by Daniel MacIvor
Directed by David Dorrian
Performed by Kira Lauren
Presented by secondglancetheatre

The UK Premiere of the acclaimed one woman play

Sundays and Mondays, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17 December 2007

See Bob Run is a journey into the world of a teenage runaway who calls herself Bob (“Nobody ever called me Roberta, ever”) as she hitchhikes across the country. Bob presents her life as a warped fairy-tale, but it seems that she is fleeing from a very real act of violence. Is she travelling toward true sanctuary or merely a delusional safe haven? All profits from this production will go to the charity Crisis which fights homelessness and empowers homeless people to fulfil their potential and transform their lives.

Written by one of Canada’s most successful playwrights – and hugely popular in North America - See Bob Run now receives its long-overdue UK premiere at the Finborough Theatre, well known for its championing of Canadian drama. It is the second of MacIvor’s one person plays to be presented there, following the critically acclaimed House in 2006 - “This is a tour de force.” Lyn Gardner, The Guardian. “Daniel MacIvor’s curious, bracing, unsettling monologue” Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard

Playwright Daniel MacIvor is a stalwart of the Canadian theatre scene, having written and directed numerous award-winning productions including See Bob Run, Wild Abandon, 2-2-Tango, This Is A Play, The Soldier Dreams, You Are Here, How It Works and A Beautiful View. Daniel’s play Never Swim Alone won the award for overall excellence at the New York Fringe in 1998 and, in 2002, he won a GLAAD Award and a Village Voice Obie Award for his play In On It. His play Marion Bridge received its off-Broadway premiere in New York in 2005. From 1987-2007, he was Artistic Director of da da kamera, a respected international theatre touring company that has brought his work to Australia, Israel, Europe, the UK, and toured extensively throughout Canada and the US.

Director David Dorrian previously directed the sell-out UK premiere of Michael John LaChiusa’s Lucky Nurse and Other Short Musical Plays at the Finborough Theatre, and directed and produced The Maid of the Mountains for the Finborough’s Celebrating British Music Theatre season. He was Assistant Director to Daniel Kramer on the Gate Theatre’s sell-out revival of Hair and recently directed the UK premiere of Get Away by Canadian playwright Greg MacArthur at the Old Red Lion.

Canadian actress Kira Lauren was a contemporary of Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Carmack at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In the UK, Kira has worked extensively with emerging composer-lyricist Conor Mitchell and with Occam’s Razor Theatre Company. Most recently, she gained acclaim as Garbo in secondglancetheatre’s production of Get Away. “Superb acting…the impressive Kira Lauren” Jeremy Austin, The Stage

The Press on See Bob Run
“Kira Lauren has that rare and precious talent of being totally convincing as her character...It is a testament to the quality of Kira Lauren’s acting that one never felt the absence of other actors; an hour spent watching one woman onstage, and my attention never wavered.”
Tanith Lindon, Extra! Extra!

“The quality of writing and performing was superb and the combined results were gripping...In a word, excellent.”
Tanith Lindon, Extra! Extra!