Diana Nneka Atuona on Trouble in Butetown
Sally Hales asks London playwright Diana Nneka Atuona why she’s brought 1940s Tiger Bay to life on the London stage.
Diana Nneka Atuona burst onto the theatre scene in 2015 with her debut play, the Liberian Girl, an award-winning tale of a teenage girl surviving the civil war. Eight years later, her second play focuses on the multicultural community of Cardiff’s Butetown. Now playing at the prestigious Donmar Warehouse, with a cast including TV favourite Sarah Parish and directed by Tinuke Craig, Wales Arts Review finds out how a story of diverse, working-class Wales found itself in the spotlight.
Read the full interview at Wales Arts Review.
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