PLUTO by Jon Bonfiglio

BLUE ELEPHANT THEATRE, CAMBERWELL, LONDON     

28th May to 15th June, 2008

Kuiperfest 20th June 2008

“The overall effect is innovative and moving, thanks to a fine ensemble cast supported by enabling and intuitive direction. If any further proof were necessary that small-scale productions have big ideas and can make them work, ‘Pluto’ provides it.”
Peter Brown, London Theatre Guide

A new play about man’s relentless struggle to define the world and beyond.

“Our heroes and our Gods, under scrutiny, have become dwarves. As if that was something they could ever be. That we could ever allow. That’s why we rail against the day’s passing, struggle to get in another word or action, because tomorrow … tomorrow we may not know where we stand. Not recognise ourselves when we stop to look.”

Ad astra per aspera (a rough road leads to the stars)
Inscription at Launch Complex 34 at Kennedy Space Centre
where all three crew members of the first Apollo spacecraft died in 1967.

Directed by Emily Agnew

CAST (in alphabetical order)

MATT ADDIS - Lau
SAMANTHA HOPKINS - Mira        
BILL HUTCHENS - John Bootes
RUTH JAMES - Cass

CREATIVE TEAM
Writer – Jon Bonfiglio
Producer – Joe Fredericks
Director – Emily Agnew
Lighting Design – Esteban Nunez
Stage Manager - Marianna Guillen
Production Photographer – Craig Price

Pluto was also recorded for radio on location in Aragon, Spain. A clip of the recording can be heard on www.promisingproductions.co.uk