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‘The Revlon Girl’ play set to be a hard hitter…
The Revlon Girl is heading to the Auto & General Theatre on the Square from 6th November until 1st December 2018 and promises to be a hard hitter. It retells a tragic real life tale and has won a number of international awards including a 2018 Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate …
The Revlon Girl is heading to the Auto & General Theatre on the Square from 6th November until 1st December 2018 and promises to be a hard hitter. It retells a tragic real life tale and has won a number of international awards including a 2018 Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre and also the 2018 Off-West End Award Winner for Best New Play and is the winner of a Silver Ovation Award National Festival of the Arts.
The play is set 52 years ago (in 1966) in the small coal-mining town of Aberfan in Wales, which was hit by a devastating event that killed 116 children and 28 adults.
The Aberfan disaster as it became known, was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip at 9.15 am on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil and overlaid a natural spring.
After some very harsh rain and storms, a build-up of water within the tip caused it to suddenly slide downhill as a slurry, and engulfing the local junior school and other buildings. The tip was the responsibility of the National Coal Board (NCB), and the subsequent inquiry placed the blame for the disaster on the organisation and nine named employees.
The Revlon Girl takes place eight months after the death of the children, and tells the real-life story of a group of bereaved mothers who met every week above a local hotel to talk, cry, and even laugh without feeling guilty.
This review from The National Arts Festival shares much about the play:
“The best play I have seen for many years. The performances are outstanding, and the characters are representations of humanity with whom the audience can easily connect. The play effectively blends humour and sadness. I recommend this play to all theatre goers who appreciate productions that present complex and profound aspects of the human experience in an accessible manner.” David R
The play is directed by Steven Feinstein, and stars Michelle Douglas, Mary-Anne Barlow, Heidi Mollentze, Julie-Anne McDowell and Marianthe Smart.
Venue: Auto & General Theatre on the Square – Sandton
Dates: 6th November – 1st December 2018.
