Rosy Cheek productions Presents:
Lasses: Kicking Ass and Touching Grass
Join the Lasses and the Girls, Theys and Slays for an evening of local female and non-binary talent. A mixed bill of cabaret performances, a local choir and a community meal, curated and presented by Rosie Bowden. Let's crack on and change the narrative. It’ll be lush.
The amazing line-up joining Rosie Bowden includes: Helen Chong, Lucy Harries, Hope Brown King & Zoe Allan. Not to mention, the coolest, grooviest local choir, The Girls, Theys and Slays, made up of passionate lasses and non-binary folk led by Maya Torres.
Join us for a little bit of everything, as we take what is and make it ours. We are changing the narrative with a sprinkling of joy and if I know you, you probably don’t want to miss it.
The evening will run as follows:
Girl Dinner (Community meal) - 6.30pm in the Live Theatre undercroft
Come and fill your plate from 6.30pm with any dishes you would like to add to the spread. If you are making food, please don't include nuts and bring a list of ingredients included. No stress if you can't bring a dish, you can still join and nibble!
Lasses: Kicking ass and touching grass - 7.30pm in the Main theatre
A mixed bill cabaret curated and presented by Rosie Bowden. Starring: Helen Chong, Lucy Harries, Hope Brown King, Zoe Allan and The Girls, Theys and Slays choir.
Rosie Bowden
Rosie Bowden is a director, producer and facilitator based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. As director, her credits include Gerry and Sewell by Jamie Eastlake (Associate - Newcastle Theatre Royal), Soapbox Racer by Ben Schwarz (Alphabetti Theatre) and Head Girl (Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Rosie has begun producing Rosy Cheek cabaret events such as Lasses and New Folk on the block and produces The Girls, Theys and Slays choir.
Helen Chong
Helen is an actress originally from the North East. She has recently performed in the Old Vic’s production of ‘Hundred Feet Tall’, and will be working on a feature film throughout summer portraying the female lead.
Theatre includes: Cassie and the Lights (Southwark Playhouse/59E59 Theatres NYC), Little Women (York Theatre Royal), Girlhood (Theatre 503/Edinburgh Fringe), Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Haddaway and Write (Gala Theatre Durham), Last Shot (Live Theatre Newcastle), Jack and the Beanstalk (Applecart Arts).
Screen includes: The Dumping Ground, Casualty (BBC).
Training: Guildford School of Acting.
Zoe Allan
Zoe Allan is a passionate working class performer from the North East. Her recent credits include Pippin, directed by Barbara Houseman, and When We Strike, an original musical developed by BYMT. Having recently graduated from Leeds Conservatoire’s Musical Theatre programme, Zoe can't wait to be back in her hometown doing what she loves most!
Hope Brown King
Hope Brown-King is a freelance dance artist from Gateshead and is currently living in London. Graduating from Northern School of Contemporary Dance where she completed her BA and MA in Contemporary Dance and Performance. Since graduating Hope has been teaching, performing, choreographing and exploring her own voice and work in dance, with feminism, dynamic, physical movement and physical theatre being her main exploration. ‘Do Blondes Have More Fun?’ is a co creation with Lucy Harries which explores the misogynistic stereotypes of ‘dumb blondes’ and also having fun with blonde famous figures researching their physicality and humour through movement.
Lucy Harries
Lucy Harries (they/she) is a 23 year old contemporary dance artist from the North West & currently based in Leeds. As a foetus freelancer they hope to continue exploring the curious, in particular LGBTQIA+ topics, duration & restriction within performance. Having completed the CertHe & BA at NSCD, they then gained a place with NSCD’s postgraduate company VERVE 2023/24 touring across the UK, Switzerland and Italy displaying 3 wonderful works by Matteo Marfoglia, Joy Alpuerto Ritter & (LA)Horde.
Lucy is currently in collaboration with Alicia Meehan on What Adult am I?, an episodic celebration of queer narratives through the lens of pop culture and societal conditioning. In October, she will be performing alongside Marina Abromović in her remake of Balkan Erotic Epic at The Factory International in Manchester.
The Girls, Theys and Slays choir
The Girls, Theys and Slays choir are a community choir set up in March 2024 by Maya Torres and Rosie Bowden. The choir brings together North East women and non-binary folk for casual sing-alongs. They have performed at Alphabetti as part of Lasses, Sketch Slap and Happy New Queer, at Darlington Hippodrome as part of Circe’s Island and they can’t wait to return to Live Theatre as part of Lasses. Previously they received funding from the Get Ready Grant to write an original song, which they performed on the mainstage at Newcastle Pride in 2024.
