Holly Atkins, Rosie Cavaliero and Archie Christoph-Allen head the cast of Personal Values, a new play by Chloë Lawrence-Taylor that will have its world premiere at Hampstead Theatre.
Directed by Lucy Morrison, Personal Values is a perceptive, poignant and witty look at sisterhood and the enduring strength of even frayed family ties.
Veda and Bea haven’t spoken since their Dad’s funeral; not since Bea scratched something obscene into the bonnet of Veda’s cherished convertible. But one wet Tuesday morning, Veda shows up out of the blue on Bea’s doorstep, determined to break down the walls built by so many things left unsaid. But before they can do that, there’s the small matter of the physical walls Bea has surrounded herself with – walls made of newspapers, suitcases, cutlery, commodes, keyboards and hundreds, likely thousands, of bags-for-life…
The play marks Lawrence-Taylor’s Hampstead Theatre debut. Her previous plays include When the Head Became a Cage, The Heart Took Flight and If We Ended This. The cast will feature Atkins (Sons of the Prophet), Rosie Cavaliero (Abigail’s Party) and recent graduate Christoph-Allen, who is also making his Hampstead Theatre debut.
Morrison returns to Hampstead following the sold-out production of The Animal Kingdom and Akedah. Her other credits include Hope Has a Happy Meal, That Is Not Who I Am and Scenes with Girls.
Set design is by Naomi Dawson, associate design and costume design is by Hannah Schmidt, lighting design by Holly Ellis and sound design by Max Pappenheim.
Personal Values plays Hampstead Downstairs from April 11 to May 17.
Tickets: hampsteadtheatre.com