Winx Saga's Sadie Soverall leads cast for Channel 4 drama The Gathering
Channel 4 has confirmed a new drama called The Gathering, which will star Fate: The Winx Saga's Sadie Soverall.
The upcoming six-part series is set in Merseyside, and focuses on "a violent attack on a teenage girl during a rave on a tidal islet" and a group of teens from a wide range of backgrounds who could each have committed the crime, alongside their parents.
Soverall takes on the role of Jessica in the show, while newcomer Eva Morgan will play the role of Kelly, the victim at the centre of the story.
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The latter "straddles the very different worlds of two groups of teens" and is an "accomplished gymnast, on the pathway to world-class competitions, but at odds with her teammates and their ultra-competitive parents".
"By contrast, Kelly also rolls with a group of urban free-runners, whose reckless lifestyle and exuberant free-spirit is in conflict with the discipline and restrictions Kelly experiences in the tightly controlled world of competitive sport," the synopsis adds.
"The Gathering interrogates the ways in which today’s parents impose their agendas and issues upon their teenagers. It explores the balance between allowing teens their freedom, while ensuring their safety in a world where social media can create fame and notoriety overnight – and cancel it, and our children, at the flick of a thumb.
"And asks whether it’s responsible to be overly invested in our kids, or irresponsible not to know what they’re up to?"
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Also part of the cast are Boiling Point's Vinette Robinson as Jessica’s pushy mother Natalie, The Responder's Warren Brown as Kelly’s hard-working single parent Paul, and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's Richard Coyle as successful solicitor Jules.
The Responder's Sonny Walker has been cast as Adam, while newcomers Luca Kamleh-Chapman and Hebron Tedros play Bazi and Dessie.
The Gathering is currently filming and comes from writer Helen Walsh, who said: “I’m thrilled to have a brilliant cast on board led by such established talent. Our young actors, many of whom are newcomers, have wowed us with their raw and heartfelt depictions of teenagers having to navigate adult problems in morally ambiguous worlds."
The Gathering will air on Channel 4.
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