The Wire - Lucy Island

The Wire: Lucy Island by Laura Lomas A powerful piece of new writing by one of Britain's most promising new playwrights in which a grieving young woman transforms herself and her community. CAST Lucy ..... Georgia Groome David ..... Joe Dempsie Dianne ..... Esther Coles Phil ..... Tony Bell Vicky ..... Sophie Ellerby Amy ..... Keely Beresford Directed by Marc Beeby THE WRITER Laura Lomas is from Derby. She studied English at the University of Nottingham and completed an MPhil in Playwriting at Birmingham University in 2008. She has worked with the Royal Court and BBC writersroom on the 50 and 24 degrees projects, and has had rehearsed readings at Nottingham Playhouse and the Royal Court. Her first play Wasteland was produced by New Perspectives in April last year. Since then, her plays include Traces (Paines Plough, Lattitude Festival), 10,000 Metres Deep (Paines Plough and Oran Mor Theatre) and Us Like Gods (Hampstead Theatre Heat and Light). She is currently one of six writers on attachment with Paines Plough's Future Perfect Scheme. THE CAST Lucy Island features a top notch cast including GEORGIA GROOME (Tusk Tusk, London to Brighton, Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging) as Lucy, JOE DEMPSIE (The Damned United, Merlin, Doctor Who, Listen to the Words) as David and ESTHER COLES (Titty Bang Bang, Doctors, Shameless) as Dianne.