SIMON CASTLE
Actor. Writer. Creative.
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Two Tribes at The Leeds Playhouse Show Poster
Two Tribes at The Leeds Playhouse Show Poster
Two Tribes shortlisted for The Tony Craze Award, 2022.
Two Tribes shortlisted for The Tony Craze Award, 2022.
Two Tribes shortlisted for The Tony Craze Award, 2022.
TWO TRIBES
Two Tribes follows two rival football hooligan firms descending on Leeds in 1987, to watch football and fight. But it charts the journey of two opposing football fans falling in love, which aims to answer the question:
Can love survive where masculinity thrives?
Shortlisted for the Tony Craze Award 2022, Two Tribes has completed its R&D at Leeds Playhouse and Theatre Royal Stratford East and is having its sharing at The Furnace Festival 23.
Funded by Arts Council England.
Supported by Leeds Playhouse and Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Cast & Creative List:
Elijah Marsden... Nathan Graham
Vinny Myers... Kieran Jefferson
Caleb Marsden... Will Taylor
Bobbie Myers... Abigail Stones
Cecilia Myers... Helen Sheals
Big Steve... Joao Faulkner
Written by Simon Castle
Directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Produced by Grey Castle Productions
Two Tribes,
Leeds Playhouse, 2023
TWO TRIBES:
TONY CRAZE SHORTLIST
‘When I was just a little boy,
I asked my mother what should I be?
Should I be Millwall?
Should I be Leeds?
Here’s what she said to me…’
Two Tribes follows two rival football hooligan firms descending on Leeds in 1987, to watch football and fight. But it charts the journey of two opposing football fans falling in love, which aims to answer the question:
Can love survive where masculinity thrives?
Developed alongside Soho Theatre on their Writers Lab and with The National Theatre on their Playwriting Programme, Two Tribes was shortlisted in the final 6 for the prestigious Tony Craze Award, 2022.
Soho Press Release: TONY CRAZE AWARD, 2022
Tony Craze Shortlist,
Soho Theatre 2022
CHANGELING
Changeling is a gritty, sharp two-hander that follows Fae, the world's most confident character and Titch, the world's most unconfident character.
Left motherless and hidden within a vacant house, they must survive on their wits. But as hunger, lies and an unwelcome knock at the door bubble the stakes to the climax, we learn why Mother had to disappear...
Changeling premiered at The Nottingham Playhouse for Amplify Festival 2022.
Cast & Creative List:
Fae... Abby Vicky-Russell
Titch... Simon Castle
Directed by Will Armstrong
Written by Simon Castle
CHANGELING -
Written by Simon Castle
Nottingham Playhouse
I AIN'T DUMB
I AIN'T DUMB
A tough inner-city school, proud of its inclusivity, suddenly explodes in a rapidly escalating culture war.
It’s left to Natasha, grieving student, and Black Lives Matter activist, alongside streetwise gay-bestie Cieren, to try and desperately hold their classmates together.
But what if Cieren is the reason everything is falling apart?
Sex secrets, hip-hop and hope fight for centre stage in this vibrant, loud and proud, real talk rollercoaster.
Cast & Creative List:
Natasha... Nicole Mbaeri
Cieren... Simon Castle
Leon... Harry Rose
Vikram... Vikas Gogana
Mary... Kavita Vyas
Mark... Sam Butters
Ms. Senbo... Kimisha Lewis
Written by Tom Wright
Directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Produced by Steph Weller
I Ain't Dumb -
The Belgrade Theatre
