The Bridge Theatre proudly presents...
Lungs by Duncan Macmillan
A young couple considers parenthood. They want to have a child for the right reasons. But, in a time of global anxiety, erratic weather and political unrest, what exactly are the right reasons?
"A woundingly intense two-hander…It is the most beautiful, quietly shattering play of the year." ***** - The Express
What the press said
17 May – 3 June 2023
Tuesdays – Saturdays @ 8pm | Saturdays @ 4pm
Run time: 90 minutes, no interval
Please note: The show begins at 8pm / 4pm promptly and latecomers will not be admitted. Please arrive before 8pm / 4pm otherwise we cannot guarantee entry.
Some performances include a Post-Show Talk and Q&A with a Special Guest (30-45 minutes). Check dates on booking page for details.
Tickets: €10 - €40
Recommended for those aged 12 and over.
Please note: the performance contains strong language and themes that some audience members may find upsetting.
Language: English
RESET, Rue du Ligne 8, Brussels 1000
Metro/Tram: Parc
Bus: Parc or de Berlaimont
Parking: Indigo Royal, Rue de Ligne 25, 1000 Bruxelles
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Cast
Georgina Armfield
Georgina Armfield
Georgina Armfield
Georgina trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and is an alumni of the National Youth Theatre.
Theatre credits include: The Cracks (The Criterion Theatre), Penetration (The Cockpit Theatre), She’s Fit Just Kiss Her (Southwark Playhouse), Lover, Whore or Handmaiden (Tristan Bates), Who I Could’ve Been (The Space), Hummingbird (Lion and Unicorn Theatre), Parlour Games (Bridewell Theatre), Hunchback of Notre Dame (Durham Cathedral). Film credits include: Mr Malcolm’s List, A Little Ignorance, The Plunge and Fair Trade.
Tim Bowie
Georgina Armfield
Georgina Armfield
Tim trained at the Guildhall School Of Music & Drama.
He recently finished working on the feature film Hoard (BBC/BFI), as well as Amrou Al-Kadhi’s debut feature Layla (Film 4/Fox Club). Other TV/Film work includes Doctors (BBC), Redefining Juliet, Dagenham (Brit It Films), Adored and Turtle Boy.
Theatre credits: Park Bench (Park Theatre), It Is Now (AIAW), Twelfth Night (The Scoop), Taming Of The Shrew (Arts Theatre), Redefining Juliet (Barbican), Hamlet (Changeling Theatre), The Teenagers (HighTide), A Local Boy (Invertigo), Philip Ridley’s revival of Vincent River (The Pleasance), A Marked Man (HighTide) and Outside On The Street (The Pleasance Jack Dome).
Tim was runner up in The 2016 Monologue Slam UK Winners Edition.
Creatives
Duncan Macmillan, Playwright
Duncan Macmillan, Playwright
Duncan Macmillan, Playwright
Duncan Macmillan is an English playwright and director. He is most noted for his plays Lungs, People, Places and Things, Every Brilliant Thing, and the stage adaptation of the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, which he co-adapted and co-directed with Robert Icke.
Macmillan's play Lungs had a major revival at the Old Vic Theatre in 2019, starring Matt Smith and Claire Foy.
Macmillan co-created and wrote the 2020 BBC television drama series Trigonometry with Effie Woods.
Kate McGregor, Director
Duncan Macmillan, Playwright
Duncan Macmillan, Playwright
Kate is Artistic Director of award-winning Theatre6 and winner of the Noel Coward Trainee Director Bursary 2012 at The Salisbury Playhouse. She is represented by Alix Harvey- Thompson at Harvey-Thompson Ltd.
Kate trained on the Chicago Director's Lab, at the National Theatre Studio and on the Postgraduate Director's Course at Drama Studio London. She has a First Class BA Honours degree from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, in Drama, Applied Theatre and Education.
Kate is based in Bristol, Somerset. She makes magical, visually powerful drama, often with live original music. Kate enjoys telling extraordinary stories about ordinary people in brave and imaginative ways. She founded Theatre6 in 2009, leading the company to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Musical for The Scottsboro Boys in 2014. Two of her shows have been short-listed by Time Out for Fringe Show of the Year.
In 2022 and 2021 Kate directed, adapted and produced the world premiere adaptation of Dickens 'Great Expectations' called Estella which toured to Trinity Theatre, Thorington Theatre, Trebah Garden, Rondo Theatre Bath, Brighton Open Air Theatre and the Omnibus in Clapham. Kate's direction of Jane Austen's Persuasion toured to audiences across the UK. In 2017, she directed two major productions: Moira Buffini's Gabriel, staring Paul McGann and Belinda Lang, touring to to Richmond Theatre, Windsor Theatre Royal, Liverpool Playhouse, Theatre Clywd and Yvonne Arnaud in Guildford. The Lost Boy, written by Stephanie Dale was produced by Theatre-in-the Quarter in Chester. Both shows received substantial critical acclaim from national press.
Kate regularly adapts novels for the stage and works as a dramaturg in the UK and internationally. Kate's first piece of original writing, new musical, Moments, was co-created with Theatre6 Resident Composer Maria Haik Escudero and showcased at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Kate firmly believes in the power of theatre to tell unheard stories and empower young people and adults alike. She has worked as a coordinator, project manager and director for many organisations including Shakespeare's Globe, Shakespeare Schools Foundation and Ambassador Theatre Group. She is a staff director at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Get to know Shakespeare!
We are bringing over two extremely talented actors for a unique Masterclass on 14+15 December.
Over the course of two days, two actors from the UK's Royal Shakespeare Company will take you through a fun and rewarding journey to get to know and love Shakespeare better