7:30pm
We survived so you don’t have to.
The world has ended, time to rejoice. A leader emerges, one who promises a better future. This curious collective may have outlived the humans, but can they avoid repeating the same mistakes?
The Intrusion is a dynamic new collaboration from Bric à Brac Theatre and Told by an Idiot. Featuring original music, creative captioning*, and clown; this darkly comic production offers an anarchic look at extinction and questions who gets to survive.
Directed by Anna Marshall
Praise for Bric à Brac:
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘The cast members are faultless in their hybrid roles and the whole world hint is, aptly, a perfect example of risk paying off’ The Observer on Glass Ceiling Beneath the Stars
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘Remarkably intricate piece of theatre’ British Theatre Guide on Glass Ceiling Beneath the Stars
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘Creative, really smart, very funny and poignant’ Sinners Review on Glass Ceiling Beneath the Stars
Previous praise for Told by an Idiot:
‘One of the jewels of left field British theatre’ Guardian
‘Their work is never less than sublime’ Independent
The Team
Alex Hinson
One of the founding members of Bric à Brac theatre, Alex is an actor, deviser, and singer originally from the USA. She studied movement and performance at Sarah Lawrence in New York, and continued her theatrical education at Jacques Lecoq in Paris alongside fellow Bric à Brac members. Alex’s recent credits include ‘Glass Ceiling Beneath the Stars’ at The Pleasance Edinburgh and ‘Mr. Gumpy’s Outing’ at Riverside Studios.
Anna Marshall – Director of Bric à Brac and The Intrusion
Anna is a director specialising in collaborative and devised theatre. She is currently Resident Director on the National Theatre’s production of War Horse. She is a founding member of Lecoq company Bric à Brac and recently directed multimedia show Glass Ceiling Beneath the Stars supported by Leeds Playhouse and Shoreditch Town Hall. She has assisted on The Play that Goes Wrong (West End) and has worked for companies such as Opera North (Requiem, Leeds Grand & BBC Iplayer) imitating the Dog (Night of the Living Dead, National Tour) and was recently the intern director on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child West End.
Siobhan Cha Cha
Siobhan trained at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Siobhan specialises in theatre which involves devised, physical and comedic theatre.
Recent theatre credits include Owl Who Came For Christmas Tour at Theatre Severn and Palace Theatre, playing the title character of Red in Little Red Riding Hood at The Rep. Other credits include: Justin Audibert’s Anansi The Spider at the Unicorn Theatre London, Bluebeard’s Castle at Edinburgh International Festival and Beijing Music Festival. Theatre Royal Bath’s 40th Anniversary production of Noises Off directed by Lindsey Posner and Big Girl Words at Brixton House Theatre.
Anna Reddyhoff | Lighting Design
Anna is thrilled to once again be working with Bric a Brac on The Intrusion, after previously working with them on Glass Ceiling Beneath The Stars.
Previous design credits include; Omid Djalili – The Good Times Tour, Love it if we Beat Them – Live Theatre & UK Tour, The Shape of Things – Park Theatre, Shewolves – UK Tour, Crackers – Polka Theatre; Everything I Didn’t Say – UK Tour, A Little Night Music – Avondale Theatre; Vessel – UK Tour; Copacabana – Avondale Theatre; The Strange Case of Jekyll & Hyde – UK Tour; Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs – Bradford Alhambra (Associate LD); The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe – Garrick; Emilia – Vaudeville (Associate LD); Sara Pascoe: Lads Lads Lads – Wyndham’s.
Other credits;
Re-Lighter The Woman in Black – UK Tour; Chief Electrician – Secret Cinema’s Moulin Rouge; Deputy Electrician – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – UK Tour; Deputy Electrician – Hairspray – UK Tour.
Ellie Isherwood
Ellie Isherwood is a sound designer, composer, actor/musician and synth-pop artist (BYFYN). Her “quietly ground breaking” work spans a vast array of forms, from site specific theatre, to binaural audio experiences, to musical theatre. Recent work includes composition and sound design for Tender (Bush Theatre), The Fir Tree (Arts Depot), The Odyssey (Unicorn Theatre), Son Of A Bitch, (Summerhall, Fringe First).
Kitty Devlin
Kitty’s screen credits include starring as MISS STOWELL in Netflix BRIDGERTON & SKY/PLAN B’s THE THIRD DAY. Theatre credits include several shows with BRIC À BRAC THEATRE, most recently GLASS CEILING BENEATH THE STARS at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 & PUNCHDRUNK ENRICHMENT’s THE LOST LENDING LIBRARY. Kitty is a founding member of Bric à Brac Theatre who met while training together at Jacques Lecoq. She is an Associate Artist with Punchdrunk Enrichment, after previously being their Associate Director, working with them both as an actor and director. She is training in British Sign Language (BSL) and is currently qualified to Level 4.
Michael Julings
Michael is a designer and art director from Leeds living and working in South London. He co-founded Piñata, beloved comedy/cabaret showcase and art collective.
Sophie Slater
Sophie is currently Assistant Production Manager at Leeds Playhouse working across a variety of projects within the company. Having graduated from RADA with a foundation degree in Technical Theatre & Stage Management she then went on to freelance in a variety of backstage roles including work with Contact Theatre, Brixton Theatre, ETT and Sheffield Theatres.
Virginie Taylor
Virginie Taylor is a London based theatre video and creative captions designer, with a background in lighting design and fine art.
Video and lighting design credits include: « Pajoma Collective » Bernie Grant Arts Centre, « Vagina Rex and the Gas Oven » London Performance Studios and « Hummingbird » Vaults Festival.
Video design: « Bright Places » The Rep Birmingham, « Windrush the Journey », « Roman Fever » and « the Human Voice » by Pegasus Opera, « The Odyssey » Unicorn Theatre, « Wendy: A Peter Pan Story » The Egg (creative captions only), « Press » Park Theatre, « Charlie Russell Aims To Please » EdFringe/The Other Palace and « No Place Like Home » EdFringe/Camden People’s Theatre »
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
Supported by Unity Theatre Trust
