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ROMEO FINDS HIS JULIET

Tuesday 3 October, 2017

A Lancashire-based actor has won a prestigious role in a dynamic
new drama, which explores troubled teen relationships. Wigan based
Eleanor Hawthorne was chosen from over 50 applicants to star
alongside Longridge-based actor Kieren Spencer in ROMEO JONES – the
latest offering from Preston’s longest running professional theatre
company, Certain Curtain Theatre. Fresh from it’s triumphant run of
WOMAN ON FIRE at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Certain Curtain
Theatre is now taking this original play into Lancashire schools
thanks to support from The Police Crime Commissioner and The Francis
C Scott Trust.


Eleanor is currently in rehearsal with her part of JULIET SMITH –
a star-crossed lover, who discovers that her Romeo may not be all
that he appears to be.

“Eleanor is a talented, young actress and just right
for the part of Juliet Smith,’ says Writer-Director John Woudberg,
“ which requires a mix of vulnerability and strength. ‘Romeo
Jones’ takes the world’s greatest love-story as its jumping off
point but is very different from Shakespeare’s play.”

This latest work came about as a result of requests from school,
after the company’s extensive tour of MOCKINGBIRD HIGH – a play
examining the effects of domestic abuse on children and young people.

“Abuse can be difficult to recognise, in any
relationship” says Claire Moore actor and co-director “It is
especially difficult for teenagers because they are new to it all
‘Romeo Jones’ looks at how abuse and control may lurk behind the
protestations of undying love”

Eleanor is a recent graduate from ALRA North and is keen to
explore her first professional acting role:

“I was incredibly excited when I got the part. It’s a
beautifully written story about a very important topic. I hope it
reaches as many people as possible”




The play begins a pilot tour of Lancashire Schools on 9th
October to coincide with domestic abuse awareness month and the
company is planning an extensive national tour for 2018.



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