BEST-known for her roles in Shameless and Waterloo Road, actress Rebecca Ryan will be bringing to life the role of Jo in Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste of Honey at Malvern Theatres from Tuesday, June 17.
Set in Salford in 1959 the play follows 17-year-old Jo who is desperate to break free from her wayward mother, Helen. Jo’s instinct for survival and pursuit of happiness leads her to fall in love with Jimmy, a sailor on shore leave. Abandoned by her mother, Jo’s courage is tested yet again when Jimmy returns to sea, and she discovers she’s pregnant. Defiant in the face of convention, Jo moves in with her friend Geoffrey, a young art student, who assumes the role of surrogate father to her unborn child. As their relationship deepens, Jo discovers that her independent spirit is both her torment and her salvation.
One of the most influential plays of its generation, A Taste of Honey was written when Shelagh Delaney was only 18 and took the West End by storm.
A Taste of Honey runs at Malvern Theatres from Tuesday, June 17 to Saturday, June 21. To book, call the box office on 01684 892277 or visit malvern-theatres.co.uk.
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