northerngap's summer 2007 production was

Ladybird

by Vassily Sigarev

In a run down block of flats in deepest Russia 19 year old Dima is about to leave for the army. But before he does he's determined to throw a party...

Ladybird is the bittersweet tale of Dima, who is awaiting the arrival of his friends for a farewell party on the eve of his call-up to join the Russian army, probably in Chechnya. He is accompanied by his furniture-munching junkie friend, Slavik, and his drink-sozzled father, aptly named The Waster.

Lera, the local tart-with-a-heart, soon arrives, with her rather more well-to-do cousin, Yul'ka, in tow, but it is when small-time Mafia crook, Arkasha, appears that things really start to hot up…

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Venues included:

	CAMFSC Theatre, Marple, Stockport
	The Studio Theatre, The Lowry, Salford Quays
	Buxton Festival Fringe

Dima	Dean Aspen
Lera	Elyse Blemmings
Yul'ka	Elena Argiros
Arkasha	Trevor MacFarlane
Waster	Geoff Tweedale
Slavik	Iain Smith

Director	Helen Avouris
Stage Manager	Emily McCulloch