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First Look: MARYS SEACOLE at Donmar Warehouse in Rehearsal

by Staff Writer
April 6, 2022
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Kayla Meikle in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.

Kayla Meikle in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.

First look production images have been released for Jackie Sibblies Drury’s MARYS SEACOLE that opens at the Donmar Warehouse on 21 April with previews from 15 April, and runs until 4 June.

Mary Seacole was the pioneering Jamaican nurse who bravely voyaged to heal soldiers in the Crimean War. She was a traveller, a hotelier and a businesswoman. She was the most impressive woman you’ve ever met.

Putting the concept of a biopic through a kaleidoscope, MARYS SEACOLE is a dazzling exploration across oceans and eras of what it means to be a woman who is paid to care, and how, ultimately, no one is in charge of their own story.

Directed by Nadia Latif, the UK premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Jackie Sibblies Drury’s celebrated new play reunites the team behind her critically-acclaimed Fairview in 2019.

Nadia Latif directs Déja J. Bowens (Mamie), Llewella Gideon (Duppy Mary), Kayla Meikle (Mary), Esther Smith (Miriam), Olivia Williams (May), and Susan Wooldridge (Merry).

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MARYS SEACOLE in Rehearsal credit Marc Brenner

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Olivia Williams and Nadia Latif in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.
Susan Wooldridge and Kayla Meikle in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.
Esther Smith and Kayla Meikle in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.
Kayla Meikle in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner
Llewella Gideona and Olivia Williams in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.
Nadia Latif and Tom Scutt in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.
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1. Olivia Williams and Nadia Latif in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.

Olivia Williams and Nadia Latif in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.

2. Susan Wooldridge and Kayla Meikle in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.

Susan Wooldridge and Kayla Meikle in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.

3. Esther Smith and Kayla Meikle in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.

Esther Smith and Kayla Meikle in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.

4. Kayla Meikle in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner

Kayla Meikle in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner

5. Llewella Gideona and Olivia Williams in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.

Llewella Gideona and Olivia Williams in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.

6. Nadia Latif and Tom Scutt in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.

Nadia Latif and Tom Scutt in rehearsals for MARYS SEACOLE at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Nadia Latif. Photo by Marc Brenner.

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