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The Swallowing Dark

By:
Lizzie Nunnery
Composer:
Peter Coyte
Management:
Theatre503and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse
Cast:
Wil Johnson and Allyson Ava-Brown
Director:
Paul Robinson
Design:
Alex Eales
Sound:
Xenia Bayer
Lighting:
Richard Howell

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An ability to tell a story is sometimes more important than whether it's true or not, suggests Lizzie Nunnery's insightful new play. Set around the relationship between a Zimbabwean refugee, Canaan, and his case worker, Martha, it's an exploration of a system where paperwork and bureaucracy all too often conceals the lives of those they affect. It's also an understated examination of storytelling and the different ways it can be used - whether it's to relay a fable or avoid being deported to face almost certain death...

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