A new production, premiering in London, is showcasing the multiculturalism present in Butetown during the Second World War.
Diana Nneka Atouna’s latest theatre production, Trouble in Butetown, is being shown at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London, throughout February and March this year. The production follows a wartime family living in an illegal boarding house in Butetown during World War II, when an African American soldier escapes his barracks nearby, finding a new world of inclusion that he had not experienced before .
Butetown in Cardiff is known for its diversity as it is one of the UK's oldest multicultural communities and the oldest in Wales. The multiculturalism of Butetown and its history inspired the writing of Diana's new production. She was already aware of the history of Tiger Bay, she said "I knew it had plenty of stories and I thought it had stories that were worth being told."
