How do we protect those we love without losing ourselves?
Double Telling presents the London premiere of Run Sister Run by award-winning playwright Chloë Moss.
Exploring the destructive and redemptive power of family bonds, this is a gripping story of resilience and survival. Spanning four decades, the play follows sisters Connie and Ursula, tracing the forces that bind them together and threaten to tear them apart.
This is “ingeniously structured new writing” (The Stage) that interrogates the tension between nature and nurture, exposing the complex contours of sibling love.
With wit and compassion, the play draws the past into the present, revealing the lasting impact of the choices that shape us.
Directed by Marlie Haco, this new production fuses Moss’ searing dialogue with movement and original music, bringing to life a relationship marked by pain and a deep, enduring affection.
There will be a Post show discussion on Monday 14 July.
This play is supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
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Running time
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Age guidance
14+
Praise for Run Sister Run
“Remarkable emotional clarity… A study in empathy, grief, and the quiet damage we carry… a reverse chronological triumph”
“Moss and Haco paint a vivid picture… It’s a marvellously crafted story… Unmissable”
“A remarkable piece of text from Chloë Moss, but also the way in which Marlie Haco has drilled into the piece and opened up a world that has felt so personal, but also speaks as a universal language, is the greatest reward - it will linger long after having watched the show”
“Director Marlie Haco’s new production is fast-paced and impactful… The scenes between Gough and Herbert are electrifying, yet tender”
“Masterfully constructed, memorable and moving… With impressionistic, contemporary direction from Marlie Haco… all the performances are strong and the cast crackles with energy”
“Provoking propulsive profound… it makes effective use of music and of simple, telling choreographed movement, and it features two outstanding performances from Kelly Gough and Jo Herbert”
“A very strong production… This is certainly one to try and get tickets to, before it inevitably sells out”
“Delivered by a cast which moves from frenetic to subdued in the blink of an eye”
Production photos
The Company
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Jo Herbert
Connie
Jo Herbert
Connie
Jo Herbert trained at RADA. Her theatre credits include Dear Octopus, 3 Winters (National Theatre), Churchill In Moscow (Orange Tree Theatre), The Southbury Child (Bridge Theatre), The Mirror and the Light (RSC), The Country Wife, For Services Rendered, Cyrano de Bergerac (Chichester Festival Theatre), Wild Honey, Hello/Goodbye (Hampstead Theatre), Eternal Love, Anne Boleyn (Shakespeare’s Globe).
Jo’s TV credits include Grace, Call the Midwife, Unforgotten, Loaded, The Crown, Josh, Home Fires, and Holby City.
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Kelly Gough
Ursula
Kelly Gough
Ursula
Kelly Gough trained at Trinity College Dublin. Her theatre credits include Julius Caesar (RSC), House of Shades (Almeida Theatre), Harm (Bush Theatre), A Streetcar Named Desire, Don Carlos (UK tour), Big Love (Abbey Theatre), Phaedra, Three Sisters (Samuel Beckett Theatre).
Her TV credits include Marcella, Call the Midwife, Strikeback, Broadchurch, The Fall, Grace, and Raw.
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Theo Fraser Steele
Adrian
Theo Fraser Steele
Adrian
Theo Fraser Steele trained at Guildhall. His theatre credits include A Single Man (Park Theatre), Don Quixote, The Alchemist, Dr Faustus (RSC), This Island’s Mine (King’s Head Theatre), Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense, Sense & Sensibility, Single Spies (Theatre by the Lake), Woman in Mind (Salisbury Playhouse), Skylight (National Theatre), The Shallow End (Royal Court).
Theo’s TV credits include Toxic Town, The Crown, Grantchester, Victoria, Genie in the House, My Family, and The Thick of It.
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Charlie Beaven
Jack
Charlie Beaven
Jack
Charlie Beaven trained at Guildford School of Acting. His theatre credits include Bad Jews (West End) and Stranger Things (Secret Cinema).
His TV credits include Testament, The Crown and Extraordinary, Casualty, and Doctors.
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Chloë Moss
Writer
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Marlie Haco
Marlie Haco
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Tomás Palmer
Set & Costume Design
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Ákos Lustyik
Composer
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Alex Forey
Lighting Designer
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Gabrielle Dawes
Casting Director
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Toby Mather
Producer
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Florence Hand
Co-sound Designer
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Ella Kirk
Stage Manager
