Details
This multi award-winning play, brimming with wonderful characters, is set in 1905 in New York City where Esther, a black seamstress, sews exquisite lingerie for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. She has saved enough to allow her to dream of one day opening a beauty salon for black women, and at 35 years old, longs for a husband and a future. When she begins to receive beautiful letters from a lonesome Caribbean man who is working on the Panama Canal, it looks like life may be about to take a different course.
Creatives/Company
Author:
Lynn NottagePresented by:
Guildhall School of Music & DramaDirector(s):
Mumba Dodwell,
Diane Alison Mitchell (movement),
Louise Kemton (intimacy director)
Design:
Liam BunsterLighting:
Nick PeelSound:
Eve ClaytonCostume:
Lucy Lawless (assistant)