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PILGRIMS

Our second production for 2019 was Claire Kiechel's Pilgrims , our first show at the Bakehouse Theatre. PILGRIMS by Claire Kiechel 1-10 August 2019 at the Bakehouse Theatre CAST: Shannon Gray - The Girl Jabez Retallick - The Soldier Kyla Booth - Jasmine CREW: Director (and lighting/sound operator) - Kristin Telfer Production designer: Shannon Norfolk Lighting designer: Katherine Kleemann SYNOPSIS The play takes place on board the Destiny, a starship transporting hundreds of migrants from Earth to their new home in a colony far beyond. Two solo passengers, an ex-soldier and a young woman, are assigned to the same cabin. The cabin steward, an AI called Jasmine, is regretful for this mistake and promises everything will be sorted out. It soon turns out however that the two passengers will have to bunk together for the duration of the journey, and be confined to their cabin due to a vaguely described “quarantine”. With only each other (and Jasmine when she visits) for