Donmar Warehouse reveals solid for Trouble in Butetown – There Ought To Be Clowns

Artistic Director Michael Longhurst and Executive Director Henny Finch in the present day announce the casting for Diana Nneka Atuona’s Trouble in Butetown. Tinuke Craig directs Samuel Adewunmi, Rita Bernard-Shaw, Ifan Huw Dafydd, Zaqi Ismail, Gareth Kennerley, Bethan Mary-James, Sarah Parish and Zephryn Taitte.

The world première manufacturing opens on 20 February 2023, with previews from 10 February, and runs till 25 March. The Donmar continues its 30^th anniversary celebrations offering £10 tickets for audiences aged underneath 30 to mark the milestone, with assist from Associate Sponsor Barclays.

The manufacturing is designed by Peter McKintosh, with lighting design by Oliver Fenwick, sound design by Emma Laxton, composed by Clement Ishmael, motion director – Ingrid Mackinnon, combat route by Kev McCurdy and casting by Anna Cooper CDG.

“First thing I’m a need you to do is keep my secret. Can’t let nobody know I’m here and I mean nobody”

In her unlawful boarding home in Butetown, Cardiff, Gwyneth Mbanefo toils tirelessly to maintain afloat.

It’s a port city throughout the conflict; residence to souls from each nook of the globe.  When Nate, an African American GI, escapes his barracks and discovers this new world with out segregation, can he discover protected harbour? And with hazard on each nook, whom can he belief? 

Trouble in Butetown is a world première by the award-winning playwright Diana Nneka Atuona (Liberian Girl), directed by Tinuke Craig.

Trouble in Butetown is a recipient of the Theatre Royal Haymarket Writers Award and the George Devine Award.