The Diana Tapes

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The Diana Tapes

By James Clements

Photography by Pablo Calderón-Santiago

The Diana Tapes is a tense political thriller presenting the true story of one of the greatest media scandals in British history - the publication of Andrew Morton's book about Diana, Princess of Wales, which ended her marriage and shook the monarchy to its core.

The show moves between Morton's office, the sitting room where the Princess recorded her darkest secrets onto cassettes and the dingy West London café where one of her best friends surreptitiously handed them over. The subterfuge and deception are brought to a scorching climax that changed celebrity, privacy and the Windsor family forever. The question remains: who was the victim, and who was the victor?

PRODUCTION HISTORY

June-July 2018 - Stockwell Playhouse - LONDON

Director Wednesday Sue Derrico
Featuring James Clements, Ana Cristina Da Silva, Sam Hood Adrain

Sets/Props/Costumes Madeline Wall
Lighting Elizabeth M. Stewart
Stage Management Martin Bristow

May-June 2018 - HERE - NEW YORK

Director Wednesday Sue Derrico
Featuring James Clements, Ana Cristina Da Silva, Sam Hood Adrain

Sets/Props/Costumes Madeline Wall
Lighting Elizabeth M. Stewart
Stage Management Becky Abramowitz*
Associate Producer Wednesday Sue Derrico

SEPTEMBER 2017 - RED Sandcastle Theater - TORONTO

Director Wednesday Sue Derrico
Featuring James Clements, Ana Cristina Da Silva, Sam Hood Adrain

Costumes Mairi MacInnes
Lighting Jason Thomson
Stage Management Catherine D'Angelo

August 2017 - IRT Theatre - NEW YORK

Director Wednesday Sue Derrico
Featuring James Clements, Ana Cristina Da Silva, Sam Hood Adrain

Costumes Mairi MacInnes
Lighting Charlotte Seelig
Stage Management María Privitera

JUNE 2017 - SEG Hub - PROVIDENCE

Director Wednesday Sue Derrico
Featuring James Clements, Ana Cristina Da Silva, Sam Hood Adrain

Costumes Mairi MacInnes
Lighting What Will the Neighbors Say?
Stage Management Katherine Guanche

August 2016 - theSpace @ Niddry Street at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - EDINBURGH

Director Wednesday Sue Derrico
Featuring James Clements, Ana Cristina Da Silva, Sam Hood Adrain

Costumes Mairi MacInnes
Lighting Laura Hawkins
Sound Adam Welsh
Stage Management Martha Gallagher

*Member of Actors Equity Association

SELECTED PRESS & AWARDS

Shortlisted for the 2016 Holden Street Theatre Award

BroadwayWorld's June 2017 New England Pick of the Month

The scandal surrounding Princess Diana's secret tapes to be adapted into a play - HARPER'S BAZAAR

Princess Diana's secret tapes to be made into stage play - EVENING STANDARD

Theater review: Play captures passion, heartache of Princess Diana - PROVIDENCE JOURNAL

"Intricate and compelling..." - BROADWAYWORLD

"The stakes were incredibly high..." - STV TV

"The People’s Princess is reincarnated at the HERE Arts Center..." - THEATRE IS EASY

"Timely and relevant...a real-life fairy tale gone wrong" - MOONEY ON THEATRE