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'I just don’t… I don’t like this dress. I just don’t see why I have to… to wear clothes like this to do a job where you pee in a suit.
'Set in a semi-mythical 1960’s, Mercury Poisoning interweaves the stories of three women: Molly, a young American pilot who dreams of being the first woman in space; Valeria, a Soviet textile factory worker who, improbably, beats her to the mark; and Nicole, a Black singer and actress in Hollywood boldly going where no man has gone before.
'Madeleine Stedman’s mammoth debut play - starting with the launch of Sputnik 1, spanning two continents and, of course, outer space, containing dozens of characters - is a true epic orbiting themes of progress, solidarity and moral licensing.'
Source: Production blurb.
Production Details
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Presented by Snatched Collective and White Box at KXT (Kings Cross Theatre), 15-30 March 2024.
Director: Kim Hardwick.
Production Designer: Meg Anderson.
Lighting Designer: Frankie Clarke.
Sound Designer: Rowan Yeomans.
Cast: Shawnee Jones, Violette Ayad, Teodora Matovic, Anna Clark, Sarah Jane Starr, Charlotte Salusinszky, Melissa Jones, Tinashe Mangwana, Nikita Khromykh, Brendan Miles, Jack Richardson, and Shaw Cameron.
