DirectorMaggie Norris
BookMaureen Chadwick & David Watson
Music & LyricsKath Gotts
Set DesignerTina Torbey
Sound DesignerJulian Starr
Video DesignerMic Pool
Costume DesignerBertie Taylor-Smith
Musical DirectorJoey Hickman
ChoreographerFi Silverthorn
Associate DirectorChris Neels
Stage ManagerLaurel Marks
Lighting SupplierWhite Light
When some people won’t believe you’ve changed, and others don’t want to let you change, it isn’t easy to make a new start. Jay Johnson is fresh out of prison and determined never to go back, but for all his efforts to stay on track, he finds himself making a detour back in the wrong direction. Finally he’s faced with the hardest choice of his life and only then does he understand what he has to do to change things for real. The Realness has an upbeat score ranging from rap to reggae, gospel to grime.
Photos by Alex Forey