Festival of New Writing
Presented by Downing Dramatic Society
Lent 2026 · Week 7 · 2025/26
Cast
- Josefina ("Abuela")
- Anna Smith
- Carmen ("Abuela")
- Kestrel Zakharov
- Elisa ("Abuela")
- Maya Sivathanu
- Sofía ("Abuela")
- Clara Eugenia Marmo
- Bill (“Bill the Intern”)
- Valerie Wilson
- Mum (“Bill the Intern”)
- Alice Frecheville
- Admin Girl (“Bill the Intern”)
- Ruby Laidlow
- Admin Boy (“Bill the Intern”)
- Nusaiba Khan
- Zephyr (“Bill the Intern”)
- Gaia Dratwinska
- Sophie ("Ghost")
- Ruby Laidlow
- Mum ("Ghost")
- Juliet Wong
- Therapist ("Ghost")
- Amy Stevens
- Kate ("Magic Buttons")
- Sarah Elizabeth Mintz
- Theo ("Magic Buttons")
- Nick Danby
- Safwan ("Ox Bow Lakes")
- Haran Loganathan
- Nan ("The Colour of Water")
- Ava Reynolds
- Hent ("The Colour of Water")
- Philip Bayntun
- Beckberg ("The Colour of Water")
- Oliver Sykes
- Des Vosges ("The Colour of Water")
- Hollie Hurrel
- Renèe ("The Colour of Water")
- Olive Mills
- Ragfool ("The Cambridge Plough Jag")
- Max Morrison
- Boretholomew ("The Cambridge Plough Jag")
- Peter Goodrich-Jones
- Paige Turner ("The Cambridge Plough Jag")
- Lily Brown
- Porter/Beelzebub ("The Cambridge Plough Jag")
- Ed de Ferrars Green
- Cow/Chaplain ("The Cambridge Plough Jag")
- Mais Withers
- Don ("The Cambridge Plough Jag")
- Ellie Dudley
- Accordion Player ("The Cambridge Plough Jag")
- Charlotte Crawley
- Gabin ("Color Motion")
- Riad El Samad
- Joanna ("Color Motion")
- Kohuné Aziz-Kamara
- Polo ("Color Motion")
- Peter Fetto
- Addie ("Color Motion")
- Giulia Reche-Danese
- Student ("Deprogramming")
- Shyama Dave
- Patient ("Deprogramming")
- Monty Bolton
- Doctor ("Deprogramming")
- Ed Hall
- Noa ("Noa")
- Beanie Wardhaugh
- Elle ("Noa")
- Cressida Massey-Cook
Production team
- Festival of New Writing Officer
- Charlotte Payne
- Festival of New Writing Officer
- Jude Hughes
- Writer ("Abuela")
- Clara Eugenia Marmo
- Writer ("Bill the Intern")
- Esme Thomas
- Writer ("Color Motion")
- Blake Garance
- Writer ("Deprogramming")
- India Cowdy
- Writer ("Ghost")
- Kaitlin Pryce
- Writer ("Magic Buttons")
- Sarah Mintz
- Writer ("Noa")
- Zaria Jankelovitz-Gelvan
- Writer ("Ox Bow Lakes")
- Yusuf Adia
- Writer ("The Cambridge Plough Jag")
- Sapphy Dunn
- Writer ("The Colour of Water")
- Brian Alkire
- Director (“Abuela”)
- Anna Takács
- Director (“Bill the Intern”)
- Ely Dela Cruz
- Director (“Deprogramming”)
- Scarlett Parker
- Director (“Magic Buttons”)
- Dhyan Ruparel
- Director (“Noa”)
- Ioan Lewis-Weedon
- Director (“The Colour of Water”)
- Lara Czernecki
- Lighting & Sound Designer
- Greer Barnes
- Director ("Ghost")
- Fariha Alam Bhuiyan
- Director ("The Cambridge Plough Jag")
- Ruby Redwood
- Sound Operator
- Aimee Mabirizi
- Light Operator
- Jude Hughes
- Sound Operator
- Charlotte Payne
- Director ("Color Motion")
- Blake Garance
- Director ("Ox Bow Lakes")
- Yusuf Adia
- Photographer
- Zaria Jankelovitz-Gelvan
- Assistant Director ("The Cambridge Plough Jag")
- Barney Sayburn