Vivienne Franzman is a British

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 playwright

Playwright

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 from Walthamstow

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, whose debut play Mogadishu

Mogadishu (play)

Mogadishu is the debut play by ex-school teacher Vivienne Franzmann concerning a white teacher who tries to protect her black student from expulsion after he pushes her to the ground, but in order to protect himself the student lies and drags her into a vortex of lies in which victim becomes...

was critically acclaimed in its premiere at the Royal Exchange

Royal Exchange, Manchester

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 in Manchester

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 and in its transference to the Lyric Theatre in London

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 in 2011. With Dominic Cavendish of The Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

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 calling it 'the play of the year'. The play based on her own experiences as a school teacher starred Julia Ford

Julia Ford

Julia Ford is a British actress who has appeared in a variety of theatre, film, radio and television productions, including Waking the Dead, Silent Witness, Midsomer Murders and All About George, The Street, Red Riding, Coming Down The Mountain, In A Land of Plenty, Insiders, Island at War...

as a teacher victimised by a student's lies after she tries to protect him.