First Impressions
By Michael McMillan
Year staged: 1987
Opening night: 22/10/1987
Theatre Company: Perspective Theatre Company
Staged in: Mansfield Community Arts Centre
Cast Size: 4
Synopsis
First Impressions is about the story of a mixed-heritage Black young woman, who meets her Black father for the first time, when he turns up at her 18th Birthday party. Her conflict to accept or reject him, and his coming to terms with 18 years absence is inter-cut with flashbacks to the Nottingham race riots 1958 and Notting Hill Carnival riots 1976. the play was produced for Perspectives Theatre Company and toured as a youth theatre show in the East Midlands.
Original Cast
Terry Holmes
Rose Smith / Jimmy Thornton
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Charlton
Helen White
Lydia Thornton-Moore / Mary Murphy
Teohna Williams
Gemmy Murphy
Production Team
Sallie Aprahamian
Director
Jane Linz-Roberts
Design
Dave Pitt
Sound
Nick Macliammoir
Lighting
Peter Tavy
Company Stage Manager
Steve Keay
Stage Manager
Stephanie Edmonds
Stage Manager
Jacqueline Contre
Administration