Radium Girls
Written by D. W. GregoryThe theatre craft under Nel Crouch’s direction [is] exemplary
New Jersey, mid 1900s. Business is booming at the United States Radium Corporation.
The company’s ability to meet the growing demand for painting luminescent dials onto watches is music to owner Arthur Roeder’s ears – and why wouldn’t it be with pioneering physicist Marie Curie encouraging radium into the mainstream?
Meanwhile on the factory floor, it’s a different story. Painters Grace, Irene and Kathryn are noticing disturbing changes in the women working alongside them. Deaths are hastily explained away; but media interest is building and soon enough, many injustices are uncovered.
What unfolds is a fast-paced and shocking exploration into the workers behind a historical sensation, which impacted labour rights and health physics – but at what cost? Written with warmth, humour and dignity, Radium Girls is an unflinching tribute to the women racing against time.
Artwork credit: Lauren Jaye Squires
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Ellie Jack
Grace FryerAkim Bangura
Raymond BerryKathryn Schaub
Lucy PascoeArthur Roeder
Conor DoranEdward Markley
Tom CanavanIrene Rudolph
Louise O'DowdMars MacNeil / Harriet Roeder
Georgia CudbyNancy Harian
Gaia AshwoodJackie Youngwood
Holly HawgoodMrs Fryer / Core Middleton
Sumāh EbeléDiane Roeder
Assa KanoutéDr Von Sochocky
Archie FisherCharlie Lee
Christopher WilliamsTom Krieder
Kurtis ThompsonThe theatre craft under Nel Crouch’s direction [is] exemplary
a fabulous production
...a perfect example of great training in all aspects of theatre production...It's a genuinely impressive achievement.
Gripping from the off, played at pace in another superb production by the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
an engaging and skilled portrayal
Photos: Craig Fuller
Photos: Rachel Holman
