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Bethan Mary-James as Peggy, Sarah Parish as Gwyneth, Ifan Huw Dafydd as Patsy, Rita Bernard-Shaw as Connie, Samuel Adewunmi as Nate, Zephhryn Taitte as Norman and Ellie Mae Siama as Georgina (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: Trouble in Butetown, Donmar Warehouse (2023)

Engaging play about 1940s Tiger Bay "The first one will put hairs on your chest.  The next one will make the hairs fall out!"Norman about the strong potcheen Bethan Mary-James as…

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Read more about the article REVIEW: Last Easter, Orange Tree Theatre (2021)
LAST EASTER by Bryony Lavery ; Director Tinuke Craig ; Designer Hannah Wolfe ; Design Associate Natalie Johnson ; Lighting Designer Elliot Griggs ; Sound Designer ; Composer Beth Duke ; Costume Supervisor Megan Rarity ; Orange Tree Theatre ; London, UK ; 3rd July 2021 ; Credit & Copyright: Helen Murray

REVIEW: Last Easter, Orange Tree Theatre (2021)

June (Naana Agyei-Ampadu) is dying of breast cancer which has developed secondary cancers. June is probably the least obviously dramatic of the four. She is a lighting designer and the playwright’s directions in the text is that the lighting has to be “wonderful beyond belief”. As she faces death we can see what is important to her as she quietly and sadly enjoys what little time she may have left.

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