These Shining Lives - M. Marnich - Park Theatre

Cast announced for These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich, the inaugural production at the Park Theatre - Park200, in Finsbury Park, north London, from 8 May to 9 June 2013.

The Park Theatre is a new two auditorium venue, incorporating a 200 seat theatre (Park200), and a smaller flexible 90 seat space (Park90).

Directed by Loveday Ingram, designed by Tim Shortall, the cast includes Melanie Bond (Frances), David Calvitto (Mr Reed), Nathalie Carrington (Pearl), Alec Newman (Tom), Charity Wakefield (Catherine), Honeysuckle Weeks (Charlotte).

Chicago, the Roaring ‘20s. Catherine is overjoyed to begin her first ever job - working with a sparkling group of women at the Radium Dial Company. Independent, happy, fulfilled, but as she masters her craft she finds herself swept up on a much more dangerous adventure. The tale unfolds amidst the most tender of love stories, as Catherine finds herself an unlikely pioneer of employees’ rights in the workplace.

- by Darren Dalglish