Photo Flash: First Look at Maxine Peake and More in THE SKRIKER at Manchester International Festival

The Skriker is commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival and the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. Maxine Peake will play the eponymous role and Juma Sharkah and Laura Elsworthy will play Lily and Josie respectively in The Skriker at Manchester International Festival. The production began performances 4 July at Royal Exchange Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The ensemble cast will include Sarah Amankwah, Harry Attwell, Alex Austin, Hannah Hutch, Martins Imhangbe, Kate Jackson, Stuart Overington, Beatrice Scirocchi, Andrew Sheridan, Jessica Walker, Leah Walker andOwen Whitelaw.

...long before that, long before England was an idea, a country of snow and wolves where trees sang and birds talked and people knew we mattered...

In a broken world, two sisters meet an extraordinary creature. The Skriker is a shapeshifter; an old woman, a child, a death portent. She is a faerie come from the Underworld to pursue and entrap them, through time and space, through this world and her own.

Directed by Sarah Frankcom, the creative team also includes designer Lizzie Clachan, lighting by Jack Knowles, sound by David McSeveney, choreographer Imogen Knight, composers Nico Muhly & Antony Hegarty, casting director Jerry Knight-Smith CDG, and associate director Bryony Shanahan.

THE SKRIKER runs at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, St Ann's Square, Manchester M2 7DH on 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17 JULY 7.30PM, 11, 18 JULY 8PM and 12, 18 JULY 2.30PM, then continues at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, 20 JULY - 1 AUG. Box Office: mif.co.uk | 0844 871 7654 OR royalexchange.co.uk | 0161 833 9833. Tickets £15 - £45 (no per ticket booking fee; transaction fee applies).

Photo Credit: Jonathan Keenan