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Winner of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best Play for Children and Young People 2011 It is summer, 2005, New Orleans. Maya Marsalis takes you by the hand, sometimes the throat, and leads you through her landscape the day Hurricane Katrina came, the levees broke, the world watched and the US Government did nothing.Go with her, as she shows you how her world and that of thousands of black American citizens changed forever, the day the waters came.A sister piece to Evans’ seminal play for young audiences Stamping, Shouting And Singing Home, this new play explores the environmental and social impact of Hurricane Katrina on the communities in New Orleans.

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Well told with shocking moments and a clever theatrical style that suggests a focus on multi-roling to offer the opportunity to show the range of characters that are affected by the events of the disaster. It also allows the theatre to use its best tricks - Teaching Drama <br>

Well told with shocking moments and a clever theatrical style that suggests a focus on multi-roling to offer the opportunity to show the range of characters that are affected by the events of the disaster. It also allows the theatre to use its best tricks - Teaching Drama  Well told with shocking moments and a clever theatrical style that suggests a focus on multi-roling to offer the opportunity to show the range of characters that are affected by the events of the disaster. It also allows the theatre to use its best tricks  Teaching Drama

Well told with shocking moments and a clever theatrical style that suggests a focus on multi-roling to offer the opportunity to show the range of characters that are affected by the events of the disaster. It also allows the theatre to use its best tricks - Teaching Drama

-Well told with shocking moments and a clever theatrical style that suggests a focus on multi-roling to offer the opportunity to show the range of characters that are affected by the events of the disaster. It also allows the theatre to use its best tricks- - Teaching Drama

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Lisa Evans writes for theatre, radio and television. Her original stage plays include Keep Smiling Through (Theatre by the Lake); Glory Glory (Duke’s Lancaster); The Day the Waters Came (Theatre Centre); Up The Duff (Theatre Royal, York); Once We Were Mothers (New Vic, Stoke); Getting to the Foot of the Mountain (Birmingham Rep) ; Christmas Without Herods (Women’s Theatre Group); Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home (Watford) She has adapted The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; East Lynne; Villette; The Maid of Buttermere; Frankenstein; and Jamaica Inn for the stage. In November 2011 Lisa was awarded the Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for Best Play for Children and Young People for The Day the Waters Came. Website: www.lisaevans.co.uk

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