THE DEAD DOGS
BY JON FOSSE
Translated from the Norwegian
by May-Brit Akerholt
The Dead Dogs received its UK premiere
on 15 March 2014 at The Print Room, London.
The Dead Dogs received its world premiere
at Rogaland Theatre on 30 April 2004.
by Jon Fosse
Translated from the Norwegian
by May-Brit Akerholt
The Mother | Valerie Gogan |
The Young Man | Danny Horn |
The Friend | William Troughton |
The Brother-in-law | Sam Redford |
The Sister | Jennie Gruner |
Director | Simon Usher |
Set and Costume Designer | Libby Watson |
Lighting Designer | Simon Bennison |
Sound Designer | Paul Bull |
Production Manager | Andy Beardmore |
Stage Manager | Emma Tooze |
Set Builders | Scenic Productions Ltd |
Scenic Painter | Tash Shepherd |
Costume Assistant | Amity MacDonnell |
Wardrobe Supervisor | Grace Quin |
Special Thanks to:
Paolo and Aud Cuniberti, Luke Holbrook,
Mel Kenyon, William Lavelle, The Norwegian Embassy, Anne Ulset,
Toby Whale
The Mother
Valerie trained at LAMDA and has worked extensively in theatre, film and television.
Theatre credits include The Secret Rapture, He Who Saw Everything (National Theatre), Worlds Apart (Royal Shakespeare Company), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Manchester Royal Exchange), A Doll’s House and Abigail’s Party (Theatre Clwyd), When is A Clock (Grey Light Prods.), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Pericles, The Winter’s Tale and Clothe The Naked (Leicester Haymarket), Widowers’ Houses (Palace Theatre, Watford), In Flame (Bush Theatre), Arden of Faversham (Old Red Lion), Warm (Theatre503) and Hamlet (Rapture Theatre). In the West End she has appeared in Les Liasons dangereuses (Ambassadors Theatre) and The Rehearsal (Almeida/Garrick Theatre). She was in N.F. Simpson’s final play, If So, Then Yes (Jermyn Street Theatre), and most recently in Catherine Johnson’s Shang-A-Lang (King’s Theatre, Glasgow).
Her films include Dangerous Liasons, One More Kiss, As You Like It, The Jealous Sister, I Am Dead, Animal, Honey and Razorblades and Junkhearts.
Leading roles on television include Hamish MacBeth, Heart of the High Country, David Copperfield, Gawain and The Green Knight, Arriverderci Millwall, The Mrs Bradley Mysteries, Silent Witness, Gertrude in the BBC’s Prefaces to Shakespeare and most recently 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover.
DANNY HORN
The Young Man
Danny trained at Central School of Speech and Drama.
His theatre credits include Junior in The Revenger’s Tragedy (Hoxton Hall). Film and television includes the lead role of Luke in feature film Scar Tissue (Sterling Pictures), Legend of the Boogeyman (UFO Films), MI
High (CBBC) and a guest lead in A Christmas Carol, the 2010 Christmas special episode of Doctor Who (BBC) in which he played a young Michael Gambon.
Short films include Perimeter Fence (Shudder Films) and Catalyst.
WILLIAM TROUGHTON
The Friend
Theatre credits include: The Ladykillers (West End and UK Tour), The Woman in Black (West End), Happy New (Trafalgar Studios), When Darkness Falls (Beau Sejour).
TV: Silk (BBC) and Crimson Field (BBC)....
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About The Dead Dogs
A young man lives alone with his mother and his beloved dog in a house in a small village overlooking the fjord. The dog has run off and gone missing. This has never happened before... |
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