BUNNY EARS - A NEW PLAY BY SOLOMON BOWDEN
(The Future, Kicks Like A Mule Theatre)
Starring Christabel Muir (From The Horse’s Mouth, o-region) and Zadie Gardner (Primates, Kicks Like A Mule Theatre)
A Kicks Like A Mule Theatre Production
An inability to tie shoelaces unravels into a confrontation between two voices, where memory, love, parenthood, shame and violence collide.
CAST AND CREATIVES
Solomon Bowden (writer and co-director)
Winner of the 2026 Young and Talented Cornwall Creative Writing Award, Solomon Bowden is a Cornish film and theatre maker from Newquay. His first play 'Primates' premiered at The Wren and Raven in Penzance, then transferred to The Poly in Falmouth in April. His most recent film 'Prince of Tears' released in 2025 starring Richard Strange and Mary Woodvine, his next film Sundog will shoot in 2027. His theatre company ‘Kicks Like a Mule Theatre’ has featured performances from Mary Woodvine, Danny Webb, Susan Penhaligon, Nigel Fairs, Tim Cartwright, Jenny Adams, and David Mynne. His most recent play The Future (Starring Nigel Fairs and Jenny Adams) toured Cornwall and played The Old Red Lion in London for GrimFest in October, receiving a four star review from London Pub Theatres.
BAFTA winning Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkin described Bowden as “one of the most exciting young writers working in Cornwall today.”
Christabel Muir (Actor)
Christabel is a Cornish actor from North Cornwall. She has performed in MINI-malism and ‘Anyone Can Write’ for the Hall for Cornwall, ‘Jamaica Inn’ (Bish Bash Bosh) and ‘The Crucible’ (cube) at The Minack and Sterts and Glory at The Bike Shed. She has toured the UK with ‘Henry V’ for Antic Disposition, ‘Shirley Valentine’ (Bill Kenwright) and ‘Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme’ (European Theatre Company). London shows include ‘Blue Jam’ at Etcetera Theatre, Riverside Studios and Battersea Arts Centre, ‘Have The Men Had Enough?’ at The Old Red Lion and The King’s Head, and a site –specific piece, Shopworks, for Theatre Rites, performed in both London and Vienna. She has acted in French, German and English.
TV credits are ‘Manhunt II’, five series of ‘Doc Martin’, ‘Delicious II’, ‘Trollied’, ‘Down To Earth’, ‘Hardware’, ‘The Project’, ‘The Bill’ and ‘Dispatches’.
Christabel has appeared in the feature ‘The Last Horror Movie’ and shorts including ‘The Bucca’, ‘Maisie’s Catch’ and ‘Making Friends’, as well as ‘The Killing of Sister George’ and ‘The Mints’ for Radio.
Zadie Gardner (Actor)
Zadie graduated from the prestigious Fourth Monkey drama school in London. Whilst at drama school she starred in productions of the ‘Comedy of Errors’, ‘The Winter’s Tale’ and ‘Yerma’, among others. She starred alongside Spike Barnes in Bowden’s first play ‘Primates’ as well as being a performer in the Kicks Like A Mule Theatre Company.
Marlene Favata (Co-Director/Producer)
Marlene is an emerging theatre director, writer, and producer from Penzance in Cornwall. She studied English and Spanish at the University of Oxford, where she also became involved with all aspects of theatremaking, including production design, tech, and (sometimes, badly) acting. In 2026, she was producer and dramaturg for ‘Brew Hill’ by Kilian King, a new play which she and her team took to the Edinburgh Fringe after showing in Oxford and London. In her final year she was lucky enough to be selected for the Oxbridge Onstage New Writing showcase, for which she wrote and directed a short piece. In July, she acted as Observer Director under Ruth Knight at the Waterperry Opera Festival. After graduating in 2026, she is beyond excited to be involved with the inspiring creative community at home in Cornwall and to have joined the iconic ranks of the Kicks Like A Mule Theatre company.
Harry Brewer (Assistant Director/Stage Manager)
Harry Brewer is a multi disciplined Cornish theatre maker, with experience as a director, designer, performer, writer and facilitator. He has used his playful, explorative & collaborative approach on devised work, new writing and classical texts. He has been able to refine this process extensively with award winning company, Rocket Box Theatre since 2019 to which his is a Co-Founder and Artistic Director; developing a diverse network of artists throughout the UK.
CONTENT WARNING: Themes of child abuse, trauma, drowning, with a a scene of strong violence.
Recommended for ages 16+