Beautiful Thing

Jun 18, 2013

1h 54m

★ 8.0

A love story.

Overview

This 20th anniversary production of Jonathan Harvey's play about two working class teenage boys falling in love on a south east London council estate was captured by Digital Theatre live at the Arts Theatre in London's Leicester Square.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Jamie

Jake Davies

Ste

Danny-Boy Hatchard

Sandra

Suranne Jones

Leah

Zaraah Abrahams

Tony

Oliver Farnworth

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Beautiful Thing

Overview

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