by Annie Baker. Directed by Emma Cornford.
Wednesday 8 – Saturday 11 July and
Tuesday 14 – Saturday 18 July at 7.30pm
Matinées on Saturdays 11 and 18 July at 3pm
At the Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington
Counting to ten can be harder than you think.
In a small town in Vermont, five unlikely people come together in their community centre for a creative drama class for adults. Over six weeks of drama exercises and games ranging from the hilarious to the heartbreaking, their lives become entangled and transformed in humorous and moving ways.
Circle Mirror Transformation is distinguished US playwright Annie Baker’s second play and has been described as her most accessible work and a “quiet masterpiece”. It opened off-Broadway in 2009 and received the 2010 Obie Award for Best New American play. In 2013, it was staged by the Royal Court at the Rose Lipman Building, Haggerston as part of the Theatre Local season with a cast that included Imelda Staunton and Toby Jones.
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Wednesday 8 July at 7.30pm
Thursday 9 July at 7.30pm
Friday 10 July at 7.30pm
Saturday 11 July at 3pm
Saturday 11 July at 7.30pm
Tuesday 14 July at 7.30pm
Wednesday 15 July at 7.30pm
Thursday 16 July at 7.30pm
Friday 17 July at 7.30pm
Saturday 18 July at 3pm
Saturday 18 July at 7.30pm
Cast
Marty : Sangita Modgil
James : Alan Maddrell
Schultz : Cameron Jones
Theresa : Siobhán Callaghan
Lauren : Cerys McLaren
Production Team
Director : Emma Cornford
Costume Design : Angela Large
Lighting Design : Steven Cox
Sound Design : Matthew Ibbotson
Stage Manager : Paige Leavy
Assistant Director : As Richards
Sound Operator : Peta Barker
Wardrobe : Keethiya Selvanath
 Sangita Modgil joined the Tower in 2018, first appearing in Henry V; she has since performed in a number of shows including Twelfth Night, Kensuke’s Kingdom, The Fan and The Mirror Crack’d. She can also be seen in short films including Public House and Hanging. She spent last year on tour with Moby Dick both as a Fury and as Production Manager and ended the year as the Servant in Blood Wedding. Have recently assisted backstage with Jerusalem, she is looking forward to appearing on stage again. |
 Alan Maddrell‘s first show at the Tower was Telstar in 2014. Since then he has appeared in Travesties, All That Fall, Pal Joey, The Night Alive, The Chimes, The Playboy of the Western World and Translations. He dedicates his performance to the memory of a beloved mentor and friend, Stewart Monkhouse. |
 Cameron Jones makes his Tower Theatre debut in Circle Mirror Transformation. After studying Drama at the University of Exeter, he played the Narrator in Hot Stuff at the Queen’s Theatre, earning an Offie nomination, before taking the lead role of Johnnie Hamlet in Roll Over Beethoven. He then stepped away from acting to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter, followed by a near-decade hiatus from the performing arts. Circle Mirror Transformation marks his return to the stage. |
 Siobhán Callaghan is an actor and writer from Dublin, Ireland. A graduate of The Lir Academy (2018), her notable stage and screen credits include Vikings: Valhalla (Netflix/MGM), Tulipomania (Condor Pictures, Italy), Translations (Friel Days: Arts Over Borders), The Valley of the Squinting Windows (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin), and Home (Abbey Theatre, Dublin). She is also the writer and performer of the award-winning short film Quicksand, and has created work for stage, screen, and radio, including Lady Mary Heath and Benched. Siobhán is represented by The Agency, Dublin. |
 This will be Cerys McLaren‘s second production at the Tower, following a fabulous run of Brighton Rock earlier this year. Hailing from rural Alberta, Canada and the daughter of two professional ballet dancers, Cerys has the love of the stage in her blood. Recently graduated from Identity School of Acting, she looks forward to treading the boards once again and putting her years of drama exercises to use. |
 Emma Cornford has appeared at the Tower in Death and the Maiden, A Ten Minute Play About Rosemary’s Baby, All That Fall, That Almost Unnameable Lust, The Railway King, Crime and Punishment and Moby Dick. She is an assistant artistic director of the Tower. Emma has been teaching Drama in London comprehensives for many years and currently works in a secondary school in Walthamstow. |