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A play openly proud about working class identity
PAUL FOLEY speaks with JADE LEWIS, the director of SWEAT at Royal Exchange Manchester
RISING STAR: Award-winning Jade Lewis during rehearsals of SWEAT
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JADE LEWIS is one of the rising stars of British theatre. A talented director and writer who has won many plaudits for her work. Starting her career at the Young Vic, Jade went on to direct acclaimed plays at the Gate and Bush theatres in London.
Earlier this month she won an Olivier for her show Sleepova. She’s now taking on US playwright Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play SWEAT at the Royal Exchange theatre Manchester. I caught up with her on the eve of the Press Night.
What strikes you about Jade is her class-consciousness. From a working-class family, she is passionate about giving prominent voice to working-class communities in theatre spaces across the country.
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