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Take Me to Hope Street

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Wintry ghost story by Lizzie Nunnery. University researcher and tour guide Nina starts to find herself haunted by the city she loves in a dark and unsettling way.

by Lizzie Nunnery.

The first in a series of geographically inspired dramas is a wintry ghost story set along Hope Street in Liverpool.

Nina is a university researcher and tour guide who lives and works on Liverpool's iconic Hope Street. She loves the layers of history all around her. However, after a personal tragedy, Nina starts to find herself haunted by the city she loves in a dark and unsettling way.

Directed by Abigail le Fleming

With thanks to the staff and pupils at Our Lady's Bishop Eton Primary School, Liverpool.

The Writer

Lizzie Nunnery is an award-winning playwright.

The Swallowing Dark, produced by the Liverpool Everyman and Theatre 503, was a finalist for The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and past work includes the critically acclaimed Intemperance, produced by the Everyman, and Unprotected, which was awarded the Amnesty International Award for Freedom of Expression.

She is currently working on an adaptation for the Liverpool Everyman and collaborating with the Royal Exchange as part of their new 'Exchange Hub' initiative and writing an original commission with Box of Tricks theatre company.

Lizzie also writes extensively for radio. She has penned numerous original dramas for Radio 4 including Anna's War, a 5-parter based on true events in the life of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and her latest family drama The Sum, aired in July 2014.

She is also a successful singer-songwriter.

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Wed 14 Jan 2015 14:15

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Credits

Role Contributor
Nina Annabelle Dowler
Sam Shaun Mason
Amy Laura Dos Santos
Graham Ian Conningham
German Tourist Monty d'Inverno
American Tourist Jane Slavin
Little Girl Lile Marie Gibney
Writer Lizzie Nunnery
Director Abigail le Fleming

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  • Wed 14 Jan 2015 14:15

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