Airswimming
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Airswimming is the first play written by Charlotte Jones
. Its 1997 premiere at the Battersea Arts Centre
was directed by Anna Mackmin
(making her debut as a director) and featured Rosie Cavaliero
and Scarlett Mackmin
. It is based on two women being imprisoned in a mental asylum in the 1920s for having children outside of marriage, only being released in the 1970s.
Charlotte Jones (writer)
Charlotte Jones is a British actress and playwright.Her first play Airswimming debuted in 1997 at the Battersea Arts Centre in London. Her other plays include In Flame, The Dark, The Lightning Play, and Humble Boy...
. Its 1997 premiere at the Battersea Arts Centre
Battersea Arts Centre
The Battersea Arts Centre is a performance space near Clapham Junction in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth that specialises in music and theatre productions.-History:...
was directed by Anna Mackmin
Anna Mackmin
Anna Mackmin is an award-winning British theatre director. She has been an associate director at the Sheffield Crucible and at the Gate Theatre in London.-Life and career:...
(making her debut as a director) and featured Rosie Cavaliero
Rosie Cavaliero
Rosie Cavaliero is an English actress.She was trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.- Television and film work :* The Crimson Petal and the White - Jennifer Pierce * Jane Eyre - Grace Poole...
and Scarlett Mackmin
Scarlett Mackmin
Scarlett Mackmin is an English choreographer. She trained at the Martha Graham School in New York and at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance in London...
. It is based on two women being imprisoned in a mental asylum in the 1920s for having children outside of marriage, only being released in the 1970s.