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"Refugee Boy has been carefully and brilliantly directed by Jelena Budimir"
London Theatre 1 ★★★★★
"powerfully illustrating the complexities of growing up and facing unimaginably hard situations"
Everything theatre ★★★★
Refugee Boy is a powerful and moving story based on Benjamin Zephaniah's
acclaimed book, and tells the story of 14 year old Alem, a refugee forced to
flee his family and country for London in the late 1990s, to escape civil war at
home in the disputed region between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
photos © Antonia Jater
Cast
Alem - Demar Lambert / Soma Taylor-Patel
Mr Kelo / Hoodie - Anthony Nyagah
Mr Hardwick / Mr Fitzgerald / Police - Joseph Morton
Mrs Fitzgerald - Belinda McGuirk
Ruth - Jessica Barron
Mustapha - Kyle Johnson
Mrs Kelo - Faith Olusola / Stella Simao
Adjudicator - Jamie Vaughan
Sweeney / Lawyer / Soldier / Man - Will Laurence
Social Worker / Secretary of State/ Mustapha’s Gang - Rachel Luke / Ari Mandikate
Tiffany - Chelsea Crowder
Stacey - Faith Olusola / Stella Simao
Kevin - Charlie Williams / Simon Spencer
Latoya / Tyler - Rachel Luke / Ari Mandikate
Director - Jelena Budimir
Movement / Assistant Director - Loren Jacobs
Music - Dave Carey / Phil Haines
Set and Costume Design - Sarah Booth
Dialect Coach - Jamie Matthewman
Translations - Blen Yehdego Meles
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