Dom Cook Masha Kevinovna Lighting Programmers Set & Costumer Designer Philip Burke & Cara Evans Robbie Butler Composer / Sound Deputy Stage Manager Designer (NYT Member) Ben Ramsden Samantha Galbraith Movement Director Assistant Stage Manager Maria Koripas (NYT Member) Assistant Director Emily Dimino Tatenda Matsvai Head of Wardrobe Lighting Designer Anna Edwards- Lucy Adams McConway Dramaturg On Stage Pianist Billy Barrett Ben Ramsden Costume Supervisor Imogen Brown — Production Manager ‘King’s Song’ Ian Smith Original song by Deputy Production Francesca Amewudah- Manager Rivers Jack Greenyer Company Stage ‘Goodbye Song’ Manager Lyrics by Tife Kusoro with Claire Risseeuw music by Ben Ramsden Tour Manager Dougie Wilson ‘Sell Your Soul’ Design Assistant Original song written by (NYT Member) Will Stewart with music by Laura Mugford Ben Ramsden Lighting Assistant and Operator (NYT Member) ‘Conned By The System’ Ed Lawson and ‘Shotgun Wedding’ Covid Safety Officer Original song written Anthony Papamichael by Adeola Yemitan with music by Ben Ramsden National Youth Theatre is a pioneering charity that has nurtured the creative, personal and professional development of young creatives since 1956. In 2021 NYT will tour major venues UK-wide championing young talent, launch an Inclusive Practice Collective and open an accessible Production House for Young People.

We are inclusive, creative and collaborative and we celebrate all the ways we are different. Whatever your background or wherever you’re from, we invite you to support our mission to be a creative force for good at a critical time for our industry, country and world.

Young people aged 11-26 can get involved by joining the NYT Hub today and access talks with leading industry voices, bi-weekly online workshops, acting auditions and backstage interviews for £2-a-month www.nyt.org.uk/hub Credits National Youth Theatre — Royal Patron HRH The Earl of Wessex KG GCVO President Barbara Broccoli OBE Hon

Patrons: Zawe Ashton, Michael Bonehill OBE LLB FRSA, Hugh Bonneville, Daniel Craig , Timothy Dalton, Chiwetel Ejiofor OBE , Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sir Derek Jacobi CBE, Sir Elton John CBE, Matt Lucas, Sir Ian McKellen CH CBE, Dame Helen Mirren DBE, Rosamund Pike, John Reid, Matt Smith, Liza Tarbuck

Chair: Dawn Airey

Trustees: Munroe Bergdorf, Tania Black, Johnny Capps, Sylvia Darkwa-Ohemeng, Simon Davies, Janet Ellis MBE, Graham Elton, Mary FitzPatrick, David Hockley, Nicola Howson Jessica Hung Han Yun, Tobi Kyeremateng, Tim Lloyd-Hughes, David Lammy MP, Johnny Moore (Finance Chair), Prasanna Puwanarajah, Dr Simon Stockill, Lord Vaizey, Daniel York Loh Youth Trustees: Patrick Bayele, Amelia Braithwaite, Daniel Cawley, Adrian David Paul, Anna Phillips, Rosa Simonet, Charlotte Steward, Nathan Whitebrook

Development Board Joyce Hytner OBE (Chair), Tilly McAuliffe (Vice Chair), Philip Bartle QC, Judith Chan, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Diana Hiddleston, Daisy Lewis, Freddie Lewis, Tim-Lloyd Hughes, Helen Northrop, Annette Lynton Mason

Staff — CEO & Artistic Director Paul Roseby OBE Executive Director Karen Turner

Finance Manager Greig Boyd Production Coordinator Lauren Buckley Access and Skills Manager Kat Dale Development Manager Angel Dahouk Playing Up Course Coordinator Libby Devereux Playing Up Manager Emily Doherty Marketing Manager Sian Davila Head of Communications and Digital Joe Duggan Producer Jessica Hall Executive Assistant Kirsten Komaru Auditions and Courses Coordinator Sophie Maasland Development Manager Clíodhna McCorley Producer Andrew Morgan Digital Apprentice Isaac Morrison Associate Director Anna Niland Participation and Membership Coordinator Amelia Oakley Building Services Vanessa Sutherland Inclusion Project Manager Michelle Temperley Playing Up Manager Simone Waller Head of Development Richard Wilkinson Associate Company The PappyShow REP Mentors Jade Anouka, Johnny Capps, Julia Crampsie, Joe Cole, Sope Dìrísù, Ray Fearon, John Hollingworth, Kane Husbands, Bryony Jarvis-Taylor, Emily Lim, Ruth O’Dowd, Regé-Jean Page, Nikesh Patel, Charlotte Sutton, Michelle Terry, Ashley Zhangazha

REP Buddies Guy Clark, Ella Dacres, Natalie Dunne, Jordon Ford-Silver, Jamie Foulkes, Alice Franziska, Billy Hinchliff, Jadie Rose Hobson, Bede Hodgkinson, Tiwalade Ibirogba Olulode, Julia Kass, Sarah Lusack, Jemima Mayala, Joseph Payne, Sonny Poon Tip, Raj Singh Thank You National Lottery Heritage — Fund The National Youth Theatre Mark and Sam Phillips of Great Britain is proud The Portal Trust to acknowledge the Christina Smith Foundation following people and TikTok organisations for their Youth Endowment Fund support £5,000+ Major supporters Bob Ayling and family Arts Council England Charles S French The Clothworkers’ Charitable Trust Foundation The Garrick Charitable Department for Work and Trust Pensions Kickstart Scheme Diana Hiddleston John Ellerman Foundation The Derek Hill Foundation The Leverhulme Trust The Ironmongers’ Company £10,000+ Baroness Nye of Lambeth Dawn Airey and Playful Productions Jacquie Lawrence Samsung Tania and Keith Black Spotlight United Agents Hugh Bonneville Sue Vertue and Steven EON Productions Moffat International Music and Harold Hyam Wingate Art Foundation Foundation Jefferies The JGA Group £2,500+ Andrew Lloyd Webber BBC Children in Need Foundation Evening Standard London Borough of Greenbird Media Islington Graham and Sarah Elton John Lyon’s Charity Ros and Alan Haigh The Mayor’s Young Jane Hollinshead and Londoners Fund Taymour Ezzat Ian McKellen The estate of Fred Jarvis National Lottery James and Dawn Jones Community Fund Helen Mirren All our other donors St Olave’s Foundation including those who wish Fund to remain anonymous Andrew and Robin If you would like to support Tottenham our work, you can give at Urban Myth Films Alistair Wilson www.nyt.org.uk/donate Jacqueline Worswick We would also like to £1,000 + thank these organisations Johnny Capps who have supported our Conway Van Gelder capital redevelopment Grant to create our National Boris Karloff Charitable Production House for Foundation Young People Darcia Martin and Marcus Browning The Mayor of London’s The London Community Good Growth Fund Foundation Kirby Laing Foundation Lucy, Brooks and Lily Arts Council England Newmark London Marathon Jack Petchey Foundation Charitable Trust Austin and Hope Pilkington Christina Smith Foundation Charitable Trust The City of London Sophie’s Silver Lining Fund Corporation’s charitable Teale Charitable Trust funder, City Bridge Trust, London Borough All those who donated to of Islington, Green Hall the Bryan Forbes Bursary Foundation for Young Directors and in particular Emma Forbes and Graham Clempson

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