The Tobacco factory -

March 2024, 9 performances

Directed by Nico Rao Pimpare

Movement Director / Assistant Director - Jacob Whitehorn

Tiger Country lifts the curtain on the NHS, as exhausted A&E staff at a London hospital power through gruelling shifts to care for patients and battle management, while finding little time for festive cheer.

The interwoven personal and professional lives of these medics unfold at a rapid pace. In an era of perpetual healthcare crises, this timely play serves as an entertaining yet moving portrait of embattled frontline workers soldiering on no matter the season…

Cast: Shaniya Hira, Nuhazet Diaz Cano, Oliver Hatfield, Niamh Keller, Noah Lukehurst, Jesse Cescatti-McFarlane, Tumi Olufawo, Fletcher Garrard, Alyssa Thabisile Sibanda, Nadia Kamalli, Hafsah Godsil, Laura Jennifer Banks, Roxanne Morgan, Jane Felton, Ankita Jain, Em Lawrence

Creative team

Writer: Nina Raine

Director: Nico Rao Pimparé

Assistant Directors: Jacob Whitehorn & Anna Whealing

Movement Director: Jacob Whitehorn

Set Designer: Sarah Tring

Costume Designer: Annabel Edkins

Lighting Designer: Nancy Strahan

Sound Designer: Ebony Hayes

Intimacy Director: Clare Fox

Voice Coach: Joe Leat

Accent & Dialect Coach: Rebecca Daltry

Assistant Voice & Dialect Coach: Robyn Hunt

Production Manager: Steve O’Brien

Production Supervisor: Bryony Rutter

Stage Manager: Joe Collins

Deputy Stage Manager: Jacob Clear

Assistant Stage Manager: Esther McDonald McLuckie

Lighting Operator: Jack Morris

Sound Operator: Tegan Askey

Prop Supervisor: Katrina Summer-Richards

Prop Makers: Živa Bučer, Bradley Limbachia, Nancy Strahan, Zack Rigelsford

Construction Manager: Andy Scrivens

Workshop Assistant: Skye Turner, Lewis Bamford

Construction Assistant: Freja Abrahams, Tegan Askey, Kass Goosen, Eva Harris, Matt Maxfield-Phillips, Jack Morris

Costume Supervisor: Jess Padday

Costume Assistant: Georgina Clissold

Costume Assistant makers & Dressers: Lee Dartnell, Eleanor Finlay, Neve Parker

Scenic Artists: Jo Browne, Jen Stoner, Cliff Thorne

Medical Consultants: Isabella Smith

Photos: Craig Fuller