Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago

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"It's just four actors with a black screen sort of in this void-like state. And that's scary but also really exciting because it means that you just have to trust that you've put the work in and that the text is going to deliver and reach and make people feel something."

Our cast members talk about working on this new online production of Gary Owen's devastating 'The Drowned World', directed remotely by John Haidar.

The Drowned World by Gary Owen

Director: John Haidar

Cast: Grace Cooper Milton, Kitty Hawthorne, Conor McLeod, Justice Ritchie

Composer: James Allen
Video Designer: Charlie Vince-Crowhurst
Video Assistants: Danielle Da Costa, Ryan Davies, Jason Hunter
Stage Manager: Ophir Westman
Assistant Stage Manager: Devon James-Bowen

Additional Production Staff

Freelance Stage Management Supervisor: Lizzie Donaghy
Staff Video Supervisor: Pete Wallace

Special thanks to: Artfletch, Joby Burgess, Amelia Kosminsky

Guildhall Audio Visual team: Julian Hepple, Izziiee Jewell, Mimi Hemchaoui

For help with student recording: Brandon Bassir, Louis Goodwin, Blair Ritchie, Claudia Ritchie, Ruth Ritchie