THE PRODUCTIONS I caught in Wales before lockdown were exceptional, with
The Beauty Parade a stunning and deeply moving theatrical account of the women sent to occupied France to help the Resistance and, in Winston Churchill’s phrase, “set Europe ablaze.”
Kaite O’Reilly wrote and co-directed this inspirational piece of theatre which has a cast of just three women bringing to life the secret operation codenamed The Beauty Parade through song, music, acting and a unique blend of mime and sign language.
It is a compelling collaboration between deaf and hearing artists which tells the story of a little-known part of the British war effort against fascism saving the 1958 movie Carve Her Name with Pride.