Steve & Steff For Ever Cast Announced

How does it work?

When you arrive at the start point on your ticket, you’ll be given a pair of headphones to wear so that every line of dialogue, sound effect, and musical cue is delivered directly and clearly in this immersive and unforgettable theatrical experience. Audience members will be ushered to Blend on Abbeygate Street where the action will begin. The group will be guided by the Duty Manager from scene to scene as the action unfolds in unexpected places. At the end of the performance, you’ll hand back your headphones to the start point. Our Duty Managers, Front Of House Assistants and Stewards will be on hand before, during and after the performance.

Bury St Edmunds is in for a treat this summer as we bring theatre to the streets of our historic town in our new immersive romcom, Steve And Steff For Ever, running from 1st – 30th August. Written by Ian Jarvis (Beyond Paradise (BBC), The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (Apple TV+)) and produced by Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Steve And Steff For Ever is a promenade theatre production filled with humour, heartbreak and laugh-out-loud encounters.

Commissioned by Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds and our Commissioning Circle, Steve And Steff For Ever brings high-quality theatre outside of the Theatre Royal’s historic building in a bold new format our town has never seen before. The production’s outdoor nature adds to the excitement and uniqueness, and we’ve carefully selected performance times to give you the chance to enjoy a full evening in Bury – whether that’s grabbing drinks beforehand or heading out for dinner afterwards.

Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds are delighted to announce:

Anna Soden playing Steff:

Anna is an actor and comedian from North Yorkshire. As a Comedian, Anna’s work has been featured on Absolute Radio, BBC Upload and Anna won the British Comedy Guide Video Contest. She is a 2025 Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off Quarter-Finalist and Komedia New Comedy Award Semi- Finalist.

Theatre Credits: The Rock and Roll Panto (Leeds City Varieities), Jack and The Beanstalk (York Theatre Royal/Evolution Productions), Ordinary People (New UK Musicals/Parkwood Theatres), Cbeebies Presents Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe), Kinky Boots (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch/ New Wolsey), Aladdin (Derby Arena/Little Wolf), Five Children and It (Sheffield Crucible, The Dukes Lancaster, Latitude Festival, Stephen Joseph Theatre), Rapunzel (The Theatre Chipping Norton), The Power Of Three (Full House Theatre), Invisible Sentence (Uninterrupted Theatre), This Noisy Isle (Spun Glass Theatre), Primary Playmaker (Oxford Playhouse), Pataflafla (RUNT Theatre),  The Travelling Pantomime (York Theatre Royal), Heaven’s Gate (Cosmic Collective Theatre tour- Pleasance London, Harrogate Theatre, York Theatre Royal, Hull Truck, Slunglow, Festival on The Square-Sheffield Crucible), Future Fossils (Invisble Dust), The Murderess (Trinity Arts/ Shooting Fish), Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Chinaplate UK tour), Return To Elm House (Battersea Arts Centre), Measure for Measure (Donmar Warehouse), Romeo and Juliet (The Young Shakespeare Company), A Theory of Justice: The Musical (Arts Theatre Leicester Square), Nele Needs A Holiday: The Musical (Theatre Royal Plymouth/ Ovalhouse/ Sumerhall, Edinburgh), Robin Hood, The Tales of Beatrix Potter (Gobbledigook) and Sleeping Beauty (Liverpool Everyman).

Screen Credits: The Idea of You (Amazon Studios), Kill Off Set (Get Pulped), TV License Detective (Get Pulped), Testing (Bad Taste Pictures), Killer In The House (Bad Taste Pictures), Cbeebies Presents Twelfth Night (Cbeebies/BBC) 

Joshua Diffley playing Steve:

Joshua Diffley is a London-based actor born and raised in Tooting & Kingston Upon Thames. He studied at Arts Ed on the BA Acting Course.

Theatre Credits include; Romeo & Juliet (Leicester Square Theatre, Sh!tfaced Shakespeare), Much Ado About Nothing (Brighton Fringe, Sh!tfaced Shakespeare), A Christmas Carol (European Tour, TNT Theatre) Peter Pan (European Tour, TNT Theatre), The Lady Vanishes (UK Tour, Bill Kenwright LTD), Rain Man (UK Tour, Bill Kenwright LTD), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Edinburgh Fringe, Sh!tfaced Showtime).

TV & Film Credits include; Stonehouse (ITV), The Private Lives of the Monarchs (TV & Streaming), Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (Feature Film).

Why Outdoor Performance?
This is our second foray into outdoor theatre following the success of A Christmas Carol in 2020 – also adapted by Ian Jarvis – which was performed on Angel Hill to glowing audience reviews. 

“Ever since we staged A Christmas Carol on Angel Hill during Covid-19 lockdown, audiences have been asking us when we’d return to outdoor performance. So this summer, the creative team behind A Christmas Carol will stage Steve And Steff For Ever – a brand-new romantic comedy performed in the streets of Bury St Edmunds. With only 40 tickets available per performance, you’ll need to book early.” – Owen Calvert-Lyons, Director of Steve and Steff For Ever and Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.