Hard Truths

Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her younger sister Chantelle lives with her two vivacious daughters and plies a successful trade as a hairdresser, putting clients at their ease all day long. Yet beneath Pansy’s abrasive exterior are hints of a more fragile psyche, one motivated by fear and damaged by repressed pain.

• Mike LeighDirector
• Gary YershonOriginal Music Composer
• Mike LeighWriter

• Marianne Jean-BaptistePansy
• Michele AustinChantelle
• David WebberCurtley
• Tuwaine BarrettMoses
• Ani NelsonKayla
• Sophia BrownAleisha
• Jonathan LivingstoneVirgil
• Jo MartinNurse Salon Client
• Llewella GideonSmoking Salon Client
• Yvette BoakyeSalon Client
• Chinenye EzeuduSalon Client
• Elliot EdusahSofa Couple (Daniel)