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Our Town
Grover's Corners is a quiet little town, full of ordinary folk, living everyday lives. They work, they laugh, they sing, they fall in love and raise their children and grow old. But within those moments of ordinary, everyday life, there are truths that reach out to us all. And a passionate demand to cherish every moment, right now, while we still can. (A joint Welsh National Theatre and Rose Theatre production, filmed at the Rose Theatre in Kingston, London on 19 March 2026.)
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Grover's Corners is a quiet little town, full of ordinary folk, living everyday lives. They work, they laugh, they sing, they fall in love and raise their children and grow old. But within those moments of ordinary, everyday life, there are truths that reach out to us all. And a passionate demand to cherish every moment, right now, while we still can. (A joint Welsh National Theatre and Rose Theatre production, filmed at the Rose Theatre in Kingston, London on 19 March 2026.)
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Thornton Wilder
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Runtime:120 minutes
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Cast
Francesca Goodridge
Director
Michael Sheen
Stage Manager
Rithvik Andugula
Howie Newsome
Peter Devlin
George Gibbs
Aisha-May Hunte
Wally Webb
Rebecca Killick
Rebecca Gibbs
Alfie Llewellyn
Joe Crowell / Si Crowell
Rhodri Meilir
Mr. Webb
Christina Modestou
Mrs. Soames
Yasemin Özdemir
Emily Webb
Sian Reese-Williams
Mrs. Gibbs
Nia Roberts
Mrs. Webb
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