11 questions with the cast of After Miss Julie: Polly Frame

Next up in our After Miss Julie cast is Polly Frame.

Tell us about your character.
I play Christine, cook of the household and unofficially engaged to John. She does a mean kidneys on toast, can smoke and sleep for England and is as at home in church as trading on the black market. In the next life, she deserves better!

Favourite word?
Puddle (thanks to Patrick Marber for that one).

Proudest moment?
Every time anyone I love does something brilliant, which happily happens quite often.

If you could have a room full of any one thing, what would it be?
Either books for a bit of peace and quiet or my friends and I could call it a party.

If 28 hour days existed, what would you do with the extra four hours?
I’d like to sleep for the extra 4, seeing as I’m not much good at it in the standard 24 hour format.

Favourite holiday?
Mexico a few years ago.

Weirdest quirk?
Get funny about socks on inside out.

Favourite play?
The New Electric ballroom by Enda Walsh.

If you had one super power, what would it be?
Flying of course, who wouldn’t want to?

Do you have any regrets?
I’ve had a few….

Favourite midnight snack?
Kidneys on toast of course.

After Miss Julie ends in 3 days!

11 questions with the cast of After Miss Julie: Kieran Bew

First up in our After Miss Julie  cast series is Kieran Bew. You may recognise him from the acclaimed Reasons to be Pretty (Almeida). He’s also been in Almeida’s The Knot of the Heart and Trevor Nunn’s production of Richard II at the Old Vic). Films he’s been in includes Green Street, Alien vs Predator, King Lear and recent British indie film 1-2-3-4.

Tell us about your character.
John is an ambitious, dedicated, butler and valet. He works on Miss Julie’s estate for her father.

Favourite word?
Crocodile

Proudest moment?
Winning the British cadet epee championship.

If you could have a room full of any one thing, what would it be?
Parsons Terrier puppies.

If 28 hour days existed, what would you do with the extra four hours?
Talk to my family.

Favourite holiday?
Greece with my lady.

Weirdest quirk?
I’m clumsy… I could trip over my feet in bed…

If you had one super power, what would it be?
To shape shift. I believe this will cover a wide range of abilities.

Do you have any regrets?
Piano… I should have learned to play the piano… (looks out of window wistfully).

Favourite midnight snack?
Roast potatoes with mature cheese.

Since working on After Miss Julie (Classics for a New Climate)…
I turn lights off when I leave rooms now – before the production I often left a room well-lit.

After Miss Julie starts tomorrow and we’ve added an extra week of performances so it now plays until 14 April. Buy your tickets now >>

Please wear layers

Heating, cooling and ventilating are three systems that form the bulk of energy used within a theatre. As our building was refurbished and reopened in 2006, the Young Vic actually has very good environmental performance.

A bit of manual labour has also helped reduce transport mileage..

For After Miss Julie (the first in our series of Classics for a New Climate), we are reducing consumption by using natural ventilation and by tailoring the air supply to After Miss Julie‘s seating layout. This explains why the temperature will vary slightly and why we’ve asked audience members to wear layers. This has helped After Miss Julie achieve it’s target of reducing energy consumption (compared to a normal production in The Maria) by at least 60%!

After Miss Julie begins in two days… buy your tickets now >>

My eco-tips…

Did you know? After Miss Julie  is our first Classics for a New Climate show. By using more eco-friendly lighting, sourcing recycled props and costumes, implementing paperless ticketing and much more, we’ve reduced the amount of energy taken from the National Grid by 60%.

We’ve asked the cast to share what eco-habits they’ve changed since working on After Miss Julie. Here are their answers…

Kieran Bew (John)
I turn lights off when I leave rooms now, before the production I often left a room well lit.

Natalie Dormer (Julie)
Inspired by my director and the lovely Miss Frame, I bought a bike in the third week of rehearsals. Haven’t had one in a few years and seeing as I sold my car last year, hopefully it will encourage me to make those shorter journeys on two wheels.

Polly Frame (Christine)
I now pay particular attention to not re-boiling the kettle if it was boiled 5 mins ago by someone else!

After Miss Julie starts next week. Shows are sold out until 31 March, but we’ve added an extra week of performances… book now!

Young Vic Fact #24

Photo by Richard Bryant

Did you know that the insulation around the main auditorium is made from recycled paper?

The Young Vic is working towards becoming more eco-friendly with our Classics for a New Climate production of After Miss Julie. You can learn more about environmentally sustainable arts practices from Julie’s Bicycle.

Cast announcement for After Miss Julie

We’re excited to announce the fantastic cast for After Miss Julie…

• Miss Julie will be played by Natalie Dormer, leading actress in HBO’s Game of Thrones and BBC dramas The Tudors and Silk. She returns to the Young Vic following her acclaimed performance in Luc Bondy’s production of Sweet Nothings. She recently played the Queen Mother in Madonna’s debut film W.E. Other films include Captain America: The First Avenger, City of Life and Casanova.
• John, the object of Miss Julie’s affections, will be played by Kieran Bew, who recently won plaudits for his role in the acclaimed Reasons to be Pretty (Almeida). He’s also been in Almeida’s The Knot of the Heart and Trevor Nunn’s production of Richard II at the Old Vic). Films he’s been in includes Green Street, Alien vs Predator, King Lear and recent British indie film 1-2-3-4.
• Christine will be played by Polly Frame, who performed in National Theatre’s Earthquakes in London, Macbeth (West End and Broadway). She’s also starred in many films and TV shows.

As the show has been selling really well, we’ve added extra performances. The production now runs from 15 March – 14 April… buy your tickets soon!

Classics for a New Climate

After Miss Julie is a Classics for a New Climate production. Our goal is to reduce the amount of energy taken from the National Grid by 50% in the production of this show. That’s 50% less than we would usually use to produce a show in The Maria studio. By going through this process we hope that we will learn how to make theatre more ecologically sustainable which , we hope, will have an affect on the way we produce across all our theatres in the future.

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