Martin Eatough – Lighting Designer

Martin has worked as lighting designer, projectionist and sound technician at the White Bear, Blue Elephant, Etcetera, Diorama, Hen and Chickens and Trinity (Tunbridge Wells) on productions including The Country Wife, A Cherry Orchard, Unfinished Business, Marcia’s Massage, Samadhi and a cover of Stars in Their Eyes. He has a...

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Leigh Outram – Assistant Director

Since graduating from Arts Ed (BA Acting) recent theatre work has included: ‘Beth’ in A Date To Remember (director: Steve Marmion, Soho Theatre), ‘Chris’ in Dancing At Lughnasa (Bill Kenwright – national tour), ‘Emma’ in Betrayal and ‘Viola’ in Twelfth Night (Pleasance, London), ‘Isabella’ (Measure For Measure) and ‘Ophelia’ (Hamlet)...

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Alexander McConnell – Director

Alexander McConnell trained as an actor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He co-founded the Little London Theatre with the help of Sir Derek Jacobi and Richard Wilson among others, to create a platform for new writing-led theatre. The company boasts 20 productions with an emphasis on...

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Characters

Edward Snowden. Glenn Greenwald: The journalist who went to Hong Kong and broke the story of Edward Snowden’s revelations. Laura Poitras: The documentary film maker. When Greenwald did not respond to Snowden’s emails he contacted Poitras who then brought Greenwald in on the story. Ewen MacAskill: the Guardian reporter who...

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The Play

A & R Theatre Company presents Edward Snowden is holed up in a hotel in Hong Kong. He has left his life in Hawaii, abandoned paradise, for a life on the run. Tortured by thoughts of his girlfriend, his mother and father and the ghosts of other whistleblowers from Chelsea...

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