Trouble in Butetown
By Diana Nneka Atuona
Year staged: 2023
Opening night: 01/02/2023
Staged in: The Donmar Warehouse
Cast Size: 10
Synopsis
In her illegal boarding house in Butetown, Cardiff, Gwyneth Mbanefo toils tirelessly to keep afloat. It’s a port town during the war; home to souls from every corner of the globe. When Nate, an African American GI, escapes his barracks and discovers this new world without segregation, can he find safe harbour? And with danger on every corner, who can he trust?
Original Cast
Samuel Adewunmi
Nate
Sarah Parish
Gwyneth
Zaqi Ismail
Dullah
Zephryn Taitte
Norman
Ifan Huw Dafydd
Patsy
Rita Bernard-Shaw
Connie
Rosie Ekenna
Georgina
Ellie-Mae Siame
Georgina
Gareth Kennerly
Detective Hughes
Nathan Nolan
Officer Reid
Samuel Adewunmi
Nate
Sarah Parish
Gwyneth
Zaqi Ismail
Dullah
Zephryn Taitte
Norman
Ifan Huw Dafydd
Patsy
Rita Bernard-Shaw
Connie
Rosie Ekenna
Georgina
Ellie-Mae Siame
Georgina
Gareth Kennerly
Detective Hughes
Nathan Nolan
Officer Reid
Production Team
Oliver Fenwick
Lighting Designer
Claudette Williams
Dialect Coach
Peter McKintosh
Designer
Emma Laxton
Sound Design
Fiona Parker
Costume Supervisor
Kev McCurdy
Fight Director
Carole Hancock
Wigs, Hair & Make-up Supervisor
Diana Nneka Atuona
Writer
Mary Howland
Dialect Coach
Tinuke Craig
Director
Ingrid Mackinnon
Movement Director
Clement Ishmael
Composer
Kate Dowling
Associate Props Supervisor (Propworks)
Adam Karim
Resident Assistant Director
Phyllys Egherevba
Assistant Set & Costume Designer
Carey Chomsoonthorn
Assistant Lighting Designer
Elliot Popeau-George
Assistant to the Sound Designer
Khaled Abunaama
Dialect Coach
Kara Tsiaperas
Dialect Coach
Katie Unsworth-Murray
Assistant to the Designer
Oliver Fenwick
Lighting Designer
Claudette Williams
Dialect Coach
Peter McKintosh
Designer
Emma Laxton
Sound Design
Fiona Parker
Costume Supervisor
Kev McCurdy
Fight Director
Carole Hancock
Wigs, Hair & Make-up Supervisor
Diana Nneka Atuona
Writer
Mary Howland
Dialect Coach
Tinuke Craig
Director
Ingrid Mackinnon
Movement Director
Clement Ishmael
Composer
Kate Dowling
Associate Props Supervisor (Propworks)
Adam Karim
Resident Assistant Director
Phyllys Egherevba
Assistant Set & Costume Designer
Carey Chomsoonthorn
Assistant Lighting Designer
Elliot Popeau-George
Assistant to the Sound Designer
Khaled Abunaama
Dialect Coach
Kara Tsiaperas
Dialect Coach
Katie Unsworth-Murray
Assistant to the Designer