The Wrong Side of the Rainbow, Donmar Warehouse Theatre London, 2001

Scope and Content

Folder contains the following:

Correspondence:

  • Play-text excerpt for unnamed production by Brian Clemens. Includes covering letter to Rourke, dated Jan 2000.
  • Invitation to gala, dated Oct 2000.

Other:

  • Two production programmes, 2001.
  • Promotional poster for the The Wrong Side of the Rainbow gala evening, 2001
  • Research on homelessness in London, undated.
  • Photographs

This gala performance was held on 28 Jan, 2001.

Administrative / Biographical History

Rourke was asked to direct a gala performance of The Wrong Side of the Rainbow , a dramatic piece based on a Carlton TV television show of the same name. Stories from the streets about London's homeless were dramatised for the stage, and many leading actors and celebrities offered their services free of charge. Actors such as Art Malik, Emilia Fox and Judy Cornwell took part. All proceeds from the event went to a charity that works with young people in crisis.

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