​The Bread & Roses Theatre Company (BRTC) presents
Low Level Panic
by Clare McIntyre - directed by Pamela Schermann

Tuesday to Saturday, ​12th to 30th April ​at 7.30pm - Previews 12th & 13th April - Opening Night 14th April
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★★★★★ - 'absolutely fantastic production, relevant, topical yet also funny and entertaining'
​- RemoteGoat Review
★★★★ - 'there's nothing dated about its core message' - FemaleArts Review
PicturePhotographer: Eliza Power
Set in a bathroom, Clare McIntyre's acclaimed and award-winning play is a bright, warm, sometimes wet and messy dark-comedy about three young women. Through its fearless comedy Low Level Panic explores female experiences in our world and the objectification, fear and challenges these young women face on a daily basis.

First performed at the Royal Court in 1988, Clare McIntyre went on to win the Samuel Beckett Theatre Award for the play the following year. With the increased influence of pornography through the internet and the still widespread sexist portrayals of women in the media, Low Level Panic often feels even more relevant nowadays than it was when originally written in the 1980s.

The in-house Bread & Roses Theatre Company returns after their first full scale production last year - a new adaptation of Miss Julie which went on to receive 5 star reviews - with another topical and innovative take on a groundbreaking play.
★★★★★ - 'Hart and Pryle carry the play with ease and make it an absolute joy to watch whilst Clyde provides many additional comic moments. Pamela Schermann, who directed, used the space to the best of its advantage and paid a great amount of attention to detail. (...) an absolutely fantastic production, relevant, topical yet also funny and entertaining' ​- RemoteGoat
★★★★ - 'there's nothing dated about its core message: what is the world's perception of women and how they in turn view themselves? - FemaleArts
'Diverse snapshots of the women’s world from a lovely bathroom to the outer world, presented in great set design. (...) LOW LEVEL PANIC is one of London Pub Theatres ‘top picks’ of the month.' - London Pub Theatres
'Clare McIntyre's 1988 play remains hugely important and relevant, with a well-cast ensemble'
​- ActDrop
Playwright - Clare McIntyre (1952-2009)
Clare McIntyre's I've been Running was performed at the Old Red Lion in May 1986, directed by Terry Johnson. Her second play, Low Level Panic, which was commissioned and presented by the Women's Playhouse Trust, was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in February 1988, directed by Nancy Meckler, and this production was subsequently revived at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in the summer of 1989. Low Level Panic also won her the Samuel Beckett Theatre Award for 1989. For My Heart's a Suitcase she won the Evening Standard and Critics Circle awards for Most Promising Playwright.  Clare McIntyre also had an extensive career as an actress in theatre, film and television.
 
Director - Pamela Schermann
Pamela trained as a director at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London, and obtained an MA in Theatre at University of Vienna/Austria. Director Pamela Schermann’s recent directing credits include Othello (Rose Playhouse, Bankside, Waterloo East Theatre, National tour 2015-2016 and New York City), Rendezvous at Midnight (Rose Playhouse, 2015), Iphigenia in Tauris (Rose Playhouse, Bankside 2015), Shoot, I didn’t mean that (Tristan Bates Theatre), The Last Days of Mankind (Tristan Bates Theatre),  Orpheus and Eurydice (Rose Playhouse, Bankside), The Taming of the Shrew (Rose Playhouse, Bankside), Abe & Hans (Theatre503) and New Writing nights at Southwark Playhouse, the Arcola and Arts Theatre West End. Her work has been supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum and Arts Council England. Pamela also works as acting coach, workshop leader, and recently taught Shakespeare scene study classes at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Her work has been supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum London, the Austrian Cultural Ministry and Arts Council England.
Web: www.pamelaschermann.com - Twitter: @PamelaSchermann
 
Producer - Velenzia Spearpoint
Actress, director & producer Velenzia has over 10 years experience on the London fringe theatre scene both on and off stage. Among other creative pursuits she is co-founder of all-female theatre company Get Over It Productions, undertaking everything from designing to directing to playing the leading lady (or man)! Previous productions include Macbeth (The Roundhouse), Romeo and Juliet (Lion and Unicorn Theatre), The Tempest (The Cockpit/Bread & Roses Theatre) and Deathline (Etcetera Theatre). 
 
Production Manager - Eleanor Rose
Eleanor graduated from Goldsmiths College with a bachelor's degree in English Literature and Drama. She has worked on community projects with Omnibus, Sydenham Arts Festival and Sixteen Feet Productions as well as working for the Gate Theatre in Notting Hill, Barbican Centre and St John's Smith Square. As well as Production Management Eleanor has produced work for Indomitable Productions. This is her second in-house production with The Bread and Roses Theatre Company.  
 
Set Designer - Jo Jones
Jo is a recent graduate from the Arts Univeristy Bournemouth in Costume with Performance Design, winning the Scenography Design Prize. She has worked in set and costume design for Winchester Youth Theatre, in opera with Dorset Opera Company and as AsOne Theatre company. While also creating and producing her own performance pieces. An enthusiastic individual who enjoys turning stories and characters of the imagination from novels and scripts into designs for stage. She is also interested in the unlimited ways in which materials can be transformed through textiles, and narratives told through masks and puppetry.  
 
Sound & Lighting Designer - Rachel Sampley
Rachel is a London based lighting designer. She recently finished her MA in Advanced Theatre Practice at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Prior to relocating she designed in Philadelphia, PA. Recent credits include; Upstairs at the Arts (How to Home), Camden People's Theatre (Here We Come Together, Here We Fall Apart), the Paul Robeson Theatre (Aladdin), and the off Broadway transfer of The Memory Show (Drayton Arms). For more of her work please visit rachelsampley.net.
 
Costume Designer - Eve Merchant
Eve graduated in 2014 from Wimbledon College of Art with a degree in Costume Design for Screen and Theatre. Having grown up in Barcelona she is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan, and feels she brings a touch of Spain to her work. Endlessly fascinated by anything visual she loves delving into characters and helping bring them to life. As well as costume design and making she is also very interested in set design and hopes to gain more experience in both fields with BRTC. She also works on tv, film and music videos.

Special Thanks to Clapham Picture House, Charlotte Cave, The Tanning Shop Clapham, The Railway Tavern Clapham & The Bread & Roses Pub.
Rebecca Pryle
Jo
​Rebecca graduated with a BA Hons in Drama before training as an ac-
tress at the Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York on a two year Meisner Conservatory program. After completing her training she returned home to London where she went on to co-found the Bread and Roses Theatre and Company as well as the Improv group 4Play, which has performed around the country, including performances at the Glastonbury Festival. Besides short films and voice over work, Rebecca's latest acting credits include Blood Letting at the Clapham Fringe Festival, Age of Love at the Camden Fringe Festival, Elle at the Clear Lines Festival, the eponymous lead role in Miss Julie, Everything's Normal at the UNHEARD Festival and two years running of the rehearsed reading of The Vagina Monologues. She has also produced and performed in nearly all 9 of BRTC’s new writing nights, The Platform.
Tessa Hart
Mary
Actress Tessa Hart is the Artistic Director of The Bread & Roses Theatre and Goblin Baby Theatre Co. Theatre acting credits include The Vagina Monologues (Bread & Roses Theatre 2016), (S)Elfish Christmas and CinderElla - And Her Smelly Old Slipper (both Bread & Roses Theatre, 2015), The Devil & Stepashka (The Space, 2014), Little Red Hoodie (Hen & Chickens Theatre, 2014), Young Gifted & Black-hearted (Jamboree, 2013), I Chose You (John Thaw Studio, 2013) and The Second Shepherd's Play (New Diorama Theatre, 2012). Screen acting credits include independent feature films, short films, TV-series, web-series and commercials. Tessa holds an MFA Acting International (East 15 Acting School, 2011) and BA Theatre Studies (Free University of Berlin, 2009). She has worked and trained internationally and is also a director, playwright & producer.
Sassy Clyde
Celia
Sassy trained in Performing Arts at Bath Spa University and East 15 Acting School, taught by some of the same practitioners who tutored her parents 30 years previously. Since graduating in 2007, she has involved herself with many theatre companies across London, producing and collaborating on dozens of projects. She also works the stand-up comedy circuit and has taken solo and sketch comedy shows to the Edinburgh, Camden and Brighton Fringes. Sassy also has strong leanings in radio drama and voice over production and is currently co-producing a podcast.
Voice-Over-Artist - Alec Bennie
Trailer by Gareth Kearns: [email protected]
Photographer: Kenneth Jay
Tickets £10
Concessions £8
​Running Time: 75 minutes 
This production features brief visual contents of a pornographic magazine, adult themes, sexual references and a description of sexual assault (trigger warning).
Presented by arrangement with
 The Agency (London) Ltd, 24 Pottery Lane,
​London W11 4LZ ([email protected])