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Catalysta

By Allister Bain

Year staged: 2007

Opening night: 23/10/2007

Theatre Company: Ovalhouse Theatre; 1930

Staged in: Ovalhouse Theatre, latterly Brixton House Theatre

Cast Size: 6

Synopsis

Hurricanes can rip through a city and destroy it within a matter of moments; throwing everything and everyone into turmoil. Families on the other hand may not seem as threatening and they may take a little bit longer but they too can wreak havoc which unfortunately can’t always be rebuilt. It is shortly after Hurricane Ivan’s attack on Grenada and Eartha is at the end of her tether; not with the effects of the hurricane but with her family. Her daughter and her husband, and their little girl have moved into Eartha and her husband Edward’s house. The arrival of Eartha’s sister Catalysta soon changes things as she blows through the house forcing the family to confront issues that are well overdue.

Original Cast

Angela Wynter

Catalysta

Carmen Munroe

Eartha

Lisa Davina Phillip

Pat

Cedric Henderson Duncan

Edward

Cornell S John

Lionel

La-Charne Jolley

Connie

Angela Wynter

Catalysta

Carmen Munroe

Eartha

Lisa Davina Phillip

Pat

Cedric Henderson Duncan

Edward

Cornell S John

Lionel

La-Charne Jolley

Connie

Production Team

Rhys Jarman

Designer

Robert Icke

Director

Rhys Jarman

Designer

Robert Icke

Director

Additional Materials

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: MPS 11970

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