by Mark Ravenhill. Directed by Nick Edwards.
Wednesday 16 – Saturday 26 September
At the Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington
Snapshots of connection in a disconnected world
Fresh from prison, Nick returns to a world that has moved on without him – fast, glossy and emotionally numb. As he searches for connection, a younger generation chases sex, identity and a sense of belonging.
Some Explicit Polaroids explores a world in which everyone and no one is connected. From author of Shopping and F**king Mark Ravenhill, this biting and perceptive play was first performed in 1999 at the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds, before transferring to the New Ambassadors in London.
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Wednesday 16 September at 7.30pm
Thursday 17 September at 7.30pm
Friday 18 September at 7.30pm
Saturday 19 September at 3pm
Saturday 19 September at 7.30pm
Tuesday 22 September at 7.30pm
Wednesday 23 September at 7.30pm
Thursday 24 September at 7.30pm
Friday 25 September at 7.30pm
Saturday 26 September at 3pm
Saturday 26 September at 7.30pm
Age Guidance: 14+. Content Advice
Cast
Nick : James Stephen Finn
Helen : Rachel Bothamley
Nadia : Lulu Freeman
Victor : Alexander Astaniotis
Tim : Andrew White
Jonathan : Elisha Sessions
Production Team
Director : Nick Edwards
Set Design : Millie Weston, Emma Brown
Costume Design : Lucy Moss, Grace Easterbrook
Lighting Design : Samuel Littley
Stage Managers : Bella Cavicchi, Lucy Glass
Assistant Directors : Sibila Diaz-Plaja, Athena Spillius
Lighting Operator : Flavia Corina Di Saverio
 Some Explicit Polaroids is James Stephen Finn‘s fourth performance at the Tower after having acted in Brighton Rock and Julius Caesar earlier this year and in After Life in 2025. James is an actor and musician, trained at Salon Collective and specialising in Meisner Technique and Practical Aesthetics, who has previously performed in theatrical plays, radio plays and art performances. As a musician he composes, records and performs live with Band Of Holy Joy. The band also produce the weekly live radio show Bad Punk on Resonance FM. |
 Rachel Bothamley has been a member of the Tower Theatre since 2015. Her previous on-stage credits include Lady Montague in Romeo and Juliet, Susannah in Bedroom Farce, Alice in Mosquitoes, Emina in Old Bridge and Pip in Things I Know to Be True. Off stage, she has worked as Assistant Stage Manager for Much Ado About Nothing and The Fan, Costume Designer for Trainspotting and the Writers’ Room production of Home, and Assistant Director for Kafka’s Dick and Death and the Maiden. In recent years, Rachel has devoted much of her time to supporting the company behind the scenes as a member of the Management Committee, championing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Safeguarding. She is also a familiar face behind the bar. Rachel is delighted to be returning to the stage as Helen in Some Explicit Polaroids and to be working with such a wonderful cast and creative team. By day, she is Head of Engagement and Co-Director of the revolutionary suicide prevention charity Body & Soul. |
 Lulu Freeman made her Tower Theatre debut playing Parsons and Tanya in Jerusalem. Before joining the Tower, she did most of her performing in East Sussex, with credits spanning plays, musicals and the occasional opera at Glyndebourne. Previous roles include Rita in Educating Rita in 2023. Lulu is delighted to be returning to the Tower stage in Some Explicit Polaroids. She writes plays in her spare time, trains with Home Studio London and is also a vinyl DJ, so if anyone has a 50th birthday coming up, see Lulu after the show. |
 Alexander Astaniotis is making his Tower Theatre debut as Victor in Some Explicit Polaroids. Before joining the company, he began acting in a drama society at university where he performed in Othello and A Christmas Carol. Later he signed up to acting workshops in London during his placement year. Alongside acting, Alexander is involved in the London Rebetiko scene, playing bouzouki and guitar and also singing wherever he can find a venue sorry enough to facilitate him and his cronies. |
 Elisha Sessions joined the Tower last year for a staged reading of The Letter. He studied at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York, appearing in The Inner Workings Of A Man (Off Broadway) and in Class (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) before embarking on a career in media, where he commissioned, produced and presented podcasts for the BBC and others. |
 Nick Edwards previously directed Cock for the Tower Theatre in 2024, as well as Breathing Corpses for KDC Theatre in 2015. He has also acted in a large number of productions for the Tower and other theatre companies, most recently appearing in My Night With Reg this February. Other notable appearances for the Tower include roles in Consent, Sweat, Clybourne Park and London Wall. Nick is thrilled to be directing a play by Mark Ravenhill and remains passionate about championing LGBTQ+ voices and stories on stage. |