Folio Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the world première of Nanny, co-written by Alana Ramsey (The Crown), Lizzie Stables (The Inbetweeners) and Jenny Rainsford (Fleabag), with songs by Matthew Floyd Jones (Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder!). The production runs at Bristol Old Vic from 31 January – 10 February.
Jenny Rainsford directs her fellow co-writers Alana Ramsey and Lizzie Stables in this new comedy play with songs. With design by Cecilia Carey, lighting design by Johanne Jensen and sound design by Asaf Zohar.
Co-writer and director Jenny Rainsford said: “You wouldn’t want to pay Leanne and Amy £18 per hour to look after your kids, but I know our audiences will happily watch them mess up their lives for eternity."
Meet Lea and Amy. Below average nannies with bigger than average ambitions.
Every week they take the kids they look after to a ‘Stay and Play’ class where they seize moments to plot the twists and turns of their real careers as a comedy double act.
Matthew Floyd Jones (Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder!) writes original music and songs for this world première of a poignant and funny new play about friendship, faltering, and the true cost of thinking you know what you want. Script and story by Alana Ramsey (The Crown), Lizzie Stables (The Inbetweeners), and Jenny Rainsford (Fleabag).
Co-writer Alana Ramsey plays Amy. Her theatre credits include A Christmas Carol, Young Marx (Bridge Theatre), Macbeth (National Theatre), The Importance of Being Earnest (Vaudeville Theatre), The Glass Menagerie (Duke of York’s Theatre), A Bright Room Called Day (Southwark Playhouse), and Unearthed (UK tour). Her television credits include House of The Dragon, The Crown, Alice and Jack, Blitz, Bulletproof and Silk; and for film, Between the Lights, Common People and Belle.
Co-writer Lizzie Stables plays Leanne. Lizzie is the Artistic Director of Folio Theatre Company which she founded in 2014. As an actor, her theatre credits include Out of Order, Not Now Darling (The Mill at Sonning), The Red Pill (RSC), and Reclaimed, Unearthed, Reel Life (UK tours). Her television credits include The Inbetweeners, Miranda, Kiri, The Long Call, Zoo Factor and Planet Sketch; and for film, The Big I Am, Ghost Ship and This is Intercourse. As a sketch comedy writer she regularly collaborates with The Exploding Heads, and is also writing a long form comedy for television.
Jenny Rainsford co-writes and directs. For theatre she has performed in three seasons at Stratford Upon Avon with the RSC, as well as for companies such as Headlong, The Royal Court, Sheffield Theatres, The Bush, The Arcola, The Park, The Orange Tree Theatre and The Almedia. Appearances for television include Emmy, BAFTA, NME and Golden Globe winning Fleabag; and for film About Time, Prometheus, Such a Lovely Day and The Favourite (Gold Derby Ensemble of the Decade). She is currently co-writer on a forthcoming film in development with RCA Films. She is currently co-writer on a forthcoming film in development with RCA Films.
Matthew Floyd Jones composes and is Musical Director. He is known as one half of successful musical comedy double act Frisky & Mannish, who have been headliners on the international comedy and variety circuits for over a decade. He is also the co-creator, composer, co-lyricist and musical director of Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder!. As a composer and lyricist, his theatre credits include A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, UK tour). As a director, his theatre credits include Tall, Dark and Anxious (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Soho Theatre), Screwtopia!, The Big Screw (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Southbank Centre); and as a writer/performer, his credits include Richard Carpenter is Close to You (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Bloomsbury Theatre, UK tour), Psychodermabrasion (Jacksons Lane Theatre), and 2012: An Olympic Vaudeville (Greenwich Theatre).
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