After premiering at Edinburgh 2014 TERROR - a black comedy by Joan Greening (creator of TV's Cabbage Patch and Trouble and Strife) was performed at Theatre On The Steps, Bridgnorth. http://www.theatreonthesteps.co.uk/product/terror and The Garrick, Lichfeld 2015.
Set in 1793 during the French Revolution, two former courtesans, Jeanne Du Barry and Grace Dalrymple Elliot, spend the night together in Sainte-Pélagie Prison awaiting the guillotine the next day and hoping for a last minute reprieve. Will they find a way to escape the chop?
Julia Rufey plays Grace Dalrymple Elliott in TERROR
and Julia Munrow plays Jeanne Du Barry
Terror image by Josh Wichard
Julia Rufey trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Theatre credits include: Hermia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Lucy, The Rivals; Sonya, Uncle Vanya; Ruth, Blithe Spirit; Anna, Ivanov; Mrs Conway, Time and the Conways; Sheila, A Chorus Line; Sally, Follies; The Baker’s Wife, Into The Woods; Woman 1, Putting It Together; Grace Farrell, Annie; Adelaide, Guys and Dolls; Maggie Jones, 42nd Street.
TV credits include: The Kett Rebellion, General Hospital, The Bill and Family Afffairs
Directing credits include: The Norman Conquests Trilogy, Hayfever, Henry V, Macbeth, French Without Tears, Crazy For You, Broadway Pirates, Annie, The Mikado, the premiere of Fast Food the Musical, the UK premier of Cole Porter's "lost" musical Jubilee and the award-winning production of The Yeoman of the Guard for the Buxton International Festival.