Revlon Girl plays at Lind Lane Theatre

Riette de Jager, left, as The Revlon Girl, and Christine Lynn as Rona. 

More than 50 years ago, Aberfan, a small coal mining town in Wales, was irreversibly changed in an instant when 144 people, mostly school children, were killed by a coal-waste landslide.  That 1966 disaster is the back-story of The Revlon Girl performed at Lind Lane Theatre, 16 Mitchell St Nambour. 

Director Glenda Campi has found a moving  play so worth sharing and based on actual events. The piece tells the story of a group of grieving mothers who met every week above a local hotel to talk, cry and even laugh without feeling guilty, while trying to re-build their lives. 

Written by local Swansea writer Neil Anthony Hocking in 2015 the little play was nominated for the Olivier Awards. Hocking has an ability to bring you to tears and then, just a split-second later, have you in a fit of laughter.

At one of the meetings, the women look at each other and admit how much they had let themselves go. Afraid that people would think them frivolous, they secretly arrange for a representative from Revlon to come and give them a talk on beauty tips. Eight months post the catastrophe we meet the women. Was the Revlon night a success?

The Season runs from April 22-30 with bookings available at lindlane.com.au/whats-on. Group bookings: 1300 732 764.