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The play centres on Ollie who is searching for her missing sister in Manchester. In desperation, she finds all roads lead to Pomona, an abandoned concrete island at the heart of the city. Here at the centre of everything, journeys end and nightmares are born.
Jul 23, 2019 · In Alistair McDowall’s 2014 play, Pomona, after the island, itself named for the Roman goddess of fruit trees, it is owned by a man named Zeppo and guarded by a man named Charlie. And that urban decay attracts a variety of other characters from the fringes of Manchester society.
The play begins with a girl, Ollie (Nadia Clifford), asking for help to find her lost twin sister from Zeppo (Guy Rhys), who owns most of the city but doesn't get involved with anything—and is obsessed with chicken nuggets.
Nov 19, 2014 · Alistair McDowall is fidgety and nervous when we meet at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, where his play Pomona is about to open. He recently caused a stir with a Guardian article expressing his surprise at how rarely he feels theatre reflects the vast, interconnected world we live in.
This is the premise of his new play Pomona, staged early this year at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama on one date and now at the Orange Tree Theatre. Pomona , the Roman Goddess of fruit and trees, is, in the play, a place in the middle of the town ("A hole.
Sep 16, 2015 · We’re in a dark and sinister Manchester, where prostitutes are going missing, Ollie (Nadia Clifford) is looking for her sister and everything seems to point to Pomona, a concrete island in the...
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Oct 28, 2014 · Pomona is a sinister and surreal thriller from Alistair McDowall, writer of Talk Show, Brilliant Adventures and Captain Amazing. The play rotates around Ollie whose sister is missing. Searching Manchester in desperation, she finds all roads lead to Pomona.
