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Meet the cast

Joseph Adelakun

JOSEPH ADELAKUN

Joseph graduated from Rose Bruford College. Theatre credits include: Richard II (Arcola Theatre), Comedy Of Errors (National Theatre), What The Thunder Said (Theatre Centre), Boi Boi is Dead (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Back to the Future (Secret Cinema), In the Jungle of the Cities (Arcola Theatre), Whole (20 Stories High) and Run! A Sports Day Musical (Polka Theatre). Screen credits include Afrobeats, Frenemies, Monologue and Little Big Planet PS Vita.

Paris Campbell

PARIS CAMPBELL

Paris graduated from the National Youth Theatre. Theatre credits include: Gone Fishing (Arcola Theatre), Consensual, Merchant of Venice and Chloe I Can (Ambassadors Theatre), and Beauty and the Beast (Stratford East). Paris won the Meredith Award for Outstanding Contribution to Drama in 2011 and returned to Break-Thru Productions following Pumpkin Soup for the Soul.

Marcia Mantack

MARCIA MANTACK

Marcia trained at ArtsEd. Theatre credits include: The Bacchae (National Theatre of Scotland, directed by John Tiffany), Red Riding Hood (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Fruit Salad (Greenwich Theatre, Hackney Empire and Lewisham Broadway), Stepping Out The Musical and Romeo and Juliet.

Ren Lawrence

REN LAWRENCE

Ren trained at Rose Bruford College, reading American Theatre Arts. Classically trained, Ren has performed work ranging from Shakespeare to Debbie Tucker Green and Sam Shepard, appearing at major theatres including the National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe and Hackney Empire, alongside independent film work.

Jacqueline Kirwan

JACQUELINE KIRWAN

Jacqueline graduated from Arts Educational School of Acting. Her credits include Life of Hers, Much Ado About Nothing, On the Razzle, Wild Party and Secret Rapture. She is a versatile performer with experience across theatre, film and television.

Luyanda Lipere

LUYANDA LIPERE

Luyanda began working professionally in showbusiness at five as a dancer. She later trained in drama and musical theatre at Anna Scher Theatre, Sylvia Young Theatre School, The BRIT School and Millennium Dance 2000, and has appeared in theatre productions, music videos, television commercials and programmes including BBC’s The Lenny Henry Show.

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Break-Thru Productions presents

BROKEN

A play by Lunga Yeni

Director
Lunga Yeni
Producer
Luyanda Lipere

BROKEN explores Black British women’s sexual politics in a world of virtual love and minimum commitment.

Set in a luxurious hair salon on the morning of Samantha’s wedding, an idealistic young man and five passionate women tell their touching, painful and all-too-familiar stories of broken trust, broken hope and broken dreams—stories that unfold in scattered, embittered shards around them.

Broken theatre production poster

Original production

Dates: 29–30 July 2016

Venue: Chats Palace, 42–44 Brooksby’s Walk, Homerton, London E9 6DF

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Creative team

  • Director and set design: Lunga Yeni
  • Lighting design: Gary Horsman
  • Stage manager: Tyrone Grosvenor

Special appearances

  • YouTube man: Tulani Suliaman
  • Patrick: Jermaine Barton

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