Red or Dead

Production credits

Adapted for the stage by Phillip Breen, from the novel by David Peace

Liverpool’s Royal Court
March – April 2025

Cast
Bill Shankly — Peter Mullan
John Smith / Tom Williams — Les Dennis
Kevin Keegan / Chris Lawler — Matthew Devlin
John Morgan / Roy Plomley / Peter Robinson /
TV Commentator / Brian Clough — Paul Duckworth
Jimmy McInnes / Jock Stein / Erland Clouston /
Andy Beattie — Keith Fleming
Ian St John — George Jones
Matt Busby — Gordon Kennedy
Eric Sawyer / Helenio Herrera / Emelyn Hughes /
Mr Holland — Oliver Mawdsley
Ness Shankly — Allison McKenzie
Tommy Smith / Phil Taylor / Ron Yeats — Liam Powell-Berry
Bob Paisley — Dickon Tyrrell
Cilla Black — Jhanaica van Mook

Community Chorus

The Kop - Community company

Charlie McKevitt
Malcolm Peet
Erin McGowan
Mark Nelson
Adnan Shaan
Matthew Berry Swinnerton
Asli Dualeh
Mike Roberts
Beatha Sunjaya
Nathan Evans
Bobby Owens
Nicky Brown
Charlie Diable Toner
Ostin Ronald-Price
Conor Morris
Pat Brewin
Dan-Jude Robinson
Paul Armstrong
Daniel Duffy
Paul Wise
Gary Rogers
Paula Cullinan
Georgia Taft
Sacha Hales
Helen Jones
Reice Carmichael
Jack Eaton
Sean Robinson
Jade Fortune
Susan Segar
Joshua Williams
Sylvia Rogers
Kieran Gregory
Tabby Thomas
Keith Usher
Yvonne Leonard
Laura Purcell

Voices
Abbie Reader, Alicia Shanahan, Alison Stockley, Andy Fitzpatrick, Andy Keenan, Anna Miller, Annuncia Skeldon, Chris Stokes, Chris Yorston, Christina Thompson, Claire Murphy, Claire Mcgrath, Colin Fulton, Conor Morris, Darren Edge, Dee Spencer, Diane Griffiths Smith, Dimitri Dematteo, Don Danks, Donna Smith, Eliza Appiah, Gilda Possible, Glennis Brown, Hayley Brown, Helen Clar, Janet Birch, Jason Porter, Jo Robinson, Joanne Sime, John “Tj” Hilton, Judith Cain, Kathleen Grice, Linda Turner, Liz Stewart, Luke Johnson, Margaret Ryan, Margaret Whitehead, Maria Sakizli, Martin Carrick, Maureen Molyneaux, Neil Burke, Olivia Mannion, Paul Chaloner, Paul Seddon, Paula Seddon, Phil Curry, Phil Parsons, Robbie James Williamson, Steven Hanwell, Susan Holmes, Tiffany Purwanti, Tommy Tyler Morgan

Creatives
Director — Phillip Breen
Designer — Max Jones
Lighting Designer — Ian Scott
Composer — Paddy Cunneen
Sound Designer — Kate Harvey
AV Designer —Jamie Jenkin
Associate Director — Nicole Behan
Fight Director — Renny Krupinski
Casting Director — Helena Palmer CDG

Production
Producers — Jess Bolger and Kevin Fearon for Liverpool’s Royal Court
Company Stage Manager — Lizzie O’Sullivan
Deputy Stage Manager — Chloe Wilson
Assistant Stage Manager — Charlotte Jones

Production kindly supported by Charles Holloway OBE and Leia Peddie