Creative team
Professional Cast
LGBT+ Community Casts
Touring & Production Credits
TOURING CREDITS 2025
PERFORMERS | 2025 TOUR
DANCERS | Gavin Coward, Alexandra Bierlaire, Alex Gosmore, Mayowa Ogunnaike, Imogen Wright
THE NARRATOR | Lewey Hellewell
THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY ( 5 local LGBT+ people aged 40+ cast and integrated into the show at each venue on tour )
THATCHER | El Perry ( On Film)
TEACHER | Sarah Squires ( On Film)
CREATIVE TEAM
ARTISTIC DIRECTION | Gary Clarke
PRODUCER | Annabel Dunbar
CHOREOGRAPHY | Gary Clarke and DETENTION Dancers
SET & COSTUME DESIGN | Ryan Dawson Laight
LIGHTING DESIGN | Joshie Harriette
COMPOSER / SOUND DESIGN | Torben Sylvest
MUSIC COLLABORATORS | Test Dept
FILM MAKER | Kamal Macdonald
THATCHER’S VOICE | Steve Nallon
DRAMATURG | Lou Cope
SCRIPT & TEXT | Adam Zmith
ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE | Gavin Coward
ASSOCIATE SET & COSTUME DESIGN | Hannah Boothman
AIDS QUILT | Andi Walker
BANNERS | Hold It Up Collective
CARPENTER (Switchboard) | Archie Brooks
RESEARCH COLLABORATORS | Orrow Bell, Dr Gary Everett, Victoria Firth, Mike Jackson, Martin Moriarty, El Perry
SOUND (Recorded)
TEST DEPT | Movement I, Jerusalem (Arranged and written by Cudlip; Cunnington; Eacot; Farquhar; Ferguson; Jamrozy).
Landlord (Written by Cunnington; Jamrozy; Kaute; Poulet).
Chillo [Sunrise] (Written by Cunnington; Ferguson; Jamrozy; King; McDonald).
Myfanway (Written by Burdon; Cunnington; Farquhar; Hines; Jamrozy.
The Point (Written by Cunnington; Ferguson; Jamrozy; King; McDonald).
All tracks used with kind permission of Test DEPT.
The Glory of The Yankee Navy (Eastman Wind Ensemble & Frederick Fennell)
PRODUCTION & PROMOTIONAL TEAM
PRODUCTION MANAGER | Nia Wood
TECHNICAL MANAGER (RE-LIGHTER) | Chris Copland
SOUND TECHNICIAN | Keir Martin
STAGE MANAGER | Elb Hall
WARDROBE/ ASM | Hannah Boothman
TOUR PRODUCER/MANAGER | Annabel Dunbar
GENERAL MANAGEMENT | Lisa Clarke
ENGAGEMENT MANAGER | Laura Barber
BOOK-KEEPER | Katie Bough
MARKETING MANAGER | Katy Manuel
DIGITAL CONSULTANTS | Hans de Kretser Associates (Bella Richards, Fizz Wood, Peter Blach, Raf Malanga, Els van Bloois)
PRESS & PR | Caroline Ansdell
GRAPHIC DESIGN | Jo Briggs ( Up for Grabs)
WEB DESIGN | Raf Malanga (HdK)
PROMOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY | Joe Armitage (Boneshaker Photography)
ARTIST WELLBEING CONSULTANT | Lou Platt ( The Artist Wellbeing Company Ltd)
GARY CLARKE COMPANY are proud to partner with Switchboard for DETENTION.
Switchboard is the national LGBTQIA+ support line.
Their confidential, non-judgmental listening service is free, and available to LGBTQIA+ people, their friends, families and allies, wherever they feel most comfortable – whether that’s on the phone, via chat or email.
10am-10pm every single day | 0800 0119 100 | www.switchboard.lgbt
PERSONAL THANKS FROM GARY CLARKE COMPANY
With special thanks and gratitude to ALL the people who gave their time and energy to make the production possible:
The entire DETENTION Creative and Producing Team (Making to Preview 2024 & Reworking to Premiere and National Tour 2025).
The many individuals and organisations who shared their personal stories and experiences of Section 28 during the research period 2023/4 including:
Stephanie Fuller (Switchboard); Adam Zmith and Tash Walker (co-producers of the Log Books podcast made in partnership with Switchboard); Peter Tatchell; Sue Sanders; Ray Goodspeed; Martin Goodsell; Harry Mackrill; Billy Barrett; Hugh Fell; Kate Charlesworth; Paul Baker; Gerrard Swift; Paul Burston; Matthew Todd; Paul Fairweather; Pippa Catterall; Sarah Squires; Fiona Moorcroft; Phil Quinn; Matthew Todd; Gary Hartley Farrah; David Sheppeard; Bishopsgate Institute and The London School of Economics; Manchester Peoples History Museum; LGBT Foundation Archive at Manchester Central Library; Queer Britain; Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) ; LGBT+ Over 50’s Group / ZEST at Weston Park Museum, Sheffield; LGBT+ Alliance at Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC); LGBT+ Network – Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Space / Studio | Making to preview (2024) and reworking to premiere (2025) including; Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD); Yorkshire Dance: Lawrence Batley Theatre, Civic Theatre Barnsley, Barnsley Libraries and Museums, Northern Ballet Theatre, Dance Studio, Leeds and Phoenix Dance.
Artists | Making to Preview (2024) | (Professional dancer) Jemima Brown; (Auditions) Daniel Hey Gordon; Shelley Eva Haden; Alistair Goldsmith ; El Perry; (Research dancers) Jacob Philips; Abi Mortimer; Madeleine Millar; TJ Firmin; (Teachers) Tiia Ourila Thorpe; Rachel Krische; Sandrin Monin; Bryn Thomas ; (Text) Graham Clayton-Chance; (Editing) Otis Jones; (Mock community cast – students from NSCD) Maya Donne; Skiye Edmond; Isaac Lewis; Cameron Pugh; Silva Rawnsley.
2024 Preview | Test LGBT+ Community Cast (YORKSHIRE) Matthew Blair, Clive Kirkham, Phil Quinn, Gerard Segovia, Sarah Squires. Test/ Partner secondary school | Trinity Academy, Doncaster.
With many thanks to our DETENTION Co-commissioners: Nottingham Playhouse, Grand Theatre Blackpool, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Cast, The Place and Midlands co-presenter: FABRIC
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Support for GARY CLARKE COMPANY : Public funding through Arts Council England and core funding from John Ellerman Foundation.