Can kids be parents?
When Cassie’s mother disappears, the teenager wants to care for her sisters on her own. Is she the right person to be a parent now, or should she let foster parents adopt her sisters and create a new family?
Based on real-life events and interviews with children in care and featuring live music, this play celebrates the resilience of teenagers. Cassie and the Lights is a tender and playful examination of what makes a family and what holds it together.
Following critically acclaimed runs in New York and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this enchanting play created and directed by Alex Howarth features live music and is based on real-life events and interviews with children in care.
Original Scenic Design by Alex Howarth, Set and Costume Design by Ruth Badila, and Composition by Imogen Mason and Ellie Mason.
Cast: Alex Brain (Cassie); Helen Chong (Tin); Emily McGlynn (Kit); Martha Walker (Swing)
Voiceovers by: Bethany Antonia (Jasmine); Louisa Harland (Alice); Oli Higginson (Mark); Wendi Peters (Teacher); John Thomson (Lawyer).
Southwark Playhouse Borough, 77 – 85 Newington Causeway, London, SE1 6BD from 3 – 20 April 2024. Times: Mon – Sat: 8pm
Thu & Sat: 3.30pm – BSL performance: 16 April at 8pm
Admission: £10 Pioneers’ Preview/£16 previews / £21 standard / £17 concessions
Running time: 70 minutes.
Booking: www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/cassie-and-the-lights
