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‘This was the 3am phone call no mother wants to receive’
One shattered promise.
A high stakes thriller.
From New York Times best-selling author Tawni O’Dell comes the powerful true story of a mother desperately trying to hold her family together after a devastating event changes the course of their lives.
Amanda Abbington (Sherlock, Mr Selfridge) will lead an ensemble cast in this electric piece of new writing that mines the depths of human courage and the resolve to survive following a shattering incident. Directed by Park Theatre’s Artistic Director Jez Bond, this pacy theatrical page-turner propels the audience into the heart of an unmissable drama fuelled by tears, laughter, hope and love.
Tawni O’Dell is a bestselling author on both sides of the Atlantic with titles such as Back Roads, Coal Run and Sister Mine. Her work has been translated into fifteen languages and has been published in over forty countries.
In the press
‘A powerful play of love and humor through tragedy’
Bust Magazine
‘When It Happens to You’ accomplishes catharsis with its simplicity, its straight-forwardness, its significance’
Theater Pizzazz
‘Extraordinarily powerful’
Broadway Radio
Gallery
Cast
TARA | AMANDA ABBINGTON
ESME | ROSIE DAY
CONNOR | MILES MOLAN
MULTIPLE ROLES | TOK STEPHEN
Download the cast biographies here.
Creative Team
WRITER | TAWNI O’DELL
DIRECTOR | JEZ BOND
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER | ZAHRA MANSOURI
LIGHTING DESIGNER | SHERRY COENEN
SOUND ARTIST & COMPOSER | MELANIE WILSON
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR | NATASHA HARRISON
PRODUCTION MANAGERS | E-STAGE
Download the creative team biographies here.
Applause for Thought Resources
Working in partnership with
Morgalina Media LLC and Park Theatre present the European Premiere of
When It Happens to You
By Tawni O'Dell, Directed by Jez Bond