By Shireen Mula
Directed by Eleanor Henderson
A National Youth Theatre and Compass Collective co-production
Wednesday 16th & Thursday 17th July, 7pm
Captioned performance Thursday 17 July
Alex is pissed that dating never goes right. Jesse just wants everyone to get along and Sami is bored of all the drama. Jordan wonders have they finally met their soulmate while Ash wears killer heels. Always.
The Flip Side explores the truth behind the screens of 20 somethings who have come from near and far to live in London.
This play is an innovative new work developed during workshops with young people from Compass Collective and National Youth Theatre.
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This will be updated throughout rehearsals
StoryFest 2025 is sponsored by STUDIOCANAL and Urban Myth Films.
We would also like to thank Microsoft for their support of StoryFuture; our principal supporters Arts Council England as well as all of NYT's Centre Stage Supporters, Investors in Talent and Friends.
Pre- Show information
Meet the Team
Shireen Mula
Eleanor Henderson
Eireann Devlin
Jennifer Jade
Lex Stephenson
Olivia McGeachy
Sule Selin Cicek
Frank Mukisa
Jany
Shanzay Shah
Yafet Amanuel
The team would like to thank Lara Hancox for their contributions to the development of The Flip Side throughout the R&D process. In Lara’s absence, for both StoryFest performances, the character of Orchid will now be played by Eireann Devlin alongside her original role of Jordan.
Crew
| Writer | Shireen Mula | she/her |
| Director | Eleanor Henderson | she/her |
| Captioner | Alice Pegram | |
| Caption Equipment Provider | Digital 4 | |
| From Compass Collective | ||
| Artistic Director | Leah Gayer | |
| Executive Director | Dorothy Hoskins |
Compass Collective would like to thank Elena, Jay, Mais, Rosie, Sanam and Yusuf for volunteering their time to support our young people on this project.
| Production Manager | Meghan Sorohan | she/they |
| Company Stage Manager | Fana Sunley-Smith | she/her |
| Stage Manager | Sophy Leys-Johnston | she/her |
| ASM Member Stage Manager | Maisie Uden | she/her |
| Wellbeing Worker | Jay Mailer | |
| Wellbeing Worker | Hannah Zoé Ankrah | |
| Production Technician | Ceri Benjamin | they/them |
| Production Technician | Jen Garland | |
| NYT Technical Manager & Associate Lighting Designer | Ashley Bolitho | |
| Sound Designer and Programmer | Ben Osborn | he/him |
| Lighting Designer and Programmer | Han Sayles | they/ them |
| Costume Supervisor | Bolu Dairo | she/her |
| Wardrobe Manager | Tayla Hanrahan | |
| Wardrobe Manager | Ethan Bailey Smith | he/him |
| Other technical member roles | ||
| Voice Coach | Marcia Carr | |
| NYT Member Shadowing (Sound) | Camille Godechoux |