I Never Saw Another Butterfly
by Celeste Raspanti
Produced & Directed by Lin Bowden
This challenging play centres around Raja, one of the children who survived a Nazi Ghetto, in Terezin in the Czech Republic.
She shares her story of living with her family and friends, in the concentration camp, while retaining a world filled with butterflies and flowers with other children in the camp...
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Cast List
Raja Englanderova (a young woman) : Megan Harris
Irene Synkova (a teacher) : Ellen Kingston
Honza (a young man, friend of Raja) : Dan Williamson
Child I : Rose Eastment
Child II : Rosie Riley
Child III : Sammie Ball
Child IV : George Gerrard
Announcer : Molly Clements
Backstage team
Stage Manager : Phil Lovell
Lights : Julian Hinton
Sound : James Murden
Prompt/Direction Assistant : Lin Borden
Properties : Lin Bowden
Production dates
Bristol Festival (WISE Campus, Filton) : Saturday 12th February
Avon Festival (Town Hall, Chipping Sodbury) : Thursday 17th February
Wiltshire Festival (Arts Centre, Swindon) : Saturday 19th February
Four Counties Youth Festival (Memorial Hall, Rangeworthy) : Saturday 9th April
Quarter Final (Town Hall, Chipping Sodbury) : Saturday 16th April
Awards
Bristol
- Nominated for Jim English Costume Award
- Nominated for Winning Youth Group
- Megan Harris nominated for Most Promising Youth Performance
Avon
- Winning Youth Group (AAD Award for Youth Drama)
- Overall Winning Production (The Alexander Trophy)
- Child I-IV Adjudicator's Discretion (Ian Wethey Award)
- Nominated for Costume (Ruth Perrett Award)
- Nominated for Technical Award (Richard Bradshaw Cup)
- Megan Harris nominated for Most Promising Youth Performance (West Town Workshop Theatre for Youth)
- Ellen Kingston nominated for Most Promising Youth Performance (West Town Workshop Theatre for Youth)
- Dan Williamson nominated for Most Promising Youth Performance (West Town Workshop Theatre for Youth)
- Rose Eastment nominated for Best Supporting Performance (Graham Bradshaw Cup)
- Rosie Riley nominated for Best Supporting Performance (Graham Bradshaw Cup)
- Sammie Ball nominated for Best Supporting Performance (Graham Bradshaw Cup)
- George Gerrard nominated for Best Supporting Performance (Graham Bradshaw Cup)
Wiltshire
- Megan Harris Most Best Performance by a Junior Actor (Beryldene Hunt Cup)
- Nominated for Dramatic Endeavour (June Thompson Memorial Cup)
- Nominated for Originality or Achievement in Technical Theatre (Matthew Herring Award)
- Nominated for Best Performance by a Youth Group (Brenda Lilley Loving Cup)
- Lin Bowden nominated for Best Direction (Peter English Award)