Wind of Change, The
By Winsome Pinnock
Year staged: 1987
Opening night: 11/02/1987
Theatre Company: London; Half Moon Theatre
Staged in: Half Moon Theatre, Mile End (1979 - 1990)
Cast Size: 4
Synopsis
It’s 1958, the time to be young in E1 – the clubs, fashion and music are swinging all the way to the ’60s. Ruth arrives from Jamaica to train for her SRN certificate at the London Hospital ‘to be the best Jamaican nurse since Mary Seacole’. But the attitudes that white people had to blacks was not something that Ruth was prepared for…
Original Cast
Steve Johnson
Trev / Sam / Frank
John Middleton
Dad / Eddie / Rob
Cora Tucker
Ruth
Helen White
Tina
Production Team
Pam Fraser-Solomon
Director
Mark Salkild
Designer
Mark Salkild
Poster Designer
Fiona Barclay
Costumes
Ollie Olsen
Lighting Designer
Norman Goodman
Education Worker
Additional Materials
Link to Stages of Half Moon (Half Moon Theatre Archive)
Stages of Half Moon (Half Moon Theatre Archive)
Half Moon Theatre Archive (Stages of Half Moon)