We got a lot of bad press, so we got together as a community.
Based on the National Theatre’s highly acclaimed verbatim musical directed by Rufus Norris, which he now directs as a feature film, London Road documents an incident from 2006, when the town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women.
The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street. When Steve Wright, the occupant of no. 79, was arrested, charged and then convicted of the murders, the community grappled with what it meant to be at the epicentre of this tragedy.
Adam Cork’s music uses the rhythmic speech patterns captured on Alecky Blythe’s recorded interviews with the people of Ipswich to create this extraordinary work, which reveals the ways in which even the darkest experiences can engender a greater sense of our mutual dependence.
Starring:
Olivia Colman, Angela Bain, Rae Baker, Gillian Bevan, Clare Burt, Rosalie Craig, Calvin Demba, Anita Dobson, James Doherty, Hal Fowler, Kate Fleetwood, Andrew Frame, Richard Frame, Jenny Galloway, Jonathan Glew, Amy Griffiths, Anna Hale, Linzi Hateley, Janet Henfrey, Rosie Hilal, Paul Hilton, Nick Holder, Ruby Holder, Alexia Khadime, Sean Kingsley, Eloise Laurence, Helena Lymbery, Barry McCarthy, Jayne McKenna, Claire Moore, Dean Nolan, Maggie Service, Michael Shaeffer, Mark Sheals, Nicola Sloane, Meg Suddaby, Paul Thornley, Howard Ward, Duncan Wisbey and Tom Hardy
Director:
Rufus Norris
Producers:
Dixie Linder
Screenplay:
Alecky Blythe
Executive Producers:
David Sabel , Tally Garner, Nick Marston, Joe Oppenheimer, Christine Langan, Norman Merry, Peter Hampden
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Credits summary:
±«Óãtv Films, National Theatre and BFI present in association with LipSync LLP A Cuba Pictures and National Theatre Production
Certificate:
15
Running time:
92 mins
Released
12 June 2015
Out on DVD
5 October 2015
Broadcast on
5 March 2017