I’m delighted to share rehearsal images from Dark Sublime, featuring Marina Sirtis (Star Trek: The Next Generation), theatre titans Jacqueline King (Doctor Who) and Simon Thorp (Royal Shakespeare Company), LQBTQ+ campaigner Sophie Ward (Young Sherlock Holmes) alongside up and coming actor Kwaku Mills (good dog, UK Tour). For the world premiere of Dark Sublime, Mark Gatiss (Sherlock and League of Gentlemen) will also lend his voice.
Directed by Andrew Keates (As Is and Dessa Rose, Trafalgar Studios), Dark Sublime boldly explores the complexities of relationships, especially in the LGBTQ community. Considering what later life is like for older gay women as well as the next generation, it contrasts bittersweet lived experiences with real humour.
This thrilling debut play by Michael Dennis is a theatrical love-letter to British sci-fi television which examines the feeling of belonging that comes with finding your place among the outcasts. Fans will do anything for their heroes, but what if your biggest fan is your closest companion?
Keates comments, I’m so glad to be coming home to Trafalgar Studios after having such an extraordinary time directing both As Is and Dessa Rose. Now we bring a brand new play from a debut playwright that gives a stage for mature women and modern LGBT issues with a cast that is truly out of this world.
Dark Sublime
Tuesday 25 June – Saturday 3 August 2019 Monday – Saturday, 7:45pm
Thursday and Saturday, 3pm
Tuesday 2 July, 7.45pm
Wednesday 17 July, 7.45pm and Tuesday 30 July, 7.45pm
Tuesday 2 July and Wednesday 17 July, with more to be announced.
Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, London SW1A 2DY
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Trafalgar Studios is located on Whitehall. The nearest underground stations are Charing Cross (on the Bakerloo and Northern lines), Embankment (on the Bakerloo, Northern, Circle and District lines), Westminster (on the Jubilee, Circle and District lines) and Leicester Square (on the Northern and Piccadilly lines). The nearest rail station is Charing Cross.
