We are thrilled to announce the casting for Genesis Future Directors Award winner Lucy J Skilbeck's The Bear | The Proposal, written by Anton Chekhov and translated by Michael Frayn. The cast includes George Ikediashi, Kamari Romeo and Rebecca Root. Get to know the cast of this stirring new production below.
The Bear | The Proposal runs at the Young Vic 16 - 25 March. Tickets for The Bear | The Proposal are sold out, but you're welcome to join the returns queue from 7pm for evening shows and 3pm for matinees.
George Ikediashi
Returns to the Young Vic after performing in Tobias and the Angel in 2006.
Theatre credits include: Threepenny Opera (National Theatre), Porgy & Bess (Regent’s Park Open Air), Peter Pan (Theatre Lighthouse), Hair (OId Market), Jesus Christ Superstar, La Cage Aux Folles (Theatre Royal Brighton).Opera Credits include: Imago (Glynderbourne), Varjak Paw (Royal Opera House) and La Traviata (Barn Theatre).
Kamari Romeo
Theatre credits include: Whisper Me Happy Ever After (Face Front Theatre Company), At The Feet of Jesus (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Elemental (Bush Theatre), Sequin Deep (Theatre N16), The Jungle Book (Emporium Brighton) and Alice in Wonderland (The Minack Theatre).
Rebecca Root
Theatre includes: Trans Scripts (Pleasance Courtyard and American Repertory Theatre), Tartuffe (Pentameters Theatre). Film includes: The Danish Girl. Television includes: Boy Meets Girl, Hank Zipzer, Doctors, Celebrity Mastermind, Hollyoaks and Midsomer Murders. Short films include: Eddie/Elise and Sis.
GENESIS FOUNDATION
Established by John Studzinski 15 years ago, the Genesis Foundation works in partnership with the leaders of prestigious UK arts organisations such as the Royal Court, The Sixteen, Welsh National Opera and the Young Vic. Its largest funding commitment is to programmes that support directors, playwrights and musicians in the early stages of their professional lives.
In addition it awards scholarships to exceptional student actors at LAMDA and commissions stimulating new works, from choral compositions to light installations.
In 2015 the Genesis Foundation launched its first partnership outside the UK, funding residencies for playwrights at New York’s Signature Theatre.
Lucy J Skilbeck is the eighth recipient of the Genesis Future Directors Award, following Ola Ince (2016), Bryony Shanahan (2016), Rikki Henry (2015), Finn Beames (2014), Tinuke Craig (2014), Matthew Xia (2013) and Ben Kidd (2012).
The Bear The Proposal directed by Lucy J Skilbeck runs 15 - 25 March in the Young Vic's Claire.
