Revival of play to honour Nottingham actress after cancer death
The play 'The Glad Game,' written by the late Phoebe Frances Brown about her experience with terminal cancer, is being revived at the Nottingham Playhouse. Her mother hopes the production will serve as a source of strength and a strategy for others facing difficult life challenges.
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The story highlights the intersection of personal tragedy, artistic expression, and the role of theater in processing grief and mental health.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Rebecca Brice and Owen Shipton , Nottingham BBC Gail Brown said her daughter's one-woman stage show was a strategy for getting through the most horrific times in life The mother of an actress who died from an incurable brain tumour is reviving the acclaimed play she wrote about her experience of living with cancer.
Phoebe Frances Brown, from Nottingham, was inspired by her diagnosis to write and perform in the show, The Glad Game, before she died when she was 29 years old in April 2022.
Gail Brown has now helped to bring the one-woman play back to the Nottingham Playhouse, where Phoebe had previously performed it on the main stage.
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