SWEAT

by Lynn Nottage
7 December 2018 – 2 February 2019

SWEAT

Following a sold-out run at the Donmar Warehouse, Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Sweat transferred to the West End’s Gielgud Theatre.

In 2011, Lynn Nottage began spending time with the people of Reading, Pennsylvania: officially one of the poorest cities in the USA.


During the following two years, she dug deep into the forgotten heart of middle America, finding a city divided by racial tension and the collapse of industry.


Sweat is the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that Lynn Nottage wrote following her experience.


Her tale of friends pitted against each other by big business, and the decline of the American Dream received its UK premiere at the Donmar, directed by former Donmar Resident Assistant Director and Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre Lynette Linton.

 

CAST
(in order of speaking)

Evan SULE RIMI
Jason PATRICK GIBSON
Chris OSY IKHILE
Cynthia CLARE PERKINS
Stan STUART MCQUARRIE
Tracey MARTHA PLIMPTON
Jessie LEANNE BEST
Oscar SEBASTIAN VIVEROS
Brucie WIL JOHNSON

CREATIVE TEAM


Director LYNETTE LINTON
Designer FRANKIE BRADSHAW
Lighting Designer OLIVER FENWICK
Sound Designer and Composer GEORGE DENNIS
Movement Director POLLY BENNETT
Video Designer GINO RICARDO GREEN
Fight Director KATE WATERS
Casting Director AMY BALL CDG
Production Manager KATE WEST

Rehearsal and Production Photography JOHAN PERSSON