Arts
27 September 2017
| by
Mark Lawson
Make-up and mend
THEATRE
The Revlon Girl, a debut play by Neil Anthony Docking, provides an oblique but telling perspective on the Aberfan disaster. Based on a documented occurrence at that time, it depicts an evening, eight months after the catastrophe, when a representative of the Revlon cosmetics company hosts a pro bono evening of make-up tips for local women.
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