ANGELA by AFB published on 2021-07-27T15:10:02Z The play centres on the playwright’s mother, at the age of 84 and living with dementia, as she looks back across her life. The play cuts between Angela in her old age, her memories and mind failing her, and in her youth - growing up, moving away from her roots as the world of drama welcomed her. It depicts her aspirations, her struggle with depression and the challenges of becoming a mother all poignantly set against Mark’s experience of beginning to learn ballet, his lifelong passion, in his fifties. Exquisitely observed and painfully honest, Angela is an emotive exploration of working-class motherhood in the 1960s, told by one of Britain’s best-loved dramatists as we have never heard him before. CAST Julie, Nurse 1 and Plummy Woman - Nadia Albina Doctor Adetiba, and Director - Dermot Daly Angela - Pam Ferris Doctor Mansoor and Plummy Man - Raj Ghatak Young Angela - Matti Houghton The Fox and Doctor Carter - Olivier Huband Ted - Toby Jones Young Mark - Jackson Laing Angela’s mum, Ballet teacher, Nurse 2 and Ivy - Alexandra Mathie Mark - Joseph Millson The Social Worker, Ballet woman and Nurse 3 - Kirsty Stuart CREATIVE TEAM Writer - Mark Ravenhill Director - Polly Thomas Assistant Director - Emma Lynne Harley. Composer - Alexandra Faye Braithwaite Sound Design - John Scott Sound Recordist - Louis Blatherwick Genre Soundtrack
