News: Cast announced for UK Tour of ‘If This Is Normal’

15.02.2022

A couple of weeks ago I gleefully announced that after more than a year of zero theatre work my play If This Is Normal was going out on a UK Tour starting in April 2022. Now I’m delighted to also be able to share the wonderful news that all three of our original cast will be returning to the show. This is a pretty big deal for us because the past two years have been so different for everybody and the theatre industry is recovering at a fairly glacial pace, so it was impossible to know who would be available and willing. I feel so lucky to get another chance to work with a team who are as devoted to their craft as they are to making the rehearsal room a pleasant and safe working space for each other. In a matter of weeks we’ll be walking back into that room together to tackle the same show with an updated script and fresh mindsets. I just can’t wait.

It’d be remiss of me not to include the ticket link because, more than ever, pre-sales are so important:

Now, let me introduce you to our actors:

AOIFE SMYTH

An actor, singer, theatre maker and writer; Aoife's work centres around comedy, new writing and the working class experience. Recent theatre work includes plays for Nottingham Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse, and VAULT Festival. Films include Reverberations (Film4) and Paintball Massacre (AmazonPrime). You may also have seen her smashing down some chips in a McDonalds advert...

ISAMBARD RAWBONE

Isambard Rawbone is a London based actor who trained at University of Kent, Identity School of Acting and Raw Academy. Theatre roles include: Hamlet and Sense and Sensibility (Aquila Theatre/ US Tour), A Murder Most Foley (Fools Rush in Theatre/ Pleasance Theatre), Newsrevue (Canal Cafe Theatre), and Method In Madness (Entita Theatre/ Edinburgh Fringe, International Youth Arts Festival, Catford Broadway, Greenwich Theatre, Marlowe Theatre, Old Joint Stock, Croydon Utopia, Mumford Theatre).

ZARIMA McDERMOTT

Zarima trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Theatre includes: Beast on the Moon (Finborough Theatre, which earned her a "Best Lead Female Performance" nomination at the Off West End Awards 2019), It's a London Life for Me (Greenwich Theatre), The Seagull (National Theatre, Dublin), The House of Bernarda Alba, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Blood Wedding (Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin), Seven Wonders (Theatre N16). TV includes Fair City (RTE) and The Take starring Tom Hardy (Sky1).