Permanent Tenancy



by Louis Gale
14:00 on 21st Jan






A sitcom gone very wrong:


Five student flatmates navigate the highs and lows of life and love as a near ‘grown up’ at the end of university; brimming with the crippling angst and uncertainty everyone said you’d grow out of by your twenties. After possibly the worst night of their lives, they wake up one morning to find their worlds have been turned upside-down and that things have changed forever…


Dealing with topical issues and exploring transition, friendship, modern love, identity and mental health; ‘Permanent Tenancy’ is a pitch black existential comedy, leaning more on the absurd, comedic and often anarchic elements of its premise without shying away from the important and heartfelt.



CAST:

Pete Austen - Conor

Louis Gale - James

Berwyn Jones - Gethin

Sophie Koumides - Emily

Laura Noble - Harper

Julia Thurston - Inge


CREATIVE TEAM:

Louis Gale - Writer/Producer

Berwyn Jones - Director

Pete Austen - Composer

With collaborative input from the cast and Stormy TeaCup Productions.


Stormy TeaCup Productions was founded in 2018 by LIPA graduates to create small scale performances that pack a punch. They believe emphatically in creating productions that entertain foremost and hold the ethos: if you want to tell a message with a story, you can’t make the story about the message. Lovers of music and the magic of storytelling their productions often incorporate instruments and classic stories with a twist.


Their debut production ‘Songs of Innocence’ received Five Star reviews during its sold-out run in Liverpool before being selected as part of the 2020 ‘Six Play, One Day’ festival at the Tristan Bates theatre in London’s West End. On the back of that performance, the show was scheduled to go on tour until that bad thing happened and everything went sideways.


Tenacious as always, ‘Permanent Tenancy’ is the company’s first production since the pandemic.



PETE AUSTEN



playing Conor (and Composer)





Pete graduated from LIPA in 2019. His credits in training include Elomire in La Bête and Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing. Since graduating, his credits include Virgil in Murder Ballads at the Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe, and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at the Shakespeare North Playhouse.



LOUIS GALE



playing James (and Writer/Producer)





Louis is an actor and writer from Leicester. Graduating from LIPA in 2019, he is one of the founding members of Stormy Teacup Productions, and had the privilege of being part of 2020’s ‘Six Plays One Day Festival.’ His past plays include Songs of Innocence and A Place Called England; he has just completed a Masters in Writing at Edinburgh



BERWYN JONES



playing Gethin (and Director)





Berwyn Jones was born, raised and lost his hair in Wrexham. Graduated from LIPA in 2019. He is currently producing online content for learning English and creating courses for online learners. Past credits include working with ESPN and Rownd a Rownd (S4C) and A Matter of Life and Death.



SOPHIE KOUMIDES



playing Emily





Sophie is a multidisciplinary artist based in Manchester, who is really excited to be a part of Permanent Tenancy and the Six Plays One Day festival


LAURA NOBLE



playing Harper





Laura graduated from The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in 2019 where credits included Emcee in Cabaret and Desdemona in Othello. Credits after training include Doctors (BBC), Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV) and the UK tour of Horrible Histories. Laura is represented by Simon & How Associates.



JULIA THURSTON



playing Inge





Julia Thurston (LIPA BA Acting 2018/GSA MA Acting 2022) is an American/Canadian actor based in London. She is an associate artist with Threedumb Theatre, having performed in her own plays at both previous Six Plays One Day Festivals; Paved with Gold and Ashes in 2019 and Darling, it’s Not About You in 2020 and is thrilled to be back this year!



A NOTE FROM THE COMPANY



Firstly, thank you so much for coming watch! This is the Research & Development draft of our next major project, so any feedback, notes, thoughts and support is hugely appreciated!


Dealing with topical issues and exploring transition, friendship, modern love, identity and mental health; ‘Permanent Tenancy’ is a pitch black existential comedy, leaning more on the absurd, comedic and often anarchic elements of its premise without shying away from the important and heartfelt.


Stormy Teacup Productions was founded in 2018 by LIPA graduates to create small scale performances that pack a punch.


They believe emphatically in creating productions that entertain foremost and hold the ethos: if you want to tell a message with a story, you can’t make the story about the message. Lovers of music and the magic of storytelling their productions often incorporate instruments and classic stories with a twist.


Their debut production ‘Songs of Innocence’ received Five Star reviews during its sold-out run in Liverpool before being selected as part of the 2020 ‘Six Play, One Day’ festival at the Tristan Bates theatre in London’s West End. On the back of that performance, the show was scheduled to go on tour until that bad thing happened and everything went sideways.


Tenacious as always, ‘Permanent Tenancy’ is the company’s first production since the pandemic.


Thank you (again)!



PHOTO GALLERY



CAT HUMPHRIES PHOTOGRAPHY








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