Black Chiffon

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T01630538802 (WHITEBEAR11) Producer Tough Theatre. Producer White Bear Theatre. Director Andy Brunskill.
11 Jan 11 to 30 Jan 11	White Bear, Inner London :: V256 listing details L01398391648

Details

Play :: 1949. London. On the eve of her beloved son’s wedding, Alicia Christie inexplicably steals a black chiffon nightdress from a department store. The horrified family bring in a psychologist to assess her. When it transpires that Alicia sleepwalked into her son’s fiance’s bedroom who was wearing black chiffon the implications are horrific. Her relationship with her son is put under a microscope. Negotiating a feuding family and facing a choice of public shame or prison, Alicia’s world begins to fall apart.

Author

Lesley Storm