Diving: Wendy’s story
Wendy’s story is based on Sjögren’s own family archives and interviews with family members. It explores the ways in which a colonial Indian upbringing, especially her intimate bond with her ayah or nanny, has shaped the subsequent post-independence life, character, and relationships of an English woman. It is a fictionalised narrative set in the 1980s with flashbacks to the 1940s and 1950s.
CAST AND CREW (Actors in order of appearance)
Role | Name |
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Wendy | Joanne Gale |
Rolf | Thomas Winsor |
Kristofer | George Johnston |
Nurse | Mary Goodwin |
Ayisha | Eisha Karol |
Young Britta | Eva Beswick |
Older Britta | Sophie Davis |
Poems read by | Mary Goodwin Eisha Karol |
Cello and violinlive performance | James Hesford |
Director of photography | Josh White |
Editor | Anthony Lane |
Cinematography | Tobias Marshall |
Sound | Billy Pleasant |
Camera operators | Joanne Gale George Johnston Dave Lewis Tomas Winsor |
Documenter | Gordon Beswick |
Make-up and costume | Sophie Davis |
Stage lighting | Naushervan Shad Kome Ovuworie |
Stills photography | Dave Lewis |
Props | Sailor Beware |
Script revision | Mary Goodwin |
Screenplay | Arne Sjögren |
Director | Arne Sjögren | Rehearsal locationsLondon | Waterloo Warehouse Jerwood Space Blue Elephant Theatre |
Main film locationsLondon | Jerwood Space Regent's Canal Blue Elephant Theatre |